سیزده

Persian

Alternative forms

• سینزه (sinzah) (dialectal, Isfahan, Hamadan)
• سینزده (sēnzdah) (Tajik)

Etymology

Dari	سیزده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	сенздаҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sycdh /⁠sēzdah⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *θráyasdáca, equivalent to *θráyah (“three”) *dáca (“ten”).

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

←  12	۱۳ 13	14  →
Cardinal: سیزده (sizdah)     Ordinal: سیزدهم (sizdahom)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [seːz.dah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seːz.d̪äʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [seːz.d̪äʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [seːz.d̪ɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [seːz.d̪ɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [siːz.d̪æʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [senz.d̪äʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sēzdah
Dari reading?	sēzdah
Iranian reading?	sizdah
Tajik reading?	senzdah

Numeral

سیزده • (sizdah) (Persian numeral ۱۳)

1. thirteen

Derived terms

• سیزده بدر (sizdah be-dar)