شما

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾšmʾ, ʿšmʾ (ašmā, išmā, you), from Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (you (plural)). Compare Southern Luri ایسا (īsâ, you) and Bakhtiari ایسا (īsâ, you).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šumā
Dari reading? šumā
Iranian reading? šomâ
Tajik reading? šumo
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Pronoun

Dari شما
Iranian Persian
Tajik шумо, Шумо

شُما (šomâ)

  1. you (formal, polite, and grammatically plural)

See also

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 538