Kinship terms are words used to identify relationships between individuals in a family and to address these individuals in a speech community, such as, father, mother, brother and daughter. These names act independently in syntax and... more
Kinship terms are words used to identify relationships between individuals in a family and to address these individuals in a speech community, such as, father, mother, brother and daughter. These names act independently in syntax and morphology in some languages. This independence is not frequently found in other areas of these languages. This article focuses on kinship terms in Caspian languages (i.e., Gilaki, Taleshi and Tati). Rashti dialect has been selected from Gilaki language, Parasari dialect has been sleeted from Taleshi language and Deravi dialect has been selected from Tati language. The data analysis of this research shows that in these dialects the nominative and non-nominative cases of kinship terms are different from the same cases of other words in these dialects. These terms have their exclusive forms for the nominative and non-nominative cases. In terms of morphology there are also specific rules for these terms; for example, in kinship terms of Gilaki language we can see five-part compound names; this phenomenon not only is rare in other Iranian languages, but also in other compound names in Gilaki.
This article identifies toponymic patterns in the Central Alborz, a region bonded by the Caspian Sea on the north and Tehran on the south. The patterns studied include the element sūl and suffixes -ūs and -ī̆ǰ. The component sīā in... more
This article identifies toponymic patterns in the Central Alborz, a region bonded by the Caspian Sea on the north and Tehran on the south. The patterns studied include the element sūl and suffixes -ūs and -ī̆ǰ. The component sīā in toponyms pertains to the pigment found in green plants rather than to pitch-black. The prefusion of the component dīv “demon” in onomastics of the Alborz testifies to a precarious stance among the Caspian peoples of the Zoroaster’s rejection of the daēuuas. Hypercorrections underlying some toponyms are also examined.
