Urmi, Christian: Weddings

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi. 4 vols. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 86. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2016, vol. 4	Yulia Davudi	Sydney, AU

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0:00	xá-dana yàlaˈ xa-bràtaˈ ci-⁺bayyíva ⁺ʾuydàləˈ xazzíva ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ mən-k̭ámta bába yə̀mmaˈ ɟắri másalan tanìvaˈ bnátət ⁺pə́llən-cas ⁺spày꞊ina,ˈ masalan bnátət Géoffrey ⁺rába spày꞊ina,ˈ Géoffrey ⁺rába ⁺spay-nàšələ,ˈ báxtu ⁺spàyəla.ˈ ʾu-brátət dánnə mayyáxla k̭a-brùnan.ˈ ʾánnə bába yə̀mma ci-tanívaləˈ k̭a-brunè,ˈ bruné꞊da xazzíva bràtaˈ c-azə̀lvaˈ xazzìvala.ˈ c-azíva ⁺ṱalbìvala.ˈ ⁺ṱalabúyta c-azíva bába yə̀mma.ˈ yàla k̭a-bráta ci-tanìvaˈ bábi yə́mmi b-⁺šadrə̀nnunˈ ⁺ṱalabùytaˈ ʾáti ⁺ṱalbìlaxˈ mən-bábax yə̀mmax.ˈ ʾən-yavvìlax,ˈ ʾána b-ɟorə̀nnax.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ṱalabùyta.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ɟu-xa-béta ⁺vàrəna:ˈ šláma b-šèna!ˈ dàxitun?ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ máyəna ⁺čày.ˈ mú b-šatìtun?ˈ mára lé-šatax hə̀č-məndi,ˈ le-⁺ʾáxlax hə̀č-məndiˈ hál ⁺baʾútan k̭atóxun là tanáxla.ˈ ⁺baʾutóxun mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾaxnán tìyyəvax,ˈ brúnan ⁺vírəl mən-k̭ám ⁺tarròxunˈ xə́zyəl xa-vàrda.ˈ ʾo-várda ɟu-baxčòxun꞊lə.ˈ ⁺byáyəvax ɟabàxləˈ labláxlə ɟu-baxč-ɟanàn.ˈ ʾìtaˈ ʾànnəˈ dìˈ váyəna ⁺ràzi.ˈ mára xób ʾáxnan ʾə́tlan nàšəˈ ɟắri ⁺k̭aràxlun.ˈ ʾu-bàbaˈ ʾu-yə̀mmaˈ ⁺ʾàmtaˈ ⁺xàluˈ čúllə ʾánnə ⁺bək̭rayènaˈ ⁺táma ɟu-bètaˈ k̭at-mənné ⁺bàk̭ri.ˈ bitàyənaˈ ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-bàba,ˈ bába sapúyol b-yə̀mma.ˈ mára yə́mma ɟurvə̀stolaˈ ɟắri ʾána ⁺bák̭rən mən-yə̀mmoˈ sắbab yə̀mmo ɟurvə́stola.ˈ yə́mmo màraˈ ʾána ⁺ràzivanˈ ʾána ṱ-odánna xá dástət vàrdəˈ mattánna ⁺ʾal-⁺sádrət yàla.ˈ ʾína ʾáni꞊da ⁺bəddàyəna yála mánilə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyəna yàla mániləˈ ⁺bəddáyəna brūn-màniləˈ bəxdáyəna k̭at-braté yavvìla.ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-⁺ʾàmtət yála,ˈ mára ⁺ʾa-ʾàmtola,ˈ ʾə́tla hak̭ùtaˈ k̭at-ʾáy꞊da ⁺yàṱṱa.ˈ ⁺ʾámto yávola k̭a-⁺ɟòro,ˈ k̭a-mamùno,ˈ k̭a-ʾaxùno,ˈ k̭a-⁺xalùvvo.ˈ cúllə dásta ʾátxa váyəna tìvə.ˈ ⁺ʾé-dān ⁺ṱalabùyta váyəla,ˈ cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèna našé.ˈ ⁺xábra yávəna k̭atèˈ ʾíta ʾánnə mən-cúllə ⁺bak̭ùrəna,ˈ cúllə ⁺ràzi váyəna.ˈ č̭áppə mxáyəna k̭at-⁺ṱalabúyta vìla.ˈ bar-xá-⁺dana bərrə́xšəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə̀nnəx,ˈ bráta vádəla širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə́nnəx ʾət-bràtəla.ˈ vádəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ ⁺mixùlta,ˈ làxma,ˈ ⁺čày,ˈ štèta,ˈ cúllə yàvəla.ˈ bráta ⁺bək̭ráyəla nášə k̭a-širə̀nnəxˈ ɟu-bèto.ˈ ⁺bixàləna,ˈ bəštàyəna,ˈ bərk̭àdəna,ˈ bəšvàrəna.