Beiträge zur Iranistik

Towards a Historical Grammar of Balochi

Studies in Balochi Historical Phonology and Vocabulary

The main part of the book is a new systematic treatment of the historical phonology of Balochi. Comparing important related languages (chiefly Avestan, New Persian and Parthian),...

Vafsi Folk Tales

Twenty Four Folk Tales in the Gurchani Dialect of Vafsi as Narrated by Ghazanfar Mahmudi and Mashdi Mahdi and Collected by Lawrence P. Elwell-Sutton

This volume consists of 24 folk tales told by two native speakers and tape-recorded by British Iranist, Lawrence P. Elwell-Sutton in Iran in August, 1958. Vafsi is an Iranian...

Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia

Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 6th December 2002

The volume contains forty-one papers dedicated to the distinguished Iranianist by colleagues, friends and former students, and a complete bibliography of the dedicatee. The papers...

A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto

Pashto, one of the national languages of Afghanistan, is an archaic language of the Iranian family with a vocabulary of extraordinary variety and interest. In his "New...

Grammaire de l’ormuri de Baraki-Barak (Lôgar, Afghanistan)

Charles M. Kieffer has devoted his life to the study of some of the least known languages of the Iranian family, in particular Ormuri and Parachi, on which he carried out...

Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism

Ever since Ossetic was extensively researched by eminent Iranists like Abaev, Bailey, Gershevitch and Benveniste, the language has earned a prominent place in (Indo-)Iranian and...

»Lohn« im Indoiranischen

Eine semantische Studie des Rigveda und Avesta

This book is a study of words denoting the concept of ’reward‘, ’recompense‘ in the Rigveda and Avesta. The relevant Vedic and Avestan lexical items are contrasted with words for...

Mit goldenem Siegel

Über Briefe, Schreiber und Boten im Sahname

This book examines the secretarial work at the pre-Arab Persian courts as described by Ferdowsi in the Šāhnāme. The work of scribes and messengers and the letters themselves are...

Zazaki

Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie

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Zazaki ist eine am nordwestlichen Rand des kurdischen Sprachgebiets gesprochene nordwestiranische Sprache, die...

Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies

Held in Cambridge, 11th to 15th September 1999. Mediaeval and Modern Persian

The second volume of the Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies brings together 34 papers in English, French and German, grouped thematically under the...

Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies

Held in Cambridge, 11th to 15th September 1995. Old and Middle Iranian Studies

The 3rd European Conference of Iranian Studies, at which more than 130 papers were presented, was held in Cambridge in 1995. A selection of the best contributions will be...

Die Natur in der Bildersprache des Sahname

Der Zamyad Yast

Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar

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Der „Zamyad-Yast“ darf als eine der interessantesten und schönsten Hymnen bezeichnet werden, die in den heiligen...

The Khotanese Sanghatasutra

A critical edition

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Das Werk ist eine kritische Edition der khotanischen Version des buddhistischen Sanghatasutras, die gleichzeitig...

Die Entwicklung der Bewässerungslandwirtschaft im Iran bis in sasanidisch-frühislamische Zeit

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Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit bildet die Untersuchung des Agrarsektors des sasanidischen Reiches, das vom 3. bis zur...

Ilya Gershevitch: Philologia Iranica

A selection of 25 important articles and reviews by the distinguished Iranianist Ily Gershevitch is reprinted in this volume marking the occason of his 70th birthday. The...

La soie en Afghanistan

L’élevage du ver à soie en Afghanistan et l’artisanat de la soie à Herât

Le dialecte de Sivand

Études sogdiennes

Persien unter den ersten Achämeniden (6. Jahrhundert v. Chr.)

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Dieser Band basiert auf einer russischen Arbeit, die eigens für diese Übersetzung überarbeitet und ergänzt...