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How and when was the name of Somalia written with س in Iran?
All foreign names and words with (S) letter which are entered into Persian are written in (س) . If we borrow a word from Arabic, we will write it exactly same as Arabic letters like( ص or ث ) ...
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How to interpret the only available Middle Persian dictionary?
I think you are right about bēšāz(ēn)- being a verb (since the išnih is the gerund). I also suspect it's the imperative form; because in the modern Persian language besaz (بساز) is the imperative form ...
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What is the name of this sound change, and do we have it in English?
In Arabic this practice is called "ibdal" (which means conversion) (ابدال).
In Persian the same name is used because:
Persian has borrowed so many words from Arabic.
Ibdal is also a Quran ...
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Etymology of Persian city suffix +jand
As you mentioned, this word is used just as suffixes which comes with nouns.
For instance:
Birjand= city of well ( water hole ),
Khojand= city of sun,
Dastkand= city of handmade,
Tashkand= city of ...
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Is it reasonable to connect the Old Persian/Avestan word for "garden" with the Greek word?
The word (bustan) consists of Boo and Stan.
In old Persian and Avestan "Boo" means "smell or "fruit and as you know "Stan means place or stand , therefore we recognize it as a ...
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Is it reasonable to connect the Old Persian/Avestan word for "garden" with the Greek word?
Merely "making sense" isn't good enough, we strive for a a well-enough supported line of logic and observations. Ancient Greek βοτάνη [botanɛ:] derives from the verb typically cited as βόσκω ...
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Is it reasonable to connect the Old Persian/Avestan word for "garden" with the Greek word?
It doesn’t seem like there’s any connection. Persian is not my speciality, but going by etymologies given on Wiktionary, their similarity is completely coincidental.
Greek
Greek βοτάνη contains the ...
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