ˈ širə́nnəx꞊da pràk̭əla,ˈ mattúyəna ⁺danət ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ⁺xlúyla váyələ ʾət-yàla.ˈ xá-cma ⁺dánə ⁺bəṱlábəna mə́nnu ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra ʾávəd,ˈ xá-cma mə́nnu ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺xlúyla sùra ʾávəd.ˈ ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟúra ⁺yánə nášə ⁺ràba čédi.ˈ ⁺xlúyla súra ⁺yánə másalan xá tláy ʾarp̂ì ɟanáy čèdi,ˈ ʾàtxa.ˈ bitáyəla ⁺dān-⁺xlùyla.ˈ ɟu-matvàtəˈ k̭ənyànə práməna.ˈ k̭ənyánə ʾíman pàrmiˈ móriša jàldəˈ dávla ⁺zúrna ci-maxíla ɟaravátə k̭at-nášə ⁺šàmmi,ˈ k̭èmi.ˈ k̭a-⁺dávva ci-táni sar-⁺subày,ˈ sar-⁺subàyˈ mxáyələ dàvlaˈ ⁺ʾal-ɟaravàtəˈ cúllə máta bək̭yàməla.ˈ labúləna k̭ənyànaˈ k̭at-parmìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾálma cúllə ⁺bəjmàyələ,ˈ dvík̭əna ʾída ʾìdaˈ k̭ənyána pràmuna,ˈ ⁺šarúyəna bərk̭áda bəšvàra.ˈ k̭ənyána bašùluna.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ bəčyádəna nàšə,ˈ cúllə bitáyəna k̭a-⁺xlùyla,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrba.ˈ ʾən-ɟu-màtələ,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrbaˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəddáyəna xá k̭a-do-xìna,ˈ bitáyəna ⁺xlùyla.ˈ k̭ənyàna,ˈ xa-⁺ɟúra k̭ənyána pràmənaˈ bašúləna ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ ⁺turšìyyə,ˈ ⁺xàmra,ˈ ʾàrak̭,ˈ cúllə mattúyəna ⁺bixàla,ˈ bəštà,ˈ bərk̭àda.ˈ bəšvàra,ˈ ⁺šavvà yumánə,ˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ váyəna ⁺xlùyla vádəna,ˈ dávla ⁺zùrna,ˈ ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ c-odíva ⁺xlùylaˈ k̭a-yalè.ˈ ʾíta nášə bitáyəna ⁺tàmaˈ ʾu-⁺sabàxta yávəna.ˈ ⁺sabaxtèˈ zùyzəvaˈ ⁺yànəˈ ʾəmmá ⁺tuymànə,ˈ ⁺tuymànəvaˈ yànˈ trəmmà tuymánə.ˈ léva ⁺dìnar.ˈ ⁺dínar l-à-ybələ.ˈ tuymánə k̭a-⁺ʾÌran.ˈ trəmmà ⁺tuymánə,ˈ ʾəmmà tuymánə,ˈ ⁺ṱlammà tuymánəˈ ci-yavvíva ⁺sabáxta k̭a-yàla,ˈ k̭a-⁺hayyàrtu.ˈ xób ʾánnə nášə xína cút-xa c-azìva.ˈ ⁺ʾávva꞊da c-avə̀lvaˈ ɟu-bēt-bàbuˈ ɟu-bēt-yə̀mmuˈ cát ⁺palə́ṱva ⁺šaríva pəlxànaˈ ɟu-carmànəˈ ɟu-mulcànə.ˈ ʾína mən-bábu yə̀mmu ci-xayyíva.ˈ cálu ɟắri ʾoyáva ⁺tábba ⁺ʾal- bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ xá-dana yàlaˈ xa-bràtaˈ ci-⁺bayyíva ⁺ʾuydàləˈ xazzíva ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ mən-k̭ámta bába yə̀mmaˈ ɟắri másalan tanìvaˈ bnátət ⁺pə́llən-cas ⁺spày꞊ina,ˈ masalan bnátət Géoffrey ⁺rába spày꞊ina,ˈ Géoffrey ⁺rába ⁺spay-nàšələ,ˈ báxtu ⁺spàyəla.ˈ ʾu-brátət dánnə mayyáxla k̭a-brùnan.ˈ ʾánnə bába yə̀mma ci-tanívaləˈ k̭a-brunè,ˈ bruné꞊da xazzíva bràtaˈ c-azə̀lvaˈ xazzìvala.ˈ c-azíva ⁺ṱalbìvala.ˈ ⁺ṱalabúyta c-azíva bába yə̀mma.ˈ yàla k̭a-bráta ci-tanìvaˈ bábi yə́mmi b-⁺šadrə̀nnunˈ ⁺ṱalabùytaˈ ʾáti ⁺ṱalbìlaxˈ mən-bábax yə̀mmax.ˈ ʾən-yavvìlax,ˈ ʾána b-ɟorə̀nnax.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ṱalabùyta.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ɟu-xa-béta ⁺vàrəna:ˈ šláma b-šèna!