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Babylon is a computer dictionary and translation program developed by the Israeli company Babylon Software Ltd. based in the city of Or Yehuda. The company was established in 1997 by the Israeli entrepreneur Amnon Ovadia.
This category is for articles related to specific dictionaries and glossaries of the Persian language. Pages in category "Persian dictionaries" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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.
Sokhan Dictionary (Persian: فرهنگ سخن) is one of the most recent monolingual Persian dictionaries, compiled under the supervision of Hasan Anvari. The dictionary consists of two main editions: The Great Edition (Big Dictionary) in eight volumes. [1] The Compact Edition (Compact Dictionary) in two volumes. [2]
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]
Many Persian words also came into English through Urdu during British colonialism. Persian was the language of the Mughal court before British rule in India even though locals in North India spoke Hindustani. Other words of Persian origin found their way into European languages—and eventually reached English at second-hand—through the ...
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 ...
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.