ـار
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Term?] (/‑tār/), [Term?] (/‑dār/, agent noun-forming suffix).[1]
Suffix
[edit]| Dari | ـار |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | -ор |
ـار • (-âr)
- suffix which forms agent nouns
- suffix which forms abstract nouns
- suffix which forms concrete nouns
- suffix which forms adjectives
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ela Filippone (2011) “The Language of the Qorʾān-e Qods and its Sistanic Dialectal Background”, in M. Maggi, P. Orsatti, editors, The Persian Language in History[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 179-235:
- It is well known that MP ‑tār/‑dār, forming agent nouns (and a few passive nominals as well), lost its productivity in early new Persian and later stages of Persian. Most of the Persian words ending in ‑(t)ār, derived from Middle Persian agent nouns, must have changed their meaning early, becoming abstract nouns (cf. MP guftār ‘speaker’ [= QQ gftʾr ‘id.’] > Prs. goftār ‘speech’). (...) One may mention at least one West Iranian area where ‑ār is still productive: in Xoʾini, agent nouns are formed by adding ‑ār to the present stem of the verb, e.g. xarašār ‘seller’, reše gerār ‘bribe taker’, etc.