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A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian Hardcover – 23 Oct. 2003
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Now available in paperback, A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian is a reference work unique in the history of English-Persian lexicography. It offers a considerably extended guide to modern everyday Persian vocabulary, arranged by theme. With approximately 25,000 Persian headwords in over seventy themed sections, it covers every conceivable vocabulary need: from everyday topics such as food or the weather, to more in-depth topics such as astronomy, psychology or international relations. Supplementary wordlists cover verbs, adjectives and parts of speech, while a special section on Persian simple and compound verbs will appeal to all learners of Persian. An easy-to-use index of English words, with over 20,000 items of vocabulary, completes the work and gives it the look and feel of a regular two-way bilingual dictionary.
Invaluable for vocabulary building, essay-writing and specialised translation, A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian caters for all your Persian language needs in one volume, and is designed to make word learning a pleasure rather than a chore.
- ISBN-100700704582
- ISBN-13978-0700704583
- Edition1st
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date23 Oct. 2003
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions17.78 x 3.66 x 25.4 cm
- Print length696 pages
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"[A]n impressive achievement and a good practical resource for students and tourists alike."- Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, Winter 2012 Vol. V No. 1
About the Author
Colin Turner is a Reader in Islamic Thought at the University of Durham,
UK. His main research areas include Islamic theology and philosophy;
Sufism; Shi'ism; The Qur'an and Qur'anic exegesis;
Persian language and literature. Some of his previous publications are
Islam: The Basics (2005) and The Koran (2004), also published by
Routledge.
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- Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (23 Oct. 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 696 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0700704582
- ISBN-13 : 978-0700704583
- Dimensions : 17.78 x 3.66 x 25.4 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 4,033,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The book is laid out as an English to Persian dictionary, but oddly enough it is the Persian words that are in alphabetical order. So if you want to know what "father in law" is in Persian, you go to the Family section then you have to plow through the list of English terms until you find what you are looking for. There is an index at the back that helps, but this makes searching for terms clumsy.
Otherwise, highly recommended, especially for expanding your Persian vocabulary.