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Sanandaj, Jewish: Nadir Shah

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Sanandaj. Gorgias Neo-Aramaic Studies vol. 10. Gorgias Press, 2009	Ḥabib Nurani	Jerusalem

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0:00	ʾó waxtắra kəmrí ga-ʾIrā̀nˈ Nádər Šā́h ʾAfšā̀rˈ ràba qudréf xirlále.ˈ báqa d-ó ʾălèˈ ké raʿyăté, našèf,ˈ našé ʾáy mamlăkătàˈ dàx zəndəgí kolíˈ dàx lá kolí,ˈ gezə́l lelăwàeˈ ləbā́s-e dawrešì lóšwa.ˈ ləbā́s-e xărā́b lòšwa,ˈ gezə́lwa măʿínwa g-ày-lag,ˈ g-ò-lag,ˈ xắe náše mà kəmrí,ˈ našé dàx-yen,ˈ zəndəgyú dàx-yeˈ wa-ʾắgar čănā́nče xa-našá na-raḥătí hăwèle,ˈ ʾằle báef.ˈ gezə́lwa bar-trè našéˈ sămə̀xwa,ˈ măṣìlwa.ˈ gezə́lwa măsălán xá-ʿəda našé ke-ga-xá meydā́n smixènˈ xábra ḥăqèn,ˈ măṣílwa xabrù.ˈ ba-d-áy joràˈ gezə̀lwa,ˈ ʾắgar čănā́nče xá-năfar zòḷm xirăwe-lèf,ˈ gezə̀lwaˈ jobrā̀n kolwalé-uˈ là šóqwa xét zóḷm holì-lef.ˈ wa-ba-d-áy joràˈ qudrătéf ràba xírwa.ˈ ʾó waxtắra kəmrí ga-ʾIrā̀nˈ Nádər Šā́h ʾAfšā̀rˈ ràba qudréf xirlále.ˈ báqa d-ó ʾălèˈ ké raʿyăté, našèf,ˈ našé ʾáy mamlăkătàˈ dàx zəndəgí kolíˈ dàx lá kolí,ˈ gezə́l lelăwàeˈ ləbā́s-e dawrešì lóšwa.ˈ ləbā́s-e xărā́b lòšwa,ˈ gezə́lwa măʿínwa g-ày-lag,ˈ g-ò-lag,ˈ xắe náše mà kəmrí,ˈ našé dàx-yen,ˈ zəndəgyú dàx-yeˈ wa-ʾắgar čănā́nče xa-našá na-raḥătí hăwèle,ˈ ʾằle báef.ˈ gezə́lwa bar-trè našéˈ sămə̀xwa,ˈ măṣìlwa.ˈ gezə́lwa măsălán xá-ʿəda našé ke-ga-xá meydā́n smixènˈ xábra ḥăqèn,ˈ măṣílwa xabrù.ˈ ba-d-áy joràˈ gezə̀lwa,ˈ ʾắgar čănā́nče xá-năfar zòḷm xirăwe-lèf,ˈ gezə̀lwaˈ jobrā̀n kolwalé-uˈ là šóqwa xét zóḷm holì-lef.ˈ wa-ba-d-áy joràˈ qudrătéf ràba xírwa.ˈ	At that time, they say, in Iran, Nadir Shah Afšar was very powerful. In order that he might know how his subjects, his people, the people of his kingdom lived, he would go at night wearing the clothes of a beggar. He would wear ragged clothes and would go and look this side and that side, to see what people were saying, how people were, how their life was and, if a person had a grievance, he would know about it. He would go and stand behind two people and listen. He would go, for example, to a group of people who were standing in a square speaking and listening to what they said. In this way he would go and if a person had suffered some injustice, he would go and make amends to him and did not allow him to suffer further injustice. In this way his power had become very great.

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