شمردن

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-. Indo-Iranian cognates include Central Kurdish ژماردن‎ (jmardin, “to count”), Pashto شمېرل‎ (śmerël, “to count”), and Sanskrit स्मरति (smárati, “recollect”). Akin to Ancient Greek μέρμερος (mérmeros, “mischievous, baneful”) and Latin memor (“mindful”).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ʃumuɾdan~ʃimuɾdan/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ʃʊmʊɾdan~ʃɪmʊɾdan/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ʃomoɾdæn~ʃemoɾdæn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ʃumuɾdan~ʃimuɾdan/

شمردن • (šomordan), present stem شمار‎ (šomâr)

1. to count
   • 1985, Mashallah Rahman Pour-Davud et al., “Genesis 15:6”, in the Persian translation of the Tanakh:

     ‏او را بیرون آورد و گفت به آسمان نظر افکن و ستارگان را بشمار. می‌توانی آنها را بشماری؟ به او گفت نسل تو چنین خواهد شد.‎‎

     u-râ birun âvord va goft: 'be âsmân nazar afkan va setâregân-râ bo-šomâr. mi-tavâni ânhâ-râ bo-šomâri?' be u goft: 'nasl-e to čandin xâhad šod.'

     [God] took him [Abraham] outside and said: "Cast your glance at the sky and count the stars. Are you able to count them?" He said to him: "So shall your generations be."

2. to add up, to compute, to calculate
3. to enumerate
4. to reckon, to count
   • c. 1100, Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:

     ‏ای دوست بیا تا غم فردا نخوریم، وین یکدمه نقد را غنیمت شمریم.‎‎

     ey dust, biy-â tâ ğam-e fardâ na-xorim, v-in yekdame naqd-râ ğanimat šomorim.

     O friend, come, let us not consume tomorrow's grief / And let us count as gain this one moment's cash.

     (Translation by A. J. Arberry.)

The second syllable of the present stem varies between شمار‎ (šomâr) and شمر‎ (šomar, šomor). The former is more common.

• شماره‎ (šomâre, “number”)