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Where does “-шиносӣ” come from?

-шиносӣ (Tajik) comes from Tajik -ӣ, from Classical Persian ـِی, from Finnish yh.

Ancestry of “-шиносӣ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tajik-ӣadjectival suffix
2Classical Persianـِی—
3Finnishyh—

Words derived from “-шиносӣ”

  • мардумшиносӣ
  • хуншиносӣ
Every word from Finnish yh →