سبعه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَبْعَة (sabʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [saβ.ˈʔa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.ʔǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.ʔǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sä.bǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sä.bǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæb.ʔé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säb.ʔǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	saḇ'a
Dari reading?	sab'a
Iranian reading?	sab'e
Tajik reading?	sabʾa

Numeral

سبعه • (sab'e)

1. (archaic, literary, in fixed Arabic phrases) seven; Synonym of هفت (haft).
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 133:

     رسیده از کرم عشق دولتم جایی
     که همتم از اقالیم سبعه گیرد باج

     rasīda az karam-i išq dawlatam jāyē
     ki himmatam az aqālīm-i sab'a gīrad bāj

     From love's generosity, my sovereignty has reached such a station
     That my high-mindedness seizes tribute from the Seven Climes.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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