ˈ dàxitun?ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ máyəna ⁺čày.ˈ mú b-šatìtun?ˈ mára lé-šatax hə̀č-məndi,ˈ le-⁺ʾáxlax hə̀č-məndiˈ hál ⁺baʾútan k̭atóxun là tanáxla.ˈ ⁺baʾutóxun mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾaxnán tìyyəvax,ˈ brúnan ⁺vírəl mən-k̭ám ⁺tarròxunˈ xə́zyəl xa-vàrda.ˈ ʾo-várda ɟu-baxčòxun꞊lə.ˈ ⁺byáyəvax ɟabàxləˈ labláxlə ɟu-baxč-ɟanàn.ˈ ʾìtaˈ ʾànnəˈ dìˈ váyəna ⁺ràzi.ˈ mára xób ʾáxnan ʾə́tlan nàšəˈ ɟắri ⁺k̭aràxlun.ˈ ʾu-bàbaˈ ʾu-yə̀mmaˈ ⁺ʾàmtaˈ ⁺xàluˈ čúllə ʾánnə ⁺bək̭rayènaˈ ⁺táma ɟu-bètaˈ k̭at-mənné ⁺bàk̭ri.ˈ bitàyənaˈ ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-bàba,ˈ bába sapúyol b-yə̀mma.ˈ mára yə́mma ɟurvə̀stolaˈ ɟắri ʾána ⁺bák̭rən mən-yə̀mmoˈ sắbab yə̀mmo ɟurvə́stola.ˈ yə́mmo màraˈ ʾána ⁺ràzivanˈ ʾána ṱ-odánna xá dástət vàrdəˈ mattánna ⁺ʾal-⁺sádrət yàla.ˈ ʾína ʾáni꞊da ⁺bəddàyəna yála mánilə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyəna yàla mániləˈ ⁺bəddáyəna brūn-màniləˈ bəxdáyəna k̭at-braté yavvìla.ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-⁺ʾàmtət yála,ˈ mára ⁺ʾa-ʾàmtola,ˈ ʾə́tla hak̭ùtaˈ k̭at-ʾáy꞊da ⁺yàṱṱa.ˈ ⁺ʾámto yávola k̭a-⁺ɟòro,ˈ k̭a-mamùno,ˈ k̭a-ʾaxùno,ˈ k̭a-⁺xalùvvo.ˈ cúllə dásta ʾátxa váyəna tìvə.ˈ ⁺ʾé-dān ⁺ṱalabùyta váyəla,ˈ cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèna našé.ˈ ⁺xábra yávəna k̭atèˈ ʾíta ʾánnə mən-cúllə ⁺bak̭ùrəna,ˈ cúllə ⁺ràzi váyəna.ˈ č̭áppə mxáyəna k̭at-⁺ṱalabúyta vìla.ˈ bar-xá-⁺dana bərrə́xšəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə̀nnəx,ˈ bráta vádəla širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə́nnəx ʾət-bràtəla.ˈ vádəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ ⁺mixùlta,ˈ làxma,ˈ ⁺čày,ˈ štèta,ˈ cúllə yàvəla.ˈ bráta ⁺bək̭ráyəla nášə k̭a-širə̀nnəxˈ ɟu-bèto.ˈ ⁺bixàləna,ˈ bəštàyəna,ˈ bərk̭àdəna,ˈ bəšvàrəna.ˈ širə́nnəx꞊da pràk̭əla,ˈ mattúyəna ⁺danət ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ⁺xlúyla váyələ ʾət-yàla.ˈ xá-cma ⁺dánə ⁺bəṱlábəna mə́nnu ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra ʾávəd,ˈ xá-cma mə́nnu ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺xlúyla sùra ʾávəd.ˈ ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟúra ⁺yánə nášə ⁺ràba čédi.ˈ ⁺xlúyla súra ⁺yánə másalan xá tláy ʾarp̂ì ɟanáy čèdi,ˈ ʾàtxa.ˈ bitáyəla ⁺dān-⁺xlùyla.ˈ ɟu-matvàtəˈ k̭ənyànə práməna.ˈ k̭ənyánə ʾíman pàrmiˈ móriša jàldəˈ dávla ⁺zúrna ci-maxíla ɟaravátə k̭at-nášə ⁺šàmmi,ˈ k̭èmi.ˈ k̭a-⁺dávva ci-táni sar-⁺subày,ˈ sar-⁺subàyˈ mxáyələ dàvlaˈ ⁺ʾal-ɟaravàtəˈ cúllə máta bək̭yàməla.ˈ labúləna k̭ənyànaˈ k̭at-parmìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾálma cúllə ⁺bəjmàyələ,ˈ dvík̭əna ʾída ʾìdaˈ k̭ənyána pràmuna,ˈ ⁺šarúyəna bərk̭áda bəšvàra.ˈ k̭ənyána bašùluna.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ bəčyádəna nàšə,ˈ cúllə bitáyəna k̭a-⁺xlùyla,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrba.