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Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️ Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59 The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut

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I just saw a notice for this, published last year. Anyone else know it?

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📢 Exciting news! Diyâr is now Gold Open Access—all past and future issues will be freely available! 🎉 We’re launching this new era in May with a special issue: "Cultures of Expertise in the Eastern Mediterranean", edited by Barbara Henning, Taisiya Leber & Ani Sargsyan. Stay tuned! #OpenAccess

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The edition of Ełišē's History of Vardan and the Armenian War by E. Ter-Minasean (Erevan, 1957) short art. on Ełišē here mail.iranicaonline.org/articles/eli...

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How in Syriac to say "little stick," "earwax," "brain," and "little bug" all in a few lines: ܘܐܝܟ ܩܝܣܘܢܐ ܡܚܝܠܐ ܕܪܡ̣ܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ. ܘܢ̇ܣܒ ܠܗ ܐܢܫ ܘܡܕܟܐ ܒܗ ܐܕܢܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܬܐܛܪܐ ܕܢ̇ܚܬ ܠܗ̇ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܘܚܐ. ܐ̇ܘ ܡ̣ܢ ܪܚܫܘܢܐ ܡܚܝܠܐ ܕܥ̇ܐܠ ܠܗ̇ ܒܥܕܢ ܡܕܡܟܐ Kalila wa-Dimna² (ed. Wright) 17.7-10 (translation ⬇️)

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short new blogpost avzaagzonunaada.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/b...

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Come hear me talk about my new book at this fantastic colloquium tomorrow! Zoom link in the QR code.

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Northwestern University Libraries, a leader among its peers in the speed in which it's removing the word "diversity" from its website. 🫠 dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/23/c... 📚

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Fieldwork grants in 2025 for PhD candidates & MA students working in Ethiopia 👇🤩 Application Deadline: 28th March 2025 cfee.hypotheses.org/11584

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a palindromic function phrase in Middle Persian /hēb bēh/ "may it be!" as in Šābuhragān 325-326 (ed. MacKenzie) /(kū-)tān nēw dēbag abar amāh hēb bēh/ "May your good fortune be upon us!" /hēb/ is an optative particle (used w/ both opt and ind), and /bēh/ is opt 3s /baw-, būd/ "be"

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ruzå "rice" in Syriac Kalila wa-Dimna² (ed. Wright; this one tr. from Arabic; an earlier Syriac version was tr. from MP) ܐܝܬ ܠܘܬܢ ܫܘ̈ܫܡܐ ܘܪܘܙܐ. ܘܣ̇ܦܩ ܠܐܫ̈ܬܐ ܘܠܫ̈ܒܥܐ ܐܢܫ̈ܐ ʔiṯ lwåṯ-an šuššmē w-ruzå, wa-såp̄eq l-eštå wa-l-šaḇʕå nåšå we have sesame and rice, enough for 6 or 7 people 180.16-17

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three phrases in Gəʕəz from Peter Tosh's "Igziabher" (from /Legalize It/, 1976): እግዚአብሔር፡ Lord (lit. lord of the land) ንጉሠ፡ነገሥት፡ king of kings መድኃኔ፡ዓለም፡ savior of the world youtu.be/1b-016hJo5s?...

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Middle Persian word of the day naʾurān "waterwheel(s)" Šābuhragān, 422 (ed. MacKenzie) abāg naʾurān "with a water-wheel/s" A hapax leg. in a broken context, but thought to be a loanword from an Aramaic language (cf. Syr nåʕorå, nåʕortå "brayer"); …

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an apposite expression (in Middle Persian) from the Šābuhragān (ed. MacKenzie, section title on Ev-Fr) /abar hambahišn ī hāmkišwar/ On the collapse of the cosmos

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I stan: 1) any writer who writes a whole book about the noble orange 2) any publisher who facilitates the writing of a book about the noble orange, and brings said book about the noble orange into the world 3) the noble orange

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Today is the feast of St. Mildred/Mildrith, d. 730/731, another of the crop of abbesses from the royal families of the early English kingdoms. This morning we'll look at an 11th-c. #manuscript of an anonymous life of Mildred in Old English, BL Cotton Caligula A XIV, here at f. 121v. 🧵 #medievalsky

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With a recent birthday, I feel this. Here's that second line tr. from Arabic to Syriac (12-syll. meter): ܡ̇ܢ ܝ̇ܗܒ ܗ̄ܘܐ ܠܝ ܕܛܠܝܘܬܐ ܬܗܦܘܟ ܠܗܪܟܐ܃ ܕܐܢܐ ܐܚܘܐ ܠܗ̇ ܡܐ ܕܣܥܪܬ ܣܝܒܘܬܐ܀ man yåheḇ-wå l-i ḏ-ṭalyuṯå ṯehpoḵ l-hårkå d-ʔenå ʔeḥawwē l-åh må ḏ-seʕraṯ saybuṯå

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If you're learning Arabic here is a relatively simple, very famous 4-line poem with literal translation, a recitation, and some notes. Feel free to ask questions. Here's the text. It's al-wāfir meter.

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In case you do not know yet, dear #skystorians, there's an online anthology called "Material Histories of Paper", with lots of open access texts and resources around the topic of the history of paper. Enjoy this: www.livingbooksabouthistory.ch/en/book/hist... #PaperHistory #BookHistory

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cardinal directions & meas. words in Middle Persian, care of the Šābuhragān, 278-281 (ed. MacKenzie) hān andar abarag ud xwarāsān ērag ud xwarniwār ud bālāy ud zufrīh pahnāy ud drāzāy sōzān rawād "it will go burning in the north and east, south and west, in height and depth, breadth and length"

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<ἡ> χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ, | γραφὴ δὲ μένει εἰς χρόνους ἀπεράν|τους. | ἔγραψα χειρί· σήπεται· γραφὴ μένει.

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