The footnotes to the modern Armenian translation of Sayat Nova’s Angin akn vret sharats had an interesting explanation for what seemed a partly impenetrable line of verse.  The verse ran: Khosrov pachayemen toghats, doon Tovoozi takht is, gozal. Now, takht is the word for throne shared by Armenian, Persian and Urdu.  However, without the explanatory note linking … Continue reading Tovoozi Takht, Takht-e-Tavous