ˈ ʾən-ɟu-màtələ,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrbaˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəddáyəna xá k̭a-do-xìna,ˈ bitáyəna ⁺xlùyla.ˈ k̭ənyàna,ˈ xa-⁺ɟúra k̭ənyána pràmənaˈ bašúləna ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ ⁺turšìyyə,ˈ ⁺xàmra,ˈ ʾàrak̭,ˈ cúllə mattúyəna ⁺bixàla,ˈ bəštà,ˈ bərk̭àda.ˈ bəšvàra,ˈ ⁺šavvà yumánə,ˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ váyəna ⁺xlùyla vádəna,ˈ dávla ⁺zùrna,ˈ ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ c-odíva ⁺xlùylaˈ k̭a-yalè.ˈ ʾíta nášə bitáyəna ⁺tàmaˈ ʾu-⁺sabàxta yávəna.ˈ ⁺sabaxtèˈ zùyzəvaˈ ⁺yànəˈ ʾəmmá ⁺tuymànə,ˈ ⁺tuymànəvaˈ yànˈ trəmmà tuymánə.ˈ léva ⁺dìnar.ˈ ⁺dínar l-à-ybələ.ˈ tuymánə k̭a-⁺ʾÌran.ˈ trəmmà ⁺tuymánə,ˈ ʾəmmà tuymánə,ˈ ⁺ṱlammà tuymánəˈ ci-yavvíva ⁺sabáxta k̭a-yàla,ˈ k̭a-⁺hayyàrtu.ˈ xób ʾánnə nášə xína cút-xa c-azìva.ˈ ⁺ʾávva꞊da c-avə̀lvaˈ ɟu-bēt-bàbuˈ ɟu-bēt-yə̀mmuˈ cát ⁺palə́ṱva ⁺šaríva pəlxànaˈ ɟu-carmànəˈ ɟu-mulcànə.ˈ ʾína mən-bábu yə̀mmu ci-xayyíva.ˈ cálu ɟắri ʾoyáva ⁺tábba ⁺ʾal- bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ	A boy and a girl would fall in love with one another and see one another. Beforehand, however, the father and mother would say, for example, ‘The daughters of so-and-so are good,’ for example ‘the daughters of Geoffrey are very good, Geoffrey is a very fine man. His wife is good.’ So we would bring their daughter for our son. The father and mother would tell this to their son and their son would see the girl, would go to see the girl. They would go and ask for her hand. The father and mother would go to make the marriage request. The boy would say to the girl ‘I shall send my father and mother to make a marriage request, to come and ask for your hand from your father and mother. If they (agree to) give you away, I shall marry you.’ They go to make the marriage request. They go and enter a house: ‘Hello! Greetings! How are you? Please sit down! Please sit down!’ They sit down. They bring tea. ‘What will you drink?’ They say ‘We shall not drink anything and we shall not eat anything until we tell you our request.’ ‘What is your request?’ ‘We have come (because) our son has entered your door and seen a flower. That flower is in your garden. We want to pick it and bring it to our garden.’ Then they eventually agree. They say ‘Good, we have relatives, whom we have to summon (to consult). They summon the father, mother, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, everybody, there to the house in order to consult them. They come and they ask the father. The father defers to the mother. He says ‘The mother has brought her up. I must ask her mother, because her mother has brought her up.’ Her mother says ‘I agree. I shall make her a bunch of flowers which I shall put on the chest of the boy.’ But they know who the boy is. They know whose son he is. They are pleased to give their daughter (to him). Then they ask the paternal aunt of the boy and she says ‘This is her aunt, she has a right to know also. Her paternal aunt gives the floor to her husband, to her aunt, to her brother, to her maternal uncle. The whole group is thus sitting down. When the betrothal takes place, they invite everybody. They give them the news, then they ask everybody and they all agree. They applaud since the betrothal has taken place. After a while the go to a betrothal party, betrothal party, the girl holds a betrothal party, the betrothal party is (the responsibility) of the girl. They hold a betrothal party, food, bread, tea, drink, they serve everything. The girl invites people to the betrothal party to her house. They eat, they drink, they dance, they jig. The betrothal party finishes and they fix the time of the wedding—the wedding is (the responsibility) of the boy. Sometimes they request him to make a big wedding. Sometimes they request him to make a small wedding. If they request a big one, a big wedding, a big wedding means that they invite many people. A small wedding means that the invite, for example, thirty or forty people or so. The time of the wedding arrives. In the villages they slaughter cattle. When they slaughter cattle early in the morning, they play drum and pipe music on the roofs so that people hear and get up. They call this (music) _sar-⁺subay,_ _sar-⁺subay_, they play the drum on the roofs and the whole village gets up. They take cattle to slaughter. All the people gather. They slaughter the cattle and holding hands they begin to dance and jig. They cook those cattle. Then they invite people and they all come to the wedding from the villages nearby. If it is in a village, everybody knows each other and they come to the wedding from the villages nearby. They slaughter a large head of cattle, they cook rice, they lay pickles, wine, arak, everything and they eat, drink, dance, jig. They hold the wedding for seven days and seven nights, with drum and pipe, seven days and seven nights they would hold the wedding for their son. Then people come there and give wedding gifts. Their wedding gift was money, that is a hundred _tuman_s—there were _tuman_s—or two hundred _tuman_s. There were not dinars. The dinar was used elsewhere, the _tuman_ (was the currency) for Iran. They gave a wedding gift of two hundred _tuman_s, one hundred _tuman_s, three hundred _tuman_s to the boy, to help him. Well, everybody then goes away. He also goes (to live) in the house of his father, the house of his mother, while beginning to go out to work in the vineyards and estates, but he lived with his father and mother. The bride had to obey his father and mother.

