دوشنبه

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫎 (dwšmbṯ /⁠dōšambat⁠/, “Monday”). By surface analysis, (du / do) +‎ (šanba / šanbe).

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	dušanba
Dari reading^?	dušanbē
Iranian reading^?	došanbe
Tajik reading^?	dušanbe

Audio (Tehrani): (file)

Noun

دوشنبه • (dušanba / došanbe) (Tajik spelling душанбе)

Monday

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: düşənbə
→ Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe)
→ Chagatai: دوشنبه (düšänbä)
- Uyghur: دۈشەنبە (düshenbe)
- Uzbek: dushanba
→ Gujarati: દુશંબા (duśambā)
→ Karakalpak: дүйшемби
→ Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı)
→ Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü)
→ Nogai: дуьйсемби (düysembi)
→ Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe)
→ Turkmen: duşenbe
→ Ushojo: دوشمبی (dōšambī)

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]

Proper noun

دوشنبه • (dušanba / došanbe) (Tajik spelling Душанбе)

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)