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{{Infobox Language
{{Infobox Language
|name=Mazandarani
|name=Mazandarani
|nativename= ''Māzərūni'' مازِرونی - ''Mazəni'' مازنی <br> ''Tapəri'' تپری <br>
|nativename= ''Māzərūni'' مازِرونی - ''Mazəni'' مازنی <br> ''Tapəri'' تپری <br>
|states= [[Mazandaran province]], and some parts of [[Tehran]], [[Golestan]], [[Semnan province|Semnan]] provinces in Iran ([[Iran]])
|states=[[Mazandaran]], and some parts of [[Tehran]], [[Golestan]], [[Semnan province|Semnan]], [[Khorasan]] ([[Iran]])
|region= Southern [[Caspian Sea]]
|region= Southern [[Mazandaran Sea]]
|speakers=3 - 4.5 million (As Native)
|speakers=3 - 4.5 million (As Native)
|familycolor=Indo-European
|familycolor=Indo-European
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|map=[[Image:Mazandarani Language Map.PNG|center|200px]]<br><center><small>Areas where Mazandarani is spoken as mother tongue</center></small>
|map=[[Image:Mazandarani Language Map.PNG|center|200px]]<br><center><small>Areas where Mazandarani is spoken as mother tongue</center></small>
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'''Mazandarani''' or '''Tabari''' (''Also known as: Mazeniki, Taperki'') is an [[Iranian languages|Iranian language]] of the northwestern branch. Spoken mainly in [[Iran]]'s [[Mazandaran]] and [[Golestan]] provinces, it is partially, but not fully, intelligible with respect to [[Persian language|Persian]]. There are many similarities in grammar and vocabulary which render the Mazandarani and the standard [[Persian language| Persian]], moderately intelligible between speakers of either. <ref>1372, “Pishvandha-ye tasrifi va ešteqāqi dar afāl e Guyesh e Māzandarāni Kelārdašt,” Majalle-ye Zabānshenāsi, sāl.1, no.1, pp. 88-105</ref> <ref>Le Coq, P., 1989, “Les dialects Caspiens et les dialects du nord- ouest de l, Iran,” in Schmitt, R. (ed), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, pp.296- 312, Wiesbadan. </ref> <ref>Melgounof, G., 1868, “ Essai sur les dialects du Masenderan et du Guilanla pronunciation locale”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Geselaschaft, vol.xxII, pp. 195-224.</ref>. In addition, virtually all speakers of Mazandarani are also fluent in standard [[Persian]]. <ref>Kalbāsi, Iran, 2004,”Gozašte-ye Naqli dar Lahjehā va Guyešha-ye Irāni”, Dialectology, Journal of the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature, vol. 1, No.2, pp.66- 89.</ref>

<ref>[http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf], p.66). </ref>
'''Mazandarani''' or '''Tabari''' (''Also known as: Mazeniki, Taperki'' in Mazandarani) is an [[Iranian languages|Iranian language]] of the northwestern branch. Spoken mainly in [[Iran]]'s [[Mazandaran]] and [[Golestan]] provinces, it is mutually unintelligible with respect to [[Persian language|Persian]]<ref>[http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf], p.66)</ref>. It is related to [[Gilaki language|Gilaki]] langauge and is sometimes called as Tabari<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mzn Mazandarani Language], [[Ethnologue]].</ref>.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name ''Mazanderani'' (and variants of it) derives from the name of [[Mazanderan]] province in Iran(''Mazerun'' in Mazanderani). People traditionally call their language ''Gileki'', the same as [[Gilak people|Gileki]]s do. ''Gileki'' consist of two morphemes : ''Gil'' + postfix ''ki''. However the fact is Gilan & Mazanderan were part of the same region known as Tabaristan which it was regional language was known as Gileki.
The name ''Mazanderani'' (and variants of it) derives from the name of now Caspian Province of [[Mazanderan]] (''Mazerun'' in Mazanderani), which was part of former [[Kingdom of Tapuria]]. People traditionally call their language ''Gileki'', the same as [[Gilak people|Gileki]]s do. ''Gileki'' consist of two morphemes : ''Gil'' + postfix ''ki''. The name ''Tapuri'' (or ''Tabari'') which was the name of an ancient language of somewhere in former Tapuria, Nowadays becomes prevalent into youth groups instead of Gileki.
However the fact is Gilan & Mazanderan were part of the same state known as Tapuria which it's national language was known as Gileki.


