شما

See also: سما

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾšmʾ, ʿšmʾ (ašmā, išmā, “you”), from Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (“you (plural)”). Compare Southern Luri ایسا (īsâ, “you”) and Bakhtiari ایسا (īsâ, “you”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.mɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.mɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃu.mɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? šumā
Dari reading? šumā
Iranian reading? šomâ
Tajik reading? šumo
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Pronoun
Dari شما
Iranian Persian
Tajik шумо, Шумо

شُما • (šomâ)

  1. you (formal, polite, and grammatically plural)

See also
Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)
singular plural
1st person مَن (man) ما (mâ)
2nd person familiar تو (to) شُما (šomâ)
polite شُما (šomâ)
3rd person general او (u)
اون (on)*		 آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân)
اونا (onâ)*
formal وِی (vey) ایشان (išân)
polite ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations
Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)
singular plural
1st person من (man),

مه (ma)*

 ما (mā)
2nd person familiar تو (tū) شما (šumā)
polite شما (šumā)
3rd person general او (ō),
آن (ān)		 آن‌ها (ān-hā),
آنان (ānān),
آنا (ānā)*,
اونا (ōnā)*
formal وی (way) ایشان (ēšān)
polite ایشان (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations

References
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 538
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