سه‌شنبه

Persian

Etymology

By surface analysis, سه (si / se) +‎ شنبه (šanba / šanbe), literally “three (days after) Saturday”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ʃan.ˈba/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seː.ʃäm.béː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ʃæm.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ʃäm.bé]

Readings
Classical reading?	si-šanba
Dari reading?	sē-šanbē
Iranian reading?	se-šanbe
Tajik reading?	se-šanbe

Noun

سه‌شنبه • (si-šanba / se-šanbe) (Tajik spelling сешанбе)

1. Tuesday

Descendants

• → Bashkir: шишәмбе (şişəmbe)
• → Gujarati: સેશંબા (seśambā)
• → Kazakh: сейсенбі (seisenbı)
• → Northern Kurdish: sêşemî
• → Kyrgyz: шейшемби (şeyşembi)
• → Tatar: сишәмбе (sişämbe)
• → Turkmen: sişenbe
• → Uzbek: seshanba
• → Zazaki: sêşeme

See also

• days of the week: روزهای هفته (rōz-hā-yi hafta / ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شنبه (šanba / šanbe) · یک‌شنبه (yak-šanba / yek-šanbe) · دوشنبه (du-šanba / do-šanbe) · سه‌شنبه (si-šanba / se-šanbe) · چهارشنبه (čahār-šanba / čahâr-šanbe) · پنج‌شنبه (panj-šanba / panj-šanbe) · آدینه (ādēna / âdine)/جمعه (jum'a / jom'e) ^[edit]