==History==
==History==
Mazandarani belongs to Northwestern Iranian languages are spoken<ref name="Maryam Borjian">http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf</ref>. Mazandarani has one of the longest written traditions, from the tenth to the fifteenth century. This status was achieved during the long reign of the independent and semi-independent rulers of [[Mazandaran]] in the centuries after the Arab invasion<ref>Windfuhr, G. L., ''New Iranian languages: Overview''. In R. Schmitt. (Ed.), Compendium linguarum Iranicarum (pp. 246-49). Wiesbaden: L.Reichert, 1989.</ref>.
Among the living [[Iranian languages]], Mazandarani has one of the longest written traditions, from the tenth to the fifteenth century. This status was achieved during the long reign of the independent and semi-independent rulers of [[Mazandaran]] in the centuries after the Arab invasion<ref>Windfuhr, G. L., ''New Iranian languages: Overview''. In R. Schmitt. (Ed.),
Compendium linguarum Iranicarum (pp. 246-49). Wiesbaden: L.Reichert, 1989.</ref>.

The literature of this language includes books such as ''[[Marzban Nameh]]'' (later translated into Persian) and the poetry of ''Amir Pazevari''. The use of Mazandarani, however, has been in decline. Its literary and administrative rank was lost to Persian perhaps long before the ultimate integration of [[Mazandaran]] into the national administration in the early seventeenth century.<ref name="Maryam Borjian"/>


The rich literature of this language includes books such as ''[[Marzban Nameh]]'' (later translated into Persian) and the poetry of ''Amir Pazevari''. The use of Mazandarani, however, has been in decline. Its literary and administrative rank was lost to Persian perhaps long before the ultimate integration of [[Mazandaran]] into the national administration in the early seventeenth century. <ref>http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf</ref>.
The Mazandarani language is closely related to [[Gilaki]] and the two languages have similar vocabularies. Notably, the language did not come under the influence of other incoming languages such as [[Arabic]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. Gilaki and Mazandarani retain more than Persian does of the noun declension system that was characteristic of older-Iranian languages.<ref name="Dictionary of Languages">
{{cite book| last = Dalb| first = Andrew | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages| publisher = Columbia University Press| date = 1998| location = | pages = 226 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0231115687 }}</ref> According to [[Ethnologue]], there were more than three million native speakers of Mazandarani in 1993 speaking different dialects such as Gorgani, Ghadikolahi and Palani<ref name="Dictionary of Languages">[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mzn Ethnologue report for language code:mzn<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>


The Mazandarani language is closely related to [[Gilaki]] and the two languages have similar vocabularies. Notably, the language did not come under the influence of other incoming languages such as [[Arabic]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. According to [[Ethnologue]], there were more than three million native speakers of Mazandarani in [[1993]] speaking different dialects such as Gorgani, Ghadikolahi and Palani<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mzn Ethnologue report for language code:mzn<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Most Mazandarni speakers are fluent in both Mazanadarni and standard [[Persian]].<ref name="Maryam Borjian"/> <ref name="Dictionary of Languages" /> However, with the growth of education and press, the differentiation between Mazandarani and some other Iranian dialects are likely to disappear.<ref name="Dictionary of Languages"/><ref name="Borjan">[http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf] </ref> Dr. Habib Borjian, the well-known Mazandaranologist, states that nowadays Mazandarani especially in urban areas is more a dialect rather than a language. <ref name="Iranshenasi"> Habib Birjian (2006) "Mazandarani: language or dialect" Iranshenasi 18/1, 2006, pp. 43-49.</ref>


