Comparative Analysis of semantic and structural of the words of Velayati dialect and Pahlavi language

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Department of Persian Language and Literature Education, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.

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Valati dialect is one of the ancient and central dialects of Iran, which is spoken in parts of Isfahan province. Like many Iranian dialects, this dialect is in danger of being destroyed and forgotten due to the lack of attention of the new generation towards it and the lack of efforts of researchers in conducting research related to it. The upcoming research has a comparative approach. Its method is descriptive-analytical and it is done using library resources. Therefore, in this research, 1821 words of the Valati dialect of Upper Jarkowieh (Gorkowieh) located in the southeast of Isfahan city have been compared with the words of the Pahlavi language in terms of meaning and structure in order to determine and prove the lexical link of this dialect with the Pahlavi language. The result of the research shows that a significant part of the words of the Valati dialect have similarities and similarities with the words of the Pahlavi language in terms of meaning and structure. Among these words, 50 words have a completely similar meaning and structure to their equivalent words in Pahlavi language. 430 words with equivalent words in Pahlavi language have a completely similar meaning and little difference in structure, and 15 words with their equivalent words in Pahlavi language have little difference in meaning and structure. The largest number of words common and similar to the Valati dialect and the Pahlavi language to plants, fruits and foods, and the least number of them; It is dedicated to pests,

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Linguistic Studies: Theory and Practice
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6
Summer 2024
September 2024

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  • Receive Date: 28 April 2024
  • Revise Date: 27 June 2024
  • Accept Date: 27 June 2024

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