سه

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Gilaki[edit]

Numeral[edit]

سه (se,su)

  1. three

Mazanderani[edit]

Noun[edit]

سه (se)

  1. apple

Numeral[edit]

سه (se)

  1. three

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sh /⁠sih⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏂 (ç /⁠çi-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Indo European cognates include Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬌- (θri-), Northern Kurdish , Pashto درې (dre), Sanskrit त्रि (tri), Greek τρεις (treis), Italian tre, English three, Latin trēs, French trois, Spanish tres, etc.

Dari سه
Iranian Persian
Tajik се

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /si/
    • most likely pronounced with a majhūl zēr [se̞h] based on ancestor and descendant pronunciations, however majhūl and ma'rūf short vowels are not clearly distinguished before a word final ه ().
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /se/
  • (file)

Numeral[edit]

Persian numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 ۳
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: سه (se)
    Ordinal: سوم (sevvom)

سه (se) (Persian numeral ۳)

  1. three
    Synonym: ۳ (3)

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

سه (sah)

  1. (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) alternative form of سیاه (siyâh, black)

See also[edit]