PERSIA IN AFANASY NIKITIN'S VOYAGE BEYOND THREE SEAS

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The article examines the reception of the image of the «stranger» in the Voyage beyond Three Seas by Afanasy Nikitin. The descriptions of alien space, alien culture and religion are considered. It is determined that Nikitin borrowed from various Eastern languages to construe their descriptions. The authors were the rst to identify the source languages of all Persian and Mazandaran borrowed words and expressions and to provide their exact translations, as well as comments. In the course of the analysis, missing words, incorrect translations and transliterations of foreign words in the Voyage… were identi ed.

About the authors

Marzieh Yahyapour

University of Tehran

Author for correspondence.
Email: myahya@ut.ac.ir
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8195-6909
Professor

Janolah Karimi-Motahhar

University of Tehran

Email: jkarimi@ut.ac.ir
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6072-5797
Professor

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