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xá-dana yàlaˈ xa-bràtaˈ ci-⁺bayyíva ⁺ʾuydàləˈ xazzíva ⁺ʾuydàlə.ˈ mən-k̭ámta bába yə̀mmaˈ ɟắri másalan tanìvaˈ bnátət ⁺pə́llən-cas ⁺spày꞊ina,ˈ masalan bnátət Géoffrey ⁺rába spày꞊ina,ˈ Géoffrey ⁺rába ⁺spay-nàšələ,ˈ báxtu ⁺spàyəla.ˈ ʾu-brátət dánnə mayyáxla k̭a-brùnan.ˈ ʾánnə bába yə̀mma ci-tanívaləˈ k̭a-brunè,ˈ bruné꞊da xazzíva bràtaˈ c-azə̀lvaˈ xazzìvala.ˈ c-azíva ⁺ṱalbìvala.ˈ ⁺ṱalabúyta c-azíva bába yə̀mma.ˈ yàla k̭a-bráta ci-tanìvaˈ bábi yə́mmi b-⁺šadrə̀nnunˈ ⁺ṱalabùytaˈ ʾáti ⁺ṱalbìlaxˈ mən-bábax yə̀mmax.ˈ ʾən-yavvìlax,ˈ ʾána b-ɟorə̀nnax.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ṱalabùyta.ˈ bərrə́xšəna ɟu-xa-béta ⁺vàrəna:ˈ šláma b-šèna!ˈ dàxitun?ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ pák̭dun tùmun!ˈ bətyàvəna.ˈ máyəna ⁺čày.ˈ mú b-šatìtun?ˈ mára lé-šatax hə̀č-məndi,ˈ le-⁺ʾáxlax hə̀č-məndiˈ hál ⁺baʾútan k̭atóxun là tanáxla.ˈ ⁺baʾutóxun mù꞊ila?ˈ ʾaxnán tìyyəvax,ˈ brúnan ⁺vírəl mən-k̭ám ⁺tarròxunˈ xə́zyəl xa-vàrda.ˈ ʾo-várda ɟu-baxčòxun꞊lə.ˈ ⁺byáyəvax ɟabàxləˈ labláxlə ɟu-baxč-ɟanàn.ˈ ʾìtaˈ ʾànnəˈ dìˈ váyəna ⁺ràzi.ˈ mára xób ʾáxnan ʾə́tlan nàšəˈ ɟắri ⁺k̭aràxlun.ˈ ʾu-bàbaˈ ʾu-yə̀mmaˈ ⁺ʾàmtaˈ ⁺xàluˈ čúllə ʾánnə ⁺bək̭rayènaˈ ⁺táma ɟu-bètaˈ k̭at-mənné ⁺bàk̭ri.ˈ bitàyənaˈ ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-bàba,ˈ bába sapúyol b-yə̀mma.ˈ mára yə́mma ɟurvə̀stolaˈ ɟắri ʾána ⁺bák̭rən mən-yə̀mmoˈ sắbab yə̀mmo ɟurvə́stola.ˈ yə́mmo màraˈ ʾána ⁺ràzivanˈ ʾána ṱ-odánna xá dástət vàrdəˈ mattánna ⁺ʾal-⁺sádrət yàla.ˈ ʾína ʾáni꞊da ⁺bəddàyəna yála mánilə.ˈ ⁺bəddáyəna yàla mániləˈ ⁺bəddáyəna brūn-màniləˈ bəxdáyəna k̭at-braté yavvìla.ˈ ⁺xárta ⁺bak̭úrəna mən-⁺ʾàmtət yála,ˈ mára ⁺ʾa-ʾàmtola,ˈ ʾə́tla hak̭ùtaˈ k̭at-ʾáy꞊da ⁺yàṱṱa.ˈ ⁺ʾámto yávola k̭a-⁺ɟòro,ˈ k̭a-mamùno,ˈ k̭a-ʾaxùno,ˈ k̭a-⁺xalùvvo.ˈ cúllə dásta ʾátxa váyəna tìvə.ˈ ⁺ʾé-dān ⁺ṱalabùyta váyəla,ˈ cúllə ⁺bək̭rayèna našé.ˈ ⁺xábra yávəna k̭atèˈ ʾíta ʾánnə mən-cúllə ⁺bak̭ùrəna,ˈ cúllə ⁺ràzi váyəna.ˈ č̭áppə mxáyəna k̭at-⁺ṱalabúyta vìla.ˈ bar-xá-⁺dana bərrə́xšəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə̀nnəx,ˈ bráta vádəla širə̀nnəx,ˈ širə́nnəx ʾət-bràtəla.ˈ vádəna širə̀nnəx,ˈ ⁺mixùlta,ˈ làxma,ˈ ⁺čày,ˈ štèta,ˈ cúllə yàvəla.ˈ bráta ⁺bək̭ráyəla nášə k̭a-širə̀nnəxˈ ɟu-bèto.ˈ ⁺bixàləna,ˈ bəštàyəna,ˈ bərk̭àdəna,ˈ bəšvàrəna.ˈ širə́nnəx꞊da pràk̭əla,ˈ mattúyəna ⁺danət ⁺xlùyla,ˈ ⁺xlúyla váyələ ʾət-yàla.ˈ xá-cma ⁺dánə ⁺bəṱlábəna mə́nnu ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra ʾávəd,ˈ xá-cma mə́nnu ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺xlúyla sùra ʾávəd.ˈ ⁺bəṱlábəna ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟùra,ˈ ⁺xlúyla ⁺ɟúra ⁺yánə nášə ⁺ràba čédi.ˈ ⁺xlúyla súra ⁺yánə másalan xá tláy ʾarp̂ì ɟanáy čèdi,ˈ ʾàtxa.ˈ bitáyəla ⁺dān-⁺xlùyla.ˈ ɟu-matvàtəˈ k̭ənyànə práməna.ˈ k̭ənyánə ʾíman pàrmiˈ móriša jàldəˈ dávla ⁺zúrna ci-maxíla ɟaravátə k̭at-nášə ⁺šàmmi,ˈ k̭èmi.