Tajrishi Dialect

Shemiran was a rural area in Alborz Mountains In the north of Tehran. This area consisted of 70 villages, i.e. Pas ghal’e, Emamzadeh Ghassem, Jamaran in the north, and Vanak, Gholhak, Darrus in the south. In the west were Farahzad and Poonak, and Sohanak, Lavizan and Narmak in the East. Shemirani dialect belongs to the Western Iranian Languages and used to be spoken in all villages of this area, with a difference in suprasegmentals. It was so close to the dialect of Roodbar Ghasran area. Because of the geographical proximity to Tehran, and temporary or permanent residence of people of Tehran in Shemiran, the dialect of Tehran influenced on Shemiran and it disappeared gradually; although some phonological and lexical elements are still left among native people. It is difficult for the researcher to identify what amounts of these elements are original or under influence of dominant Persian spoken in Tehran.