Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
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Khotanese dīñ- “overthink”
Hitch, Doug & Mehrdad Derafshi. 2025. Khotanese dīñ- “overthink” and Avestan daēnā- “view, vision.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1–10. Two new folios from the Old Khotanese epic Buddhist poem the Book of Zambasta have recently come to light. One…
Hitch, Doug & Mehrdad Derafshi. 2025. Khotanese dīñ- “overthink” and Avestan daēnā- “view, vision.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1–10. Two new folios from the Old Khotanese epic Buddhist poem the Book of Zambasta have recently come to light. One…
Khotanese dīñ- “overthink”
Hitch, Doug & Mehrdad Derafshi. 2025. Khotanese dīñ- “overthink” and Avestan daēnā- “view, vision.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1–10. Two new folios from the Old Khotanese epic Buddhist poem the Book of Zambasta have recently come to light. One folio contains the word dīñu which is thrice attested elsewhere in both Old (dīñi, …
www.biblioiranica.info
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Khotanese dīñ- “overthink”
Hitch, Doug & Mehrdad Derafshi. 2025. Khotanese dīñ- “overthink” and Avestan daēnā- “view, vision.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1–10. Two new folios from the Old Khotanese epic Buddhist poem the Book of Zambasta have recently come to light. One…
Hitch, Doug & Mehrdad Derafshi. 2025. Khotanese dīñ- “overthink” and Avestan daēnā- “view, vision.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 1–10. Two new folios from the Old Khotanese epic Buddhist poem the Book of Zambasta have recently come to light. One…
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A three-part Old Uyghur noun phrase for a king's terrorizing enforcers (from *U 9175 p4.10-11)
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
A three-part Old Uyghur noun phrase for a king's terrorizing enforcers (from *U 9175 p4.10-11)
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
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A three-part Old Uyghur noun phrase for a king's terrorizing enforcers (from *U 9175 p4.10-11)
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
A three-part Old Uyghur noun phrase for a king's terrorizing enforcers (from *U 9175 p4.10-11)
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
/bukagulukčı ölütči yargan-lar/
imprisoner murderer henchman-PL
Old Uyghur word of the day
/kudug/
"a well"
in *U 9175 p3.7-9 [images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/ol kudug ičinta bir korkınčıg ulug yaruk oot yalın birlä ünüp/
"a tremendous, fearsome light with a majestic fire had come out from inside the well"
/kudug/
"a well"
in *U 9175 p3.7-9 [images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/ol kudug ičinta bir korkınčıg ulug yaruk oot yalın birlä ünüp/
"a tremendous, fearsome light with a majestic fire had come out from inside the well"
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/kudug/
"a well"
in *U 9175 p3.7-9 [images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/ol kudug ičinta bir korkınčıg ulug yaruk oot yalın birlä ünüp/
"a tremendous, fearsome light with a majestic fire had come out from inside the well"
/kudug/
"a well"
in *U 9175 p3.7-9 [images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/ol kudug ičinta bir korkınčıg ulug yaruk oot yalın birlä ünüp/
"a tremendous, fearsome light with a majestic fire had come out from inside the well"
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Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
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One more thing they had in common was that the NRA was shamefully slow and silent in both cases, having long since simply become an arm of the Republican party and willingly followed the GOP's embrace of both racism and fascism.
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 AM
One more thing they had in common was that the NRA was shamefully slow and silent in both cases, having long since simply become an arm of the Republican party and willingly followed the GOP's embrace of both racism and fascism.
I'm giving a talk in DC (CUA) this Friday on Old Uyghur. Check it out, if you're around and interested!
RSVP here forms.gle/WhMQfr2UqbbU...
RSVP here forms.gle/WhMQfr2UqbbU...
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I'm giving a talk in DC (CUA) this Friday on Old Uyghur. Check it out, if you're around and interested!
RSVP here forms.gle/WhMQfr2UqbbU...
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Walking the dog this morning, all I could hear was
"The winter was so hard and cold,
froze ten feet 'neath the ground" 🐺
"The winter was so hard and cold,
froze ten feet 'neath the ground" 🐺
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Walking the dog this morning, all I could hear was
"The winter was so hard and cold,
froze ten feet 'neath the ground" 🐺
"The winter was so hard and cold,
froze ten feet 'neath the ground" 🐺
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January 26, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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Porphyry of Tyre on Theology and Theurgy: Oracular Voices and Luminous Intellect, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:30 - 7 p.m. EST @harvardcswr.bsky.social & online news.harvard.edu/gazette/harv... @acbm.bsky.social
@harvarddivinity.bsky.social
@harvarddivinity.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Porphyry of Tyre on Theology and Theurgy: Oracular Voices and Luminous Intellect, Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 5:30 - 7 p.m. EST @harvardcswr.bsky.social & online news.harvard.edu/gazette/harv... @acbm.bsky.social
@harvarddivinity.bsky.social
@harvarddivinity.bsky.social
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Диэло - Soul Sacrifice (Santana cover) - (Georgia, Psychedelic Rock) [1972]
https://redd.it/8ojogb
https://youtu.be/IKnBoLfYUFg
https://redd.it/8ojogb
https://youtu.be/IKnBoLfYUFg
Диэло - Soul Sacrifice (Santana cover) - (Georgia, Psychedelic Rock) [1972]
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Диэло - Soul Sacrifice (Santana cover) - (Georgia, Psychedelic Rock) [1972]
https://redd.it/8ojogb
https://youtu.be/IKnBoLfYUFg
https://redd.it/8ojogb
https://youtu.be/IKnBoLfYUFg
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Old Uyghur word of the day
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
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Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Rockwell Kent, "Workers of the World, Unite!" 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is closed today as part of today's general strike in Minneapolis collections.artsmia.org/art/54994/wo...
