یک‌شنبه

Persian

Alternative forms

یکشنبه (yekšanbe) (without a ZWNJ)

Etymology

(yek) +‎ (šanbe), literally “one (day after) Saturday”. From Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫏𐫞𐫢𐫖𐫁𐫤 (yqšmbt /⁠yakšambat⁠/, “Sunday”)

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


Iranian Persian	یک‌شنبه
Dari	یک‌شنبه
Tajik	якшанбе

یک‌شنبه • (yek-šanbe)

Sunday

Descendants

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

See also

days of the week: روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شَنْبِه (šanbe) · یِک‌شَنْبِه (yek-šanbe) · دوشَنْبِه (došanbe) · سِه‌شَنْبِه (se-šanbe) · چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe) · پَنْج‌شَنْبِه (panj-šanbe) · آدینِه (âdine)/جُمْعِه (jom'e)^[edit]