An Analysis of Russian Loanwords in Persian in the Qajar Era: a Case Study of “Khosrow Mirza’s Travelogue to St. Petersburg”
https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2024.7.1.60-71
Keywords:
Russian loanwords, travelogue, Khosrow Mirza, Iran, RussiaAbstract
One of the most important factors of language dynamics is the adoption of borrowed words that enter another language under the influence of political, economic, cultural relations, etc. Persian is no exception to this provision, and many words have been borrowed into this language, especially from European languages. The Russian language was widely used in Iran from the time of Fath-Ali Shah to the end of the Qajar era. The article analyzes Russian loanwords that entered the Persian language during the reign of the Qajars, that is, from the end of the XVIII century. to the beginning of the XX century. To this end, we examined the travelogue of Khosrow Mirza, the 16-year-old heir to the Iranian throne, about a trip to St. Petersburg. Since the sources related to the entry of Russian loanwords into Persian language are very limited and many Russian loanwords are wrongly mentioned as a French loanword in the dictionaries, this work can help to determine the nature of many words. This study showed that due to the Iran-Russia wars and the subsequent increase in Russia's economic influence in Iran, most of the loans used at this time are related to the military and commercial fields.
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