Pomeri cid

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Pomeri cid

• Traditional Pamirian House and its Symbolism

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Pamir (Pomer)

• Pa lt pada, av. pada, shug. pod foot
• Mir ltmithra- av. mi?ra God of sun
• Under the foot of sun,
• or foot of Mithra

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Appearance of Traditional Pamiri House
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-cid gtkata house -xuna gt fr., tj. house
-mala gt arab. mahalla quarters
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Pex?woz// Pex?ozfr., tj.pevoz meeting, to
meet
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dali? hallentrance-roomsitan pillar,
fr., tj. sutun quxuna separate room
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dupeca fr., tj. du, sg. ðu two"pec
pecondan to wrap -a

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nêx elevated places vo???nêx//daroznêx -
vo??? f.(m. vu???), daroz long,
elongatedbarnêx - bar height
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x?asitan- (Surush, Hazrati Muhammad) xa
kingsitan pillar vo???nêxsitan //
daroznêxsitan (Mehr, wind, Imam Aly)
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Horn of argali
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kicorsitan (Anahita, Bibi Fotimai Zahro, water)
kicor -fireplacepoygasitan (Zamyad, Hazrati
Hasan, earth)poyga -floor barnêxsitan
(Azar, Hazrati Husayn, fier) barnêx - height
elevated place
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Two main transversal supporting beams

• According to Zoroastrism
• Minu - Spiritual World
• Geti - Material World
• According to Ismailism
• Universal Reason (Aqli Kull)
• Universal Soul (Nafsi Kull)

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Minu - Universal Reason (Aqli Kull)
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Geti -Universal Soul (Nafsi Kull)
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bucki??ijcrossbarbuc gt bucak goatki?? gt
kixtow to slaughter-ij
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Zidun pantry zi iv hole-dun
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calakfr., tj. cah well-akkicor fireplace

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• calak place for keeping a small amount of wood
• kicor honorable place
• (w)ujra separate place for cooking and eating

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ruz /? skylight source of
light and a path between human and heaven
corxunacor fourxuna house
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Poygafr., tj. poy, shg. poð foot-ga fr., tj.
-goh place
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Three levels of Cid
Three kingdom of nature 1. Inanimate world -
Poyga 2. Vegetative soul - Calak, Vo???nêx and
Barnêx 3. Cognitive soul - Kicor