Hi everyone,
I'm going to need help from a persian speaker in an unusual way here
Let me explain...
I'm currently working on the project of a fantasy book (not really fantasy but that's not the point), in which several imaginary nations will be involved. I didn't want the names of the characters and places to come out of nowhere or to sound similar regardless of the nation, but I was too lazy to create my own systems of phonotactics & phonemes, so I decided to pick some already existing systems and just build my names from them. One of the systems I picked was the persian system.
The trouble with my technique is that, since I have only a basic knowledge of the way the language works (I'm sorry to say, especially for persian), I've probably missed or misunderstood some of the rules that it uses to build words... That's why I would really appreciate your help in "checking" those terms I created...
Now, the names (at last
). I included what the name would supposedly be in persian script, and since I'm totally new at this script and it's probably full of mistakes (mainly, I can't figure out what to do or not to do with the harakat
), an IPA phonetic transcription too. I hope that thus it will be complete enough
What I basically need to know is :
- Would it be difficult for a persian speaker to pronounce some of those names, or would they sound foreign ? If so, what should I change ?
- Do some of them actually mean something ? (I wouldn't want to baptize someone "idiot" without intending to...
)
Buqmád - /buːɣˈmɒːd/ - ﺑﻮﻏﻤﺎﺩ
Chosín - /tʃoˈsiːn/ - ﭼﺴﻴﻦ
Hćndják - /hćnˈdʒɒːk/ - ﺣﻨﺠﺎک
Hukhák - /huːˈxɒːk/ - ﺣﻮﺧﺎک
Jorák - /ʒoˈɾɒːk/ - ژﺭاک
Juréb - /ʒuːˈɾeb/ - ژﻮﺭﺏ
Khannín - /xɒːnˈniːn/ - ﺧﺎﻧﻨﻴﻦ
Lakhlós - /lɒːxˈlos/ - ﻟﺎﺧﻠﺲ
Mín - /ˈmiːn/ - ﻣﻴﻦ
Neilán - /neɪˈlɒːn/ - ﻧﻴﻠﺎﻥ
Qád - /ɢɒːd/ - ﻗﺎﺩ
Sheitéb - /ʃeɪˈteb/ - ﺷﻴﺘﺐ
Towzád - /toʊˈzɒːd/ - ﺗﻮﺯاﺩ
Vćnelós - /vćneˈlos/ - وﻧﻠﺲ
Zenják - /zenˈʒɒːk/ - ﺯﻧﮋاک
Gídr - /ˈgiːdɾ/ - ﮔﻴﺪﺭ
Keryán - /keɾˈjɒːn/ - ﮐﺮﻳﺎﻥ
Khoshún - /xoˈʃuːn/ - ﺧﺸﻮﻦ
Mćqintés - /mćɣiːnˈtes/ - ﻣﻐﻴﻨﺘﺲ
Here is what I came up with for now... Thanks for your help and for having taken the time to read me
