Farsi Plural

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Farsi Plural

Learning the Farsi Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Farsi language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Farsi.

Farsi Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:

Plural

The formation of plural in Persian can be divided into three cases:

• using the plural suffix «-hâ»
• using the plural suffix «-ân»
• Arabic plural

Words are normally pluralized with the suffix «hâ» e.g. «ketâbhâ» (books).

The plural suffix «ân» («gân» after the vowel «e» and «yân» after other vowels) is specific to human beings. It can be used instead of «-hâ» to designate human beings. For example:

• «sar» means «head», «sarhâ» means «heads» but «sarân» means «chiefs, heads, leaders»
• «gozaŝte» means «past», «gozaŝtehâ» means «the past (things, events)» but «gozaŝtegân» means «the people of the past»

There are many Arabic loanwords in Persian and many of them have also brought their plural form (that can be regular or irregular) into written Persian. However, they are optional and you can use «-hâ» to pluralize any word. In fact, Arabic plurals are not found in spoken Persian and words are pluralized with «-hâ». Even in written Persian, the use of Arabic plurals has greatly decreased in favor of «-hâ».

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Farsi has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Persian.

List of Plurals in Farsi

Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Farsi placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Farsi vocabulary.

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