[Lexicog] Measure words

[Patrick Chew]

Dr. Fakhr-Rohani:

	"Measure words," as Professor Pellin is looking for, are things like 
<ta> تا in Farsi, e.g. چاي يك تا، خواهش ميكنم chai yek ta, khohesh 
mikonam "a tea, please", etc.

cheers,
-Patrick


Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani wrote:
> Dear Prof. Tommaso Pellin,
>   Thanks for your interesting message.  What do you precisely mean by 
> 'measure words'? Do you mean such words as 'kilo', 'meter', and so on? 
> If so, I can help you with some such words from Mazandarani, a 
> less-studied Iranian language. Will it help you?   And, do you think the 
> size of such words will be enough for devoting a dictionary to them?
>   Write me soon.
> Sincerely,
> Dr. Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani
> dr_fakhr_rohani at yahoo.com <mailto:dr_fakhr_rohani at yahoo.com>




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