Lin, Chia-Wei
@chiaweilin.bsky.social
Assistante diplômée & doctorante @Université de Lausanne. Historical linguistics, language contact, indigenous grammatical traditions, Christian and Buddhist translations on the Silk Road. Working on Barlaam&Josaphat.
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Lin, Chia-Wei
@chiaweilin.bsky.social
· Apr 4
Mahānipāta Jātaka - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Inspired by amazing @acbm.bsky.social and @lcbmphd.bsky.social, I am planning an online Pali jātaka reading group. We will begin with the ten best-known jātaka stories in the Southeast Asian tradition.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%...)
Anyone with a basic knowledge of Sanskrit or Middle Indic
Anyone with a basic knowledge of Sanskrit or Middle Indic
A friend of mine is now the social media manager for Digital Orientalist. She ordered me to repost everything and told me to make my Bluesky friends do the same.
Choose your friends wisely 😱😱😱
Choose your friends wisely 😱😱😱
In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts.
link below⬇️
link below⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A friend of mine is now the social media manager for Digital Orientalist. She ordered me to repost everything and told me to make my Bluesky friends do the same.
Choose your friends wisely 😱😱😱
Choose your friends wisely 😱😱😱
Reposted by Lin, Chia-Wei
In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts.
link below⬇️
link below⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts.
link below⬇️
link below⬇️
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DiⒶgnostic
On 31 August 2023, the very last day of my sabbatical year 2022/3, I was informed by the IRC (@researchireland.ie) of the award of an Advanced Laureate Award for ‘DiⒶgnostic – Tracing Diatopic Variation in a Corpus of Old Irish’. This four-year project started in December 2023.
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DiⒶgnostic
On 31 August 2023, the very last day of my sabbatical year 2022/3, I was informed by the IRC (@researchireland.ie) of the award of an Advanced Laureate Award for ‘DiⒶgnostic – Tracing Diatopic Variation in a Corpus of Old Irish’. This four-year project started in December 2023.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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DiⒶgnostic
On 31 August 2023, the very last day of my sabbatical year 2022/3, I was informed by the IRC (@researchireland.ie) of the award of an Advanced Laureate Award for ‘DiⒶgnostic – Tracing Diatopic Variation in a Corpus of Old Irish’. This four-year project started in December 2023.
📖
DiⒶgnostic
On 31 August 2023, the very last day of my sabbatical year 2022/3, I was informed by the IRC (@researchireland.ie) of the award of an Advanced Laureate Award for ‘DiⒶgnostic – Tracing Diatopic Variation in a Corpus of Old Irish’. This four-year project started in December 2023.
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For this week's #TBT Throwback Thursday, we’re revisiting "The Biblical Hebrew Reader Generator" by Jonathan Robker (Universität Münster). In this post, Jonathan introduces a powerful tool that allows you to create a list of Hebrew verses with an automatically generated glossary.
(link below)⬇️
(link below)⬇️
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
For this week's #TBT Throwback Thursday, we’re revisiting "The Biblical Hebrew Reader Generator" by Jonathan Robker (Universität Münster). In this post, Jonathan introduces a powerful tool that allows you to create a list of Hebrew verses with an automatically generated glossary.
(link below)⬇️
(link below)⬇️
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ზღარბი zğarbi 'hedgehog', from Middle Georgian გძღარბი gdzğarbi, from Old Georgian ႢႰႻႶႠႡႨ grdzğabi, compound of Kartvelian *grdz- long and ğab- jowl, from Arabic غَبْغَب ğabğab- chin. The Southern White-Breasted species is endemic to the Caucasus.
December 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Weekly Georgian Etymology: ზღარბი zğarbi 'hedgehog', from Middle Georgian გძღარბი gdzğarbi, from Old Georgian ႢႰႻႶႠႡႨ grdzğabi, compound of Kartvelian *grdz- long and ğab- jowl, from Arabic غَبْغَب ğabğab- chin. The Southern White-Breasted species is endemic to the Caucasus.
