خمسه

خمسه

See also: خمسة‎, خمسہ‎, and حمسة‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xamsa/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xamsa/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xæmse/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /xamsa/

Numeral

Dari	خمسه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамса (xamsa)

خمسه • (xamse)

1. Synonym of پنج‎ (panj, “five”)

Noun

Dari	خمسه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамса (xamsa)

خمسه • (xamse)

1. a collection of five things

Related terms

• خمس‎ (xoms)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خمسه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خمسه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul