سه‌شنبه

Persian

Etymology

From (se) +‎ (šanbe), literally “three (days after) Saturday”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sih.ʃan.ˈba/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː], [se̞ɦ.ʃäm.béː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː], [sɪ.ʃäm.béː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː], [si.ʃäm.béː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ʃæm.bé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ʃäm.bé]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sih-šanba
Dari reading^?	sē-šanbē, seh-šanbē
Iranian reading^?	se-šanbe
Tajik reading^?	se-šanbe

Noun

سه‌شنبه • (se-šanbe)


Iranian Persian	سه‌شنبه
Dari	سه‌شنبه
Tajik	сешанбе

Tuesday

Descendants

→ Bashkir: шишәмбе (şişəmbe)
→ Gujarati: સેશંબા (seśambā)
→ Kazakh: сейсенбі (seisenbı)
→ Northern Kurdish: sêşemî
→ Kyrgyz: шейшемби (şeyşembi)
→ Tatar: сишәмбе (sişämbe)
→ Uzbek: seshanba
→ Zazaki: sêşeme

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]