خمس

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum.

Numeral

خَمْس (ḵamsm (feminine خَمْسَة (ḵamsa))

  1. masculine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, five)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: xəms
  • Ottoman Turkish: خمس (ḫams)

Etymology 2

Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 ٥
5
6  → 
    Cardinal: خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)
    Ordinal: خَامِس (ḵāmis)
    Multiplier: خُمَاسِيّ (ḵumāsiyy), مُخَمَّس (muḵammas)
    Distributive: خُمَاسَ (ḵumāsa)
    Fractional: خُمُس (ḵumus), خُمْس (ḵums)

From the root خ م س (ḵ-m-s); compare خَمْسَة (ḵamsa, five).

Noun

الخَمْس (al-ḵamsm

  1. (with the definite article) the five digits of the hand

Noun

خُمُس or خُمْس (ḵumus or ḵumsm (plural أَخْمَاس (ʔaḵmās))

  1. one fifth
Declension
Descendants
See also

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Moroccan Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: خمسة
    Ordinal: خامس
    Fractional: خمس

From Arabic خُمُس (ḵumus).

Pronunciation

Noun

خمس (ḵumusm (dual خمسين (ḵumsayn), plural خماس (ḵmās))

  1. fifth (fraction)

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَمْس (ḵams), feminine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

خمس (ḵamsm or f

  1. attributive form of خمسة (ḵamsa)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic خَمْس (ḵams).

Numeral

خمس (ḫams)

  1. feminine of خمسه (ḫamse, five)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خِمْس (ḵims).

Noun

خمس (ḫıms)

  1. a space of five days

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums).

Noun

خمس (ḫums) (plural اخماس)

  1. a fifth part, a fifth; especially, the sovereign's canonical share of one fifth of prizes of war

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic الْخُمْس (al-ḵums).

Noun

خمس (ḫums)

  1. name of a town and district in the province of Tripoli in Africa

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xums
Dari reading? xums
Iranian reading? xoms
Tajik reading? xums

Noun

Dari خمس
Iranian Persian
Tajik хумс

خمس (xoms)

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

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خمس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 ٥
5
6  → 
    Cardinal: خمسة
    Ordinal: خامس
    Fractional: خمس

From Arabic خُمُس (ḵumus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xums/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خمس (ḵumsm (plural خماس (ḵmās) or أخماس (ʾaḵmās))

  1. fifth (fraction)

Etymology 2

From Arabic خَمْس (ḵams), feminine of خَمْسَة (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

Numeral

خمس (ḵams)

  1. construct state of خمسة (ḵamse)