-ум
Tajik
Alternative forms
- -юм (-yum) — after vowels
Etymology
Inherited from Classical Persian ـُم (-um).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /um/, [‿um]
Suffix
-ум • (-um) (Persian spelling ـم)
- used to form ordinal numbers: -th
- панҷум ― panjum ― fifth
- бисту якум ― bistu yakum ― twenty first
- used to create the denominator of fractions: -th
- як шашуми мева ― yak šašum-i meva ― a sixth of the fruit