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
Mazanderani is an [[inflected]] and [[Gender-neutrality in languages without grammatical gender|gender free language]].<ref>[http://www.nord.helsinki.fi/clpg/CLPG/Muhammed-Reza%20Fakhr-Rohani.pdf She means only her `husband':<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref>
Mazanderani is an [[inflected]] and [[Gender-neutrality in languages without grammatical gender|gender free language]].<ref>[http://www.nord.helsinki.fi/clpg/CLPG/Muhammed-Reza%20Fakhr-Rohani.pdf She means only her `husband':<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
It is considered SVO in conventional typology.<ref>[http://www.tonekaart.ir/artjalil.html]</ref>.
It is considered SVO in conventional typology. <ref>[http://www.tonekaart.ir/artjalil.html]</ref>.


===Morphology===
===Morphology===
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Mazanderani is commonly written in the [[Perso-Arabic]] script.<ref>[http://www.language-keyboard.com/resource/indo-euro/mazanderani.htm http://www.language-keyboard.com/resource/indo-euro/mazanderani.htm]</ref>
Mazanderani is commonly written in the [[Perso-Arabic]] script.<ref>[http://www.language-keyboard.com/resource/indo-euro/mazanderani.htm http://www.language-keyboard.com/resource/indo-euro/mazanderani.htm]</ref>


===Romanization===
Jahangir Nasr Ashrafi proposed Latin scripture of this language to be used in dictionaries and other textural resources for compatibly of foreigners.
It is also being usable in [[Chat]], [[Email]] and [[SMS]] messages.
==Vocabulary==
==Vocabulary==
Although Mazandarani shares the great part of its vocabulary with [[Gilaki language|Gilaki]] (due to fact that it belongs to Caspian group of languages) and to lesser extend Modern Kurdish & Persian, it has many specific words of its own. Many [[Indo-Iranian languages|Proto Indo-Iranian]] words, no longer in use in Persian, survive in Mazanderani.<br />
Although Mazandarani shares the great part of its vocabulary with [[Gilaki language|Gilaki]] (due to fact that it belongs to Caspian group of languages) and to lesser extend Modern Kurdish & Persian, it has many specific words of its own. Many [[Indo-Iranian languages|Proto Indo-Iranian]] words, no longer in use in Persian, survive in Mazanderani.<br />


Sheltered by high Alborz mountains, Mazandarani preserves many Indo-European old words which are no longer in common use in many other [[Iranian languages]] such as [[Persian language|Persian]].
Sheltered by high Alborz mountains, Mazandarani preserves many Indo-European old words which are no longer in common use in many other [[Iranian languages]] such as [[Persian language|Persian]].
Below, a few common Mazanderani words & their [[English language|English]] cognates are listed for sample.
Below, a few common Mazanderani words & their [[English language|English]] cognates are listed for sample.



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Colloquial Mazandarani has also a few Nordic, French, English, and a handful of Russian loan words in everyday use.
Colloquial Mazandarani has also a few Nordic, French, English, and a handful of Russian loan words in everyday use.




