Style: style
This feature takes the following values: Arch, Coll, Expr, Form, Rare, Slng, Vrnc, Vulg
Stylistic features are facultatively added if the context makes it possible to identify them.
Arch: Archaic/obsolete
Some words show variants, but it is not certain whether they are archaic.
Coll: Colloquial
It appears that scribes change the style of language when they write dialogues, but this has not been investigated yet.
Expr: Expressive/emotional
For instance, speaking that is considered absurd is referred to as “chattering”.
- ud ast=iz ī ka dō māh ast=iš gōwēd padiš drāytar būd “And be it even that — if (someone) says “there are two moons” — there was more chattering thereon.”
Form: Formal/literary
In order to formulate a polite request, the verb framūdan “to order” is used in the sense of “to deign”, which can simply be translated by “please”.
- ō nēkfrazāmīh paywandīhād ān ī=tān framūd nibištan “that what you graciously wrote shall be connected to a good end”
- čē=m andar ašmāh kām kunišn man āgāhēnīd framāyēd pad yazdān kām “Please inform (me) by the will of the gods what I am supposed to do according to your wish!”
Rare: Rare variant of a word
The feature rare could be used for a rare variant of a word.
Slng: Slang
It appears that scribes change the style of language when they write dialogues, but this has not been investigated yet.
Vrnc: Vernacular/dialectal form of a word
Some words show variants, but it is not certain whether they are dialectal.
Vulg: Vulgar
For instance, the word ǰeh “whore” can be used as a pejorative word for a woman.
Style in other languages: [axm] [cs] [fi] [hy] [mdf] [pal] [u] [yrl]