“Abūzeydabādī Dialect: Phonetic and Grammatical Features (Morphology and Syntax) and Vocabulary”

7/20/2025 09:36

The book “Abūzeydabādī Dialect: Phonetic and Grammatical Features (Morphology and Syntax) and Vocabulary” by Sayyid Ṭayyib Razzaqī with a preface by ʿAlī Ashraf Ṣādiqī has been published by the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (Center for Iranian and Islamic Studies).

CGIE: This book, presented to Iran-loving readers, draws from several sources to transform an oral culture into a written one. The methods and sources used in this research are as follows:

⦁ Making use of dialectal and academic data. accumulated during 28 years of teaching Persian grammar in schools

⦁ Studying well-known and reputable Persian grammar books

⦁ Comparative study of the Abūzeydabādī dialect and a significant number of classical Persian texts for deeper linguistic analysis

⦁ Collecting over three thousand sentences formed in Abūzeydabādī dialect and analyzing the commonly used vocabulary in them

⦁ Assistance from native speakers, especially elders, and recording their voices for detailed examination of the dialect’s linguistic structure

⦁ Reviewing and studying various linguistic and dialectological sources. especially works which specifically focus on the Abūzeydabādī dialect

⦁ Gathering hundreds of research notes and cards for the compilation of this book

The book is organized into three main sections, one supplementary section, and an index as follows:

1. The main section covers phonetic, morphological, and syntactic topics.

2. The supplementary section includes 102 sentences, a text (a story), and the vocabulary applied in them.

3. The index lists bibliographic details of sources used in this research in addition to a list of dialectal equivalents for the proper nouns, as suggested by Dr. ʿAlī Ashraf Ṣādiqī.

Those interested in obtaining the book “Abūzeydabādī Dialect: Phonetic and Grammatical Features (Morphology and Syntax) and Vocabulary,” which is published in 544 pages, 200 copies, and priced at 8,500,000 Rials, can do so through the following methods:

• Visit the CGIE Bookshop at No. 210, Pūr-Ibtihāj Avenue, Shahīd Bāhonar Square (Nīāvarān), Tehran - Iran
• Order Online at store.cgie.org.ir
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