Devanagari numerals
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The Devanagari numerals are the symbols used to write numbers in the Devanagari script, predominantly used for northern Indian languages. They are used to write decimal numbers, instead of the Western Arabic numerals.
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In modern-era, languages like Hindi, Marathi and Nepali have adopted Devanagari as the standard script, before which they were respectively written using Kaithi, Modi and Newari scripts.
The word Template:Transliteration for zero was calqued into Arabic as Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning 'nothing', which became the term "zero" in many European languages via Medieval Latin Script error: No such module "Lang"..[3] In Hindustani language, it was borrowed from Arabic (via Persian) as Template:Linktext (Template:Transliteration).
Variants
Devanagari digits shapes may vary depending on geographical area or epoch. Some of the variants are also seen in older Sanskrit literature.[4][5]
| १ | File:Devanagari Numeral 1 var 1.png Common |
File:Devanagari Numeral 1 var 2.png Nepali |
1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ५ | File:Devanagari Numeral 5 var 1.png "Bombay" Variant |
File:Devanagari Numeral 5 var 2.png "Calcutta" Variant |
5 |
| ८ | File:Devanagari Numeral 8 var 1.png "Bombay" Variant |
File:Devanagari Numeral 8 var 2.png "Calcutta" Variant |
8 |
| ९ | File:Devanagari Numeral 9 var 1.png Common |
File:Devanagari Numeral 9 var 2.png Nepali Variant |
9 |
In Nepali language ५, ८, ९ (5, 8, 9) - these numbers are slightly different from modern Devanagari numbers. In Nepali language uses old Devanagari system for writing these numbers, like Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang".
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