Names for the number 0

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There are several names for the number 0 in different languages.

Language	Name and pronunciation or 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.
Czech	nula
Dutch	nul /nyl/
English	zero	There are many other names
French	zéro /zeʁo/
German	Null	Whether the first letter of number names should be capitalized – like all nouns are – or not is disputed
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.
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.
Korean	Korean: 영; Hanja: 零; RR: yeong or Korean: 공; Hanja: 空; RR: gong
Lojban	no
Malayalam	പൂജ്യം (poojyam)
Polish	zero /'zɛɾɔ/
Portuguese	zero /zæro/
Romanian	zero
Russian	ноль or нуль
Spanish	cero
Tamil	சுழியம் (sūḻiyam), பூஜ்ஜியம் (poojyam), or சைவர் (saivar)
Telugu	సున్న or ౦ (sunna)
Turkish	sıfır