Devanagari numerals

Devanagari numerals are the symbols utilised to represent numbers in the Devanagari script, which is primarily employed for Northern Indian languages. These numerals are specifically used for writing decimal numbers, distinguishing themselves from the International format of Indian numerals.

Table

Modern Devanagari	International form of Indian numerals	Words for the cardinal number
		Sanskrit (wordstem)	Hindi	Marathi	Nepali
०	0	शून्य (śūnya)	शून्य (śūny)	शून्य (śūnya)	शून्य (śūnya)
१	1	एक eka	एक (ek)	एक (ek)	एक (ek)
२	2	द्वि dvi	दो (do)	दोन (don)	दुइ (dui)
३	3	त्रि tri	तीन (tīn)	तीन (tīn)	तिन (tīn)
४	4	चतुर् catur	चार (cār)	चार (cār)	चारि (cāri)
५	5	पञ्च pañca	पाँच (pāñc)	पाच (pāch)	पाँच (pānch)
६	6	षट् ṣaṭ	छह (chah)	सहा (sahā)	छअ (chaā)
७	7	सप्त sapta	सात (sāt)	सात (sāt)	सात (sāt)
८	8	अष्ट aṣṭa	आठ (āṭh)	आठ (āṭh)	आठ (āṭha)
९	9	नव nava	नौ (nau)	नऊ (naū)	नअ (nā)

The word शून्य, śūnya for zero was calqued into Arabic as صفر‎ sifr, meaning 'nothing', which became the term "zero" in many European languages via Medieval Latin zephirum.