The suffix جات (“jât”) forms plurals that refer to the different variants of the same type, class, group, category, … For instance, “sabzi” means “vegetable”, “sabzihâ” means “vegetables” and “sabzijât” means “different varieties of vegetables”. It is clear that “sabzijât” is a subset of “sabzihâ”. That is, “different varieties of vegetables” are part of “vegetables”. The suffix “jât” forms a more specific plural that emphasizes the variety of a given word.

Singular Plural
سبزی
⟨sabzi⟩
vegetable
سبزیجات
⟨sabzijât⟩
vegetables of any variety
میوه
⟨mive⟩
fruit
میوه‌جات
⟨mivejât⟩
fruits of any variety
شیرینی
⟨širini⟩
sweet substance (fruit/food/drink/…)
شیرینیجات
⟨širinijât⟩
sweet substances of any variety
ترشی
⟨torši⟩
sour substance (fruit/food/drink/…)
ترشیجات
⟨toršijât⟩
sour substances of any variety
چربی
⟨čarbi⟩
fatty substance
چربیجات
⟨čarbijât⟩
fatty substances of any variety
طلا
⟨talâ⟩
gold
طلاجات
⟨talâjât⟩
gold jewelry of any variety
کارخانه
⟨kârxâne⟩
factory
کارخانجات
⟨kârxânejât⟩
factories of any variety

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