siffra

Etymology
According to SAOB online: via, from , from...

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via late from, from...

..., from صِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”), calqued from , formed from. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin. Related with, see cognates at صفر.

Noun

 * 1) a single digit
 * 2) a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate
 * 1) a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate