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Where does “پنج‌شنبه” come from?

پنج‌شنبه (Persian) comes from Persian پنج, from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

پنج‌شنبه (Persian): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “پنج‌شنبه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنجfive
2Proto-Iranianpánčafive
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “پنج‌شنبه”

  • perşembe
  • pêncşemb
  • pojşeme
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