شاخص

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاخِص.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.ˈxis]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃɔː.xís]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɒː.xés]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɔ.χís]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šāxis
Dari reading^?	šāxis
Iranian reading^?	šâxes
Tajik reading^?	šoxis

Noun

شاخص • (šâxes)

index, standard
― šâxes-e tude-ye badani ― Body Mass Index

― šâxes-e âludegi-ye havâ-ye tehrân ― Tehran's air pollution index
(historical) gnomon (on a sundial)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شاخص”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شاخص”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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