шумора

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian شُمَارَه (šumāra), see there for more. By surface analysis, шумор (šumor) +‎ (-a, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃumora/, [ʃu.mɔ.ɾä]

Noun

шумора • (šumora) (Persian spelling شماره)

  1. quantity (amount of something)
    Synonyms: адад (adad), рақам (raqam)
  2. number (sequence of digits)
    1. (by extension) telephone number
  3. number (indicating position of something in a sequence)
  4. (linguistics) numeral (a number word)

Usage notes

  • Generally, when referring to numbers, шумора (šumora) is used to describe numbers in a sequence, whereas адад (adad) is used to describe quantifiable objects.
    • example: шумораи 5 = "5th" or "number 5" (in a list); but адади 5 = "the number 5".
    • example: шумораи утоқ = "room number"; but адади утоқ = "number of rooms".

Inflection

Inflection of шумора
singular plural
bare шумора (šumora) шумораҳо (šumoraho) [Term?] [Term?]
definite
object
шумораро (šumoraro) шумораҳоро (šumorahoro) ро (ro) ро (ro)
izofa шумораи (šumora-yi) шумораҳои (šumoraho-yi) и (i) и (i)
indefinite,
definite
relative
bare шуморае (šumoraye)
object шумораеро (šumorayero)
Possessive forms of шумора
singular plural
bare 1st singular шумораям (šumorayam) шумораҳоям (šumorahoyam) ам (am) ам (am)
2nd singular шумораят (šumorayat) шумораҳоят (šumorahoyat) ат (at) ат (at)
3rd singular шумораяш (šumorayaš) шумораҳояш (šumorahoyaš) аш () аш ()
1st plural шумораямон (šumorayamon) шумораҳоямон (šumorahoyamon) амон (amon) амон (amon)
2nd plural шумораятон (šumorayaton) шумораҳоятон (šumorahoyaton) атон (aton) атон (aton)
3rd plural шумораяшон (šumorayašon) шумораҳояшон (šumorahoyašon) ашон (ašon) ашон (ašon)
singular plural
definite
object
1st singular шумораямро (šumorayamro) шумораҳоямро (šumorahoyamro) амро (amro) амро (amro)
2nd singular шумораятро (šumorayatro) шумораҳоятро (šumorahoyatro) атро (atro) атро (atro)
3rd singular шумораяшро (šumorayašro) шумораҳояшро (šumorahoyašro) ашро (ašro) ашро (ašro)
1st plural шумораямонро (šumorayamonro) шумораҳоямонро (šumorahoyamonro) амонро (amonro) амонро (amonro)
2nd plural шумораятонро (šumorayatonro) шумораҳоятонро (šumorahoyatonro) атонро (atonro) атонро (atonro)
3rd plural шумораяшонро (šumorayašonro) шумораҳояшонро (šumorahoyašonro) ашонро (ašonro) ашонро (ašonro)

Further reading

  • шумора on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia tg
  • шумора”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025
  • Jilani, Jon (2009) Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 136