Institute of Iranian Studies

Articles in Encyclopedias

For Dāyeratolma’āref-e Bozorg-e Eslāmī (The Great Islamic Encyclopedia [GIE]), Edited by Kāzem Musavī Bojnurdī, Tehran, The GIE Center Press:


  • “Brāhuī" (Brahui), Vol. 11:640-642, 2002.

  • “Bangālī” (Bangali). Vol. 12:608-610, 2004.

  • “Bahāsā” (Bhasa Indonesia), Vol. 13:112-114, 2005.

  • “Bīrjandī”, Vol. 13:377-379, 2005.

  • “Paštu” (Pashto), Vol. 13:674-677, 2005.

  • “Tājīkī” (Tajiki dialect of the New Persian), Vol. 14:264-268.

  • “Tātī”, Vol. 14:201-205, 2007.

  • “Tālešī”, Vol. 14:353-356, 2007.

  • “Toxārī” (Tocharian), Vol. 14:651-654.

  • “Tāyī” (Thai), Vol. 14:404-406.


For Dānešnāme-ye Jahān-e Eslām (The Encyclopedia of Islamic World [EIW]), Tehran, The EIW Foundation:


  • “Xurī”, in Press.

  • “Xānsārī”, in Press.

  • “Zāzā” (Dīmīlī or Zāzākī), in Press.


For Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Edited by Philipp Strazny, New York and Oxon, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2005:

  • “Comrie, Bernard”, Vol. 1:231-232.

  • “Indo-Iranian Languages”. Vol. 1:515-517.

  • “Syntactic Typology”. Vol. 2:1066-1068.


For Encyclopedia Iranica [EIr.], Edited by Ehsan Yarshater, New York, Columbia University, Center for Iranian Studies:


  • “Īraj Mīrzā”. Vol. 12:202-204, 2005.


For Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Edited by Keith Brown, Oxford, Elsvier Publishers, 14 Vols, 2006:


  • “Iraq: Linguistic status”, Vol. 6:24.

  • “Yarshater, Ehsan”, Vol. 13:726.