شانزده

Persian

Persian numbers (edit)
 ←  15 ۱۶
16
17  → 
    Cardinal: شانزده (šânzdah)
    Ordinal: شانزدهم (šânzdahom)
Dari شانزده
Iranian Persian
Tajik шонздаҳ

Alternative forms

  • شونزده (šunzdah) (colloquial Iranian)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (šʾzdh /⁠šāzdah⁠/), but shifted due to influence from preceding پانزده (pânzdah, fifteen).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑːnz.d̪äʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑːnz.d̪ɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔːnz.d̪ɔː]
 

Readings
Classical reading? šānzdah
Dari reading? šānzdah
Iranian reading? šânzdah
Tajik reading? šonzdah

Numeral

شانزده • (šânzdah) (Persian numeral ۱۶)

  1. sixteen
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