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The Aryanpur Progressive English–Persian Dictionary, in six volumes, is an English–Persian dictionary written by Abbas Arianpour Kashani and Manouchehr Arianpour Kashani published by The Computer World, [1] a publication company in Tehran, Iran.
Finally, it was published in 1972 by Amir Kabir Publishers in Tehran, Iran, in six volumes — four volumes for Persian words, compounds, and expressions, and two volumes for proper nouns. The dictionary has not been updated since its first publishing, but has been reprinted many times by several publishers inside Iran.
The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary is a 2001 book by Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye. It is a historical dictionary of Persian loanwords in English which includes 811 Persian words appeared in English texts since 1225 CE.
In 1957, responsibility for the dictionary was delegated to Tehran University's Department of Persian Language and Literature, and The Dehkhoda Institute became part of the University of Tehran. It is located in Valiasr Avenue near the Tajrish district of North Tehran. It is a part of Dr Mahmoud Afshar's foundation. [1]
More on Etymology: Persian پادشاه pādishah, from Middle Persian پاتاخشاه pātakhshah, from Old Persian پاتی pati + کشی xshay- to rule; akin to Avestan xshayeti. great king; emperor (a title applied esp. formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
The Dehkhoda Dictionary or Dehkhoda Lexicon (Persian: لغتنامهٔ دهخدا or واژهنامه) is the largest comprehensive Persian encyclopedic dictionary ever published, comprising 200 volumes. It is published by the Tehran University Press (UTP) under the supervision of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute. It was first published ...
The Farhang-i Rashidi later influenced the European study of the Persian language; [6] it is used as a source by Johann Vullers in his 1864 Persian-Latin dictionary, and Francis Joseph Steingass in his 1892 Persian-English dictionary. [9] The Farhang-i Jahangiri was published in 1872 by the Asiatic Society in Calcutta. [7]
Frahang-ī Pahlavīg (Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭭𐭢 𐭯𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭪 "Pahlavi dictionary") is the title of an anonymous dictionary of mostly Aramaic logograms with Middle Persian translations (in Pahlavi script) and transliterations (in Pazend script). [1] Its date is unknown.