nokta

plural noktas

1. The Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number zero: ٠.

   The change of figure in the line is denoted by an Arabic nokta (a sign like the diamond in a pack of cards); and this, though very clear for 0's, leaves the other figures unchanged, […]

   1874, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, volume 45, page 61

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   The formation of the successive terms may be more clearly shown by omitting the zeros altogether, or by supplying their places with noktas, as in the margin, where it is seen that, while the root descends by one step at a time, the square descends two steps in the scale.

   1857, Edward Sang, The Higher Arithmetic: Being a Sequel to Elementary Arithmetic, page 61