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To: odds; nuconvert; FARS; LibreOuMort

Folks, I know neither Arabic nor Parsi though I’ve been around both a little. A very little. Still many of the terms here somehow sound to me like they are Arabic and not Parsi. Are they, or are they not?


20 posted on 07/28/2009 6:30:21 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Neda Agha-Soltan - murdered by regime of murder)
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To: sionnsar; FARS
"Still many of the terms here somehow sound to me like they are Arabic and not Parsi."

I'll give you my take: Yes, they are Arabic & have Arabic root such as: "walayat faqih", "ummah", "fasl el-khitab".

Then again, "Parsi" became "Farsi" initially after Arab-Muslim invasion of Iran (7th century), as you may already know. I think it would be fair to say that even the ShahNameh (written circa late 10th/early 11th century, during the Iranian Samanid Dynasty) is only about 97% in Parsi of the pre-Islamic era. The other 3% or so is still influenced by Arabic.

The Persian language has evolved over time, and over many centuries. Modern Persian (Farsi) even includes words/expressions from French, Turkish, etc... but, mostly, Arabic roots.

In brief, the Khomeinist Rule is, essentially, a re-invented Arabic, Islamic Rule, re-introducing many Arabic-based words into what is known as "Parsi" (Persian language) - some words/expressions are actually "mullah/regime invented" words & expressions too, often, not in the recent non-mullah lexicon.

I think, FARS probably would know more about the linguistic nature?

24 posted on 07/30/2009 8:07:55 AM PDT by odds
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