English Explanatory Dictionary

ghubar numerals

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Arabic numerals.

Word forms

ghubar numerals gubar numerals

Etymology

From an Arabic word for "dust", because calculations were once performed by drawing in a heap of dust with a stick.

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