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	Persian-english English-persian Learner's Dictionary: A Dictionary for English Speakers Studying Persian ... Yavar Dehghani Ibex Publishers, 2008 - 318 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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The increasing popularity of the study of Persian (also known as Farsi, Tajiki or Dari) in the English speaking world, has created a need for a bi-directional Persian-English dictionary geared towards English speakers who are learning Persian.

The features of the Persian-English / English-Persian Learner's Dictionary which make it unique are:

Bi-directional: This is the first and only Persian-English/English-Persian dictionary in one volume which features both Persian and transliteration. Alphabet: The alphabet used in Persian is completely different from the English. This can be a major barrier in the early stages of learning the language. This dictionary provides a simple transliteration of the Persian word along with its equivalent in the Persian alphabet. Alphabetical order: In this dictionary, the alphabetical order in the Persian-English section is based on the English spelling. This makes it easy for the user who is not familiar with the Persian alphabet to find a word. Correct use of words: This dictionary gives synonyms in various contexts allowing the student to easily choose the correct meaning. Entries: Approximately 18,000 entries covering both day-to-day and more specialized vocabulary.

The Audience for this dictionary is: English speaking students of Persian. English speakers who are seeking to communicate with Persian speakers. Children of Iranians, Afghans and Tajiks outside their homeland who wish to learn their mother language. Persian speakers who wish to learn English.

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One of the Best, Could Be Better

Decent Persian (aka Farsi, Dari) dictionaries are hard to find. Persian words are typically not written with the short vowels, and almost nowhere will you find reference books that tell you how to pronounce these words. This is one of the few dictionaries that show you the full pronunciation. The printing is clean and easy to read. The definitions are concise, and mostly right-on.

Two gripes:

1. The Persian-English side is sorted by the way Persian words are pronounced, not by the way they're written. This is a huge problem, because when I need to look up a word I don't know, I also don't know how it's pronounced. Words that begin with an alef, for example, might start with an "a" sound, an "e" sound or an "o" sound--and I lose a lot of time trying to guess where the word might be listed.

2. The vocabulary provided is good, but not very extensive. You'll find yourself needing many words not in the book.

The best Persian dictionary I've found is the Aryanpur (also available at Amazon). It's correctly sorted, has a huge number of words, and--most importantly but most often overlooked--tells you what those unwritten short vowels are! But it's also pricy and too heavy to sit comfortably in your lap while you read. If I'm on the go and can't lug around the Aryanpur, this Learner's Dictionary is my second choice.

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How I would have loved to have this volume available when I was learning Farsi as a teenager in Tehran in the 1970's (before the shah fell, when Americans were abundant there). This dictionary has a lot of useful vocabulary. As other reviewers have pointed out, there are some unfortunate gaps, but overall, this dictionary has most of the words a beginning or intermediate student might want to know. Sometimes one must look in more than one place in the transliterated Persian spelling in order to find the consonants with the correct vowel, but most of the time this is only a minor inconvenience.

Once a student moves on to reading Persian literature, he or she will have to get a larger dictionary such as the Aryanpur Kashani one. But for beginning and intermediate students whose primary focus is conversation and the simple readings in introductory textbooks, this smaller dictionary will prove very helpful.

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