حومه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْمَة (ḥawma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /haw.ˈma/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.mǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.mǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.mǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.mé], [huː.me]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [hoː.me], [huː.me]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hawma
Dari reading^?	hawma
Iranian reading^?	howma, hume
Tajik reading^?	havma

Noun

حومه • (hawma / howme, hume) (plural حومه‌ها (hawma-hā / howme-hâ, hume-hâ), Tajik spelling ҳавма)

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Synonyms: حوالی (havâli), اطراف (atrâf)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حومه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim