то-

Tajik

Etymology

From то (to, “until”). Phono-semantic matching of Russian до- (do-, “pre-”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ/, [t̪ʰɔ]

Prefix

то- • (to-) (Persian spelling تا)

1. pre-, ante-

   Antonym: баъди- (baʾd-i-)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎синф (sinf, “class”) → ‎тосинфӣ (tosinfi, “preclass”)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎инқилоб (inqilob, “revolution”) → ‎тоинқилобӣ (toyinqilobi, “prerevolutionary”)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎ҷанг (jang, “war”) → ‎тоҷангӣ (tojangi, “prewar, antebellum”)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎таърих (taʾrix, “history”) → ‎тотаърихӣ (totaʾrixi, “prehistoric”)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎мактаб (maktab, “school”) → ‎томактабӣ (tomaktabi, “preschool”)

   ‎то- (to-) + ‎шӯравӣ (šüravi, “soviet”) → ‎тошӯравӣ (tošüravi, “pre-Soviet”)