PROPN:
Definition
A proper noun is a noun (or nominal content word) that is the name (or part of the name) of a specific individual or place. In the Middle Persian text corpus, the next biggest group of proper names are texts or ceremonies, which are often referred to by an Avestan name.
A patronym is often linked as an attribute to the given name of a person. Names of divine or demonic beings are annotated as given names.
Note that the script cannot highlight names by capitalisation, but the name of the evil adversary is often written upside down.
Examples
- mihrēn (a male name)
- frānag (a female name)
- srōš (name of male divine being)
- anāhīd (name of a female divine being)
- akōman (name of a male archdemon, lit. “evil mind”)
- āz (name of a female archdemon, lit. “greed”)
- spāhān (the city Esfāhān)
- abarsēn (a mountain range)
- diglit (the river Tigris)
- hadōxt (name of a text and a liturgy)
Border cases
Names of plants and animals are annotated as common nouns.
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