Bukharian Jewish Language / Zaboni Yahudihoyi Buxori

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Bukharian Jewish
Language
Zaboni Yahudihoyi Buxori
ALPHABET

Corresponding letters and sounds
Latin Letters Russian Hebrew
English Letters
(Bukharian) letters letters
A a A А אַ
B b B Б בּ
V v V В ו ,ב
G g G Г ג
D d D Д ד
E e E Е אּ..
Yo yo YO Ё ׳
Zh zh ZH Ж ׳ז
Z z Z З ז
I i I И ׳אּ
Y y Y Й אּ׳
K k K К כּ
L l L Л ל
M m M М ם ,מ
N n N Н ן ,נ
O o O O אָ
P p P П פּ
R r R Р ר
S s S C ס ,שׂ
T t T T ת ,ט
U u U У וּא
F f F Ф ף ,פ
H h soft sounding H X ה ,ח
Ch ch CH Ч ׳צ
Sh sh SH Ш שׁ
sign for separation of
' Ъ ע
letters
E e E Э ׳א
Yu yu YU Ю וּ׳
Ya ya YA Я אַ׳
pronounced as sound of
U' u' וֹא
"ea" in word "early"
pronouced as "c" in
Q q ק
word "consonant"
pronounced as sound
Gh gh "gh" in word ГX ג
"Afghanistan"
X x hard sounding H X , כ
J j J ДЖ ׳ג
Note:
The letter of H should be pronounced softer than usual English h, while
letter X should be pronounced harder than usual English h.
For example:
Hayim - the life
Xursand - Merry, happy
The letter U' should be pronounced as letters ea in the English word early.
The letter Q should be pronounced as "c" in English word "consonant".
LESSON ONE
The cardinal numbers.
1. one - yak
2. two - du
3. three - se
4. four - chor
5. five - panj
6. six - shish
7. seven - haft
8. eight - hasht
9. nine - no'h
10. ten - dah
11. eleven - yozdah
12. twelve - duvozdah
13. thirteen - senzdah
14. fourteen - chordah
15. fifteen - ponzdah
16. sixteen - shonzdah
17. seventeen - habdah
18. eighteen - hastdah
19. nineteen - no'zdah
20. twenty - bist
21. twenty one - bistu yak
30. thirty - si
31. thirty one- siyu yak
40. forty - chil
50. fifty - panjoh
60. sixty - shast
70. seventy - haftod
80. eighty - hashtod
90. ninety - navad
100. hundred - sad
200. two hundred - dusad
300. three hundred - sesad
400. four hundred - chorsad
500. five hundred - panjsad
600. six hundred - shishsad
700. seven hundred - haftsad
800. eight hundred - hashtsad
900. nine hundred - no'hsad
1000. thousand - hazor
1000000. million - milion
The ordinal numbers.
The ordinal numbers are derived from the cardinal numbers with the
addition of the suffix - to words ending with consonants "-um" ; - to words
ending with vowels "-yum":
yakum - first
duyum - second
seyum - third
chorum - fourth
panjum - fifth
bistu seyum - twenty third
sadu navadu haftum - one hundred and ninety seventh
Fractions.
Example:
Az chor se - three quarters (three fourths)
Az se du - two thirds
Home work. Write the following words in Buxori:
Sixty one (61)
Twenty two (22)
Eighth (8th)
One hundred ninety fifth (195th)
Two fourth (2/4)
LESSON TWO
In the Bukharian-Jewish language as in other languages, there are words,
letters in which pronounce differently, than are written. For a correct
pronunciation of the words in the Bukharian-Jewish language, difficult
words will be written in a transcription. In many cases the letter “h” doesn’t
pronounce at the end of the words, for example:
no'h [no’] – nine
dah [da] – ten
yozdah [yoza] – eleven
duvozdah [do’za] – twelve
senzdah [senza] – thirteen
chordah [chorda] – fourteen
ponzdah [ponza] – fifteen
shonzdah [shonza] – sixteen
habdah [habda] – seventeen
hashtdah [hashda] – eighteen
nuzdah [nuzda] – nineteen
panjoh [panjo] – fifty
Learn the following words:
Yakshanbe [yakshame] – Sunday
Dushanbe [dushame] – Monday
Seshanbe [seshame] – Tuesday
Chorshanbe [chorshame] – Wednesday
Panjshanbe [panshame] – Thursday
Jum`a – Friday
Shabot – Saturday
Ro’z – day
Hafta – week
Moh – month
Sol – year
Imro’z – today
Pagah – tomorrow
Dina – yesterday
Imro’z shabot – today is Saturday
Imro’z yakshanbe – today is Sunday
It is necessary to note, that some Bukharian Jews use the following
words for days of week:
Yakshabot – Sunday
Dushabot – Monday
Seshabot – Tuesday
Chorshabot – Wednesday
Panjshabot – Thursday
Ro’zi erev-shabot – Friday
Shabot – Saturday
Homework
Write down the following words:
Today is Monday
Today is Tuesday
Today is Wednesday
Today is Thursday
Today is Friday
Answers to the homework of the first lesson:
Sixty one (61) - Shastu yak
Twenty two (22) - Bistu du
Eighth (8th) - Hashtum
One hundred ninety fifth (195th) - Sadu navadu panjum or yak sadu
navadu panjum
Two fourth (2/4) - Az Chor Du
LESSON 3
Learn the following words:
Mishpoho, oila - family
Dada - dad
Ocha, ona - mom
Padar – father (lit.)
Modar – mother (lit.)
Bobo [bovo] - grandfather
Bibi [bivi] - grandmother
Bacha, farzand – a child
Pisar – son, boy
Duxtar – daughter, girl
Barodar– brother
Aka – older brother
Dodar, uka – younger brother
Apa – older sister
Xohar [xuvar] – younger sister
Nabera [navera] – grandson, granddaughter
Amak – uncle (from father’s side)
Taghoi – uncle (from mother’s side)
Amma – aunt (from father’s side)
Xola – aunt (from mother’s side)
Hover, do’st, jo’ra – friend
Kitob [kitov] – book