The Memory of Light: The Persian Concept of ÄberÅ«
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The article is devoted to the Persian concept of ÄberÅ«, which in contemporary Persian expresses the meanings of âgood reputationâ, âgood social imageâ, and âhonourâ that a man possesses in the eyes of others. This concept, fundamental to the Persian culture, can be studied from multiple perspectivesâlinguistic, sociological, religious, or ethical. However, the present articleâs main objective is to draw attention to the parallelism between the concept of ÄberÅ« and the idea of light and luminosity. The author attempts to reconstruct the âmemoryâ of this concept by analysing the etymology of the term ÄberÅ«, its semantics and selected contexts of its use in the classical Persian texts.
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The Memory of Light: The Persian Concept of ÄberÅ«
In: Iran and the CaucasusSearch for other papers by Magdalena Rodziewicz in
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The article is devoted to the Persian concept of ÄberÅ«, which in contemporary Persian expresses the meanings of âgood reputationâ, âgood social imageâ, and âhonourâ that a man possesses in the eyes of others. This concept, fundamental to the Persian culture, can be studied from multiple perspectivesâlinguistic, sociological, religious, or ethical. However, the present articleâs main objective is to draw attention to the parallelism between the concept of ÄberÅ« and the idea of light and luminosity. The author attempts to reconstruct the âmemoryâ of this concept by analysing the etymology of the term ÄberÅ«, its semantics and selected contexts of its use in the classical Persian texts.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 774 | 110 | 7 |
| Full Text Views | 148 | 1 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 45 | 3 | 0 |
