ShIFT, saqfi binoro guyand. Sh.-i yodgorihoi memorii Osiyoi Miyonaro ba har namud mesokhtand. Ba sifatyai masolehi Sh. khishti khomu pukhta, sang, chub va g. istifoda meshudand. Dar guzashta ba shakli gumbaz sokhtani shifti binohoi buzurgi boshukuh (masjid, maqbara, Madrasa, korvonsaroy va g.) mamul bud. Aksari binohoi istiqomatie, ki dar a-hoi 19 va 20 sokhta shudaand, Sh.-i hamvor dorand. Dar memorii khalqi Sh.-i khonaho aksaran bolorhoi toq (5, 7, 9 bolora) va vassajuft budand. Digar va namudhoi Sh. niz vomekhurand. Sh. araqa, kiyik, sharafa, furumon, qabza, takhtapush, hoshiya, vassa, havzak, tumor va g. dorad.
M. Ruziev.