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The ‘House of Song’, the *‘House of Clay’, Arm. gerezman, and Caucaso-Albanica
Martin S. Schwartz · 2023
Catalogue summary
Beginning from Armenian gerezman, the paper reconstructs a Median 'clay house' phrase, relates it to the Gathic designation for Paradise, and traces Armenian and Parthian lexical strata into Caucasian Albanian and modern Udi religious vocabulary.
Why this matters
The proposed etymology links Armenian historical linguistics to Iranian religion and the linguistic formation of Christianity in the eastern Caucasus.
Citation
Martin S. Schwartz 2023. The ‘House of Song’, the *‘House of Clay’, Arm. gerezman, and Caucaso-Albanica. Iran and the Caucasus. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384x-02702004
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