Iskandar Ding
@iskandarding.bsky.social
SOAS PhD candidate in Yaghnobi and Sogdian linguistics. Devotee of the Iranian and Persianate world.
Who wouldn’t vibe a Korean textbook that calls it Joseon eo and is written by Yanbian Koreans?
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Who wouldn’t vibe a Korean textbook that calls it Joseon eo and is written by Yanbian Koreans?
New year, new Dasein.
Nawrōz, or as Sariqoli speakers (officially classified in China as Tajiks) and other Pamiri peoples call it, Šo(w)gun bahār/eid, mubārak. Šo(w)gun is the Persian شگون ‘good omen’, which apparently comes from a Sanskrit bird’s name śakuna- (Hasandōst 1393/2014: 1894).
Nawrōz, or as Sariqoli speakers (officially classified in China as Tajiks) and other Pamiri peoples call it, Šo(w)gun bahār/eid, mubārak. Šo(w)gun is the Persian شگون ‘good omen’, which apparently comes from a Sanskrit bird’s name śakuna- (Hasandōst 1393/2014: 1894).
March 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New year, new Dasein.
Nawrōz, or as Sariqoli speakers (officially classified in China as Tajiks) and other Pamiri peoples call it, Šo(w)gun bahār/eid, mubārak. Šo(w)gun is the Persian شگون ‘good omen’, which apparently comes from a Sanskrit bird’s name śakuna- (Hasandōst 1393/2014: 1894).
Nawrōz, or as Sariqoli speakers (officially classified in China as Tajiks) and other Pamiri peoples call it, Šo(w)gun bahār/eid, mubārak. Šo(w)gun is the Persian شگون ‘good omen’, which apparently comes from a Sanskrit bird’s name śakuna- (Hasandōst 1393/2014: 1894).