The article dwells on the issues beset with morphological peculiarities and the level of usage of the nominal suffix -zor in the Tajik literary language referring to the XVIII and XX centuries on the material of historical writings [2; 3; 13]. It is noted that the relevant suffix is one of the oldest and rarely used word-building elements in the language of the historical writings compared. It is concluded that the suffix -zor conduces to the formation of a series of derivative words denoting the notions of place and plurality, but the level of their usage is not identical. It is proven that the word korzor is used only as an underived one in “Tuhfat-ul-khoni”. One of the distinctive peculiarities of the nouns derived by means of the suffix -zor lies in the fact that they are pluralized by the suffix -ho in S. Aini`s works.
Pages: 104 - 107
Date: 07.06.2023