==Influences exerted by Mazanderani==
==Influences exerted by Mazanderani==
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iấnnε búye dεlbárrε dεvấi <br>
iấnnε búye dεlbárrε dεvấi <br>
qam o qossέye dεl vónε kεnârí <br>
qam o qossέye dεl vónε kεnârí <br>
me jấne gεl dénε búye xεdâí
me jấne gεl dénε búye xεdâí
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At break of dawn blows the cool breeze.<br>
At break of dawn blows the cool breeze.<br>
It brings over the healing odor of the beloved.<br>
It brings over the healing odor of the beloved.<br>
The sorrow of the heart will go away.<br>
The sorrow of the heart will go away.<br>
My dear flower smells like God.<br>
My dear flower smells like God.<br>
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tévεsse – nấzεnin! – baímε nâxεš <br>
tévεsse – nấzεnin! – baímε nâxεš <br>
tε armúne dέl i, εy nâzεnin yâr! <br>
tε armúne dέl i, εy nâzεnin yâr! <br>
tévεsse mέsle bεlbεl zámbε nâlεš
tévεsse mέsle bεlbεl zámbε nâlεš
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<td width=50% valign=middle><br><br><p>'''Dεl-e armun “Heart’s Aspiration”'''<br>''Rezaqoli Mohammadi Kordekheyli''<br>Transcribed and translated by: Habib Borjian</p></td>
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'''Dεl-e armun “Heart’s Aspiration”'''<br>''Rezaqoli Mohammadi Kordekheyli''<br>Transcribed and translated by: Habib Borjian

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mosalmunun! mέrε šabgir varέnnε
mosalmunun! mέrε šabgir varέnnε
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===Further reading===
===Further reading===
'''Recent Studies'''
'''Recent Studies'''
* Habib Borjian, Archiv Orientálni, 2006, ''The Oldest Known Texts in New Tabari: The Collection of Aleksander ChodŸko'', 74/2, pp. 153-171.
* Habib Borjian, Archiv Orientálni, 2006, ''The Oldest Known Texts in New Tabari: The Collection of Aleksander ChodŸko'', 74/2, pp. 153-171.
* Dr. Borjian, Habib; 2006; ''[[Amir Pazevari]] (legendary poet of Mazandarani language)'', [[University of Minnesota]], United States
* Dr. Borjian, Habib; 2006; ''[[Amir Pazevari]] (legendary poet of Mazandarani language)'', [[University of Minnesota]], United States
* Habib Borjian, Iranian Studies, 2006, ''A Mazandarani account of the Babi Incident at Shaikh Tabarsi'', 39/3, pp. 381-400.
* Habib Borjian, Iranian Studies, 2006, ''A Mazandarani account of the Babi Incident at Shaikh Tabarsi'', 39/3, pp. 381-400.
* Habib Borjian, Guyesh-shenâsi, 2006, ''Textual sources for the study of Tabari language I. Olddocuments'', no. 4.
* Habib Borjian, Guyesh-shenâsi, 2006, ''Textual sources for the study of Tabari language I. Olddocuments'', no. 4.
'''Other Studies'''
'''Other Studies'''
* [[Nawata, T|Nawata]]; 1984; ''Mazandarani''; Asian and African Grammatical Manual, No 17, [[Tokyo]], ILCAA
* [[Nawata, T|Nawata]]; [[1984]]; ''Mazandarani''; Asian and African Grammatical Manual, No 17, [[Tokyo]], ILCAA
===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
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* [[Satoko Yoshie]], 1998, ''[[Sari]] Dialect (of Mazandarani language)'', Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, [[Tokio]], [[Japan]] [http://opac.ide.go.jp/cgi-bin/exec_cgi/ibibser.cgi?CGILANG=japanese&U_CHARSET=utf-8&SH_PRMKEY_bib%3DIran+--+History&SORTKEY=&SORTDIR=&THESAURUS=&BRNUM=251&IBMODE=1&CGIPID=30231&SFORM=][http://www.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/ssg/nel/nel9912.htm][http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000CQUDE]
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===More references===
===More references===
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* Chodzko, Alexander, [[1842]], ''Specimens of the popular poverty of Persia as found in the adventures and improvisations of Kurroglou, the bandit- minstrel of Northern Persia; and in the songs of the people inhabiting the shores of the [[Caspian Sea]].'' Orally collected and translated, with philological and historical notes, London, pp. 510- 517, 568- 581.
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Mazandarani
Māzərūni مازِرونی - Mazəni مازنی
Tapəri تپری
Native toMazandaran, and some parts of Tehran, Golestan, Semnan, Khorasan (Iran)
RegionSouthern Mazandaran Sea
Native speakers
3 - 4.5 million (As Native)
Perso-Arabic Script
Official status
Regulated byLinguistic Faculty of Babol University
Language codes
ISO 639-2ira
ISO 639-3mzn

