Persian and English etymologies of the day

Nowruz is the Persian New Year festival at the Spring Equinox (20th March). Nowruz means "new light"; Persian now (pronounced like English "no") comes from Proto-Indo-European *neu-io, something like this:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-neuio-to-Persian-noo.wav

Tajik рӯз and Persian روز ruz descends from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- [lɘʊk]:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Tajik-ruz.wav
(Tajik is also an Iranian language, very similar to Iranian Persian.)

*leuk- also developed into words for "day" in other Iranian languages, e.g. Balochi روچ [roʧ], something like this:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Balochi-roch.wav

Kurdish roj [roʒ]:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Kurdish-roj.wav

English “new” and “light” are from the same roots, *neu-io and *leuk-
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/new-from-PIE-neuio.wav

“Light” comes from Proto-Indo-European *leuk-, something like this:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/light-from-PIE-leuk.wav

Image source:
https://blog.izapya.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/noroz1.jpeg

#Persian #Iranian #English #phonetics #linguistics

Today: In fiamme l'aeroporto del Kuwait

Nelle scorse ore la Repubblica islamica ha lanciato attacchi missilistici e con droni contro Arabia Saudita, Qatar, Bahrein, Kuwait e Israele. L'agenzia di stampa statale del Kuwait ha riferito che un attacco di droni iraniani ha colpito i serbatoi di carburante dell'aeroporto internazionale del...

The airport of Kuwait is on fire.

In the past hours, the Islamic Republic has launched missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Israel. The state-run news agency of Kuwait reported that an Iranian drone attack struck the fuel tanks of the international airport of…

#Kuwait #theIslamicRepublic #SaudiArabia #Qatar #Bahrain #Israel #Iranian

https://www.today.it/mondo/in-fiamme-l-aeroporto-del-kuwait.html

From 2021 to 2024 I had a research fellowship to work on a project in which I use audio simulations to show how English is related to various "Eastern" languages, including Persian. Many of the audio recordings and the graphics used to illustrate them were from Iranian websites, now silenced by the authorities. So I've decided to re-post here (correcting where necessary) a number of them to show how those Iranian voices were essential to my research. By way of thanks and memory. (One a day, but not every day. The original blog is at https://www.ancientsounds.net/blog.html)

#Persian #Iranian #linguistics #phonetics

Punto Informatico: Vendita di terminali Starlink: arresti e sequestri in Iran

Le autorità iraniane hanno arrestato 46 persone per la vendita dei terminali Starlink, utilizzati dai cittadini per aggirare la censura del regime.
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Sale of Starlink terminals: arrests and seizures in Iran

Iranian authorities have arrested 46 people for selling Starlink terminals, used by citizens to bypass the regime's censorship.

#Starlink #Iranian

https://www.punto-informatico.it/vendita-terminali-starlink-arresti-sequestri-iran/

#RawStory Mar 31, 2026

#Trump's latest rant spells 'beginning of the end of the US': #conservative commentator

“This unironically then is the beginning of the end of the US #empire,” #SaagarEnjeti wrote Tuesday in a #SocialMedia post..to their more than 514,000 followers. “Militarily unable to collapse the #Iranian regime from the air, sparking a global #EnergyCrisis for critical US allies and then telling them to go and fix the crisis we created"

#oil #StraitOfHormuz

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676643434/

#Iranian missile striking #US base

#IranIsraelUSwar

Today: Aeroporto del Kuwait colpito da droni

L'autorità per l'aviazione civile del Kuwait ha denunciato che l'aeroporto internazionale del Paese del Golfo è stato oggetto di un attacco di droni iraniani, che ha provocato "un vasto incendio" ai serbatoi di carburante. Non ci sarebbero vittime."L'aeroporto internazionale del Kuwait è stato...

Kuwait Airport hit by drones

The authority for civil aviation of Kuwait has reported that the country’s Gulf nation’s international airport was the target of an Iranian drone attack, which caused “a vast fire” to fuel tanks. There were no casualties.”

#KuwaitAirport #Kuwait #Iranian

https://www.today.it/mondo/aeroporto-del-kuwait-colpito-da-droni.html

Agenzia Nova: Iran: Pentagono nega attacco contro impianto sportivo iraniano a Lamerd

01 apr 05:32 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il Comando centrale degli Stati Uniti (Centcom) ha smentito un'inchiesta del quotidiano "New York Times" secondo... (Was)

Iran: Pentagon denies attack on Iranian sports facility in Lamerd

Apr 01 05:32 - (Agenzia Nova) - The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) has denied an investigation by the newspaper "New York Times" according to...

#Pentagon #Iranian #Lamerd #AgenziaNova #TheUSCentralCommand #Centcom #NewYorkTimes

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69cc929fd53838.80795662/7224483/2026-04-01/iran-pentagono-nega-attacco-contro-impianto-sportivo-iraniano-a-lamerd

Repubblica.it: Radar in tilt, Air Force in emergenza. La notte del no al superbombardiere

Un venerdì nero per gli Stati Uniti: missili e droni iraniani distruggono velivoli e radar in una struttura saudita. Da lì la richiesta all’Italia

Radar out of alignment, Air Force in emergency. The night the no to the superbombardier.

A black Friday for the United States: Iranian missiles and drones destroy aircraft and radar at a Saudi facility. From there the request to Italy.

#AirForce #theUnitedStates #Iranian #Saudi #Italy

https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2026/04/01/news/ricostruzione_caso_sigonella_aerei_usa-425256495/

Today: Araghchi: "Con Witkoff solo messaggi, nessun negoziato"

Il ministro degli Esteri iraniano Abbas Araghchi ha confermato in un'intervista ad Al Jazeera lo scambio di messaggi con Steve Witkoff, inviato speciale del presidente statunitense Donald Trump per il Medio Oriente, ma ha sottolineato che non sono in corso negoziati. Il capo della diplomazia...

Araghchi: "With Witkoff, only messages, no negotiations."

The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed in an interview with Al Jazeera the exchange of messages with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, but stressed that no negotiations are taking place. The top diplomat…

#Witkoff #Iranian #AbbasAraghchi #AlJazeera #SteveWitkoff #DonaldTrump #theMiddleEast

https://www.today.it/mondo/Araghchi-messaggi-witkoff.html