دوشنبه
Persian
Etymology
Etymology tree
دو (do) + شنبه (šanbe), literally “two (days after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎 (dwšmbṯ /dōšambat/, “Monday”). The name of the city derives from the large bazaar that occurred on Mondays in the area.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /du.ʃan.ˈbih/, /du.ʃan.ˈba/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.be̞ʱ], [d̪ʊ.ʃäm.beː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪o.ʃæm.be]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪u.ʃäm.be]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | du-šanbih, du-šanba |
| Dari reading? | du-šanbeh, du-šanbē |
| Iranian reading? | do-šanbe |
| Tajik reading? | du-šanbe |
Audio (Tehrani): (file)
Noun
| Dari | دوشنبه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | душанбе |
دوشنبه • (došanbe)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: düşənbə
- → Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe)
- → Gujarati: દુશંબા (duśambā)
- → Karakalpak: дүйшемби
- → Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
- → Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
- → Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
- → Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
- → Turkmen: duşenbe
- → Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)
- → Uyghur: دۈشەنبە (düshenbe)
- → Uzbek: dushanba
See also
- days of the week: روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شَنْبِه (šanbe) · یِکشَنْبِه (yek-šanbe) · دوشَنْبِه (došanbe) · سِهشَنْبِه (se-šanbe) · چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe) · پَنْجشَنْبِه (panj-šanbe) · آدینِه (âdine)/جُمْعِه (jom'e) [edit]
Proper noun
دوشنبه • (došanbe)
| Dari | دوشنبه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Душанбе |
- Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)