Can a curse become a name of a gadget?
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Andrzej Pisowicz
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Published 2026-01-28
https://doi.org/10.15388/Baltistica.52.2.2319
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Keywords

Modern Persian
Armenian
etymology
loanword

How to Cite

Pisowicz, A. (tran.) (2026) “Can a curse become a name of a gadget?”, Baltistica, 52(2), pp. 341–343. doi:10.15388/Baltistica.52.2.2319.

Abstract

This article investigates the origin of the word šâmurti used in modern Persian. The author claims that it is a loanword from Armenian going back to an attributive construction that was used in a specific context.

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