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  1. europesays.com/iran/109104/ Another Ship Was Hit Off Qatar’s Coast on Sunday. The Ceasefire Is Being Shredded in the Persian Gulf — and the World’s Oil Price Just Jumped Again. #again #and #Another #being #ceasefire #coast #gulf #hit #in #is #jumped #just #Off #Oil #on #Persian #PersianGulf #price #qatars #ship #shredded #sunday #the #was #worlds

  2. The Persian word 'Bazaar', which means 'Market', is a fascinating word.

    It is used in more than a dozen languages across the world.

    Do you know any other word like this?

    #Blog #blogging #thought #writing #word #language #Persian #Bazaar #history #Question #AskFedi #fact #culture #Market

  3. The Persian word 'Bazaar', which means 'Market', is a fascinating word.

    It is used in more than a dozen languages across the world.

    Do you know any other word like this?

    #Blog #blogging #thought #writing #word #language #Persian #Bazaar #history #Question #AskFedi #fact #culture #Market

  4. The Persian word 'Bazaar', which means 'Market', is a fascinating word.

    It is used in more than a dozen languages across the world.

    Do you know any other word like this?

    #Blog #blogging #thought #writing #word #language #Persian #Bazaar #history #Question #AskFedi #fact #culture #Market

  5. The Persian word 'Bazaar', which means 'Market', is a fascinating word.

    It is used in more than a dozen languages across the world.

    Do you know any other word like this?

    #Blog #blogging #thought #writing #word #language #Persian #Bazaar #history #Question #AskFedi #fact #culture #Market

  6. The Persian word 'Bazaar', which means 'Market', is a fascinating word.

    It is used in more than a dozen languages across the world.

    Do you know any other word like this?

    #Blog #blogging #thought #writing #word #language #Persian #Bazaar #history #Question #AskFedi #fact #culture #Market

  7. How 2 Iranian brothers in China use ancient music as a bridge through wartime

    During a recent concert in Beijing, as Persian melodies flowed from ancient instruments played by Majid and Massoud…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Beijing #breakingnews #China #Chinese #HongKong #Iran #iranian #Islamabad #Israel #JaredKushner #Majid #Massoud #Persian #SteveWitkoff #TsinghuaUniversity #Us
    newsbeep.com/517739/

  8. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Image source: faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

  9. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Image source: faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

  10. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Image source: faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

  11. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Image source: faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

  12. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Image source: faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

  13. "In its heyday, #BethEl was the spiritual home to as many as 1,800 families. Its spiritual leaders have been distinguished leaders of #Reform #Judaism. They engaged the first ordained woman #cantor, #BarbaraOstfeld, to offer prayers in its magnificent sanctuary, which had been designed by #LouiseNevelson.

    But things change. Recently, an #Iranian/#Sephardic #yeshiva purchased Temple Beth-El.

    Many of my friends who grew up at Beth-El experience this as a kind of a loss. I see it as a story of #Jewish transformation.

    The #Persian/Iranian Jewish community is among the oldest continuous Jewish communities in the world, going back even further than Cyrus the Great. The #Hebrew Bible ends with him inviting the Jews of his realm to return to #Jerusalem, while those who stayed behind in #Persia built a rich culture, literature and traditions.

    Then came the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and we are still living with its aftermath."

    religionnews.com/2026/04/22/an

  14. 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

    The word "khaki" is a loan from Urdu خاکی‎ xākī, a loan from Persian, from خاک xâk "earth", from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂s [ħaχs], something like this (listen):

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    English "ash" (the grey-coloured burnt substance) also descends from *h₂eh₂s:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    In most Indo-European languages, *h₂ usually developed into [a], but in Iranian it's sometimes [x]. If you want a more detailed but much more technical explanation of the Proto-Indo-European "laryngeals" and how they were possibly or probably pronounced, try this: ancientsounds.net/laryngeals.h

    (The image used below is from an Iranian wood industry supplier's site, venonwood.biz, which currently seems to be still working in spite of the general internet blackout in Iran right now.)

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Urdu

  15. What Empire Cannot Erase
    #Persian #Poetry and #Civilization.

    we.scienceandnonduality.com/of

    April 19, 2026 • 10:00 – 11:30am PDT (find your local time)
    us02web.zoom.us/j/82963653279?

    We are watching, once again, what empire does: not only to bodies, but to the long memory of a people; to the libraries and sacred sites; to art, language, and the ruins that hold the oldest threads of human spiritual inquiry.

    We are thinking of the civilization that gave us Rumi, Hafez, Omar Khayyam, Forough Farrokhzad — mystics and rebels and lovers of paradox who understood something about the human soul that we are still, centuries later, trying to catch up to.

    This gathering is an invitation to come together: to read poetry aloud, to hear from #Iranian voices, to sit with grief and beauty together rather than alone.

    We will work with #political and #moral vocabulary shaped by Iranian thinkers such as Ali Shariati, who wrote against domination, spiritual emptiness, and the violence of imposed power.

    We will make space for what doesn’t fit into headlines or talking points—the complexity of empire, the difference between a government and its people, the #authoritarian forces at work not only abroad but here at home. We also gather with the political inheritance of those who taught generations to resist domination and spiritual emptiness, including Ali Shariati.

    Watch Omid’s #TeachIn on “What you need to know about Iran”: youtube.com/watch?v=UIZrnBY2wWc

    #Educational #Iran #MiddleEast #POCVoices #IranianDiaspora #IranianVoices #LearnMore #Cultural #EthnicCommunities #GlobalSouth #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #Oppression #Freedom #Imperialism #Colonialism #Humanities #SocialScience #CulturalIdentity #geopolitics #Globalization #ForeignPolicy #ForeignAffairs #Sovereignty

  16. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira