cipher (method for concealing the meaning of text)
çekim: çoğul szyfry · tamlayan szyfru
eş: kod, bazgroły
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit शू॒न्य (śūnyá)sl. Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr)bor. Medieval Latin cīfra French chiffrebor. Polish szyfr Borrowed from French chiffre (“digit, figure, cipher”), Medieval Latin cifra (“numeral, cipher, zero”), Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”) . Doublet of cyfra (“digit”) and zero (“zero”).
cipher (method for concealing the meaning of text) · cipher (cryptographic system using an algorithm)
çekim: çoğul šifry · tamlayan šifry
eş: kód, tajný kód
köken: Borrowed from German Chiffre, from French chiffre (“digit, cipher”) from Italian cifra (“digit, cipher”), originally from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”).
köken: Borrowed from French chiffre, probably via Russian шифр (šifr). Ultimately from Arabic صِفر (ṣifr, “empty, void”). Doublet of цифра (cifra, “digit (of a number)”).
numeral (a symbol that is not a word and represents a number) · number; amount · cipher (a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning)
çekim: çoğul xifres
köken: Borrowed from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty”). First attested in the 14th century.