гӯш додан

гӯш додан: to listen

Шумо ба гапи падару модаратон гӯш диҳед.
Listen to your father and mother.
Дарбон дарро барои чӯпон мекушояд, гӯсфандон ба овози вай гӯш медиҳанд.
The gatekeeper opens the door for the shepherd, and the sheep listen to his voice.

Bonus:
Synonyms: гӯш кардан, гӯш андохтан

гӯш: ear
додан: to give

гӯшдиҳанда: listener, hearer

The helper verb додан is seen quite a lot. Here are some more examples:
салом додан: to greet
ном додан: to name
бой додан: to lose
ваъда додан: to promise
нишон додан: to show
озор додан: to harm
тавсия додан: to recommend
хабар додан: to inform, to tell

When you have a verb that uses додан you can often form a compound word using the noun part of the verb with диҳанда to form a noun that is a person, for example бойдиҳанда (loser), хабардиҳанда (informer).

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