The Institute of Loghatnameh Dehkhoda & International Center for Persian Studies

 

The largest Persian encyclopedia had been codified and written by the late Ali Akbar Dehkhoda during forty years. Loghatnameh Dehkhoda has about 200,000 entries, being supported by various defining examples and application notes. The examples show the etymology of words and the changes have been occurred about them. This collection also contains about 200,000 of geographical and historical names. 

This Institute has been overlooking the process of publishing the Large Dehkhoda Encyclopedia since 1957. It was under the control of Iranian National Parliament. FLH has published this precious work in 222 volumes including about 27000 pages.  Another encyclopedia, large Persian dictionary, has been simultaneously published according to collected data in three sizes.

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