Other Names
These numbers are known as أرقام هندية ("Indian numbers") in Arabic. They are sometimes also called "Indic Numerals" in English. However, this nomenclature is sometimes discouraged as it leads to confusion with the numerals used in the scripts of India (see Indian numerals).
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