Areas where Mazandarani is spoken as mother tongue

Mazandarani or Tabari (Also known as: Mazeniki, Taperki) is an Iranian language of the northwestern branch. Spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, it is partially, but not fully, intelligible with respect to Persian. There are many similarities in grammar and vocabulary which render the Mazandarani and the standard Persian, moderately intelligible between speakers of either. [1] [2] [3]. In addition, virtually all speakers of Mazandarani are also fluent in standard Persian. [4] [5]

Etymology

The name Mazanderani (and variants of it) derives from the name of now Caspian Province of Mazanderan (Mazerun in Mazanderani), which was part of former Kingdom of Tapuria. People traditionally call their language Gileki, the same as Gilekis do. Gileki consist of two morphemes : Gil + postfix ki. The name Tapuri (or Tabari) which was the name of an ancient language of somewhere in former Tapuria, Nowadays becomes prevalent into youth groups instead of Gileki. However the fact is Gilan & Mazanderan were part of the same state known as Tapuria which it's national language was known as Gileki.

History

Among the living Iranian languages, Mazandarani has one of the longest written traditions, from the tenth to the fifteenth century. This status was achieved during the long reign of the independent and semi-independent rulers of Mazandaran in the centuries after the Arab invasion[6].

The rich literature of this language includes books such as Marzban Nameh (later translated into Persian) and the poetry of Amir Pazevari. The use of Mazandarani, however, has been in decline. Its literary and administrative rank was lost to Persian perhaps long before the ultimate integration of Mazandaran into the national administration in the early seventeenth century. [7].

The Mazandarani language is closely related to Gilaki and the two languages have similar vocabularies. Notably, the language did not come under the influence of other incoming languages such as Arabic and Turkish. According to Ethnologue, there were more than three million native speakers of Mazandarani in 1993 speaking different dialects such as Gorgani, Ghadikolahi and Palani[8]

Grammar

Mazanderani is an inflected and gender free language.[9] It is considered SVO in conventional typology. [10].

Morphology

Function Cases

Case Position Meaning

Səre-a

Nominative

The Home

Səre re

Accusative

To the Home

Səreo

Vocative

Home!

Səreşe

Genitive

Home’s

Səre re

Dative

To the Home

Səre Həje

Ablative

By the Home

Adjectives

Adjective Position Meaning

And-e Səre

Applicative

 

Gat Səre

Comparative

Big Home

Ota Səre

Determinative

That Home

Səre

Superlative

Xaar Səre

Suffixes

Mazandarani is one of Synthetic languages which uses many suffixes to construct adjectives, verbs, and especially nouns. The list below is a sample list obtained from the Online Mazandarani-Persian dictionary.

Locatives

Suffix

Example

Meaning

Kash

Kharkash

Good Place

Kel

Tutkel

Mulberry Limit

Ij

Yoshij

Yoshian

Bun

Chenarbon

At the Plantain

Ja

Səre Ja

Of Home

Sar

Bənesar

At the Below

Subjectives

Suffix

Example

Meaning

Chaf

Au Chaf

Water Sucker

Rush

Halikrush

Drupelet Seller

Su

Vərgsu

Wolf Hunter

Kaf

Ukaf

Who acts in water

Vej

Galvej

Mouse Finder

Yel

vəngyel

Bandmaster

Orthography

Perso-Arabic Script

Mazanderani is commonly written in the Perso-Arabic script.[11]

Romanization

Jahangir Nasr Ashrafi proposed Latin scripture of this language to be used in dictionaries and other textural resources for compatibly of foreigners. It is also being usable in Chat, Email and SMS messages.

