Resources and preservation
Persian (Farsi): resources and preservation
Persian (Farsi) dictionaries, corpora, libraries and media; endangerment and documentation; how to contribute.
فارسی
01Directory
Each entry names its authority. A date shows when its link was checked; entries without one are to verify.
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Loghatnameh Dehkhoda (the Dehkhoda dictionary)
Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute, University of Tehran To verify
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A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary (Steingass, 1892)
Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
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Approved terms (Farhang-e vāzhe-hā-ye moṣavvab)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature To verify
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Universal Dependencies: Persian Seraji treebank
Universal Dependencies Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
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Digital library
National Library and Archives of Iran To verify
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Encyclopaedia Iranica
Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University To verify
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BBC Persian
BBC World Service (United Kingdom) Checked 2026-10-23 Verified Public broadcaster.
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DW Persian
Deutsche Welle (Germany) Checked 2026-10-23 Verified Public broadcaster.
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Radio Farda
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (United States) Checked 2026-10-23 Verified Publicly funded broadcaster.
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Glottolog: Western Farsi
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Checked 2026-10-23 Verified
Media entries are public broadcasters of different states. A listing is not an endorsement. Media under international sanctions are not listed.
02Endangerment
| Entry | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| UNESCO World Atlas of Languages | To verify | |
| Western Farsi | Not endangered | 1 (National) |
Sources UNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. (2025) To verify; Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified; Eberhard, Simons and Fennig (eds.). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 28th edition. SIL International. (2025) Secondary source
03Documentation
No documentation project for Persian (Farsi) is recorded here yet. These archives hold recordings and studies of the region’s languages.
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Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR)
ELAR To verify
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Endangered Languages Project (ElCat)
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and partners To verify
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World Atlas of Languages
UNESCO To verify
04Contribute
Share a source, a recording or a correction.
- Native reviewers: read the Persian (Farsi) pages and mark them reviewed.
- Teachers: teach or help write Persian script and reading (ZWNJ, nasta’liq), Persian A1, Persian A2 to B1, Persian B2 to C1, Persian through poetry, Persian for interpreters (medical, legal), Saturday-school teacher training.
- Sources: point the research team to openly licensed dictionaries, corpora and recordings. Each enters the sources register for review.
- Fonts and keyboards: report any letter that does not display or type correctly.
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Cite this page
- APA
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Persian (Farsi): Resources and preservation. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/fa/resources/
- Chicago
Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Persian (Farsi): Resources and Preservation.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/fa/resources/.
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@misc{idcdc2026_language_languages_fa_resources, author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Persian ({Farsi}): Resources and preservation}, url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/fa/resources/}, howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/fa/resources/}, }- RIS
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05Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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PsychoPy in Persian linguistics
Elmira Esmaeelpour, Negar Sayadi · 2025 · Zenodo
ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Virtual Persian Language Teaching to Non-Persian Speakers: An Alternative or an Option?
Reza Morad Sahraee, Shohrehalsadat Sajjadi, Shiva Majidi et al. · 2022 · ̒Ilm-i Zabān
ArticleDOAJOpen access
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The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics
2018 · Oxford University Press eBooks
BookOpenAlexCrossref
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Language Studies: Persian Linguistics and Lexicography
Dr. Nusrat Rashid · 2025 · International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Insights & Transformations
ArticleOpenAlexOpen access
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English-Persian cross-language plagiarism detection: Multilingual deep learning approach.
Ansar S, Zarinbal M, Mohebi A · 2026 · PLoS One
ArticleEurope PMCOpen access
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Mohammad Bagher Saberizafarghandi · 2023 · Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
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PsychoPy in Persian linguistics (Session three)
Elmira Esmaeelpour, Negar Sayadi · 2025 · Zenodo
ArticleDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Roshan Institute Fellowships in Persian Language, Linguistics, and Culture
Camille Rhoné · 2014 · Diwan
ArticleDataCite
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Farzad Rafiei, Saina Sadeghipour, Shahab Sheikhalishahi et al. · 2026 · Scientific Reports
ArticleDOAJOpen access
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PsychoPy in Persian linguistics (Session Two)
Elmira Esmaeelpour, Negar Sayadi · 2025 · Zenodo
OtherZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Jingpeng Li et al. · 2019 · arXiv
PreprintarXivOpen access
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Benchmarking Large Language Models for Persian: A Preliminary Study Focusing on ChatGPT
Amirhossein Abaskohi, Sara Baruni, Mostafa Masoudi et al. · 2024 · arXiv
PreprintarXivOpen access
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