| Abba Book: The Combined New Persian-English and English-Persian Dictionary
Book The Combined New Persian-English & English-Persian Dictionary |  |  | | List Price: $49.95 | | Publisher: Mazda Publishers
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The Combined New Persian-English & English-Persian Dictionary Reviews: OK but marred by not including Persian pronunciation  2009-10-17 - I am a native English speaker, learning Persian. This is an otherwise excellent dictionary, that suffers from one glaring defect. While it includes the pronunciation of English word entries, it does not include the pronunciation of Persian word entries. The Persian words do not include the vowel markings, without which it is impossible for a non-Persian to learn how to pronounce them. It is clearly designed for native Persian speakers to learn English, not vice-versa. But is so easily could be improved by including the Persian pronunciation! I hope the authors take note of this feedback, and include it in future editions. It would make the work twice as useful.
Decent but not advanced  2009-07-15 - This is a nice looking dictionary and useful for a beginner or mid-level Farsi speaker. If you are at an advanced level or need extensive vocabulary then research some other options as well.
Room for improvement  2009-03-19 - I feel like I need a magnifying glass to read this dictionary. I appreciate the fact that it has thousands of useful words, but could we make the font just a little larger. Also, it would be nice to have indented letter tabs for quick reference since there are so many words. I feel like it takes forever to just find the letter...
Best Farsi English Dictionary I've used.  2007-01-19 - This is the best dictionary of the 5 or 6 Farsi to English dictionaries I've come across. Obviously, the more Farsi you know the easier it is to use. What I like about this dictionary the most is that it has Farsi to English and English to Farsi in one volume. Furthermore, definitions for common words are usually followed by synonyms, related words and contextual examples, sometimes sentences utilizing the word being defined, sometimes common phrases. I don't know of any other Farsi dictionary that does that. This is also the dictionary that the U.S. military uses at the Defense Language Institute.
No Farsi Pronounciations & No verb declination  2006-09-14 - Old "French-English"", "German-English", "Italian-English" and "Spanish to English" dictionaries (even back in the 80s) had verb declinations and pronounciations in both languages. This dictionary one has no verb declinations in either language and only English Pronounciations. More helpful for Farsi readers than for English readers trying to learn Farsi. Also, In the English to Farsi section, there can be several words translating into 1 English word but there is no explanation as to the difference and when one word should be used over another.
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