Breaking the grounds for an etymological dictionary of. The etymological dictionary of persian is a truly indispensable tool and a basic source for scholars of classical and new persian philology, indoeuropeanists and experts in comparative linguistics, as well as a reference guide for those researching and studying persian language, its vocabulary and history. By cheungjohnny leiden indoeuropean etymological dictionary series, ed. Over hundred ten references are used to document the word derivations. Etymological dictionary persian english free ebook download as pdf file. Indoeuropean etymological dictionary leiden university.
Words and their derivations are shown in family trees. Such a concept source is being developed at paris observatory in the form of an interactive database mysqlphp called an etymological dictionary of astronomy and astrophysics edaa. This is a sample of online english persian dictionaries. A new etymological dictionary of persian language bibliographia. Persian terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or. In the first two chapters of turkish and mongolian studies, royal asiatic society prize publication fund, vol.
Mallory 2007 etymological dictionary of the slavic inherited lexicon by rick derksen 2008 etymological dictionary of the hittite inherited lexicon by alwin kloekhorst. In such cases, depending on the space available, an etymological dictionary will present various suggestions and perhaps make a judgement on their likelihood, and provide. Beekes and alexander lubotsky at leiden university. Etymological dictionary of the iranian verb leiden indoeuropean etymological dictionary series edited byalexander. Etymological dictionary persian pdf persian language dictionary. As a notable particularity, it also provides a detailed etymology of english and persian terms. Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics. The verbal forms present a rather manageable category that is relatively immune to inneriranian borrowing. This base form dictionary index lists, in an alphabetical order suitable to the language and the script employed for it, every unique base form underlying one or more surface word forms in lesson texts. This new etymological dictionary, with more than 5500 entries, covers the entire principal vocabulary of persian lexicon of both iranian and non. Words and their derivatives are shown in family tree etymological dictionary persian english on vimeo. An etymological dictionary of astronomy and astrophysics 1. This determines the structure of an average etymological entry which is the following. Instead, several common dictionaries occasionally note the era in which a word emerged however, without reference, but mostly, small booklets, compilations and individual research studies offer.
The etymological dictionary of persian is the most comprehensive and uptodate work in the field of new persian historical lexicology and etymology, since the publication of p. This dictionary offers hundreds of family tree type graphics documenting the links among 1600 roots, 4700 persian and 3300 english words. The dictionary is intended to be helpful to professional as well as amateur astronomers. In this book you getyou guessed itgrammar, texts, and a lexicon. An etymological dictionary of persian, english and other indo european languages. It synthesizes the achievements of iranian, and indoeuropean, comparative linguistics over the last century with regard to the study of the inherited lexicon of persian. An etymological dictionary of persian, english and other indoeuropean languages. Etymological dictionary of the iranian verb by johnny cheung 2007 the origin of the indoiranians by elena e. As indoeuropean languages, english and persian are daughter languages of their common ancestral protoindoeuropean, and still share many cognate words of similar forms. Dictionary of word roots and combining forms compiled from the greek, latin, and other languages, with special reference to biological terms and scientific names donald j. Etymological dictionary of persian garnik asatrian.
The dictionary is an outprint from a computer database on north caucasian languages, which actually is a system of interrelated database files on every subgroup of north caucasian languages. In torah dictionary, it is a primary level of thought assembling as the offspringprojections of elohim. The online etymology dictionary has been referenced by oxford universitys arts and humanities community resource catalog as an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words and cited in the chicago tribune as one of the best resources for finding just the right word. Many of the indoeuropean or indoiranian etymologies cited in the dictionary have. English mother and persian madar, english father and persian pedar, english daughter and persian dokhtar, english brother and persian baradar and english name and persian nam. However, after many searches, it sadly became apparent that there does not exist an etymological dictionary of hebrew. Etymological study of semitic languages arabic and hebrew 67 idea of redness. Etymological dictionary of the iranian verb leiden indo. Etymological dictionary of persian leiden indoeuropean etymological dictionary 9789004183414. An etymological dictionary of arabic peyman mikaili iranian academy of sciences, teheran, ir oslo 20. An etymological dictionary of persian, english and. For many words in any language, the etymology will be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown.
Currently it contains the definitions of about,000 english entries, with their french and persian equivalents. Etymological dictionary of the iranian verb leiden. A comprehensive etymological dictionary of the hebrew. An etymological dictionary of persian, english and other indoeuropean language an etymological dictionary of persian, english and other indoeuropean language. Scope the present dictionary has a limited scope, only the attested verbal2 protoiranian3 roots and their continuations are treated. It draws its data from established linguistics datasets like wiktionary, etymonline, starling. Xx, london, 1962 hereafter referred to as studies, i gave a brief sketch of the history of the turkish peoples and of their languages from the earliest period. This work is written as part of the indaeuropean etymological dictionary project initiated by robert s.
Ancient greek dictionary online translation lexilogos. An etymological dictionary of persian, english and other. This dictionary not only provides a definition for a hebrew word but it provides the source of the word, providing the bible or talmud references or the source from associated semitic languages. Of course, modern hebrew borrows many words from european languages and this dictionary traces the origin of the borrowed words as well. The realisation of this work, etymological dictionary of the iranian verb, started with a grant from. He has published extensively on iranian comparative linguistics.
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