volume Number 11، number In Volume 1، Spring 2018 ، issue Number 39

Analaysis and Investigation of Tohfat Als'adat's Dictionar

Dr. Abd`alreza Seyf(Author in Charge), Saeid Taghdiri

Abstract

The Tohfat Al sa"adat"s manuscript is from Molana sheikh Mahmoud ebn Ziaeddin Mohammad that has compiled in 916 lh in the days of governorship Sultan Sikandar Ludi the king of Dehli and it has been dedicated to Khaje saeid Eddin Mohammad.

This book has been called by other names such as Eskandari Dictionary, Tohfeh Eskandari, Tohfeh AlSa"adah, and Tohfeh Alsa"adat Eskandari.

This Dictionary is initial Farsi interpretive Dictionaries in subcontinent. The author has arranged that in twenty-nine chapters spellingly (Tahajji) and every chapter has been gathered in two parts: first in simple, and second in idioms and complexes; this classification, distinguishes the Tohfat Als"adat from the early Farsi interpretive Dictionaries.

For prepration and collection this book, the author has used many Farsi and Arabic lexicons such as Dastur Al afazel,Ghavvas Dictionary, Zefan Gouya,Ghazi Zahir Dictionary ,Hosseini Dictionary etc.

Furthermore it is used by next lexicographers; also to authorship of Jahangiri Dictunary and Sorouri Dictionary the Mohammad Ghasem Sorouri has paied attention to this book.

This lexicon explains about meaning of Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Indian words. Sometimes for better understanding about the meanings, it brings sample poems of ancient poets such as Ferdowsi, Rudaki, Hafez, Sadi, Ibn Sina, Zaheer Faryabi and etc.

Keyword
Eskandari Dictionary , Tohfeh Eskandari , Tohfeh AlSa'adah , Tohfeh Alsa'adat Eskandari

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