Namaeh Farhangistan

Namaeh Farhangistan

On Persian Colloquial Orthography

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Permanent Member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/nf.2025.535829.1430
Abstract
The present article, which is a completed version of the author’s speech at the 482nd session of the Council of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature (Monday, 21 Khordad 1403/ 10 June 2024), consists of three parts: in the first part, introductory and general concepts related to the discussion of Persian colloquial orthography are introduced; the second part discusses the types of colloquial Persian written forms, which include: »colloquial non-verb forms«, »colloquial complete verb forms«, »colloquial continuous forms«, and »colloquial phrase forms«; and finally, the third part is a brief discussion on the necessity of including and editing colloquial forms in Persian dictionaries.
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Volume 24, Issue 4 - Serial Number 98
September and October 2025
Pages 7-22

  • Receive Date 20 July 2025
  • Revise Date 08 August 2025
  • Accept Date 14 September 2025