Vocabulary

Although Mazandarani shares the great part of its vocabulary with Gilaki (due to fact that it belongs to Caspian group of languages) and to lesser extend Modern Kurdish & Persian, it has many specific words of its own. Many Proto Indo-Iranian words, no longer in use in Persian, survive in Mazanderani.

Sheltered by high Alborz mountains, Mazandarani preserves many Indo-European old words which are no longer in common use in many other Iranian languages such as Persian. Below, a few common Mazanderani words & their English cognates are listed for sample.


English Mazanderani Persian Example of
New Neu Nau/no Adjective
Great Geat Bozorg Adjective
Better Better Behtar Adverb
Been Bine Budeh/Shodeh Auxiliary Verb
Be Be Budan Infinitive of Verb
Moon Moong Mâh Noun
Tulip Tulip Lâleh Noun
Cow Guw Gâv Mâda Noun
My Me az man Pronoun
Let (German: Lass) Lass Derang Verb
Gab Gab Goftogu Verb
Right Rast Râst/Haq/Amud

Colloquial Mazandarani has also a few Nordic, French, English, and a handful of Russian loan words in everyday use.


Influences exerted by Mazanderani

Modern-day of Iran

There are many popular companies in Iran that their name are from the origin words of this language.

In non-Iranian languages

There are some Mazanderani loanwords in the Turkmen language.[12] There is also evidence that Sanskrit and Mazanderani share some words - for instance, vrika is Sanskrit for wolf, while the Mazenderan equivalent is varg as well it's swedish cognate, varg.

Specimen

mosalmunun! mέrε šabgir varέnnε

āx, mέrε bā kamεr-e haftir varέnnε

mέrε bavέrdεnε Tεrkεmun-e dam

Tεrkεmun kāfεr o gεlilε be-ra:m

Moslems! They are carrying me at the crack of dawn.

O, they are taking me away with a pistol on the[ir] waist.

They took me to the vicinity of the Turkmen [tribes].

Turkmen [are] unbelievers and the bullet [is] ruthless.

gεtε,

ašun xō badimā mεn še Ali-rε

sio dasmāl davέsso še gali-rε

age xā́nnε bā́urεn ámi badi-rε

bázεne xεrusεk šέme gali-rε

volvol sar-e dār gέnε εy zāri-zāri

me gol dāš báio sarbāz-e Sāri

He would say,

Last night I dreamed my Ali.

He [had] wrapped a black kerchief [round] his throat.

If it is their intention is malignant about us,

May croup-cough attack your throat!

The nightingale on the tree constantly bemoans (?)

My dear brother drafted in Sāri.

Quatrains sang by Sabura Azizi, transcribed and translated by Habib Borjian; Ref. Habib Borjian and Maryam Borjian, “Mysterious Memories of a Woman: Ethno-Linguistic Materials from Rural Mazandaran,” Iran and the Caucasus 11/2, 2007.

ozεrε-vâ énε dámbe sεvâí
iấnnε búye dεlbárrε dεvấi
qam o qossέye dεl vónε kεnârí
me jấne gεl dénε búye xεdâí

At break of dawn blows the cool breeze.
It brings over the healing odor of the beloved.
The sorrow of the heart will go away.
My dear flower smells like God.

basutέ sinέye miónnε hấreš!
tévεsse – nấzεnin! – baímε nâxεš
tε armúne dέl i, εy nâzεnin yâr!
tévεsse mέsle bεlbεl zámbε nâlεš

Look at the middle of the burnt chest!
For you – O loveable! – I am unwell.
You are the heart’s aspiration, O beloved!
For you I moan like a nightingale.

