Pluralized adjectives (-hâ)

Adjectives as Nouns

In English, we often use "the" plus an adjective to talk about a whole group of people sharing a characteristic, like "the rich" or "the elderly". In Farsi, you achieve this by simply attaching the standard plural suffix ها directly to the adjective.

This instantly turns the adjective into a plural noun representing that group.

Acting Like Regular Nouns

Once an adjective is turned into a noun, it follows all the normal grammar rules for nouns. For instance, if the group is the specific direct object of the verb, you must add the object marker را after it.

Singular Adjectives as Nouns

Just as you can pluralize these adjectives to talk about a group, you can also use them as singular nouns to refer to a single individual with that trait (for example, "a wise person" or "this deaf person").

Describing Society

This noun-creation pattern is especially common when discussing broad categories of people and contrasting different groups within society.