# императорзан
## Tajik
### Etymology

From император (imperator, “emperor”) +‎ зан (zan, “woman”). Calque of Russian императрица (imperatrica).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imperatorzan/, [ʔim.pʰe.ɾä.t̪ʰɔɾ.zän]

### Noun

императорзан • (imperatorzan) (Persian spelling امپراطورزن)
* empress

#### Inflection

Inflection of императорзан :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^1$ | or broken$^1$ |
| bare | bare | императорзан imperatorzan | императорзанҳо imperatorzanho | [Term?] | [Term?] |
| definite object | definite object | императорзанро imperatorzanro | императорзанҳоро imperatorzanhoro | ро ro | ро ro |
| izofa | izofa | императорзани imperatorzan-i | императорзанҳои imperatorzanho-yi | и i | и i |
| indefinite, definite relative | bare | императорзане imperatorzane | — | — | — |
| indefinite, definite relative | object | императорзанеро imperatorzanero | — | — | — |
Possessive forms of императорзан :
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^1$ | broken$^1$ |
| bare | 1st singular | императорзанам imperatorzanam | императорзанҳоям imperatorzanhoyam | ам am | ам am |
| bare | 2nd singular | императорзанат imperatorzanat | императорзанҳоят imperatorzanhoyat | ат at | ат at |
| bare | 3rd singular | императорзанаш imperatorzanaš | императорзанҳояш imperatorzanhoyaš | аш aš | аш aš |
| bare | 1st plural | императорзанамон imperatorzanamon | императорзанҳоямон imperatorzanhoyamon | амон amon | амон amon |
| bare | 2nd plural | императорзанатон imperatorzanaton | императорзанҳоятон imperatorzanhoyaton | атон aton | атон aton |
| bare | 3rd plural | императорзанашон imperatorzanašon | императорзанҳояшон imperatorzanhoyašon | ашон ašon | ашон ašon |
| | | singular | plural |
| sound | broken$^1$ | broken$^1$ |
| definite object | 1st singular | императорзанамро imperatorzanamro | императорзанҳоямро imperatorzanhoyamro | амро amro | амро amro |
| definite object | 2nd singular | императорзанатро imperatorzanatro | императорзанҳоятро imperatorzanhoyatro | атро atro | атро atro |
| definite object | 3rd singular | императорзанашро imperatorzanašro | императорзанҳояшро imperatorzanhoyašro | ашро ašro | ашро ašro |
| definite object | 1st plural | императорзанамонро imperatorzanamonro | императорзанҳоямонро imperatorzanhoyamonro | амонро amonro | амонро amonro |
| definite object | 2nd plural | императорзанатонро imperatorzanatonro | императорзанҳоятонро imperatorzanhoyatonro | атонро atonro | атонро atonro |
| definite object | 3rd plural | императорзанашонро imperatorzanašonro | императорзанҳояшонро imperatorzanhoyašonro | ашонро ašonro | ашонро ašonro |

#### References

* Iraj Bashiri (1994) “Persian and Tajik”, in Mehdi Marashi, editor, Persian Studies in North America: Studies in Honor of Mohammad Ali Jazayery‎ (in English), pages 109–139:[The suffix] -зан refers to a woman in charge of an operation. It follows -чӣ or -рон, if these suffixes are used: трактор-чи-зан (cf., Russ., трактористка). The suffix -духтар is used instead of -зан, if the agent is a girl. [...] The reforms implemented by the new government after the 1917 revolution effected changes in lifestyle and inculcated a new set of values in the republics. Today, the vestiges of the past: монарх (monarch); дамка (king); дума (council); земство (elective council in pre-revolutionary Russia); император (emperor); императорзан (empress); диктатор (dictator); царизм (tsarism); and the whole gamut of the feudal (феодалӣ) bureaucracy live side by side with the tenets of the революция (revolution).