About šekam and šotor: The Development of the Initial Vs/šC- in Middle and New Persian
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https://doi.org/10.46991/jil/2024.01.04Keywords:
Middle Persian, Early New Persian, Southwestern Iranian, Lori, Shirazi-Erahistani, Larestani, Kermani, Tustari, Caucasian Tati, prothesis, consonant cluster, initial clusterAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to survey the phonological evolution of the initial sequence Vs/šC- in Persian as reflected, for instance, in Middle Persian iškamb > New Persian šekam ‘belly’, and to explore philological issues associated with this evolution.
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