The aorist was specifically being created in a complete but not quite final way by the devil. It’s an evil verbal form and any language that has it is a degenerate language that should be destroyed!
Yes, I sed it!
The primacy of the conflict with the East (Tūran) in Sasanian and post-Sasanian sources is an evidence for the argument that for the Sasanians, the conflict w the East was more crucial than the one with the West/Rome, contrary to what modern historiography continually reinforces.
RIP the great mediaeval historian, Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026).
At what age do kids in East Asia master the use of chopsticks?
Well, we now have an Iran-US agreement. ‘Tis a temporary relief, as we’d have to deal w reconstruction of all the damage that USrael’s ill-conceived attack has caused.
Gains: an emboldened IRI, weaker US & Israel, & a less secure & stable region.
This won’t end with a T-rump sponsored “deal”.
Well, shit… missiles over Isfahan, Tabriz, & Tehran again.
If you suffer from insomnia or jet-lag, there is no surer cure for your ails than any random novel from a 19th century Russian novelist.
My last night’s peaceful slumber was sponsored by Ivan Turgenev and his Fathers and Sons. Bless you Ivan Sergeyevich!
In Azeri Turki, the word for a “town” is kəd(d) (cf. Turk. Kent “town”), a loanword from Sogdian kənt (as in čāč kənd “city of Čač, Tashkent” or Samarkant). The redoubled -d (as in kəddī “rustic, uncouth”) is due to /n/ elimination. A good reminder of old Sogdian-Türk alliance.
