siffra

According to SAOB online: via Middle Low German sīfer, sīfere from Old French cifre,[1] from...

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via late Old High German cifre from Old French cifre,[2] from...

... Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”), calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin.[3][4] Related with chiffer, see cognates at صفر.

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siffra c

1. a single digit

   Den ursprungliga modellen med 10 siffrors kapacitet.

   The original model with 10-digit capacity.

2. a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate

   I Sverige skulle en förläggare ansett siffran acceptabel.

   In Sweden a publisher would have considered that number acceptable.

   Nedanstående siffror ger ett begrepp om granatkastarnas viktigaste egenskaper.

   The numbers below give an indication of the most important properties of the grenade-throwers.