صفر
العربية
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صفر¹
- /sˤa.far/
Where it comes from
From ص ف ر (ṣ f r, “void”), supposedly because pagan Arabs looted during this month and left the houses empty.
proper noun صَفَر · ṣafar · أَصْفَار · -
- Safar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)
صفر²
verb صَفِرَ · ṣafira · يَصْفَرُ · صَفَر · صُفُور
- to be empty, to be devoid, to be vacant
صفر³
verb صَفَّرَ · ṣaffara · يُصَفِّرُ · تَصْفِير · مُصَفِّر
- to empty, to void, to vacate, to evacuate, to free
صفر⁴
adjective صَفْر · صِفْر · صُفْر · صَفِر · صُفُر · ṣafr
- empty; void; devoid; free from
صفر⁵
- /sˤifr/
Where it comes from
Semantic loan from Sanskrit शू॒न्य (śūnyá, “zero”, literally “empty; void”). Compare صَفْر (ṣafr, “empty; void”, with variant صِفْر (ṣifr)).
number صِفْر · ṣifr · أَصْفَار · الصِّفْر
- zero Next: واحد, or ١ = 1
صفر⁶
Where it comes from
Causative from the root ص ف ر (ṣ f r), from which the color or defect adjective أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”) also comes.
verb صَفَّرَ · ṣaffara · يُصَفِّرُ · تَصْفِير · مُصَفِّر
- to dye yellow, to make yellow, to color yellow
صفر⁷
Where it comes from
Related to أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”), from the root ص ف ر (ṣ f r).
noun صُفْر · صُفَّر · ṣufr · ṣuffar
- brass
- money
صفر⁸
Where it comes from
In its meaning "jaundice", related to أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”), from the root ص ف ر (ṣ f r).
noun صَفَر · ṣafar · الصَّفَر · صَفَرٌ
- verbal noun of صَفِرَ (ṣafira) (form I)
- jaundice
صفر⁹
Where it comes from
Inflected form.
adjective صُفْر · ṣufr
- plural of أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)
صفر10
verb صَفَرَ · ṣafara · يَصْفِرُ · صَفِير · صَافِر
- to whistle
- to hiss
- to chirp, to stridulate
- to scream (of a siren)
صفر11
Where it comes from
Presumably, originally an intensive of صَفَرَ (ṣafara, “to whistle, hiss, chirp”), later losing its intensive sense.
verb صَفَّرَ · ṣaffara · يُصَفِّرُ · تَصْفِير · مُصَفِّر
- to whistle
- to hiss
- to chirp, to stridulate
- to scream (of a siren)
In English
Talk about this word "صفر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. صفر. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1 "صفر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1.Cite this
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title = {صفر},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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