A Few Words in Persian Dictionaries

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One way to correct the hand-written dictionaries is the comparative analysis of two or some of them. In order to know the original form of a fake or distorted word and follow the changes happened to it, a great number of sources are needed. A general look on dictionaries makes it clear that the lexicographers have always changed the unsure and unfamiliar recorded forms and different dictionaries have had different recordings of the same word. Therefore a historical study of hand-written dictionaries is necessary. This article examines some distorted forms in a series of Persian dictionaries, of which two words are extracted from a poem, and the others are some known Persian words and compounds.

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