ثلاثه

Persian

Alternative forms

• ثلاثة (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.laː.ˈsa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.lɑː.sá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔː.sá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.lɒː.sé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.lɔ.sá]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	salāsa
Dari reading?	salāsa
Iranian reading?	salâse
Tajik reading?	salosa

Numeral

ثلاثه • (salāsa / salâse) (Tajik spelling салоса)

1. (literary, otherwise uncommon) three

   Synonym: سه (se)

2. (literary, otherwise rare) three people; three males

Further reading

• “ثلاثه”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afġānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• “ثلاثه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ثلاثة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ثلاثة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.