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Persian (PUR-zhən, -shən), also known by its endonym Farsi (فارسی, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European la ...
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Dari (endonym: دری), Dari Persian (فارسی دری, Fārsī-yi Darī, or Fārsī-ye Darī), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official ...
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Hekmat-e Shirazi حکمت شیرازی or Mirza Ali-Asghar Khan Hekmat-e Shirazi (16 June 1892 – 25 August 1980) was an Iranian politician, diplomat and author who served as the Iranian Minister of Foreign ...
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The Abuabdullo Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature (Tajik: Институти забон ва адабиёт ба номи А. Рӯдакӣ, Instituti Zabon va Adabiyot ba nomi A. Rūdakī; Russian: Институт языка и литературы имени ...
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The Dehkhoda Dictionary or Dehkhoda Lexicon (Persian: لغتنامهٔ دهخدا or واژهنامه) is the largest comprehensive Persian encyclopedic dictionary ever published, comprising 200 volumes. It is published ...
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Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym as Pārsīk (or Pārsīg in its later form), is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time ...
Language of Achaemenid Empire and ancestor of Middle Persian
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Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages ...
Iranian tomb complex erected in honor of the Persian poet Ferdowsi
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The Tomb of Ferdowsi (Persian: آرامگاه فردوسی, Ârâmgâh-e Ferdowsi) is a tomb complex composed of a white marble base, and a decorative edifice erected in honor of the Persian poet Ferdowsi located in Tus ...
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The Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute & International Center for Persian Studies (Persian: مؤسسه لغتنامه دهخدا و مرکز بینالمللی آموزش زبان فارسی), is the main official international center for teaching the ...
Official regulatory institution of the Persian language
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The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) (Persian: فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, Farhangestân-e Zabân-o Adab-e Fârsi) is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran ...
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Bible translations into Persian Languages have been made since the fourth or fifth century, although few early manuscripts survive. There are both Jewish and Christian translations from the Middle Ages ...