Learn Farsi: شهرک یک دریاچه‌ی زیبا و یک باغچه دارد. - The model village has a beautiful lake and a small garden.

It comes from the word shahr (city) plus the diminutive suffix -ak. Together, they literally mean "little city". In modern Farsi, shahrak is commonly used to mean a town, a residential complex, or a model village.

Is daryâche (lake) also formed using a diminutive suffix?

Yes! It is made of daryâ (sea) and the suffix -che. So a lake is literally a "little sea" in Farsi. This is a very common way to create new nouns based on size.

What is the difference between bâgh and bâghche?

bâgh usually refers to a large garden, orchard, or estate. By adding the diminutive suffix -che, we get bâghche, which means a small yard garden or a flowerbed, like the ones you typically find at a residential house.

Why is there an extra letter ی at the end of daryâche?

This is the Ezafe connector linking the noun to its adjective zibâ (beautiful). Because daryâche ends in a silent "heh" (making a short "e" sound), we cannot just add a short vowel sound to connect them. We must write the consonant ی to create the "ye" sound, making it daryâche-ye zibâ.