شاخص

Arabic

Root
ش خ ص (š ḵ ṣ)
11 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of شَخَصَ (šaḵaṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaː.xisˤ/

Adjective

شَاخِص • (šāḵiṣ) (feminine شَاخِصَة (šāḵiṣa), masculine plural شَاخِصُونَ (šāḵiṣūna), feminine plural شَاخِصَات (šāḵiṣāt))

1. active participle of شَخَصَ (šaḵaṣa)
2. fixed
3. (eyes) staring, gazing
4. projecting, standing out or upright

Declension

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَاخِص šāḵiṣ	الشَّاخِص aš-šāḵiṣ	شَاخِصَة šāḵiṣa	الشَّاخِصَة aš-šāḵiṣa
Nominative	شَاخِصٌ šāḵiṣun	الشَّاخِصُ aš-šāḵiṣu	شَاخِصَةٌ šāḵiṣatun	الشَّاخِصَةُ aš-šāḵiṣatu
Accusative	شَاخِصًا šāḵiṣan	الشَّاخِصَ aš-šāḵiṣa	شَاخِصَةً šāḵiṣatan	الشَّاخِصَةَ aš-šāḵiṣata
Genitive	شَاخِصٍ šāḵiṣin	الشَّاخِصِ aš-šāḵiṣi	شَاخِصَةٍ šāḵiṣatin	الشَّاخِصَةِ aš-šāḵiṣati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَاخِصَيْن šāḵiṣayn	الشَّاخِصَيْن aš-šāḵiṣayn	شَاخِصَتَيْن šāḵiṣatayn	الشَّاخِصَتَيْن aš-šāḵiṣatayn
Nominative	شَاخِصَانِ šāḵiṣāni	الشَّاخِصَانِ aš-šāḵiṣāni	شَاخِصَتَانِ šāḵiṣatāni	الشَّاخِصَتَانِ aš-šāḵiṣatāni
Accusative	شَاخِصَيْنِ šāḵiṣayni	الشَّاخِصَيْنِ aš-šāḵiṣayni	شَاخِصَتَيْنِ šāḵiṣatayni	الشَّاخِصَتَيْنِ aš-šāḵiṣatayni
Genitive	شَاخِصَيْنِ šāḵiṣayni	الشَّاخِصَيْنِ aš-šāḵiṣayni	شَاخِصَتَيْنِ šāḵiṣatayni	الشَّاخِصَتَيْنِ aš-šāḵiṣatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	شَاخِصِين šāḵiṣīn	الشَّاخِصِين aš-šāḵiṣīn	شَاخِصَات šāḵiṣāt	الشَّاخِصَات aš-šāḵiṣāt
Nominative	شَاخِصُونَ šāḵiṣūna	الشَّاخِصُونَ aš-šāḵiṣūna	شَاخِصَاتٌ šāḵiṣātun	الشَّاخِصَاتُ aš-šāḵiṣātu
Accusative	شَاخِصِينَ šāḵiṣīna	الشَّاخِصِينَ aš-šāḵiṣīna	شَاخِصَاتٍ šāḵiṣātin	الشَّاخِصَاتِ aš-šāḵiṣāti
Genitive	شَاخِصِينَ šāḵiṣīna	الشَّاخِصِينَ aš-šāḵiṣīna	شَاخِصَاتٍ šāḵiṣātin	الشَّاخِصَاتِ aš-šāḵiṣāti

Declension of adjective شَاخِص (šāḵiṣ)

Noun

شَاخِص • (šāḵiṣ) m

1. index, standard
2. (historical) gnomon (on a sundial)

Declension

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَاخِص šāḵiṣ	الشَّاخِص aš-šāḵiṣ	شَاخِص šāḵiṣ	شَاخِصَة šāḵiṣa	الشَّاخِصَة aš-šāḵiṣa	شَاخِصَة šāḵiṣat
Nominative	شَاخِصٌ šāḵiṣun	الشَّاخِصُ aš-šāḵiṣu	شَاخِصُ šāḵiṣu	شَاخِصَةٌ šāḵiṣatun	الشَّاخِصَةُ aš-šāḵiṣatu	شَاخِصَةُ šāḵiṣatu
Accusative	شَاخِصًا šāḵiṣan	الشَّاخِصَ aš-šāḵiṣa	شَاخِصَ šāḵiṣa	شَاخِصَةً šāḵiṣatan	الشَّاخِصَةَ aš-šāḵiṣata	شَاخِصَةَ šāḵiṣata
Genitive	شَاخِصٍ šāḵiṣin	الشَّاخِصِ aš-šāḵiṣi	شَاخِصِ šāḵiṣi	شَاخِصَةٍ šāḵiṣatin	الشَّاخِصَةِ aš-šāḵiṣati	شَاخِصَةِ šāḵiṣati

Declension of noun شَاخِص (šāḵiṣ)

Descendants

• → Persian: شاخص (šâxes)
• → Ottoman Turkish: شاخص (şâhıs)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَاخِص.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɑː.xɪ́s]

• (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)

1. index, standard

   شاخص توده بدنی ― šâxes-e tude-ye badani ― Body Mass Index

   شاخص آلودگی هوای تهران ― šâxes-e âludegi-ye havâ-ye tehrân ― Tehran's air pollution index

2. (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