دوشنبه

دوشنبه

Persian

Etymology

دو‎ (do) +‎ شنبه‎ (šanbe), literally “two (days after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎‎ (dwšmbṯ /dōšambat/, “Monday”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The derivation of Tajikistan's capital name”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [d̪oʃæmˈbe]

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• (Tajik) IPA^(key): [dʊʃamˈbe]

Noun

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	душанбе (dušanbe)

دوشنبه • (došanbe)

1. Monday

Descendants

• → Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
• → Karakalpak: дүйшемби
• → Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
• → Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
• → Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
• → Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
• → Turkmen: duşenbe
• → Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)
• → Uyghur: دۈشەنبە‎ (düshenbe)
• → Uzbek: dushanba

See also

• (days of the week) روزهای‎ هفته‎‎; شنبه‎‎, یک‌شنبه‎‎, دوشنبه‎, سه‌شنبه‎‎, چهارشنبه‎‎, پنج‌شنبه‎‎, آدینه‎‎/جمعه‎‎ ^{(Category: fa:Days of the week)}

Proper noun

دوشنبه • (došanbe)

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Душанбе (Dušanbe)

1. Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)