اربعه

Persian

Alternative forms

اربعة (arba'at, arba'a) (Classical Persian, archaic)
اربع (arba') (from Arabic feminine)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾ.ba.ˈʔa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bä.ʔä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɑːä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bɔːä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.bæ.ʔe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.bä.ʔä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	arba'a
Dari reading^?	arba'a
Iranian reading^?	arba'e
Tajik reading^?	arba'a

Numeral

اربعه • (arba'e)

four
Synonym: چهار (čahâr)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اربع”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اربعه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اربعه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
“اربعه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025