Dehkhoda Dictionary is the largest ever lexical compilation of the Persian language.

Dehkhoda Dictionary is the largest comprehensive Persian dictionary ever published, in 15 volumes (26000 pages). The book was published over forty five years of efforts by Dehkhoda and a cadre of other experts. Image File history File links Dehkhoda_book_cover. ... Image File history File links Dehkhoda_book_cover. ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... The dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. ... Ali Akbar Dekhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا in Persian; 1879–March 9, 1959) was a prominent Iranian linguist, and author of the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language ever published. ...

The series contains 4.5 million entries (فیش) according to Dehkhoda's own statement in a late recording, and 3 million entries according to the introduction of the latest digital release of the dictionary by Tehran University Press (version 3.0). Ali Akbar Dekhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا in Persian; 1879–March 9, 1959) was a prominent Iranian linguist, and author of the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language ever published. ... The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. ...

It was first printed in 1931. Dehkhoda also was helped by prominent linguists Mohammad Moin, Jafar Shahidi, and Dabirsiyaghi. Mohammad Moin (Born 1918 Rasht, Iran) was one of the prominent masters of Persian literature and Iranology. ... Jafar Shahidi (Born 1918 Boroujerd) is a notable scholar of Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam. ...

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 Tehran University's College of Humanities, with additional staffing, where the Dehkhoda Institute was founded, and where it remains until this day. مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ... Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh Mohammed Mossadegh ( )(Persian: ‎ ​, also Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq) (19 May 1882 - 5 March 1967) was the democratically elected[1] prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. ... مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ... The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران in Persian), also known as Tehran University, is the oldest and largest university of Iran. ...

References

Dehkhoda's personal note: "what the reader of this dictionary sees is not the result of a lifetime, but rather the lifetime result of many people."

The introduction section in the digital version of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, release 3.0. Tehran University Press. 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Dehkhoda_note. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Dehkhoda_note. ... Ali Akbar Dekhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا in Persian; 1879–March 9, 1959) was a prominent Iranian linguist, and author of the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language ever published. ...

See also

• Persian literature
• Ehsan Yarshater
• Mohammad Moin
• Soleiman Haim
• Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub

Persian literature (in Persian: ‎ ) spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. ... Ehsan Yarshater, of Columbia University, is one of the worlds leading Iranologists. ... Mohammad Moin (Born 1918 Rasht, Iran) was one of the prominent masters of Persian literature and Iranology. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... ...

External links

• Tehran University Press on the dictionary
• Dehkhoda in Jazirehdanesh(Persian)