The various phonetic changes of some Old Iranian phonemes in New Persian

This article studies some variant of a number of phonetic changes in New Persian words، originating from Old Iranian language. Phonological analysis of these words indicates how they changed and entered new Persian. These words are: hojīr، xojīr and hožīr ‘pleasing، nice، beautiful’; xurūs، xurūh and xurūč ‘rooster’; rezah، režah and rajah ‘rope، string’; gēhān، kēhān، jēhān and jahān ‘world’; jīveh، žīveh and zībaq ‘mercury، quicksilver’; nōpī، nōbī and nuvī ‘the sacred book، qur’an’; harzeh (cf. harz) ‘profligacy’، xoleh (cf. xol) ‘ignorant، foolish person، fool’ and yaleh ‘free، loose’; and some of these words are verbs: jāvīdan (javīdan)، čāvīdan and žāvīdan ‘to chew’; xupsīdan، xufsīdan، xuspīdan and xusbīdan ‘to sleep’; sāvīdan، sābīdan and sāyīdan ‘to rub away، to grind، to scratch’; mazīdan، mažīdan and makīdan ‘to suck’.