Treasury of Persian Proverbs

Download or read book Treasury of Persian Proverbs written by Beth L. Savage and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasury of Persian proverbs is a dictionary of 2002 selected Persian proverbs. All proverbs in the book are grouped in these categories: proverbs, proverbs-in-verse, conventional phrases, and dialogue proverbs. Each entry appears in the original Persian, followed by a new English translation, an explanatory note on the meaning and usage of the proverb, the English equivalent proverb if found, and finally the phonetic transcription of the Persian proverb in Latin alphabet. The book's English foreword is by Wolfgang Mieder. A Persian foreword by Ahmad Abrishami, and English and Persian indexes are included.