Proper Nouns

In English, proper nouns name specific persons, places, or things, and are capitalized.

In Dari, a proper noun also names a specific person, place, or thing. However, languages written in Arabic script do not have capital letters. Proper nouns in Dari are sometimes placed in quotation marks, especially if the name is unfamiliar to native speakers of Dari.

"در ایالت "ویرجینیا

"In the state of Virginia"

آنها او را "خوش مراد" می گفتند

"They called him Khush Marad"

See Also:

• Gender of Nouns
• 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
• Verbal Nouns