From ad94851eb71760b616bd08e245fae46a77fdf8c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mahdi Dibaiee Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:13:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] pahlavi: finish alphabet --- _posts/2022-09-15-pahlavi-avestan-intro.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_posts/2022-09-15-pahlavi-avestan-intro.md b/_posts/2022-09-15-pahlavi-avestan-intro.md index 8bc8eca..1825362 100644 --- a/_posts/2022-09-15-pahlavi-avestan-intro.md +++ b/_posts/2022-09-15-pahlavi-avestan-intro.md @@ -203,11 +203,51 @@ Examples: # p +Sound: pa, pha (if initial, also: cha, ja, za) + +Modern Persian equivalents: پ، ف (اگر در ابتدا، همچنین: و، چ، ت، ز) + +Notes: +1. Appears either as a whole, or as P when joining the previous letter. + +Examples: +1. nnp (pavan = pa, pat): a semitic particle, used extensive as a preposition with meanings: to, by, from, through, according to, in, into, on, upon, with, among, about, at, for, as, as to, as if. It corresponds to Modern Persian پ، بر. It is the prefix for instrumental & genetive cases. e.g. ODX_nnp (pavan-âkhar = pa-pas): in the end, at last; پا پس. +2. TFnp (pûst): the skin, a hide, a covering, a coating; پوست. +3. PXnp (frâz): A preposition with the meaning of: forth, further, forthwith, on, upon, above, upwards, aloft, back, down, after, again, opposite, contrary, before, near, forward, together; فراز، فرا. +4. E^|Znp (frazand): an offspring, child, son, progeny; فرزند. +5. nvGtp (patmân): measure, standard, regulation, moderation, plan, design, rule, proportion, estimate, compact, agreement, (golden) mean, metrical measure; پیمان. + + # c +Sound: ch, if initial: j, if medial or final: ch, j, z, zh, p, f, v + +Modern Persian equivalent: چ، اگر ابتدا: ج، اگر میان یا انتها: چ، ج، ز، ژ، پ، ف، و + +Notes: +1. Does not combine with any of the succeeding letters +2. Combines with preceding E,\_a,\_r,\_G as PE,\_Pl,\_PX,\_PG + +Examples: +1. c (cha): an enclitic particle, meaning: and, also, likewise, even, too, yet, else, always, added to the word it connects; when it follows a word ending in a consonant, the vowel (i) is conveniently added to the consonant, e.g. (nari-cha), (kasi-cha); sometimes the vowel (a) is added to the consonant (hasta-cha). +2. E^nc (chand): how much, how many, how long, of what length or duration, some, any indefinite quantity; چند. +3. rA_yc (chînâr): the poplar tree, plane tree, the sycamore; چنار. +4. DEn_gEc (chûnîh / chêgûnîh): abstract noun from n_gEc (chûn): quality, qualification, description, whereabouts, peculiarity; چگونگی = کیفیت. + # K -# Letter Mixes +Sound: gh + +Modern Persian equivalent: ق + +Examples: +1. KR (lagh / ragh): the numerical cypher for 1000; one thousand; هزار. +2. KG (magh): a pit, a hole, a row or line of stones on which a "riman" or "contaminated" person sits successively during the ceremony of purification; مغاک، مغ. +3. KG (mogh / magh): a magi, a mobed, one who pratises magism; مغ. +4. bDlKa (aghriya / aghrâya): this word is derived from B!rKa meaning: top, head, summit, pertaining to top, pertaining to summit, topmost, of the first quality, the principal one. +5. nvtKn (vaghtân): a head (of a good being), as opposed to rA__Gk (kamâr) head of an evil being. + +## Letter Mixes The table below shows how different letters mix together {% cite kapadia1953glossary %}: