خمسه

See also: خمسة, خمسہ, and حمسة

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xam.sa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xäm.sä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xäm.sä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xäm.sä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæm.se]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χäm.sä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xamsa
Dari reading^?	xamsa
Iranian reading^?	xamse
Tajik reading^?	xamsa

Numeral


Iranian Persian	خمسه
Dari	خمسه
Tajik	хамса

خمسه • (xamse)

Synonym of (panj, “five”)

Noun


Iranian Persian	خمسه
Dari	خمسه
Tajik	хамса

خمسه • (xamse)

a collection of five things

Related terms

خمس (xoms)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خمسه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خمسه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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