Adriano Valerio Rossi to speak on 'Do Iranian Stagnant Waters Ooze, Leak or Exude?'

On March 23, 2023 specialist in Iranian languages, epigraphy and ethnolinguistics Adriano Valerio Rossi (Università Degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale) will deliver his report 'Do Iranian Stagnant Waters Ooze, Leak or Exude?'.

Abstract:

Professor Jafari-Dehaghi (in his article “Čahār Zahagān in Middle Persian Literature”, published in the Italian periodical Vicino Oriente 18 (2014), pp. 1-5) has mentioned in passing some Prs. verbal bases such as zahīdan 'to fall, flow, drip', zēhīdan id., žūhīdan (= zih zadan) ‘to drip’, taken from classical dictionaries, without discussing the subject in further detail. A review of this lexical family is presented, with the idea to complement what Professor Jafari-Dehaghi wrote eight years ago on these rare Prs. verbs.

Start time: 16:00

Working language: English

The event will be held at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences and online via Zoom.

Everyone interested is welcome.