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Syriac sentence of the day:
ܚܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܫܕ ܗܘܐ. ܘܡ̈ܐܢܐ ܒܚܢܗ ܣܐܡ ܗܘܐ.
ḥamrā ʕal arʕā āšeḏ=wā
w-mānē ḇ-ḥanneh sā'em=wā
"He was spilling the wine on the ground and putting the goblets in his lap."
(Alexander the Great, in disguise as his own ambassador, being a dick in the court of Darius III)
ܚܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܫܕ ܗܘܐ. ܘܡ̈ܐܢܐ ܒܚܢܗ ܣܐܡ ܗܘܐ.
ḥamrā ʕal arʕā āšeḏ=wā
w-mānē ḇ-ḥanneh sā'em=wā
"He was spilling the wine on the ground and putting the goblets in his lap."
(Alexander the Great, in disguise as his own ambassador, being a dick in the court of Darius III)
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Syriac sentence of the day:
ܚܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܫܕ ܗܘܐ. ܘܡ̈ܐܢܐ ܒܚܢܗ ܣܐܡ ܗܘܐ.
ḥamrā ʕal arʕā āšeḏ=wā
w-mānē ḇ-ḥanneh sā'em=wā
"He was spilling the wine on the ground and putting the goblets in his lap."
(Alexander the Great, in disguise as his own ambassador, being a dick in the court of Darius III)
ܚܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܫܕ ܗܘܐ. ܘܡ̈ܐܢܐ ܒܚܢܗ ܣܐܡ ܗܘܐ.
ḥamrā ʕal arʕā āšeḏ=wā
w-mānē ḇ-ḥanneh sā'em=wā
"He was spilling the wine on the ground and putting the goblets in his lap."
(Alexander the Great, in disguise as his own ambassador, being a dick in the court of Darius III)
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Why are older generations embracing Hallyu?
Our latest piece by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (University of North Texas) explores how pop culture is rewriting the narrative of aging through the lens of Digital Humanities.
Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/16/d...
#DH #Kpop #Hallyu
Our latest piece by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (University of North Texas) explores how pop culture is rewriting the narrative of aging through the lens of Digital Humanities.
Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/16/d...
#DH #Kpop #Hallyu
Digital Humanities in Motion: When Pop Culture Rewrites Aging
This guest contribution was written by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman, MS to PhD student in Sociology at the University of North Texas, and Graduate Teaching Assistant and researcher with the C…
digitalorientalist.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Why are older generations embracing Hallyu?
Our latest piece by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (University of North Texas) explores how pop culture is rewriting the narrative of aging through the lens of Digital Humanities.
Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/16/d...
#DH #Kpop #Hallyu
Our latest piece by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (University of North Texas) explores how pop culture is rewriting the narrative of aging through the lens of Digital Humanities.
Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/16/d...
#DH #Kpop #Hallyu
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Parthian word of the day
/dibīrīft/
"script, scribal knowledge & practice"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1316-1320
/kadām dibīrīft ast čē hasēnagistar ud abardar až harwīn dibīrīft čē pad wisp šahr/
"Which script is the oldest, the supreme script among all the scripts in the whole world?"
/dibīrīft/
"script, scribal knowledge & practice"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1316-1320
/kadām dibīrīft ast čē hasēnagistar ud abardar až harwīn dibīrīft čē pad wisp šahr/
"Which script is the oldest, the supreme script among all the scripts in the whole world?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Parthian word of the day
/dibīrīft/
"script, scribal knowledge & practice"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1316-1320
/kadām dibīrīft ast čē hasēnagistar ud abardar až harwīn dibīrīft čē pad wisp šahr/
"Which script is the oldest, the supreme script among all the scripts in the whole world?"
/dibīrīft/
"script, scribal knowledge & practice"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1316-1320
/kadām dibīrīft ast čē hasēnagistar ud abardar až harwīn dibīrīft čē pad wisp šahr/
"Which script is the oldest, the supreme script among all the scripts in the whole world?"
