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This Persian Etymology book is organized as a dictionary where the derivation of each Persian word and the evolution of its meaning from Indo-European root(s) are displayed in simple charts. The derivation paths of words have been pieced together from the information scattered in various etymological references. For clarity, the derivation path of words are displayed graphically in directional charts with minimal amount of English and Persian text. The applied references have been cited for each word. When needed, some poems have also been quoted to document the usage of unfamiliar words.Persian is an Indo-European language that, throughout its long history, has exchanged many words with Semitic, Turkish and other languages outside the Indo-European group. Therefore, the roots of Persian words from these languages are also included in the derivation charts.This dictionary includes the etymology of over 3400 Persian words. Their derivation paths pass through some 40 different languages. A word index is provided for each involved language. The original meanings of words, if different from their current usage, are also presented.

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"Dr. Ali Nourai collected, studied and organized the etymological data of Persian words since the early 1990's. He started to save his data in charts like family trees or org charts where the derivatives of each root were shown as branches with words in Persian, English and their cognates in other languages. While researching and expanding his database, he published his charts in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages in 2013 and 2017 and later as Persian Etymology Charts in 2022. In order to simplify the use of this etymological data, he later reversed the direction of the family tree charts such that, instead of showing different words derived from each root, the charts now show different roots combined to make each word. This book, Persian Etymology - from Indo-European and other roots is a collection of these ""derivation charts"" showing the etymology of over 3400 Persian words."

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