Sarmelonid Bujanski words

The **Sarmelonid language** (Bujanski: **Janzyk Sarmelonǐskij**, **Janzyk Srælonǐskij**) is sometimes used in modern Bujan as a classical language, due to the country adopting Sarmelonid culture to claim itself as the rightful successor of the Sarmelonid Empire after its collapse.

## Background

Shortly after the arrival of the Slavs and the founding of Zvesta, many Slavs decided to Sarmelonise themselves to return to the era of King Koschei, only to be partly re-Slavified from the Standardisation onwards.

Sarmelonid is correctly pronounced with the right tones, but they are often relegated to formal speech.

From the Kingdom of Zvesta and modern Bujan's independence onwards, many of those classical words are replaced with Slavic words, so they are nowadays limited to classical, ceremonial, and royal settings. People who use them in daily life are seen either as nerds or urbanised snobs.

A

* adi, adži - lord
* (lues)-anje - to have
* aran - order
* az - (S) I
* azau, uzau - bad

Ae
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"ae" (Ѣ) is a distinct Sarmelonid phoneme. The careful usage of this phoneme led to the revival of "yat" into the Bujanski language.

* ǽi - door
* æ̀izoi - hate
* ærja, ærai - rain (poetic)

B

* bairoz - sir, lord
* bavol - great, large, grand
* binthanaz - parade
* bondža - birth
* bondžædan - birthday, sacred day of a god
* bondžæzil - birthday, King's Birthday, Vozonid emperor's birthday
* bortsadri, borzadri - heralds of death
* bretsannitǐ, bertsannitǐ - (for a king or emperor) to die, to pass away

D

* drejōvan, dirjōvan - forbidden, prohibited
* dràuva - tradition
* drizodran - computer

E

* ešai, rešai - answer

G

* gjalljoz, gokhalljoz, gōrjoz - fire
* gjalvo - fire, sacred fire, ceremonial fire, lantern, lamp
* gjôkhnij - lazy
* gjôn, gjaukh - fatigue, laziness
* go - no, not, nay
* goi - (very offensive) curse, condemned to Hell
* goitar - (very offensive) Hell
	+ The Tyrskan war symbol "goida" (гойда) was instead mocked by the Bujanski resistance, due to its similarity to the Sarmelonid word "goitar", meaning "Hell". So by calling for "goida" (killing) of Bujanski people, the Terrans were calling for themselves to be sent to Hell.

K

* karko, karakoz - a spinel gem; a relic
* karkon, karkonije - wealth, affluence, currency. riches
* karkonamæst - treasury, wealth of a place
* karkonnik - a treasurer
* karkontelj - (respectful) treasurer
* kita - city, great city, pura (पुर)
* kravjo, kravjoz - a god, a deity
* kravjodar - a large Vozonid temple, a great temple, a cathedral
* krōndo - a Vozonid temple, a sanctuary, a monument

Kh
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* khata(z) - self-defence knife
* khatton - lunar
* khausamvjoz, khausoz - good luck
* khaznō - dynasty
* khæukhnij - torn to pieces (clothing, a body)
* khæukhnitǐ - to rip into pieces
* khævei - wheat
* khejōron - officer
* kherjo - terror
* khinu - disgust
* khjemon, khjemoi - hundred, many, various

L

* ljavi - blossom
* lei - I (fem)
* loi - I (masc)
* lompano - skeleton
* (la)-lovei - to drink
* lummo - night
* luòviz - hair
* lusren - beach
* lympo, lombo - a bone

M

* makhan - noble, glorious
* makhantaral - sublime, splendid
* minje - (S) me

N

* nādžo - a crown
* najaz - beauty
* nizol - prince
* nizuo - son

O

* oloi - a blonde person, Arnadjanai or Heronoi
* on - (S) he
* onōr - king
* onōranōr - emperor
* otsi - glass, a glass, a drink

Rh
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* rhothako - volcano, firestorm
* rhorǐ - tomb
* rhuvē - ancestry, root

S

* sjæ, sæ - yes, indeed
* smirgjal(vo) - cremation pyre, death-fire
* sommaz - sea

T

* taræ - may I, can I, please
* tjo, ti, to - (S) thou

V

* vināra - faith, belief, devotion

Z

* zaunōr - evil ruler, tyrant
* zaunōrije, zaunōtar - dystopia, wickedness, hubris, destruction
* zæču - Terra, Hell
* Zjostārolaz, Zjostāraz, Zjostār - Zvesta (old name of Bujan)
* Zjostārolaz Makhantaral - "Sublime Zvestarid Realm", Kingdom of Zvesta

## Samples

### A simple sentence

* Sarmelonised Bujanski: **Taræ loi otsi lues-anje?** / **Taræ 'az otsi lues-jese?**
	+ modern Bujanski: **Močǐ jestǐ pačnik voda?**
	+ "May I get a glass of water?"

## Trivia

* (S) - native Slavic word
* The usage of Sarmelonid in modern Bujan is akin to Latin in Britain; Sanskrit in Thailand; and Classical Chinese in Japan.
* Sarmelonised Bujanski was also influenced by Ottoman Turkish and Japanese, other languages heavily influenced by foreign languages.

### Pronunciation

* Vozonid "th" is almost always pronounced as "s" in common Bujanski.
	+ Something like "th" in Arabic becoming "s" in Malay, as in "thalj" (snow) becoming "salji".
* "z" at the end of a Sarmelonid word is always part of a suffix, as in "-oz" or "-az". So it is always pronounced as a "-s", not a "-z" as in native Slavic words.
* Sarmelonid is a tonal language with three tones: middle, rising, and falling, a, á, à.
	+ Tones are usually pronounced by very educated people, so pronouncing Sarmelonid words using correct tones may be seen as snobbish or aristocratic. Even in modern Bujan, when people emulate aristocratic mannerisms, they often forget to pronounce tones in Sarmelonid words.
	+ It is similar to people who pronounce archaic "ng" correctly when speaking in Eosome being seen as aristocratic.

## See also

* Bujanski glossary
* Classical Bujanski language
* Formal Bujanski glossary

### Sarmelonid languages

* Sarmelonid glossary
* Siangwaanian Vozonid words

### Other classical languages

* Sanskrit glossary - another list of classical and formal words in other languages