Tajik

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Tajik numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: ҳабдаҳ (habdah)
    Ordinal: ҳабдаҳум (habdahum)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /habdah/, [häb.d̪äʱ]

Numeral

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ҳабдаҳ (habdah) (Persian spelling هبده)

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