ثلاثه
Persian
Alternative forms
- ثلاثة (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.laː.ˈsa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.lɑː.sǽ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.lɒː.sé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.lɔ.sǽ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | salāsa |
| Dari reading? | salāsa |
| Iranian reading? | salâse |
| Tajik reading? | salosa |
Numeral
ثلاثه • (salāsa / salâse) (Tajik spelling салоса)
- (literary, otherwise uncommon) three
- Synonym: سه (se)
- (literary, otherwise rare) three people; three males
Further reading
- “ثلاثه”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
- “ثلاثه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ثلاثة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ثلاثة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press