دوشنبه

Persian

Etymology

‎ (do) +‎ ‎ (šanbe), literally “two (days after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎‎ (dwšmbṯ /dōšambat/, “Monday”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The derivation of Tajikistan's capital name”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /duʃanba/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dʊʃanba/
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /dʊʃamˈbe/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /doʃænˈbe/
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /doʃæmˈbe/, /dʊʃæmˈbe/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /duʃanˈbe/, /dʊʃamˈbe/

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Noun

Iranian Persian	دوشنبه
Dari	دوشنبه
Tajik	душанбе (dušanbe)

دوشنبه • (došanbe)

Monday

Descendants

→ Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
→ Karakalpak: дүйшемби
→ Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
→ Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
→ Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
→ Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
→ Turkmen: duşenbe
→ Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)
→ Uyghur: دۈشەنبە‎ (düshenbe)
→ Uzbek: dushanba

Proper noun