یک‌شنبه

Persian

Alternative forms

• یکشنبه‎ (yekšanbe) (without a ZWNJ)

Etymology

یک‎ (yek) +‎ شنبه‎ (šanbe), literally “one (day after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫏𐫞𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫤‎ (yqšmbt /⁠yakšambat⁠/, “Sunday”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jak.ʃan.ˈba]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [jäk.ʃäm.béː]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [jec.ʃæm.bé]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [jäk.ʃäm.bé]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [یَک‌شَنْبَه]‎, Dari: [یَک‌شَنْبی]‎

Iranian: [یِک‌شَنْبِه]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	yak-šanba
Dari reading?	yak-šanbē
Iranian reading?	yek-šanbe
Tajik reading?	yak-šanbe

Noun

Dari	یک‌شنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	якшанбе

یک‌شنبه • (yek-šanbe)

1. Sunday

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bashkir: йәкшәмбе (yäkşämbe)
• → Kazakh: жексенбі (jeksenbı)
• → Northern Kurdish: yekşem
• → Kyrgyz: жекшемби (jekşembi)
• → Tatar: якшәмбе (yakşämbe)
• → Uzbek: yakshanba
• → Zazaki: yekşem

See also

(days of the week) روزهای هفته‎ (ruz-hâ-ye hafte)‎; شنبه‎ (šanbe)‎, یک‌شنبه (yek-šanbe)‎, دوشنبه‎ (došanbe)‎, سه‌شنبه‎ (se-šanbe)‎, چهارشنبه‎ (čahâr-šanbe)‎, پنج‌شنبه‎ (panj-šanbe)‎, آدینه‎ (âdine)‎/جمعه‎ (jom'e)‎ ^{(Category: fa:Days of the week)}