ˈ k̭a-⁺dávva ci-táni sar-⁺subày,ˈ sar-⁺subàyˈ mxáyələ dàvlaˈ ⁺ʾal-ɟaravàtəˈ cúllə máta bək̭yàməla.ˈ labúləna k̭ənyànaˈ k̭at-parmìlə.ˈ ⁺ʾálma cúllə ⁺bəjmàyələ,ˈ dvík̭əna ʾída ʾìdaˈ k̭ənyána pràmuna,ˈ ⁺šarúyəna bərk̭áda bəšvàra.ˈ k̭ənyána bašùluna.ˈ ⁺xàrtaˈ bəčyádəna nàšə,ˈ cúllə bitáyəna k̭a-⁺xlùyla,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrba.ˈ ʾən-ɟu-màtələ,ˈ mən-matvátə k̭ùrbaˈ cúllə nášə ⁺bəddáyəna xá k̭a-do-xìna,ˈ bitáyəna ⁺xlùyla.ˈ k̭ənyàna,ˈ xa-⁺ɟúra k̭ənyána pràmənaˈ bašúləna ⁺rə̀zza,ˈ ⁺turšìyyə,ˈ ⁺xàmra,ˈ ʾàrak̭,ˈ cúllə mattúyəna ⁺bixàla,ˈ bəštà,ˈ bərk̭àda.ˈ bəšvàra,ˈ ⁺šavvà yumánə,ˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ váyəna ⁺xlùyla vádəna,ˈ dávla ⁺zùrna,ˈ ⁺šavvá yumànəˈ ⁺šavvá lelavàtəˈ c-odíva ⁺xlùylaˈ k̭a-yalè.ˈ ʾíta nášə bitáyəna ⁺tàmaˈ ʾu-⁺sabàxta yávəna.ˈ ⁺sabaxtèˈ zùyzəvaˈ ⁺yànəˈ ʾəmmá ⁺tuymànə,ˈ ⁺tuymànəvaˈ yànˈ trəmmà tuymánə.ˈ léva ⁺dìnar.ˈ ⁺dínar l-à-ybələ.ˈ tuymánə k̭a-⁺ʾÌran.ˈ trəmmà ⁺tuymánə,ˈ ʾəmmà tuymánə,ˈ ⁺ṱlammà tuymánəˈ ci-yavvíva ⁺sabáxta k̭a-yàla,ˈ k̭a-⁺hayyàrtu.ˈ xób ʾánnə nášə xína cút-xa c-azìva.ˈ ⁺ʾávva꞊da c-avə̀lvaˈ ɟu-bēt-bàbuˈ ɟu-bēt-yə̀mmuˈ cát ⁺palə́ṱva ⁺šaríva pəlxànaˈ ɟu-carmànəˈ ɟu-mulcànə.ˈ ʾína mən-bábu yə̀mmu ci-xayyíva.ˈ cálu ɟắri ʾoyáva ⁺tábba ⁺ʾal- bábu yə̀mmu.ˈ

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A boy and a girl would fall in love with one another and see one another. Beforehand, however, the father and mother would say, for example, ‘The daughters of so-and-so are good,’ for example ‘the daughters of Geoffrey are very good, Geoffrey is a very fine man. His wife is good.’ So we would bring their daughter for our son. The father and mother would tell this to their son and their son would see the girl, would go to see the girl. They would go and ask for her hand. The father and mother would go to make the marriage request. The boy would say to the girl ‘I shall send my father and mother to make a marriage request, to come and ask for your hand from your father and mother. If they (agree to) give you away, I shall marry you.’ They go to make the marriage request. They go and enter a house: ‘Hello! Greetings! How are you? Please sit down! Please sit down!’ They sit down. They bring tea. ‘What will you drink?’ They say ‘We shall not drink anything and we shall not eat anything until we tell you our request.’ ‘What is your request?’ ‘We have come (because) our son has entered your door and seen a flower. That flower is in your garden. We want to pick it and bring it to our garden.’ Then they eventually agree. They say ‘Good, we have relatives, whom we have to summon (to consult). They summon the father, mother, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, everybody, there to the house in order to consult them. They come and they ask the father. The father defers to the mother. He says ‘The mother has brought her up. I must ask her mother, because her mother has brought her up.’ Her mother says ‘I agree. I shall make her a bunch of flowers which I shall put on the chest of the boy.’ But they know who the boy is. They know whose son he is. They are pleased to give their daughter (to him). Then they ask the paternal aunt of the boy and she says ‘This is her aunt, she has a right to know also. Her paternal aunt gives the floor to her husband, to her aunt, to her brother, to her maternal uncle. The whole group is thus sitting down. When the betrothal takes place, they invite everybody. They give them the news, then they ask everybody and they all agree. They applaud since the betrothal has taken place. After a while the go to a betrothal party, betrothal party, the girl holds a betrothal party, the betrothal party is (the responsibility) of the girl. They hold a betrothal party, food, bread, tea, drink, they serve everything. The girl invites people to the betrothal party to her house. They eat, they drink, they dance, they jig. The betrothal party finishes and they fix the time of the wedding—the wedding is (the responsibility) of the boy. Sometimes they request him to make a big wedding. Sometimes they request him to make a small wedding. If they request a big one, a big wedding, a big wedding means that they invite many people. A small wedding means that the invite, for example, thirty or forty people or so. The time of the wedding arrives. In the villages they slaughter cattle. When they slaughter cattle early in the morning, they play drum and pipe music on the roofs so that people hear and get up. They call this (music) _sar-⁺subay,_ _sar-⁺subay_, they play the drum on the roofs and the whole village gets up. They take cattle to slaughter. All the people gather. They slaughter the cattle and holding hands they begin to dance and jig. They cook those cattle. Then they invite people and they all come to the wedding from the villages nearby. If it is in a village, everybody knows each other and they come to the wedding from the villages nearby. They slaughter a large head of cattle, they cook rice, they lay pickles, wine, arak, everything and they eat, drink, dance, jig. They hold the wedding for seven days and seven nights, with drum and pipe, seven days and seven nights they would hold the wedding for their son. Then people come there and give wedding gifts. Their wedding gift was money, that is a hundred _tuman_s—there were _tuman_s—or two hundred _tuman_s. There were not dinars. The dinar was used elsewhere, the _tuman_ (was the currency) for Iran. They gave a wedding gift of two hundred _tuman_s, one hundred _tuman_s, three hundred _tuman_s to the boy, to help him. Well, everybody then goes away. He also goes (to live) in the house of his father, the house of his mother, while beginning to go out to work in the vineyards and estates, but he lived with his father and mother. The bride had to obey his father and mother.