Gender of Nouns

As in English, nouns in Dari do not usually have a specified gender.

In some words borrowed from Arabic, an ending which is written ه and pronounced "a" can denote a female, as in:

"student" محصل

and

"student (female)" محصله

See Also:

• Class of Nouns
• Number of Nouns
• Plural Nouns
• Spelling Rules for Plural Nouns
• Plurals of Words Borrowed from Arabic
• Definite and Indefinite Nouns
• Special Spelling Rules for the Indefinite Suffix
• Special Functions of the Indefinite Suffix
• Proper Nouns
• Verbal Nouns