یک‌شنبه

Persian

Alternative forms

یکشنبه (yekšanbe) (without a ZWNJ)

Etymology

Inherited from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫏𐫞𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫤 (yqšmbt /⁠yakšambat⁠/, “Sunday”). By surface analysis, (yak / yek, “one”) +‎ (šanba / šanbe), literally “one (day after) Saturday”.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading^?	yak-šanba
Dari reading^?	yak-šanbē
Iranian reading^?	yek-šanbe
Tajik reading^?	yak-šanbe

Noun

یک‌شنبه • (yak-šanba / yek-šanbe) (Tajik spelling якшанбе)

Sunday

Descendants

→ Bashkir: йәкшәмбе (yəkşəmbe)
→ Dungan: екшанбэ (i͡əkšanbe)
→ Gujarati: યકશંબા (yakśambā)
→ Kazakh: жексенбі (jeksenbı)
→ Northern Kurdish: yekşem
→ Kyrgyz: жекшемби (jekşembi)
→ Tatar: якшәмбе (yakşämbe)
→ Uzbek: yakshanba
→ Zazaki: yekşem