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Gender:

This feature takes the following values: Fem, Masc.

There is no grammatical reflex of gender in Middle Persian with the exception of a few lexical calques from Avestan such as the neutral form ašō vs. the feminine form ašōnī “righteous”.

Fem: Feminine sexus

Common nouns and names that are known to refer to feminine beings have value ‘feminie’ such as zan “woman, wife” or anāhīd (divine being).

Masc: Masculine sexus

Common nouns and names that are known to refer to masculine beings have value ‘masculine’ such as mard “man” or srōš (divine being).


Gender in other languages: [bej] [bg] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [fr] [ga] [grc] [hbo] [it] [myv] [naq] [pal] [ps] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [u] [uk]