The word "Shunya" for zero was translated into Arabic as "صفر" "sifr", meaning 'nothing' which became the term "zero" in many European languages from Medieval Latin, zephirum.
Slovo pro nulu "š unya" bylo přeložena do arabštiny jako "صفر" "sIfr", tedy "nic", které se stalo slovem "zero" v mnoha evropských jazycích ze středověké latiny zephirum .