исбот кардан: to prove
You can’t prove that I was there.
Ту чӣ хел исбот мекунӣ, ки инҳо китобҳои падари ту буданд?
How will you prove that these were your father’s books?
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Synonym: собит кардан
исбот: proof (noun)
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Synonym: собит кардан
исбот: proof (noun)
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An ordinal number is formed by adding the suffix -ум or -юм to the cardinal number. The suffix -юм is only used for the numbers ду, се and сӣ.
first: якум
second: дуюм
third: сеюм
fourth: чорум
tenth: даҳум
twenty-fifth: бисту панҷум
thirtieth: сиюм
hundredth: садум
Notice that in the word сиюм (thirtieth) the letter ӣ is replaced with и.
The word чорум can also be seen as чаҳорум.
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Also called ҷуворӣ.
ҷуворимаккаи сафед: white corn
ҷуворимаккапарвар: corn grower
ҷуворимаккапарварӣ: corn growing
ҷуворимакказор: corn field
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Synonym: ният, қасд
This word is Arabic in origin, as are many words with the pattern m-a-C-C-V-C (C=consonant, V=vowel). Notice that the three root consonants (қ, с, д) are in the word қасд, which also means “will”, “intention”.
мақсад доштан: to have a purpose
мақсади асосӣ: main purpose
мақсади аслиро фаромӯш кардан: to forget the original purpose
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хабар: information, news
хабар додан: to inform, to give information
хабар доштан: to know, to have information
хабардор: informed (хабар + present stem of доштан)
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ёрӣ: help
додан: to give
The first sentence could also be translated, “Give help to your mother”.
Lots of Tajik verbs combine a noun with the verb додан. Here are some others:
хабар додан: to inform, to give information
ҷазо додан: to punish, to give punishment
фармон додан: to order, to give an order
баҳо додан: to grade, to give a grade
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Synonym: истироҳат
таътили зимистона: winter holiday
таътили тобистона: summer holiday
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аҳл: inhabitant
The word аҳл is Arabic in origin. Its plural form, аҳолӣ, is quite different from the singular although some of the letters are the same. Here are some more examples of Arabic origin words with interesting plurals. Note that these words also (and more commonly) take the normal plural ending, ҳо.
тифл – атфол: child – children
ҳодиса – ҳаводис: event – events
амр – умур: command – commands
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дарё: river
You can read more about the Zarafshon river basin on Tajik wikipedia – Зарафшондарё
ҳавзаи дарёи Амазон: Amazon river basin
ҳавзаи дарёи Вахш: Vakhsh river basin
ҳавзаи дарёи Панҷ: Panj river basin
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Adding the suffix ӣ changes the word ҷануб to an adjective. Use ҷанубӣ when you are talking about the location of something.
ҷануб: south
ҷанубӣ: southern
Амрикои Ҷанубӣ: Southern America, South America
нимкураи Ҷанулӣ: southern hemisphere
тарафи ҷанубӣ: south side
Кореяи Ҷанубӣ: South Korea
минтақаҳои ҷанубӣ: southern regions
You can learn the names of the other continents here: қитъа: continent