Polite: politeness
Politeness is expressed in lexical and grammatical ways in Middle Persian. It is annotated whenever it has a grammatical effect. This feature then takes the following values:
| Values: | Elev | Form | Humn | Infm |
Elev: Elevated
Examples:
- xwadāy “lord” with 2.SG reference.
Form: Formal
The 1pl. can be used as a pluralis majestatis. In case of the enclitic pronouns, the archaic form =n (instead of regularised =mān) is used as a pluralis majestatis only.
The 2pl. can be used instead of a 2sg. The 3pl. can be used instead of a 3sg.
Examples:
- ud az nūn frāz āgāhīh rōšntar framāyād nibišt “and from now on, please (lit.: you.PL deign to) write the information more clearly”
Humb: Humbling
Examples:
- bandag “servant” with 1.SG reference.
Infm: Informals
Examples
- none yet
Polite in other languages: [bej] [es] [pal] [pl] [u]