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) IPA^(key): [jäk.ʃäm.béː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jekʲ.ʃæm.bé]

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

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 (yəkşəmbe)
• → Dungan: екшанбэ (i͡əkšanbe)
• → Gujarati: યકશંબા (yakśambā)
• → Kazakh: жексенбі (jeksenbı)
• → Northern Kurdish: yekşem
• → Kyrgyz: жекшемби (jekşembi)
• → Tatar: якшәмбе (yakşämbe)
• → Uzbek: yakshanba
• → Zazaki: yekşem

See also

• days of the week: روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شَنْبِه (šanbe) · یِک‌شَنْبِه (yek-šanbe) · دوشَنْبِه (došanbe) · سِه‌شَنْبِه (se-šanbe) · چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe) · پَنْج‌شَنْبِه (panj-šanbe) · آدینِه (âdine)/جُمْعِه (jom'e) ^[edit]