Names for the number 0

For English names, see Names for the number 0 in English.

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

Language	Name and pronunciation or transliteration	Notes
Arabic	صفر (sifr)
Chinese	零れい	The character 零れい (pinyin: líng) means "zero" in Chinese, although 〇 is also common. Etymologically 零れい is an onomatopoeic word for "light rain". The upper part of the character is 雨う, meaning "rain", and the lower part is 令れい (lìng), for the sound.
Czech	nula
Dutch	nul /nyl/
English	zero	There are many other names
French	zéro /zeʁo/
German	Null/null	Whether or not the first letter of number names is be capitalized – like all nouns are – depends on the sense in which they are used.
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	零れい (read rei)	The character 零れい (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: 零れい; RR: yeong or Korean: 공; Hanja: 空そら; 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