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]

• (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

Dari	خمسه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамса

خمسه • (xamse)

1. Synonym of پنج (panj, “five”)

Noun

Dari	خمسه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамса

خمسه • (xamse)

1. 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