Zefirum
“Zefirum” is a development of Virpi Pahkinen’s interest in the Buddhist culture, supplementing it with new elements stemming from the Arab numeric tradition. “The origin of the word ‘zero’: sanskrit ‘ςunya’ means ‘empty’, the number ‘zero’ is marked with a small circle (why a circle? No-one really knows why...). Translated to Arabic, ‘ςunya’ becomes ‘sifr’, which in turn translated to Italian gives us ‘zéfiro’. And then from ‘zéfiro’ to ‘zéro’.” See also |
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