Description of [ah] Infinitive in Xanikian Dialect Compared with Other Dialects

زبانشناسی و گویش های خراسان

Article 2, Volume 4, Issue 6, January 2013   

Document Type: علمی - پژ‍وهشی

DOI: 10.22067/lj.v4i6.20365

Author

Zahra Ekhtiari^*

Abstract

The different constructions of [ah] which is an infinitive are prevalent in the dialect of the historical village of Xanik and its neighboring villages. Singular second person paradigm in present tense of [ah] infinitive in the dialect is a survivor of Sanskrit and Old Persian languages. Some constructions of this infinitive are widely used, because they are attributive verbs meaning is being and was being. This article indicates constructions of the [ah] infinitive in the dialect of contemporary Xanikians. Furthermore, a record of the mentioned infinitive is examined in Sanskrit, Old Persian, Avestan and Middle Persian languages. Also, the paradigms of this infinitive in Xanik dialect are compared with the contemporary dialects which are prevalent among different local dialects such as Kakhkian, Ferdowsian and Gazikian. Although [ah] infinitive is used in Kakhkian dialects, it has some differences with them. There are traces of this infinitive in Ferdowsian and Gazikian dialects. There is not root [ah] in Standard Persian. Inflection of verbs constructed with [ah] has not been examined already and this article is the first research that has introduced it.

Keywords

[ah] infinitive; Xanikian dialect; Sanskrit; Old Persian; Avestan; Kakhkian; Ferdowsian; Gazikian