ҳабдаҳ

Tajik

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    Cardinal: ҳабдаҳ (habdah)
    Ordinal: ҳабдаҳум (habdahum)

Alternative forms

  • ҳафдаҳ (hafdah) (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian هَفْدَهْ (hafdah). Pronunciation change likely due to a voiced /f/ being reinterpreted as a /b/~/w/ (as a /v/ did not exist in Classical Persian), compare colloquial Dari هبده (habda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /habdah/, [häb.d̪äʱ]

Numeral

ҳабдаҳ • (habdah) (Persian spelling هبده)

  1. seventeen