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 śūnya for zero was calqued into Arabic as صفرsifr, meaning 'nothing', which became the term "zero" in many European languages via Medieval Latinzephirum.[3] In Hindustani language, it was borrowed from Arabic (via Persian) as सिफ़र (sifar).
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
Common
Nepali
1
५
"Bombay" Variant
"Calcutta" Variant
5
८
"Bombay" Variant
"Calcutta" Variant
8
९
Common
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 ५, ८, ९
