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Farsi, also known as Persian, is the official language of Iran. This bilingual dictionary of the Persian language contains over 8,000 total entries. For use by both native English and Farsi speakers, pronunciation and part of speech are indicated for each entry.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I do agree in part with the previous reviewer - it is frustrating having only one definition per entry - I do find this dictionary handy for carrying around. I find it good for vocabulary when talking to/learning from my friends who are helping me with Farsi - they are ESOL students and find this dictionary very helpful. Though as an ESOL tutor I find the American spelling very frustrating and have warned my students about this!
So basically, OK for carrying around.
So basically, OK for carrying around.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this dictionary is not only difficult to read, it gives only one definition per word, no examples of usage of word, does not define the grammatical status of a word, all in all I do not recommend buying this dictionary if you are a serious student of farsi.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
OK for a word list
13 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
I would not recommend buying this as a dictionary; especially, not if it is to be a desk reference or a primary source. If you are looking for a handy word list (8400 entries split about evenly; I'd give it an extra star as a word list.) that will fit in your briefcase or book bag, then it is serviceable. I am 6 months into studying Farsi and have found a couple of errors, have been bothered by some of the usage and feel that getting the alphabet out of order (nan, he, vav, ye) is really bad form in a dictionary. I still use it because of the handy size and it was cheap, after all. Also, this - and the other review of disappointment - speak to why publishers should use Amazon's 'see inside this book' feature. I now need a good dictionary but I am reluctant to buy without at least knowing number of entries - if not style.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Don't buy this
2 Nov 2005
Format:Paperback
This is an abysmal work. There are many redundancies, and multiple entries of the same word. Also it appears that the author has often used Arabic words when the most common word used by Iranians would be a Farsi word. I have the impression that the author must be more comfortable in Arabic than he is in either Farsi or certainly English. The "Small Planet" Farsi phrasebook has a better dictionary by far in its 60-odd page dictionary section than this whole book.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Absolutely Poor
1 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
This dictionary not only has horrible editing, it has instances of using the wrong words! There are no examples of how the words are used, and there are plethora typoes- I counted three on one page before I had to close the dictionary. No, this is a poor dictionary in which to invest.
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