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Five time-words in this Coptic sentence (Epist. Mani, 82.4-7, ed. Gardner):
ϯⲣ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣ[ⲉ …] ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲡ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲁ[…] ϯⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ· ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩ ⲉ[ⲓ̈ⲥ]ⲁⲡⲥⲡ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲙ̅ⲧⲟ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙ̅ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲧ
ⲥⲁⲡ occasion, time (S ⲥⲟⲡ)
ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ hour
ⲟⲩϣⲏ night
ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ day (S ϩⲟⲟⲩ)
ⲛⲉⲩ hour, time (S ⲛⲁⲩ)
ET ⬇️
ϯⲣ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣ[ⲉ …] ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲡ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲁ[…] ϯⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ· ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩ ⲉ[ⲓ̈ⲥ]ⲁⲡⲥⲡ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲙ̅ⲧⲟ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙ̅ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲧ
ⲥⲁⲡ occasion, time (S ⲥⲟⲡ)
ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ hour
ⲟⲩϣⲏ night
ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ day (S ϩⲟⲟⲩ)
ⲛⲉⲩ hour, time (S ⲛⲁⲩ)
ET ⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Five time-words in this Coptic sentence (Epist. Mani, 82.4-7, ed. Gardner):
ϯⲣ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣ[ⲉ …] ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲡ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲁ[…] ϯⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ· ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩ ⲉ[ⲓ̈ⲥ]ⲁⲡⲥⲡ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲙ̅ⲧⲟ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙ̅ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲧ
ⲥⲁⲡ occasion, time (S ⲥⲟⲡ)
ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ hour
ⲟⲩϣⲏ night
ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ day (S ϩⲟⲟⲩ)
ⲛⲉⲩ hour, time (S ⲛⲁⲩ)
ET ⬇️
ϯⲣ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̅ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣ[ⲉ …] ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲡ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲁ[…] ϯⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁϥ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ· ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲉⲩ ⲉ[ⲓ̈ⲥ]ⲁⲡⲥⲡ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲙ̅ⲧⲟ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙ̅ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲧ
ⲥⲁⲡ occasion, time (S ⲥⲟⲡ)
ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ hour
ⲟⲩϣⲏ night
ϩⲟⲟⲩⲉ day (S ϩⲟⲟⲩ)
ⲛⲉⲩ hour, time (S ⲛⲁⲩ)
ET ⬇️
The most important thing I learned in Vienna this week:
I always thought the logo said “univeristät wien”, until a friend told me it’s actually “տiversität”. The first letter is an Armenian տ (t)! 😆
I always thought the logo said “univeristät wien”, until a friend told me it’s actually “տiversität”. The first letter is an Armenian տ (t)! 😆
December 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The most important thing I learned in Vienna this week:
I always thought the logo said “univeristät wien”, until a friend told me it’s actually “տiversität”. The first letter is an Armenian տ (t)! 😆
I always thought the logo said “univeristät wien”, until a friend told me it’s actually “տiversität”. The first letter is an Armenian տ (t)! 😆
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Syriac word of the day
ܕܝܘܬܐ
/dyuṯå/
"ink"
as in BL add. 14615, f. 20r
ܠܐ ܐܫ̇ܟܚܬ ܕܠܟܪܛܝܣܐ ܘܠܕܝܘܬܐ ܐܗܝܡܢ ܐܢܘܢ
/lå ʔeškḥeṯ da-l-karṭiså w-la-ḏyuṯå ʔehaymen-ennon/
"I couldn't entrust them to paper and ink"
/dyuṯå/ has analogs in OJ/JBA/Mand, alongside Heb /dyō/; also Arabic /dawāh/ "inkwell"
ܕܝܘܬܐ
/dyuṯå/
"ink"
as in BL add. 14615, f. 20r
ܠܐ ܐܫ̇ܟܚܬ ܕܠܟܪܛܝܣܐ ܘܠܕܝܘܬܐ ܐܗܝܡܢ ܐܢܘܢ
/lå ʔeškḥeṯ da-l-karṭiså w-la-ḏyuṯå ʔehaymen-ennon/
"I couldn't entrust them to paper and ink"
/dyuṯå/ has analogs in OJ/JBA/Mand, alongside Heb /dyō/; also Arabic /dawāh/ "inkwell"
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Syriac word of the day
ܕܝܘܬܐ
/dyuṯå/
"ink"
as in BL add. 14615, f. 20r
ܠܐ ܐܫ̇ܟܚܬ ܕܠܟܪܛܝܣܐ ܘܠܕܝܘܬܐ ܐܗܝܡܢ ܐܢܘܢ
/lå ʔeškḥeṯ da-l-karṭiså w-la-ḏyuṯå ʔehaymen-ennon/
"I couldn't entrust them to paper and ink"
/dyuṯå/ has analogs in OJ/JBA/Mand, alongside Heb /dyō/; also Arabic /dawāh/ "inkwell"
ܕܝܘܬܐ
/dyuṯå/
"ink"
as in BL add. 14615, f. 20r
ܠܐ ܐܫ̇ܟܚܬ ܕܠܟܪܛܝܣܐ ܘܠܕܝܘܬܐ ܐܗܝܡܢ ܐܢܘܢ
/lå ʔeškḥeṯ da-l-karṭiså w-la-ḏyuṯå ʔehaymen-ennon/
"I couldn't entrust them to paper and ink"
/dyuṯå/ has analogs in OJ/JBA/Mand, alongside Heb /dyō/; also Arabic /dawāh/ "inkwell"
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ტყვია ṭq̇via 'bullet', from Old Georgian ႲႷჃႥႨ ṭq̇wivi lead, from Kartvelian *ṭq̇wi- lead, poss. an ancient loan from a north Caucasian source: Lezgic *naIƛ̣:(ʷ)V blue, Abkhaz-Adyghean *ƛ̣ʷV blue, iron. Metals often get their names from their color.
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Weekly Georgian Etymology: ტყვია ṭq̇via 'bullet', from Old Georgian ႲႷჃႥႨ ṭq̇wivi lead, from Kartvelian *ṭq̇wi- lead, poss. an ancient loan from a north Caucasian source: Lezgic *naIƛ̣:(ʷ)V blue, Abkhaz-Adyghean *ƛ̣ʷV blue, iron. Metals often get their names from their color.
Kind of a funny experiment: I created a word cloud for Balavariani (the Georgian version of Barlaam and Josaphat). As I can’t find a list of stopwords for Old Georgian, I used the tokenizer and PoS tags from Stanford Stanza to remove stopwords. See what the most frequent words are after that 😂:
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Kind of a funny experiment: I created a word cloud for Balavariani (the Georgian version of Barlaam and Josaphat). As I can’t find a list of stopwords for Old Georgian, I used the tokenizer and PoS tags from Stanford Stanza to remove stopwords. See what the most frequent words are after that 😂:
Why does the statue of Moses in Palais de Rumine (Lausanne) have horns? This is a long-lasting iconographic convention of Moses in the Latin West, stemming from a (mis)translation in the Latin Vulgate Bible (Exodus 34:29, 30, 35):
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Why does the statue of Moses in Palais de Rumine (Lausanne) have horns? This is a long-lasting iconographic convention of Moses in the Latin West, stemming from a (mis)translation in the Latin Vulgate Bible (Exodus 34:29, 30, 35):
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Old Georgian word of the day
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Old Georgian word of the day
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
Why should Tangut script be classified as chaotic evil? Here is one example: 𗡮𗵽 śwo² nllu² '美好, 端正, beautiful'. See the difference between the two? 😆
Source: shs.hal.science/halshs-00174...
Source: shs.hal.science/halshs-00174...
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Why should Tangut script be classified as chaotic evil? Here is one example: 𗡮𗵽 śwo² nllu² '美好, 端正, beautiful'. See the difference between the two? 😆
Source: shs.hal.science/halshs-00174...
Source: shs.hal.science/halshs-00174...
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Chinese word of the day
樂 lè
"enjoy, like, love"
as in Traité (ed. Lieu & Mikkelsen), 230-231
一者不樂久住一處
yizhe bule jiuzhu yichu
"first, they don't like staying in one place too long"
The subject is 電那勿 diannawu ≈ Sgd /δēnāβar/, Pa /dēnāβar/ religious, devout (cf. MP /dēnwar/).
