Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghubar numerals

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghubar nu-mer-als
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arabic numerals.

Etymology

From an Arabic word for "dust", because calculations were once performed by drawing in a heap of dust with a stick.

Inflected Forms

ghobar numerals (alternative) gobar numerals (alternative) gubar numerals (alternative)

Questions

What does ghubar numerals mean?: Arabic numerals.
Where does ghubar numerals come from?: From an Arabic word for "dust", because calculations were once performed by drawing in a heap of dust with a stick.

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