خمسه

See also: خمسة‎, خمسہ‎, and حمسة‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xamsa/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xæmse/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xamsa/

Numeral

Iranian Persian	خمسه
Dari	خمسه
Tajik	хамса (xamsa)

خمسه • (xamse)

Synonym of ‎ (panj, “five”)

Noun

Iranian Persian	خمسه
Dari	خمسه
Tajik	хамса (xamsa)

خمسه • (xamse)

a collection of five things

Related terms

خمس‎ (xoms)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خمسه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خمسه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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