سه

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See also: شه

Gilaki

Numeral

سه (se,su)

  1. three

Mazanderani

Noun

سه (se)

  1. apple

Numeral

سه (se)

  1. three

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (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 sê, 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

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

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

Adjective

سه • (sah)

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

See also

Colors, Iranian Persian
Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hâ) (layout · text)
     سِفید (sefid)      خَاکِسْتَری (xâkestari), توسی (tusi)      سِیَاه (siyâh), مِشْکی (meški)
             سُرْخ (sorx), قِرْمِز (ğermez); زِرِشْکی (zereški)              نَارِنْجی (nârenji); قَهْوِه‌ای (ğahve-i), بور (bur)              زَرْد (zard); کِرِم (kerem)
             سَبْزِ لیمویی (sabz-e limuyi)              سَبْز (sabz)             
             آبیِ دَرْیَایی (âbi-ye daryâyi); سَبْزِ دودی (sabz-e dudi), فیروزِه‌ای (firuze-i)              لَاجْوَرْدی (lâjvardi)              آبی (âbi), سُرْمِه‌ای (sorme-i)
             بَنَفْش (banafš); نیلی (nili)              سُرْخَابی (sorxâbi); اَرْغَوَانی (arğavâni)              صورَتی (surati)
Colors, Dari Persian
Colors in Persian · رَنْگ‌هَا (rang-hā) (layout · text)
     سَفید (safēd)      خَاکِسْتَرِی (xākistarī), فولَادِی (fōlādī)      سِیَاه (siyāh), مُشْکِی (muškī)
             سُرْخ (surx); قِرْمِزِی (qirmizī)              نَارَنْجِی (nāranjī); نَسْوَارِی (naswārī), بور (bōr), قَهْوَه‌یِی (qahwa-yī)              زَرْد (zard); کِرِیمِی (kirīmī)
             سَبْزِ لِیمُویِی (sabz-i līmūyī)              سَبْز (sabz)              سَبْزِ آبِی (sabz-i ābī)
             آبِیِ دَرْیَایِی (ābī-yi daryāyī); سَبْزِ دُودِی (sabz-i dūdī), فیروزَه‌یِی (fērōza-yī)              آسْمَانِی (āsmānī)              آبِی (ābī), آبِیِ تِیرَه (ābī-yi tīra)
             بِنَفْش (binafš); نِیلِی (nīlī)              سُرْخَابِی (surxābī); اَرْغَوَانِی (arğawānī), بَانْجَانِی (bānjānī)              گُلَابِی (gulābī)
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