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English word cipher comes from Arabic أَصْفَر, Sanskrit शून्य, Arabic صَفِرَ, Arabic صَفَرَ, Spanish zero, and later Arabic صفر ((cardinal) zero.)

أَصْفَر (Arabic)

शून्य (Sanskrit)

(math) cipher, cypher. Zero Blank, deserted. Destitute of. Empty, void.

صَفِرَ (Arabic)

صَفَرَ (Arabic)

zero (Spanish)

صفر (Arabic)

(cardinal) zero.

صفر (Andalusian Arabic)

صِفْر (Arabic)

cyffre (English)

cifra (Malayalam)

cyfre (Old French)

cipher (English)

(regional, dated) To calculate. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.. (dated) Zero.. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.. A grouping of three [...]

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