''Mo'in Encyclopedic Dictionary '' ( fa, فرهنگ معین ''Farhang-e Mo'īn'') is the second largest
Persian language
Persian (), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of th ...
encyclopedic dictionary
An encyclopedic dictionary typically includes many short listings, arranged alphabetically, and discussing a wide range of topics. Encyclopedic dictionaries can be general, containing articles on topics in many different fields; or they can s ...
. It was collected and integrated by
Mohammad Mo'in.
History
The ''Mo'in Encyclopedic Dictionary'' was collected during a 19-year period (1947-1966) under the administration of Mohammad Mo'in. After his death in 1971, the dictionary has been completed by
Ja'far Shahidi
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, birth_date = March 21, 1919
, birth_place = Borujerd, Iran
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, death_place = Tehran, Iran
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.
Finally, it was published in 1972 by
Amirkabir publications in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
, in six volumes – four volumes for Persian words and expressions, and two volumes for proper nouns.
The dictionary has not been updated since its first publishing, but has been reprinted many times.
References
Persian Wikipedia article
1972 non-fiction books
Persian encyclopedias
1972 in Iran
20th-century encyclopedias
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