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From an Arabic word for "dust", because calculations were once performed by drawing in a heap of dust with a stick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ghubar numerals
Today it means: Arabic numerals. Full definition →
Today it means: Arabic numerals. Full definition →
From an Arabic word for "dust", because calculations were once performed by drawing in a heap of dust with a stick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.