Persian: Long ē sound in Dari

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Jamal31

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Hello,

I was wondering if the vowel ē in Dari only occurs in Persian native words, or also in Arabic words? Additionally, does it appear in other foreign language words?
 
    • Hi. Do you mean 'ee' as in 'peel'? It happens in Arabic words too. Examples: kasseef (dirty), badeel (alternative), areez (broad).
     
    For example, in Persian Farsi and Arabic these the the long 'i' sound which occurs when a Yeh comes after a Kasreh and doesn't have a vowel itself, i.e. ـِي and sounds like the 'i' in 'machine'. In Afghan Farsi though, as well as older Farsi, there is a long 'e' sound, which sounds like the 'ee' in the word 'eel'. So for example, instead of 'Iran' in Persian Farsi, some Afghans pronounce it as 'Eran'.
     
    [ē] doesn't appears in Arabic words but I'm not sure of Russian and English loans. By the way, I think among the main formal Persian dialects only Tajik has retained [ē]. Dari has also lost it.
     
    Treaty said:
    [ē] doesn't appears in Arabic words but I'm not sure of Russian and English loans. By the way, I think among the main formal Persian dialects only Tajik has retained [ē]. Dari has also lost it.
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    Most Persian dialects in Afghanistan (except in the West of the country, e.g. Herat), and also formal Persian as spoken by educated Afghans, distinguish clearly between historic /ī/ and historic /ē/. Afghans are very disapproving of the fact that Persians do not (supposedly) know the difference between “milk” (šīr) and “lion” (šēr).
     
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