سبعه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? sab'a
Dari reading? sab'a
Iranian reading? sab'e
Tajik reading? sab'a

Numeral

سبعه • (sab'e)

  1. (archaic, literary, in fixed Arabic phrases) seven; synonym of هفت (haft)
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 133:
      رسیده از کرم عشق دولتم جایی
      که همتم از اقالیم سبعه گیرد باج
      rasīda az karam-i išq dawlatam jāyē
      ki himmatam az aqālīm-i sab'a gīrad bāj
      From love's generosity, my sovereignty has reached such a station
      That my high-mindedness seizes tribute from the Seven Climes.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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