حومه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْمَة (ḥawma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [haw.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hawma
Dari reading?	hawma
Iranian reading?	howme
Tajik reading?	havma

Noun

حومه • (howme) (plural حومه‌ها (howme-hâ))

1. suburb

   Synonyms: حوالی (havâli), اطراف (atrâf)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حومه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim