Colloquial English-Persian Dictionary in the Roman Character: Containing All English Words in Common Use With Their Meanings in Modern Persian, With Numerous Examples (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Douglas Craven Phillott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333004753 ISBN 13 : 9781333004750

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During a residence of two years in Persia, the need of a purely colloquial dictionary of modern Persian was frequently brought home to me. The Persian of Afghanistan and India differs from the modern Persian of Persia, not merely in accent and idiom, but sometimes in construction. Often Persian words that are in common use in India have either a different signification in the colloquial of Persia, or else they are objected to as being book language. The use of a phrase, perfectly correct and colloquial in Afghan Persian, sometimes excites ridicule, and occasionally even causes offence. A few common examples of differences are :T ankhwah, which means goods, and not as in India pay ;taklif duty, what is incumbent, and not trouble :halki often means perhaps, chird of course, dil stomach, and dimdgh nose :tamiz means clean, imtiyaz an order, medal, and tanzll interest :in Persia shir is lion and hahar tiger, while in India sher is tiger and bcU)ar lion ;ishtihdh is in Persia used for mistake and not ghalat or ghalatl, which is too strong a word ;daslur or daaturl means permission. A gain, the common word rukhsat for leave of absence is seldom if ever used colloquially in Persia, the more cumbrous marakhasl being preferred. Occasionally a phrase is used in Persia where a single noun or adjective is used in I ndia; thus for haiza when it means windgall, the Persians say asp rawghan dvarda aat. A gain for wool-gathering they say shutur mi-chardnad; for wildness vahshl budan ;for glittering, gorgeous zarq ubarq ddrad. (H ence in using this dictionary, the student should look up all English tvords from or connected with the same root, and read the whole of the vfiatter under each). It is therefore natural that I ndians, and those British Officers who learn Persian in I ndia, are liable to make ludicrous slips on first visiting Persia, and even to be occasionally unin
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1333004753
• ISBN 13: 9781333004750
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 367