樂 lè
"enjoy, like, love"
as in Traité (ed. Lieu & Mikkelsen), 230-231
一者不樂久住一處
yizhe bule jiuzhu yichu
"first, they don't like staying in one place too long"
The subject is 電那勿 diannawu ≈ Sgd /δēnāβar/, Pa /dēnāβar/ religious, devout (cf. MP /dēnwar/).
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November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Chinese word of the day
樂 lè
"enjoy, like, love"
as in Traité (ed. Lieu & Mikkelsen), 230-231
一者不樂久住一處
yizhe bule jiuzhu yichu
"first, they don't like staying in one place too long"
The subject is 電那勿 diannawu ≈ Sgd /δēnāβar/, Pa /dēnāβar/ religious, devout (cf. MP /dēnwar/).
樂 lè
"enjoy, like, love"
as in Traité (ed. Lieu & Mikkelsen), 230-231
一者不樂久住一處
yizhe bule jiuzhu yichu
"first, they don't like staying in one place too long"
The subject is 電那勿 diannawu ≈ Sgd /δēnāβar/, Pa /dēnāβar/ religious, devout (cf. MP /dēnwar/).
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Some Parthian taste-words from Sundermann, MKG 849ff.:
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Some Parthian taste-words from Sundermann, MKG 849ff.:
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
/wxašan/ "taste"
/nameδk/ "salt"
/trifšīft/ "bitterness"
/dažnagīft/ "spicyness, sharpness"
/šiftagīft/ "sweetness"
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Old Georgian word of the day
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Old Georgian word of the day
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
შეწუხება
"annoy, bother, irritate"
as in Limonarion, ed. Abuladze, 11.2-3
შემაწუხებს ჩუენ იგი
"he's bothering us"
(შე-მ-ა-წუხ-ებ-ს pres 3s O1)
Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Georgian/Armenian word of the day:
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Ge. ქურუმი kurumi 'pagan priest'
Arm. քուրմ kʿowrm 'pagan priest'
<- Syr. ܟܘܡܪܐ kūmrā 'pagan priest'
Georgian compound words with ცა ca 'sky'
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Georgian compound words with ცა ca 'sky'
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Parthian word of the day
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Parthian word of the day
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
/wašend/
"hungry"
as in Sundermann, MKG 805-806
/pad wuzurg aβɣām, wašend ud tišend/
"in great agony, hungry and thirsty"
Today I stumbled upon an open-access article in the new edited volume "Connected Philology" by someone who has the exact same name as me and also works at the Université de Lausanne. Very suspicious 👀
#shamelessselfpromotion
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#shamelessselfpromotion
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Connected Philology
Even though the similarities of philological methods and traditions across various cultures have been the subject of scholarly research, the reasons for these occurrences usually remain obscure. The p...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Today I stumbled upon an open-access article in the new edited volume "Connected Philology" by someone who has the exact same name as me and also works at the Université de Lausanne. Very suspicious 👀
#shamelessselfpromotion
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
#shamelessselfpromotion
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბაჟე baže 'walnut sauce with garlic', from Megrelian ბაჟა baža, from Georgian ბაჟი baži toll, duty, tax, from Old Georgian ႡႠႯႨ baži, from Middle Persian bāǰ tax, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎪𐎶 tribute. It gets its name metaphorically from its enriched flavor.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბაჟე baže 'walnut sauce with garlic', from Megrelian ბაჟა baža, from Georgian ბაჟი baži toll, duty, tax, from Old Georgian ႡႠႯႨ baži, from Middle Persian bāǰ tax, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐎪𐎶 tribute. It gets its name metaphorically from its enriched flavor.
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Parthian word of the day
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Parthian word of the day
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)
/angaw-/
"rest, find rest"
as in Sundermann, MKG 802-804
/kaδ ahād kaδ ōδ yādān ud angawān ud āb wxarān/
"When will I ever get there, and I can rest and drink some water?"
(including four subjunctives: one 3s and three 1s)