Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda | |
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| علیاکبر دهخدا | |
 Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda | |
| Born | Ali-Akbar Ghazvini 1879 |
| Died | March 9, 1956(1956-03-09) (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Ibn Babawayh Cemetery,Ray |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Occupation(s) | Lexicographer,Linguist,Satirist |
| Notable work | Amsāl o Hekam (Proverbs and Sayings) Dehkhoda Dictionary Charand-o Parand (pronounced: Čarand-o Parand;lit. 'fiddle-faddle') French-Persian Dictionary |
| Political party | Moderate Socialists Party |
AllamehAli-Akbar Dehkhodā (Persian:علیاکبر دهخدا; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominentIranian literary writer,philologist, andlexicographer.
He was the author of theDehkhoda Dictionary, the most extensive dictionary of thePersian language published to date.
Dehkhoda was born inTehran to parents fromQazvin. His father, Khan-Baba Khan Ghazvini, died when he was only 9 years old.[1]
Dehkhoda excelled quickly inPersian literature,Arabic, andFrench. He enrolled at the School ofPolitical Science, which employed, amongst other figures, theMinister of Foreign Affairs and his Secretary as lecturers.
He was also active in politics, and served in theMajles as aMember of Parliament fromKerman andTehran. He also served as Dean ofTehran School of Political Science and later theSchool of Law of theUniversity of Tehran.[2]
In 1903, he went to theBalkans as an Iranian embassy employee, but came back to Iran two years later and became involved in theConstitutional Revolution of Iran.
Dehkhoda,Mirza Jahangir Khan andGhasem Khan published theSur-e Esrafil newspaper for about two years, untilMohammad Ali Shah disbanded the parliament and banished Dehkhoda and some other liberals into exile inEurope. There he continued publishing articles and editorials, but when Mohammad Ali Shah was deposed in 1911, he returned to the country and became a member of the newMajlis.
He is buried inEbn-e Babooyeh cemetery inShahr-e Ray, near Tehran.[3][4]
In his article "First Iranian Scholar who authored the Most Extensive & Comprehensive Farsi Dictionary,"Manouchehr Saadat Noury wrote that,
The literary and commentary works ofAli Akbar Dehkhoda (AAD) actually started through his collaboration withJournal of Soor Esrafeel where he created a satirical political column entitled as Nonsense or Fiddle-Faddle (in Persian: Charand Parand). The Persian term ofDakho was his signature or his pen name for that column. Dakho means not only as the Administrator of a Village (in Persian: Dehkhoda or Kadkhoda), but it also refers to a Naive or an Unsophisticated Person (in Persian: Saadeh Lowh).
Dehkhoda translatedMontesquieu'sDe l'esprit des lois (The Spirit of the Laws) intoPersian.
He has also writtenAmsal o Hekam ("Proverbs and Sayings") in four volumes, a French-Persian Dictionary, and other books.
His lexicographic masterpiece isLoghat-nameh-ye Dehkhoda ("Dehkhoda Dictionary"), the largest Persian dictionary ever published, in 15 volumes.Mohammad Moin accomplished Dehkhoda's unfinished volumes according to Dehkhoda's request after him. Finally the book was published after forty five years of efforts of Dehkhoda.
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