Two Archaic Constructions in Persian and Their Similar Examples in Estonian "Possession" & "Pleasantness"

Document Type : مقالات علمی پژوهشی

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Although Persian and Estonian Languages are from two different language families; Persian is from the Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European Family and Estonian is from the Finnic branch of Finno-Ugric group of Uralic family, but there are some similar and analogous constructions in these two languages which this paper studies and analyses two constructions of them through comparative method which consist of:



Persian


Ma-ra
ketab-i
ast.


I+ra:pre
a book
be:3sg


on(for) me
a book
is


= I have a book.








Estonian


Mul
on
raamat.


I-adess
be:3sg
a book


on(for) me
is
a book


= I have a book.



2- The construction that states something is pleasant or likable for someone.




Persian


Ma-ra
in ketab
kosh ayad.


I+ra:pre
this book
be pleasant:3sg


on(for) me
this book
is pleasant


= I like this book.








Estonian


Mulle
meeldib
see raamat.


I-allative
be pleasant:3sg
this book


on(for) me
is pleasant
this book


= I like this book.



The result of the paper:

a) confirms the hypothetical language family named Indo-Uralic consisting of Indo-European and Uralic.

b) indicates that in the far past, there has been a close relationship between Persian and Estonian Languages that researches can be pinpointed its accuracy or inaccuracy by the next researches in the future.

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