Dehkhoda Dictionary
Encyclopedia
The Dehkhoda Dictionary is the largest comprehensive Persian
dictionary
ever published, comprising 15 volumes (more than 26000 pages). The complete work is an ongoing effort that entails over forty-five years of efforts by Dehkhoda and a cadre of other experts.
The series initially consisted of 3 million records ( or in Persian) (up to 100 records for each word or proper noun) until Dehkhoda's demise in November 1955, and currently contains 343,466 entries that according to the latest digital release of the dictionary by Tehran University Press (version 3.0) are based on an ever-growing library of over 2300 volumes in lexicology and various other scientific fields.
It was first printed in 1931. Dehkhoda also was helped by prominent linguists Mohammad Moin
, Jafar Shahidi
, and Dabirsiyaghi.
The work became so significant that in 1945, a bill was proposed in the Majles, signed by numerous Members of Parliament, including Mohammed Mossadegh, to allocate a special budget and staff to completing the project. Offices were provided for the task inside the compounds of the Majles itself, and later on, the entire project was moved to University of Tehran
College of Humanities, with additional staffing, where the Dehkhoda Institute was founded, and where it remains until this day.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
dictionary
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
ever published, comprising 15 volumes (more than 26000 pages). The complete work is an ongoing effort that entails over forty-five years of efforts by Dehkhoda and a cadre of other experts.
The series initially consisted of 3 million records ( or in Persian) (up to 100 records for each word or proper noun) until Dehkhoda's demise in November 1955, and currently contains 343,466 entries that according to the latest digital release of the dictionary by Tehran University Press (version 3.0) are based on an ever-growing library of over 2300 volumes in lexicology and various other scientific fields.
It was first printed in 1931. Dehkhoda also was helped by prominent linguists Mohammad Moin
Mohammad Moin
Mohammad Moin was a prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian Studies....
, Jafar Shahidi
Jafar Shahidi
Jafar Shahidi was a notable scholar of Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam.Shahidi was born in Boroujerd. He studied both in University and Seminary and held a PhD degree from Tehran University and Ijtihad from Seminaries in Qom and Najaf...
, and Dabirsiyaghi.
The work became so significant that in 1945, a bill was proposed in the Majles, signed by numerous Members of Parliament, including Mohammed Mossadegh, to allocate a special budget and staff to completing the project. Offices were provided for the task inside the compounds of the Majles itself, and later on, the entire project was moved to University of Tehran
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...
College of Humanities, with additional staffing, where the Dehkhoda Institute was founded, and where it remains until this day.
See also
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda
- Persian literaturePersian literaturePersian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...
- Ehsan YarshaterEhsan YarshaterEhsan Yarshater is the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University. He was the first full-time professor of Persian at a U.S. university since World War II....
- Mohammad MoinMohammad MoinMohammad Moin was a prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian Studies....
- Soleiman HaimSoleiman HaimSolayman Haïm , whose dictionaries appeared in English under the name Sulayman Hayyim Solayman Haïm (also Soleyman Soly Haïm or Soleiman Haïm), whose dictionaries appeared in English under the name Sulayman Hayyim (Persian: سلیمان حییم) Solayman Haïm (also Soleyman Soly Haïm or Soleiman Haïm),...
- Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub
- Mohammad-Amin RiahiMohammad-Amin RiahiMohammad-Amin Riahi was a prominent Iranian literary scholar of Persian literature, a historian, writer and statemens. Apart from being one of the authors of Dehkhoda Dictionary and Encyclopædia Iranica, he was the author and editor of several well-known scholarly books...