Comparative-Thematic Study of Vocabulary Structure in Yazdi Dialect

Subject Areas : comparative literature

mahmoud sadeghzadeh ¹ (Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature Department, Yazd branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran)
Sedigheh ramazankhani ² (p.h.d. student of Persian literature from yazd Azad Islamic university،Iran)

Received: 2019-06-15 Accepted : 2019-12-25 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: linguistic aging, :Yazdi language, etymological, phonological process,

Abstract :

Yazdi dialect is one of the most prominent dialects of central Iran, due to its specific climatic and cultural conditions, has undergone less transformation, and there are still signs of its aging and linguistic latency. In this research, a descriptive, analytical, and documentary and educational approach based on comparative-thematic method has been used. So, first, the location and climate conditions, the place and the main features of the phonetic and grammatical structure of the Yazdi language have been considered. Subsequently, the most important vocabulary of the mentioned language is categorized in various subjects such as common terms, tools, names of plants and animals, and then their phonological and semantic changes and their etymology in comparison with the dialect of Ancient Persia and Middle Iranian language. The history of many Yazdi vocabulary, such as: Asar (ssarā): Lister, Issax: Pool, Ossa: Master, Ayarah, Kelahā: Leprosy, Esbol: Spleen, etc. Through the years of Indo-Iranian, and even the Indo-European era, Yazdi speakers still use some of these vocabularies.