шарқӣ: eastern
The climate in the eastern Pamirs is cold and dry.
Айвони Сулаймон, ки дар девори шарқӣ буд, 250 метр дарозӣ дошт.
Solomon’s Porch, which was on the eastern side, had a length of 250 metres.
Resources for learning the Tajik language
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These sentences are very similar, but notice that you can put the adjective either before or after the noun.
зебо: beautiful, pretty
зеботар: more beautiful, prettier
зеботарин: most beautiful, prettiest
Other words with the suffix тарин –
чуқуртарин: deepest
қадимтарин: oldest, most ancient
муҳимтарин: most important
бузургтарин: greatest
For more help with comparatives and superlatives see this worksheet: Comparatives and Superlatives
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Adding the letter ӣ to a noun can change it into an adjective.
маъмур: administrator
маъмурӣ: administrative
бинои маъмурӣ: administrative building
маркази маъмурӣ: administrative centre
шӯъбаи маъмурӣ: administrative department
корҳои маъмурӣ: administrative work, administrative jobs
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Synonym: лимӯранг
In Tajik when saying the colour of something you usually use the verb “to have”, as you can see in the first sentence. We could translate that sentence, “Bananas and lemons have a yellow colour”.
зарди тухм: egg yolk, the yellow of the egg
зарди тиллоранг: golden yellow
зардолу: apricot
Tajik has some fun colour words:
каб-кабуд: very blue
сап-сафед: very white
сип-сиёҳ: very black
суп-сурх: very red
заб-зард: very yellow
If you need to review colours you can do it at Memrise: Tajik Colours. (You need to log in, but it is free.)
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Opposite: наздик (near)
аз дур: from afar
аз роҳи дур омадан: to come from a long way away
Шарқи Дур: Far East
дурбин: far-sighted
дуру наздик: far and near
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Opposite: аввалин (first)
рӯзҳои охирин: the last days
сухани охирин: the final word, the last word
нафаси охирин: final breath, last breath
хабарҳои охирин: the latest news
You can also put “охирин” before the noun – охирин рӯзҳо, охирин сухат, охирин нафас etc.
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Synonyms: калонтарин
бузург: great, large
бузургтар: greater, larger
бузургтарин орзу: greatest wish
бузургтарин подшоҳ: greatest king
бузургтарин шоир: greatest poet
Other words with the suffix тарин –
чуқуртарин: deepest
қадимтарин: oldest, most ancient
муҳимтарин: most important
For more help with comparatives and superlatives see this worksheet: Comparatives and Superlatives
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Synonyms: сохта, эҷодшуда
гули сунъӣ: artificial flower
табассуми сунъӣ: artificial smile
шаршараи сунъӣ: man-made waterfall
дандонҳои сунъӣ: false teeth
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таърих: history
To change the noun into an adjective, add the letter ӣ.
таърих > таърихӣ
The letter ӣ can not occur in the middle of the word. Notice in the second sentence the ӣ has been changed to a и.
романи таърихӣ: historical novel
аҳамияти таърихӣ: historical importance
одами таърихӣ: historical figure (person)
бинои таърихӣ: historical building