Word
تعداد تماشاگران تقریباً هزار نفر نیست.
Meaning
The number of spectators is not approximately one thousand.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of تعداد تماشاگران تقریباً هزار نفر نیست.
بودنbudan
to be
نفرnafar
person
تماشاگرtamâshâgar
spectator
هزارhezâr
thousand
Questions & Answers about تعداد تماشاگران تقریباً هزار نفر نیست.
Why does taghriban end with an "an" sound, and what is the symbol over the final letter?
The word taghriban (تقریباً) is an Arabic loanword used as an adverb meaning "approximately" or "almost". The double-dash symbol over the final letter (alef) is called a "tanvin". In Farsi, this Arabic spelling rule is kept for certain adverbs to add an "an" sound to the end of the word.
Could I use shomāreh instead of te'dād to say "the number of spectators"?
No, because they mean different kinds of "numbers". Te'dād refers to a quantity or a count (how many items or people there are). Shomāreh is used for a label or identification, like a phone number (shomāreh-ye telefon) or a room number.
Why is the counter word nafar in the singular form when it refers to a thousand people?
In Farsi, any noun or counter word that directly follows a number must remain in the singular form. So we say hezār nafar (literally "one thousand person"), even though it translates to a plural concept in English.
Why is the plural ending -ān used for tamāshāgarān (spectators) instead of the usual -hā?
The suffix -ān is a plural ending used specifically for animate nouns (living beings, primarily humans). While you can safely use -hā for almost everything in everyday Farsi (tamāshāgarhā is also perfectly fine), -ān is slightly more formal and very commonly used in writing or broadcasting for groups of people.