شماره

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾwšmʾlk' (ōšmārag, “calculation, reckoning”). Related to ‎ (šomordan).[1]

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /ʃʊmɒːɾa/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ʃomɒːɾe/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /ʃumɔːɾa/

Noun

شماره • (šomâre) (plural شماره‌ها‎ (šomâre-hâ))

Iranian Persian	شماره
Dari	شماره
Tajik	шумора (šumora)

number (in a mathematical sense), digit
‏‎‎
šomâre-ye telefon-e šomâ-râ ne-mi-forušim.
We do not sell your phone number.

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şumarə
→ Gujarati: સુમારે (sumāre)
→ Kannada: ಸುಮಾರು (sumāru)
→ Marathi: सुमारे (sumāre)

See also

تعداد‎ (te'dâd, “number, quantity”)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ōšmārag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

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