ܢܚܬܘ ܡ̈ܠܚܐ ܠܬܚܬ ܠܚܫܡܝܬܗܘܢ
/nḥeṯ mallåḥě l-ṯaḥt la-ḥšåmiṯ-hon/
/nḥeṯ mallåḥě l-ṯaḥt la-ḥšåmiṯ-hon/
the seamen went below to their dinner
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
ܢܚܬܘ ܡ̈ܠܚܐ ܠܬܚܬ ܠܚܫܡܝܬܗܘܢ
/nḥeṯ mallåḥě l-ṯaḥt la-ḥšåmiṯ-hon/
/nḥeṯ mallåḥě l-ṯaḥt la-ḥšåmiṯ-hon/
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Pieter de Hooch, bapt. 29 Dec 1629, d. after 1684
Mother and Child with a Schoolboy Descending the Stairs
(Sotheby's)
Mother and Child with a Schoolboy Descending the Stairs
(Sotheby's)
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Pieter de Hooch, bapt. 29 Dec 1629, d. after 1684
Mother and Child with a Schoolboy Descending the Stairs
(Sotheby's)
Mother and Child with a Schoolboy Descending the Stairs
(Sotheby's)
Old Uyghur word of the day
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Old Uyghur word of the day
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
/yumgak/
"lump, chunk, ball, piece"
as in *U 9175 (T II B 29) [lost; images in Müller, Uigurica, 1908]
/bir yumgak tašıg/
"a chunk of stone"
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Very pleased to be able to finally announce "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," a special issue of Philological Encounters edited by me and @danielpicus.bsky.social out this Spring.
January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Very pleased to be able to finally announce "The Critical Edition in the Infrastructure of Philology," a special issue of Philological Encounters edited by me and @danielpicus.bsky.social out this Spring.
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#OTD 116 years ago, Mary Haas (1910–1996) was born 🥳 An expert in historical linguistics, Thai, and Native American languages. She was the first modern linguist to document the Creek language. In 1963, she was the second female president of the LSA.
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 AM
#OTD 116 years ago, Mary Haas (1910–1996) was born 🥳 An expert in historical linguistics, Thai, and Native American languages. She was the first modern linguist to document the Creek language. In 1963, she was the second female president of the LSA.
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#WomenInLinguistics #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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This gesture means: I am reading, f*ck off.
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
This gesture means: I am reading, f*ck off.
ያንገረግር፡ነጐድጓድ፡
/yangäräggər nägʷädgʷad/
"the thunder rolls…"
/yangäräggər nägʷädgʷad/
"the thunder rolls…"
For √(n)ṭbṭb in Gəʕəz, cf. Syr /ṭuppṯå/ (JBA & JPA /ṭipp-/), JBA √nṭp, Heb √ṭpṭp etc.
Like √nṭbṭb, many quinquiliteral roots in Gəʕəz are n-forms w/ reduplicated roots. Other exx.:
አንጐድጐደ፡ thunder
አንገርገረ፡ roll
አንሶሰወ፡ walk around
አንበልበለ፡ blaze
አንበስበሰ፡ flash, twitch, flit
Like √nṭbṭb, many quinquiliteral roots in Gəʕəz are n-forms w/ reduplicated roots. Other exx.:
አንጐድጐደ፡ thunder
አንገርገረ፡ roll
አንሶሰወ፡ walk around
አንበልበለ፡ blaze
አንበስበሰ፡ flash, twitch, flit
January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
ያንገረግር፡ነጐድጓድ፡
/yangäräggər nägʷädgʷad/
"the thunder rolls…"
/yangäräggər nägʷädgʷad/
"the thunder rolls…"
… ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
A Hedgehog [Erinaceus roumanicus] before 1584
Hans Hoffmann (Met Museum)
Hans Hoffmann (Met Museum)
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
… ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
Gəʕəz word of the day
ነጠብጣብ፡
/näṭäbtab/
"drop(let)"
as in EMML 2147, f. 5r b10-14
ወናሁ፡ነሥአ፡ … ወእምኵሎሙ፡ማያት፡ነጠብጣበ፡ማይ፡
"whoa, he's taken … a drop of water from all the water"
ነጠብጣብ፡
/näṭäbtab/
"drop(let)"
as in EMML 2147, f. 5r b10-14
ወናሁ፡ነሥአ፡ … ወእምኵሎሙ፡ማያት፡ነጠብጣበ፡ማይ፡
"whoa, he's taken … a drop of water from all the water"
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Gəʕəz word of the day
ነጠብጣብ፡
/näṭäbtab/
"drop(let)"
as in EMML 2147, f. 5r b10-14
ወናሁ፡ነሥአ፡ … ወእምኵሎሙ፡ማያት፡ነጠብጣበ፡ማይ፡
"whoa, he's taken … a drop of water from all the water"
ነጠብጣብ፡
/näṭäbtab/
"drop(let)"
as in EMML 2147, f. 5r b10-14
ወናሁ፡ነሥአ፡ … ወእምኵሎሙ፡ማያት፡ነጠብጣበ፡ማይ፡
"whoa, he's taken … a drop of water from all the water"
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we should retvrn to the days when handwriting was this sexy
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
we should retvrn to the days when handwriting was this sexy