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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [duː.ʃan.ˈba], [doː.ʃan.ˈba]

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	dū-šanba, dō-šanba
Dari reading?	dū-šanbē
Iranian reading?	do-šanbe, dušanbe
Tajik reading?	du-šanbe

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Noun

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	душанбе

دوشَنْبِه • (došanbe)

1. Monday

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: düşənbə
• → Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe)
• → Gujarati: દુશંબા (duśambā)
• → 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) روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte)‎; شَنْبِه (šanbe)‎, یِک‌شَنْبِه (yek-šanbe)‎, دوشَنْبِه (došanbe)‎, سِه‌شَنْبِه (se-šanbe)‎, چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe)‎, پَنْج‌شَنْبِه (panj-šanbe)‎, آدینِه (âdine)‎/جُمْعِه (jom'e)‎ ^{(Category: fa:Days of the week)}

Proper noun

دوشَنْبِه • (došanbe)

Dari	دوشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Душанбе

1. Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)