Lexicography, Persian - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Perry, John R.
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Leiden
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Brill
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Persian lexicography has been influenced by languages which include Pahlavi and Arabic and trends which include widespread use of Persian in India and a modern puristic language movement. Persian dictionaries and glossaries have developed since the fourth/tenth century and have seen various arrangements for their entries. Recent Persian lexigraphical endeavours have included a data-based dictionary which attempts to capture the reality of language as it is used in daily communication and a Perso-Arabic script dictionary for Tajik Persian. The usual premodern Persian term for a glossary or