The Persian verbal suffixes -­ān and -­ande (-­andag)

International audienceThe present study discusses the differences in usage and meaning of the originally Middle/New Persian present participles in -andag/-andeh and in -ān respectively. They are illustrated by ample material cited from Manichaean & Pahlavi sources (in the case of Middle Persian) and the epic work of the Šāhnāmeh (concerning New Persian). Formally, these participles reflected the Old Iranian active (-andag/-andeh) and middle (-ān) voice/diathesis. The later Persian distribution of the participles in -andag/-andeh and -ān respectively appear to be semantically marked and linked to the Old Iranian employment of the active and middle voice