 



Dεl-e armun “Heart’s Aspiration”
Rezaqoli Mohammadi Kordekheyli
Transcribed and translated by: Habib Borjian

References

General

Notes

  1. ^ 1372, “Pishvandha-ye tasrifi va ešteqāqi dar afāl e Guyesh e Māzandarāni Kelārdašt,” Majalle-ye Zabānshenāsi, sāl.1, no.1, pp. 88-105
  2. ^ Le Coq, P., 1989, “Les dialects Caspiens et les dialects du nord- ouest de l, Iran,” in Schmitt, R. (ed), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, pp.296- 312, Wiesbadan.
  3. ^ Melgounof, G., 1868, “ Essai sur les dialects du Masenderan et du Guilanla pronunciation locale”, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Geselaschaft, vol.xxII, pp. 195-224.
  4. ^ Kalbāsi, Iran, 2004,”Gozašte-ye Naqli dar Lahjehā va Guyešha-ye Irāni”, Dialectology, Journal of the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature, vol. 1, No.2, pp.66- 89.
  5. ^ [1], p.66).
  6. ^ Windfuhr, G. L., New Iranian languages: Overview. In R. Schmitt. (Ed.), Compendium linguarum Iranicarum (pp. 246-49). Wiesbaden: L.Reichert, 1989.
  7. ^ http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/sie/LCEjr05/pdfs/Borjian.pdf
  8. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:mzn
  9. ^ She means only her `husband':
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ http://www.language-keyboard.com/resource/indo-euro/mazanderani.htm
  12. ^ Jahangir Nasr Ashrafi, 2005, Dictionary of Tabari, Vol 5, comparison between Mazanderani and Turkmen

Further reading

Recent Studies

  • Habib Borjian, Archiv Orientálni, 2006, The Oldest Known Texts in New Tabari: The Collection of Aleksander ChodŸko, 74/2, pp. 153-171.
  • Dr. Borjian, Habib; 2006; Amir Pazevari (legendary poet of Mazandarani language), University of Minnesota, United States
  • Habib Borjian, Iranian Studies, 2006, A Mazandarani account of the Babi Incident at Shaikh Tabarsi, 39/3, pp. 381-400.
  • Habib Borjian, Guyesh-shenâsi, 2006, Textual sources for the study of Tabari language I. Olddocuments, no. 4.

Other Studies

  • Nawata; 1984; Mazandarani; Asian and African Grammatical Manual, No 17, Tokyo, ILCAA

Bibliography

More references

  • Chodzko, Alexander, 1842, Specimens of the popular poverty of Persia as found in the adventures and improvisations of Kurroglou, the bandit- minstrel of Northern Persia; and in the songs of the people inhabiting the shores of the Caspian Sea. Orally collected and translated, with philological and historical notes, London, pp. 510- 517, 568- 581.
  • Christensen, A.; 1995 (tr); Contributions a la dialectologie iraniene, Dialect Guiläki de Recht, (Guyesh –e Gilaki-ye Rasht) translated, with notes by Ja‘far Khomāmi Zāde, Tehran.
  • DeMorgan,J., 1904, Mission Scientifique en Perse, vol.5,Etudes linguistiques(I.) Dialectes du Kurds. Langues et dialects du nord de la Perse, Paris, pp.200-246.
  • Geiger, w., &., Wilhelm Kuhn, 1898–1901; Die Kaspischen Dialekte;Grundriss der Iranischen Philologie , 1Band, 2Ab., Strassburg. Pp.344-380..
  • Dorn B. (ed.); 1860-1866; Kenntniss der Iranischen Srachen, St. Petersburg.
  • Lambton, A.K.S.; 1938, Three Persian Dialects, London.
  • Le Coq, P.; 1989; Les dialects Caspiens et les dialects du nord- ouest de l, Iran in Schmitt, R. (ed), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, pp.296-312, Wiesbaden.
  • Makenzi, D.; 1969; Iranian Languages, in Sebeok, Thomas, A. (ed), Current Trends in Linguistics, Vol.5, pp. 450-477, Nederland. MG.
  • Melgounof, G., 1868, Essai sur les dialects du Masenderan et du Guilanla pronunciation locale, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Geselaschaft, vol.xxII, pp. 195-224.
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See also