پنجاه

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		500[a], [b]
←  40	←  49	۵۰ 50	51  →	60  →
		5
Cardinal: پنجاه (panjâh)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pncʾh /⁠panjāh⁠/, “fifty⁠”), from Proto-Iranian *pančaHcát (“fifty”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pančaHćát (“fifty”), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt (“fifty”). Compare Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat, “fifty”) whence Hindi पचास (pacās, “fifty”), Ancient Greek πεντήκοντᾰ (pentḗkonta, “fifty”), Latin quīnquāgintā (“fifty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pan.ˈd͡ʒɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæn.d͡ʒɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	panjāh
Dari reading?	panjāh
Iranian reading?	panjâh
Tajik reading?	panjoh

Numeral

پنجاه • (panjâh) (Persian numeral ۵۰)

1. fifty