حومه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَوْمَة (ḥawma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /haw.ˈma/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.má]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.má]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.má]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.má]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.mé], [huː.me]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.mé], [huː.me]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [hoː.me], [huː.me]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.má]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	hawma
Dari reading?	hawma
Iranian reading?	howma, hume
Tajik reading?	havma

Noun

حومه • (hawma / howme, hume) (plural حومه‌ها (hawma-hā / howme-hâ, hume-hâ), Tajik spelling ҳавма)

1. suburb

   Synonyms: حوالی (havâli), اطراف (atrâf)

Further reading

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