شاخص

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاخِص.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈxis]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.xís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.xés]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.χís]

Readings
Classical reading?	šāxis
Dari reading?	šāxis
Iranian reading?	šâxes
Tajik reading?	šoxis

Noun

شاخص • (šâxes)

1. index, standard

   شاخص توده بدنی ― šâxes-e tude-ye badani ― Body Mass Index

   شاخص آلودگی هوای تهران ― šâxes-e âludegi-ye havâ-ye tehrân ― Tehran's air pollution index

2. (historical) gnomon (on a sundial)

Further reading

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