During classical antiquity the semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was mined in a place called Lāžvard around modern Afghanistan. That’s also the name of the stone in Classical Persian (لاجورد). It comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃- ‘to gleam, to shine’ + Proto-Iranian *varta- ‘stone’. (Watch a video version of this post below!) Other words thatContinue reading “azure”
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Review: Speaking American: How y’all, youse, and you guys talk (Josh Katz, 2020)
Review of the book “Speaking American: How y’all, youse, and you guys talk” (Josh Katz, 2020).