Re: Urdu/punjabi words from Sanskrit
Base 10 Number system originated from South Asia, not in Iran or Arabistan…Parsis and Arabs learnt how to count in Base 10 number system from South Asians which is present India and Pakistan…
There is a reason why its called hindu-arabic or Indo-Arabic numeric system.
Indo numerals are being used since 500 BC and zero was added around 6 AD by Aryabhatt.
From South Asia this knowledge moved to Middle East. Arabs called this base 10 numerals as “Hindu numerals”…Arabs passed this knowledge to Europeans via North Africa, and they called it Indo-arabic numerals