Written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a graduate of Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. The present article aims to explain the etymology of the Khorezmian "Lazgi" and examine the origins of the UNESCO-recognized dance repertoire and lyrical accompaniment. Notably, with nearly 60% of a version of the lyrics consisting of Persian phraseology and vocabulary which …
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The Iranian Presence in Classical Arabic and Medieval Islamic Learning
Written by Afsheen Sharifzadeh, a graduate of Tufts University focusing on Iran and the Caucasus. This article surveys the Iranian presence in pre-Islamic Arabia and the medieval Islamic world and addresses Classical Arabic loans in Modern Persian. It features an exclusive English-language appendix of 200 Middle Iranian loans into Classical Arabic and their etymologies, compiled by …
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