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(n.) language, tongue; 
~и адабӣ literary language; 
~и гуфтугў spoken language; 
~и модарӣ mother tongue; 
~и хориҷӣ foreign language; 
~и тоҷикӣ Tajik language; 
~ баровардан to begin to speak; 
~ як кардан to arrange things, to come to an arrangement; 
~аш мегирад he stumbles; 
~аш дароз he is sure of his being right (long tongue)