A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic Words & Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature - Hardcover

Francis Joseph Steingass

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8173046697 ISBN 13: 9788173046698

Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2023

Synopsis

The lines originally laid down for this Dictionary were, to prepare a revised edition of Johnson's enlargement of Wilkins-Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, by reducing the Arabic element and increasing the Persian, so as to produce a volume specially adapted to the wants of the English students. However, it was found that the mere reduction of the Arabic portion would not suffice to answer the purpose intended. At the same time it was soon felt that the fresh matter to be introduced in the Persian part exceeded the limits contemplated, and necessitated in this respect a considerable extension of the primary plan. It is hoped that this Dictionary will justify its claim to comprehensiveness.

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About the Author

Francis Joseph Steingass (1825-1903) was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. He moved to England in the 1870s becoming Professor of Modern Languages at the Oriental Institute, Woking. The author of a number of Arabic and Perisan dictionaries, he was cataloguing material in the India Office Library at the time of his death.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8173046697
• ISBN 13: 9788173046698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1534