Editing Devanagari numerals (section)

==Table==
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!rowspan="2"|Modern<br>Devanagari||rowspan="2"|Western<br>Arabic
! colspan="4" | Words for the cardinal number
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! [[Sanskrit]]<br>(wordstem)
! [[Hindi]]
! [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
! [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
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|style="font-size:200%"|० || [[0 (number)|0]] ||शून्य ({{IAST|śūnya}}) || शून्य ({{IAST|śūny}})|| शून्य ({{IAST|śūnya}})|| शून्य ({{IAST|śūnya}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|१ || [[1 (number)|1]] ||एक {{IAST|eka}} ||एक ({{IAST|ek}}) || एक ({{IAST|ek}})|| एक ({{IAST|ek}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|२ || [[2 (number)|2]] ||द्वि {{IAST|dvi}} ||दो ({{IAST|do}}) || दोन ({{IAST|don}})|| दुइ  ({{IAST|dui}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|३ || [[3 (number)|3]] ||त्रि {{IAST|tri}} ||तीन ({{IAST|tīn}}) || तीन ({{IAST|tīn}})|| तिन ({{IAST|tīn}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|४ || [[4 (number)|4]] ||चतुर् {{IAST|catur}} ||चार ({{IAST|cār}}) || चार ({{IAST|cār}})|| चारि ({{IAST|cāri}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|५ || [[5 (number)|5]] ||पञ्च {{IAST|pañca}} ||पाँच ({{IAST|pāñc}}) || पाच ({{IAST|pāch}})|| पाँच ({{IAST|pānch}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|६ || [[6 (number)|6]] ||षट् {{IAST|ṣaṭ}} ||छह ({{IAST|chah}}) || सहा ({{IAST|sahā}})|| छअ ({{IAST|chaā}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|७ || [[7 (number)|7]] ||सप्त {{IAST|sapta}} ||सात ({{IAST|sāt}}) || सात ({{IAST|sāt}})|| सात ({{IAST|sāt}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|८ || [[8 (number)|8]] ||अष्ट {{IAST|aṣṭa}} ||आठ ({{IAST|āṭh}}) || आठ ({{IAST|āṭh}})|| आठ ({{IAST|āṭha}})
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|style="font-size:200%"|९ || [[9 (number)|9]] ||नव {{IAST|nava}} ||नौ ({{IAST|nau}}) || नऊ ({{IAST|naū}})|| नअ ({{IAST|nā}})

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The word {{IAST|śūnya}} for zero was [[calque]]d into [[Arabic language|Arabic]] as {{lang|ar|صفر|rtl=yes}} {{lang|ar-Latn|sifr}}, meaning 'nothing', which became the term "zero" in many European languages via [[Medieval Latin]] {{Lang|la-x-medieval|zephirum}}.<ref name="Zero">{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=zero|title=zero - Origin and meaning of zero by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com}} </ref>