Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā ( Persian : علیاکبر دهخدا ; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian literary writer, philologist , and lexicographer .
18-627: He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary , the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language published to date. Dehkhoda was born in Tehran to parents from Qazvin . His father, Khan-Baba Khan Ghazvini, died when he was only 9 years old. Dehkhoda excelled quickly in Persian literature , Arabic , and French . He enrolled at the School of Political Science , which employed, amongst other figures,
36-510: A cadre of other experts. Although Dehkhoda covers a big part of literary terms and words in Persian , the first edition of it lacks most scientific and technology terms coined by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature during the past decades. However the newer editions cover them. Dehkhoda states in the preface of the first edition of the dictionary that "Not only does this book miss 2/3 of today’s entire Persian vocabulary , at least half of
54-578: A member of the new Majlis . He is buried in Ebn-e Babooyeh cemetery in Shahr-e Ray , near Tehran. In his article "First Iranian Scholar who authored the Most Extensive & Comprehensive Farsi Dictionary," Manouchehr Saadat Noury wrote that, The literary and commentary works of Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (AAD) actually started through his collaboration with Journal of Soor Esrafeel where he created
72-674: A satirical political column entitled as Nonsense or Fiddle-Faddle (in Persian: Charand Parand). The Persian term of Dakho was his signature or his pen name for that column. Dakho means not only as the Administrator of a Village (in Persian: Dehkhoda or Kadkhoda), but it also refers to a Naive or an Unsophisticated Person (in Persian: Saadeh Lowh). Dehkhoda translated Montesquieu 's De l'esprit des lois ( The Spirit of
90-577: The Sur-e Esrafil newspaper for about two years, until Mohammad Ali Shah disbanded the parliament and banished Dehkhoda and some other liberals into exile in Europe . There he continued publishing articles and editorials, but when Mohammad Ali Shah was deposed in 1911, he returned to the country and became a member of the new Majlis . He is buried in Ebn-e Babooyeh cemetery in Shahr-e Ray , near Tehran. In his article "First Iranian Scholar who authored
108-484: The Constitutional Revolution of Iran . Dehkhoda, Mirza Jahangir Khan and Ghasem Khan published the Sur-e Esrafil newspaper for about two years, until Mohammad Ali Shah disbanded the parliament and banished Dehkhoda and some other liberals into exile in Europe . There he continued publishing articles and editorials, but when Mohammad Ali Shah was deposed in 1911, he returned to the country and became
126-630: The Majles , signed by numerous members of the Iranian 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. The preface of
144-634: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Secretary as lecturers. He was also active in politics, and served in the Majles as a Member of Parliament from Kerman and Tehran . He also served as Dean of Tehran School of Political Science and later the School of Law of the University of Tehran . In 1903, he went to the Balkans as an Iranian embassy employee, but came back to Iran two years later and became involved in
162-639: The Tehran University Press (UTP) under the supervision of the Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute . It was first published in 1931. It traces the historical development of the Persian language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world. The complete work is an ongoing effort that has taken over forty-five years of effort by Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda and
180-465: The Administrator of a Village (in Persian: Dehkhoda or Kadkhoda), but it also refers to a Naive or an Unsophisticated Person (in Persian: Saadeh Lowh). Dehkhoda translated Montesquieu 's De l'esprit des lois ( The Spirit of the Laws ) into Persian . He has also written Amsal o Hekam ("Proverbs and Sayings") in four volumes, a French-Persian Dictionary, and other books. His lexicographic masterpiece
198-419: The Laws ) into Persian . He has also written Amsal o Hekam ("Proverbs and Sayings") in four volumes, a French-Persian Dictionary, and other books. His lexicographic masterpiece is Loghat-nameh-ye Dehkhoda (" Dehkhoda Dictionary "), the largest Persian dictionary ever published, in 15 volumes. Mohammad Moin accomplished Dehkhoda's unfinished volumes according to Dehkhoda's request after him. Finally
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#1732848730694216-453: The Most Extensive & Comprehensive Farsi Dictionary," Manouchehr Saadat Noury wrote that, The literary and commentary works of Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (AAD) actually started through his collaboration with Journal of Soor Esrafeel where he created a satirical political column entitled as Nonsense or Fiddle-Faddle (in Persian: Charand Parand). The Persian term of Dakho was his signature or his pen name for that column. Dakho means not only as
234-399: The book was published after forty five years of efforts of Dehkhoda. Humanities Faculties: Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculties: Dehkhoda Dictionary The Dehkhoda Dictionary or Dehkhoda Lexicon ( Persian : لغتنامهٔ دهخدا or واژهنامه ) is the largest comprehensive Persian encyclopedic dictionary ever published, comprising 200 volumes. It is published by
252-471: The digital version of the Dehkhoda Dictionary , release 3.0. Tehran University Press. 2006. Humanities Faculties: Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculties: Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā ( Persian : علیاکبر دهخدا ; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian literary writer, philologist , and lexicographer . He was the author of the Dehkhoda Dictionary ,
270-410: 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 was also helped by prominent linguists Mohammad Moin , Ja'far Shahidi , and Mohammad Dabirsiyaghi. The work became so significant that in 1945, a bill was proposed in
288-443: The most extensive dictionary of the Persian language published to date. Dehkhoda was born in Tehran to parents from Qazvin . His father, Khan-Baba Khan Ghazvini, died when he was only 9 years old. Dehkhoda excelled quickly in Persian literature , Arabic , and French . He enrolled at the School of Political Science , which employed, amongst other figures, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Secretary as lecturers. He
306-476: The words I knew were forgotten and not recorded in this book." Many of those words were added in newer editions published after his death. The newer editions have been published yearly by the University of Tehran . The original series initially consisted of 3 million records (Persian: برگه , bargeh , lit. ' note slips ' ) (up to 100 records for each word or proper noun) until Dehkhoda 's death and currently contains 500,000 entries that according to
324-468: Was also active in politics, and served in the Majles as a Member of Parliament from Kerman and Tehran . He also served as Dean of Tehran School of Political Science and later the School of Law of the University of Tehran . In 1903, he went to the Balkans as an Iranian embassy employee, but came back to Iran two years later and became involved in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran . Dehkhoda, Mirza Jahangir Khan and Ghasem Khan published
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