جات

Persian

Etymology

An extended form of ـات (-ât), from Arabic ـَات (-āt). The /dʒ/ probably goes back to the Middle Persian /ɡ/ that also resurfaces with the plural suffix ـان (-ân), as in پرنده (parande) → پرندگان (parandegân). Before the Arabic suffix, this /ɡ/ was Arabised to /dʒ/ by analogy with Persian loanwords in Arabic; compare بَرْنامَج (barnāmaj) vis-à-vis Persian برنامه (barnâme) etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jāt
Dari reading?	jāt
Iranian reading?	jât
Tajik reading?	jot

Suffix

جات • (-jât)

1. Forms the plural of some nouns, mostly ending in ـه (-e), less often in other vowels. Such plurals often have a collective sense, e.g. referring to products or plants.