No. 5,518 in Arabic

صفر

Zero; empty.

In a sentence

درجة الحرارة اليوم صفر.
The temperature today is zero.
In this context, 'صفر' refers to the numerical value zero to describe the temperature.
سأبدأ من الصفر في تعلم الكمان.
I will start from scratch in learning the violin.
Here, 'صفر' metaphorically means starting from scratch or from the beginning.
اللون صفر اللون المفضل في التصميم الداخلي.
Yellow is the favorite color in interior design.
In this sentence, 'صفر' refers to the color yellow in dialectal Arabic.

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