شماره
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian ʾwšmʾlk' (ōšmārag, “calculation, reckoning”). Related to شمردن (šomordan);[1][2] see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃu.mɑː.ɾa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃo.mɒː.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃu.mɔ.ɾä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šumāra |
| Dari reading? | šumāra |
| Iranian reading? | šomâre |
| Tajik reading? | šumora |
Noun
[edit]شماره • (šomâre) (plural شمارهها (šomâre-hâ))
| Dari | شماره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | шумора |
- number (in a mathematical sense), digit
- شُمارِهٔ تِلِفُن شُما را نِمیفُروشیم.
- šomâre-ye telefon šomâ râ nemi-forušim.
- We do not sell your phone number.
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: şümarə
- → Gujarati: સુમારે (sumāre)
- → Kannada: ಸುಮಾರು (sumāru)
- → Marathi: सुमारे (sumāre)
See also
[edit]- تعداد (te'dâd, “number, quantity”)
References
[edit]- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ōšmārag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137