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Eastern Farsi Card-Playing Glossary

• Read about Eastern Farsi at Ethnologue.
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Informant’s pronunciation:

• Vowels and r are pronounced as in Spanish, except u, which sounds like English u in put.
• ch = English ch.
• kh = German ch.
• Persian v is neither v, nor w:  it is a labiodental approximant (IPA [υ]).

Dictionary consulted

• Куселева, Лидия Николаевна & Миколайчик, Владимир Иосифович. 1986. Дари-русский словарь: 21000 слов. Москва: Русский язык.

© 2001–2002 Gyula Zsigri.

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