Jak Irańczycy wyrażają smutek?
How do Iranians Express Sadness?

Author(s): Sylwia Surdykowska-Konieczny
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Iran; lexeme; Persian language; sadness; emotions; gham; hozn; anduh; ghosse
Summary/Abstract: One of the most important notions permeating the culture of Iran is the idea of sadness. Iranians themselves knowingly admit that sadness is part and parcel of the Iranian identity. The significance of sadness in the Persian culture is reflected, for instance, in the Persian language, which contains very rich vocabulary connected with sadness and its various types. This article is the next step in my research on the idea of sadness in Iranian culture. Its purpose is to identify the basic lexemes used in the Persian language to express sadness and to show one of the possible categorization of these terms, taking into account the aspect of Persian culture. The subject of the analysis are the terms: gham (m), hozn, anduh and ghosse.

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