There are several names for the number 0 in different languages.
Language Name and pronunciationor transliteration Notes Arabic صفر (sifr) Chinese 零 The character 零 (pinyin: líng) means "zero" in Chinese, although 〇 is also common. Etymologically 零 is an onomatopoeic word for "light rain". The upper part of the character is 雨, meaning "rain", and the lower part is 令 (lìng), for the sound.Chinese character etymologyCzechnula Dutch nul /nyl/ English zero There are many other names French zéro /zeʁo/ German Null/null Whether or not the first letter of number names is capitalized – like all nouns are – depends on the sense in which they are used. Greek μηδέν /miːðɛn/ Literally meaning "not even one" Gujarati શૂન્ય (Śūn'ya) Haitian Creole zewo Hindi शून्य Hebrew אֶפֶס (efes) Indonesian nol /nɔl/ Adopted from the Dutch word nul. In addition, people often pronounce it as "kosong" /kɔsɔŋ/, literally meaning 'empty', when spelling telephone numbers.Italianzero /'dzɛro/ Japanese 零 (read rei) The character 零 (read rei) means "zero" in Japanese, although 〇 is also common. However, in common usage, ゼロ/ぜろ (read zero) is preferred, as it is a direct adaptation of the English equivalent. Kannada ಸೊನ್ನ (sonne) Korean or Lojban no Malayalam പൂജ്യം (poojyam) Polish zero /'zɛɾɔ/ Portuguese zero /zɛɾu/ Romanian zero Russian ноль (nol') Spanish cero Tamil சுழியம் (sūḻiyam), பூஜ்ஜியம் (poojyam), or சைவர் (saivar) Telugu సున్న or ౦ (sunna) Turkish sıfırÇoker, Doğan, and Timur Karaçay. Matematik Terimleri Sözlüğü. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, 1983. Print. Ukrainian нуль (nul')
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