I just learned the term 'duplicative plurality' which reminded me of my first trip to Malaysia. From overhearing people and reading signs I noticed that they have so many words that are simply constructed by repeating some word. The particular one I remember is 'jalan jalan'. I remember that time I started thinking about that we have similar construct in Persian. Not only we repeat words to indicate plurality we also might change the second word to indicate assorted plurality.
I have always been interested in how words are shaped. Even from early childhood my brain could automatically recognise the way a word is shaped. Sometimes learning about words root feels like the joy you will have after solving a puzzle. Like the word for 'curious' in Persian literally means 'exploring corners' but one might not naturally notice it's funny root. So one reason for my passion to learn languages is because I love words. I wonder if there is a word for a person who loves words?
Examples of duplicative plurality:
Jalan Jalan(Bahasa): to walk around
Door door(Persian): to drive around
Khenzel penzel(Persian): assorted hoarded items
Charand parand(Persian): nonsense talking
Joor vaa joor(Persian): of varying kinds, various
Sar aa sar(Persian): from one head to another head, comprehensive, global, national
Do you have these kind of words in your language: