Questions & Answers about قدمت این پیکره حدود هزار سال است.
Why do we use qedmat here instead of sen for the age of the sculpture?
While sen means age, it is generally reserved for living things like people or animals. For historical objects, ruins, or monuments, Farsi uses qedmat (antiquity or historical age) to sound natural.
Why is there an Ezafe added to hodud (about/approximately)?
The word hodud literally translates to limits or boundaries (the plural of hadd). When used to mean approximately before a quantity, it functions as a noun and must connect to the number using an Ezafe, pronounced here as hodud-e hezar.
Is there a superlative partitive construction in this sentence, as taught in this lesson?
No, this sentence relies on standard noun-noun Ezafe chains like qedmat-e in peykare (the antiquity of this sculpture). If you wanted to apply the superlative partitive structure from this lesson, you could say qadimitarin-e in peykare-ha (the oldest of these sculptures), linking the superlative directly to a specific group with an Ezafe.
Could I use mojasame instead of peykare for the word sculpture?
Yes, mojasame is the most common and versatile word for statue or sculpture. However, peykare carries a more formal, artistic, or archaeological nuance, which pairs perfectly with the historical context of qedmat.