xums

See also: xüms

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic хумс
Latin
Afghan Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai خمس, from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums).

Noun

xums (plural xumslar)

  1. fifth (one of five equal parts of a whole)
  2. (Islam) khums