Breakdown of مرداد ماهِ پنجم است.
ماهmâh
month
پنجمpanjom
fifth
مردادmordâd
Mordâd (5th Persian month, Jul–Aug)
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Questions & Answers about مرداد ماهِ پنجم است.
Why is there an "e" sound at the end of ماه (mah)?
That is the ezāfe! In Farsi, when you connect a noun to an adjective that describes it, you use this connecting "e" sound. Here, ماه (month) is connected to پنجم (fifth) to make ماهِ پنجم (the fifth month).
How do you form ordinal numbers like "fifth" (پنجم) in Farsi?
You take the regular number and add the suffix ـُم (-om). The word for five is پنج (panj), so adding ـُم makes it پنجم (panjom), meaning "fifth".
In English we say "the fifth month". Why are the words in the opposite order (ماهِ پنجم) here?
In Farsi, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe. This includes ordinal numbers that end in ـُم (-om). So you use the ezāfe and say it like "month of fifth". Note: If you used the other type of ordinal number ending in ـُمین (-omin) like پنجمین (panjomin), it would come before the noun without an ezāfe.
Does مرداد (Mordad) translate directly to an English month like August?
Not exactly. مرداد is the fifth month of the Iranian solar calendar. It starts around July 23rd and ends around August 22nd.