Questions & Answers about ظرفیت سالن تقریباً هزار نفر است.
Can I use hodud-e instead of taghriban in this sentence?
Yes, you can say hodud-e hezar nafar instead. The difference is grammatical but the meaning is exactly the same. taghriban is an adverb meaning "approximately," while hodud-e is a noun meaning "the limit or vicinity of" and requires the ezāfe linking vowel to connect it to the number.
What is the double dash symbol at the end of تقریباً?
That is a diacritic called a tanween, which is found on words borrowed from Arabic. In Farsi, it is always pronounced as an "-an" sound. That is why تقریباً is pronounced "taghriban".
Why doesn't the word for people (نفر) take a plural ending after "a thousand"?
In Farsi, nouns that come directly after a number always stay in their singular form. Additionally, نفر (nafar) is the standard counting word (classifier) used for human beings, so هزار نفر literally functions like "one thousand person."
The word سالن looks like the English word "salon." Does it mean the same thing?
It is a loanword from French, but in Farsi, سالن (salon) almost always refers to a large hall, auditorium, or event venue. If you are talking about a hair or beauty salon, Farsi speakers typically use the word آرایشگاه (arayeshgah).