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"4": "",
"5": "Buddhist monk",
"tr": "šaman"
},
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"name": "inh"
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}
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}
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"7": "",
"8": "",
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"f2tr": "",
"f3tr": "",
"head": "",
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},
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"english": "bringing a message to the king of Yemen.",
"text": "10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh\nاز ایران یکی کهترم چون شمن\nپیام آوریده به شاه یمن\naz irân yeki kehtaram čon šaman\npayâm âvaride be šâhe yaman\nI am a servant from Iran, humble as an idolater",
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"(archaic) an idolater"
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"shaman"
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"shaman",
"shaman"
]
]
}
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"ipa": "[ʃa.ˈman]",
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},
{
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"Dari",
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},
{
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"tags": [
"Iran",
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},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
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"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "شمن"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Requests for native script for Sogdian terms"
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"4": "",
"5": "Buddhist monk",
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"7": "",
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"f2tr": "",
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},
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},
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],
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"english": "bringing a message to the king of Yemen.",
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"ipa": "[ʃa.ˈman]",
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},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃæ.mǽn]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃä.mǽn]",
"tags": [
"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
"word": "شمن"
}
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