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Iskandar Ding

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SOAS PhD candidate in Yaghnobi and Sogdian linguistics. Devotee of the Iranian and Persianate world.

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Who wouldn’t vibe a Korean textbook that calls it Joseon eo and is written by Yanbian Koreans?

12.04.2025 02:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Πού είσαι συ, αφέντη μου;
هم محسن و هم مه رو
Να είπω σαρακηνικά
چونم من و چونی تو

www.opoudjis.net/Play/rumiwal...

03.04.2025 09:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New year, new Dasein.

Nawrōz, or as Sariqoli speakers (officially classified in China as Tajiks) and other Pamiri peoples call it, Šo(w)gun bahār/eid, mubārak. Šo(w)gun is the Persian شگون ‘good omen’, which apparently comes from a Sanskrit bird’s name śakuna- (Hasandōst 1393/2014: 1894).

21.03.2025 11:28 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0