=?koi8-r?Q?=F1=DA=D9=DE=C5=D3=D4=D7=CF_?=- Yazidi?

Fri Aug 22 16:52:31 UTC 2014

Do any of the linguists out there want to take a crack at confirming or denying a connection between the common name for the oppressed tribe of polytheists so much in the news recently - the Yazidi - and the Russian word for polytheism or paganism <язычество> ("iazychestvo")?

John Pendergast
Assistant Professor of Russian
Department of Foreign Languages
745 Brewerton Road
West Point, NY 10996
o: 845-938-6154

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