Editing Tajik language (section)

===Nouns===
Nouns are not marked for [[grammatical gender]], although they are marked for number.

Two forms of number exist in Tajik, singular and plural. The plural is marked by either the suffix {{lang|tg|-ҳо}} {{Transliteration|tg|-ho}} or {{lang|tg|-он}} {{Transliteration|tg|-on}} (with contextual variants {{lang|tg|-ён}} {{Transliteration|tg|-yon}} and {{lang|tg|-гон}} {{Transliteration|tg|-gon}}), although Arabic loan words may use Arabic forms. There is no definite article, but the indefinite article exists in the form of the number "one" {{lang|tg|як}} {{Transliteration|tg|yak}} and {{lang|tg|-е}} {{Transliteration|tg|-e}}, the first positioned before the noun and the second joining the noun as a suffix. When a noun is used as a [[direct object]], it is marked by the suffix {{lang|tg|-ро}} {{Transliteration|tg|-ro}}, e.g., {{lang|tg|Рустамро задам}} {{Transliteration|tg|Rustam-ro zadam}} {{gloss|I hit Rustam}}. This direct object suffix is added to the word after any plural suffixes. The form {{lang|tg|-ро}} can be literary or formal. In older forms of the Persian language, {{lang|tg|-ро}} could indicate both direct and indirect objects and some phrases used in modern [[Persian language|Persian]] and Tajik have maintained this suffix on indirect objects, as seen in the following example: {{lang|tg|Худоро шукр}} {{Transliteration|tg|Xudo-ro šukr}} {{gloss|Thank God}}). Modern [[Persian language|Persian]] does not use the direct object marker as a suffix on the noun, but rather, as a stand-alone [[morpheme]].<ref name="Khojayori, Nasrullo 2009"/>