Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum.

Numeral

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خَمْس (ḵamsm (feminine خَمْسَة (ḵamsa))

  1. masculine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, five)
Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: xəms
  • Ottoman Turkish: خمس (ḫams)

Etymology 2

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Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 ٥
5
6  → 
    Cardinal: خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)
    Ordinal: خَامِس (ḵāmis)
    Multiplier: خُمَاسِيّ (ḵumāsiyy), مُخَمَّس (muḵammas)
    Distributive: خُمَاسَ (ḵumāsa)
    Fractional: خُمُس (ḵumus), خُمْس (ḵums)

From the root خ م س (ḵ-m-s); compare خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, five).

Noun

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الخَمْس (al-ḵamsm

  1. (with the definite article) the five digits of the hand

Noun

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خُمُس or خُمْس (ḵumus or ḵumsm (plural أَخْمَاس (ʔaḵmās))

  1. one fifth
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See also
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Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Moroccan Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: خمسة
    Ordinal: خامس
    Fractional: خمس

From Arabic خُمُس (ḵumus).

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Noun

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خمس (ḵumusm (dual خمسين (ḵumsayn), plural خماس (ḵmās))

  1. fifth (fraction)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic خَمْس (ḵams), feminine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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خمس (ḵamsm or f

  1. attributive form of خمسة (ḵamsa)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic خَمْس (ḵams).

Numeral

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خمس (ḫams)

  1. feminine of خمسه (ḫamse, five)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic خِمْس (ḵims).

Noun

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خمس (ḫıms)

  1. a space of five days

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums).

Noun

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خمس (ḫums) (plural اخماس)

  1. a fifth part, a fifth; especially, the sovereign's canonical share of one fifth of prizes of war

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Arabic الْخُمْس (al-ḵums).

Noun

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خمس (ḫums)

  1. name of a town and district in the province of Tripoli in Africa

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums).

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Readings
Classical reading? xums
Dari reading? xums
Iranian reading? xoms
Tajik reading? xums

Noun

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Dari خمس
Iranian Persian
Tajik хумс

خمس (xoms)

  1. fifth (one of five equal parts of a whole)
  2. (Islam) khums
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Further reading

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

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 ٥
5
6  → 
    Cardinal: خمسة
    Ordinal: خامس
    Fractional: خمس

From Arabic خُمُس (ḵumus).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xums/, [xʊms]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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خمس (ḵumsm (plural خماس (ḵmās) or أخماس (ʾaḵmās))

  1. fifth (fraction)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic خَمْس (ḵams), feminine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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خمس (ḵams)

  1. construct state of خمسة (ḵamse)