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<strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> language <strong>and</strong> linguistics 882influenced by Arabic. Around AD 1300 a supraregional st<strong>and</strong>ard (Classical Persian)developed with a comprehensive literature; it was the court language <strong>of</strong> both the OttomanEmpire <strong>and</strong> northern India (Mogul Dynasty). Arabic script is used with a few additionalcharacters.Characteristics: relatively simple sound system. Morphology: the Indo-Europeannominal <strong>and</strong> verbal inflection was almost completely lost <strong>and</strong> replaced by analyticalconstructions <strong>and</strong> enclitic pronouns. Differential object marking (marking <strong>of</strong> specificobjects). Nominal syntagms can consist <strong>of</strong> the structure modifier—head—modifier. Themodifier following the head is linked to it with an e, the so-called ezāfe: īn mīz-e-bozorg‘this big table.’ Word order: SOV.ReferencesTowhīdī, J. 1974. Studies in the phonetics <strong>and</strong> phonology <strong>of</strong> modern Persian. Hamburg.Windfuhr, G.L. 1979. Persian grammar: history <strong>and</strong> state <strong>of</strong> its study. The Hague.GrammarsBātenī, M.R. 1370 (=1991). Towsīfe saxtemāne dasturīe zabāne fārsī. 4th edn. Tehran.Boyle, J.A. 1966. Grammar <strong>of</strong> modern Persian. Wiesbaden.Clair-Tisdall, W.S. 1923. Modern Persian conversa-tion grammar. London.Lambton, A.K.S. 1986. Persian grammar. Reissue (with corrections <strong>and</strong> repagination). Cambridge.Lazard, G. 1957. Grammaire du persan contempor-ain. Paris.Rastorgueva, V.S. 1963. A short sketch <strong>of</strong> Tajik grammar. Transl. <strong>and</strong> ed. by H.H.Paper. IJAL PartII. (Repr. Bloomington. IN 1992).——1964. A short sketch <strong>of</strong> the grammar <strong>of</strong> Persian. Bloomington. IN <strong>and</strong> The Hague. (=IJAL30:1. pub. 29.)DictionariesAryanpur Kashani, A. 1986. Combined new Persian—English <strong>and</strong> English-Persian dictionary.Lex-ington.Dekhodā, A.A. 1334/1962. Loghatnāme. Tehran.Haim, S. 1985. New Persian-English dictionary. 6th impr., 2 vols. Teheran.Hübschmann, H. 1895. Perische Studien. Straßburg (additions <strong>and</strong> corrections to Horn).Steingass, F. 1892. A comprehensive PersianEnglish dictionary. (8th impr. 1988.) London.Etymological dictionaryHorn, P. 1893. Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie. Strasburg.Iranian

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