ثلاثه

Persian

Alternative forms

• (archaic) ثلاثة

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sa.lɑː.ˈsa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔː.sǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.lɒː.sé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔ.sǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	salāsa
Dari reading?	salāsa
Iranian reading?	salâse
Tajik reading?	salosa

Numeral

ثلاثه • (salâse) (literary, otherwise uncommon)

1. three

   Synonym: سه (se)

2. three people; three males

Further reading

• “ثلاثه”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• “ثلاثه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ثلاثة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ثلاثة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press