Persian → English
Persian to English, built from the Persian section of the English Wiktionary. Includes an inflection index.
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fa-en.zip 1.2 MB · StarDict · CC-BY-SA-4.0
Install on your e-reader
Unzip and copy the folder onto your device so that you end up with:
koreader/data/dict/fa-en/fa-en.ifo
Restart KOReader. This dictionary includes an inflection index, so looking a word up exactly as it appears in a book works.
Coverage
How many of the most common words in the source language this dictionary can actually resolve, counting words reached through the inflection index.
| Frequency band | Found | As headword | Via inflection | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| top 1,000 | 600 | 462 | 138 | 60% |
| top 5,000 | 2,460 | 1,902 | 558 | 49.2% |
| top 10,000 | 4,188 | 3,186 | 1,002 | 41.88% |
| top 50,000 | 10,076 | 6,806 | 3,270 | 20.15% |
Measured against OpenSubtitles 2018 Persian top 50k (hermitdave/FrequencyWords).
What is in an entry
| Entries with a real translation | 11,841 (81.01%) |
| