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Learning the Persian 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 Persian language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Persian.
Persian 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:
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:
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».
| English Plural | Persian Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | jeme' - جمع |
| my book | ketāb men - کتاب من |
| my books | ketāb hāy men - کتاب های من |
| our daughter | dekheter mā - دختر ما |
| our daughters | dekheterān mā - دختران ما |
| I'm cold | men seredem āset - من سردم است |
| we're cold | mā seredemān āset - ما سردمان است |
| his chickens | jojeh hāy āo - جوجه های او |
| their chicken | jojeh ānehā - جوجه آنها |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Persian.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Persian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Persian vocabulary.
| English Plural | Persian Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | temesāḥ - تمساح |
| alligators | temesāḥ hā - تمساح ها |
| bear | kheres - خرس |
| bears | kheresehā - خرسها |
| bird | perenedeh - پرنده |
| birds | perenedekān - پرندگان |
| bull | kāo ner - گاو نر |
| bulls | kāohāy ner - گاوهای نر |
| cat | kerebeh - گربه |
| cats | kerebeh hā - گربه ها |
| cow | kāo - گاو |
| cows | kāohā - گاوها |
| deer | āho - آهو |
| many deer | āhohāy zeyād - آهوهای زیاد |
| dog | sek - سگ |
| dogs | sek hā - سگ ها |
| donkey | kher / ālāgh - خر / الاغ |
| donkeys | kherehā / ālāgh hā - خرها / الاغ ها |
| eagle | 'equāb - عقاب |
| eagles | 'equābehā - عقابها |
| elephant | feyel - فیل |
| elephants | feyelehā - فیلها |
| giraffe | zerāfeh - زرافه |
| giraffes | zerāfeh hā - زرافه ها |
| goat | bez - بز |
| goats | bezehā - بزها |
| horse | āseb - اسب |
| horses | āseb hā - اسب ها |
| lion | sheyer - شیر |
| lions | sheyerehā - شیرها |
| monkey | meyemon - میمون |
| monkeys | meyemon hā - میمون ها |
| mouse | mosh - موش |
| mice | moshehā - موشها |
| rabbit | kherekosh - خرگوش |
| rabbits | kherekoshehā - خرگوشها |
| snake | mār - مار |
| snakes | mārehā - مارها |
| tiger | beber - ببر |
| tigers | beberehā - ببرها |
| wolf | kerek - گرگ |
| wolves | kerekehā - گرگها |
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