شماره

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾwšmʾlk' (ōšmārag, calculation, reckoning). Related to شمردن (šomordan);[1][2] see there for more.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.mɑː.ɾä]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃʊ.mɑː.ɾä]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃu.mɔː.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading? šumāra
Dari reading? šumāra
Iranian reading? šomâre
Tajik reading? šumora

Noun

شماره • (šomâre) (plural شماره‌ها (šomâre-hâ))

Dari شماره
Iranian Persian
Tajik шумора
  1. number (in a mathematical sense), digit
    شُمارِهٔ تِلِفُن شُما را نِمی‌فُروشیم.
    šomâre-ye telefon šomâ râ nemi-forušim.
    We do not sell your phone number.

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: şümarə
  • Gujarati: સુમારે (sumāre)
  • Kannada: ಸುಮಾರು (sumāru)
  • Marathi: सुमारे (sumāre)

See also

References

  1. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ōšmārag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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