Farokh Hajiani; Mojtaba Doroodi; Mohsen Mahmoodi
Abstract
In the current geographical boundaries of Iran, Abarj district is part of Marvdasht plain which is historically located between the two ancient sites of Parseh (Achaemenid civilization) ...
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In the current geographical boundaries of Iran, Abarj district is part of Marvdasht plain which is historically located between the two ancient sites of Parseh (Achaemenid civilization) and Anshan (Elamite civilization). Different villages across the plain with Doroudzan at the center, and those across the mountainous areas, such as Dashtak and Kondazi, have allotted cultural and dialectal variety to this part of Fars province. The dialect spoken in Doroudzan represents that of the plain settlers along Kor River, and the dialect common in Dashtak and Kondazi is typical of the one used by mountain settlers. In this essay, phonological, semantic, and etymological transformations of the widely used vocabulary of this region have been classified in terms of a variety of subjects: body organs, fauna, everyday essentials, a number of adverbs and common verbs. As will be seen, some of these words (noft for "nose" in Doroudzani) have ancient roots, but cannot be traced in Middle and New Persian; we can also see some words that were common in Middle Persian, but are now lost, or have a very rare use in New Persian (parvandušna for "not last night but the night before" in Kondazi). This field- and archival research leads us to the conclusion that the dialects in the mountainous areas represent the older original dialect spoken across Marvdasht plain which later, with the arrival of immigrant communities to the shores of Kor River, has been replaced by the immigrants' dialect; however, in the mountainous areas, older dialects are still being used.
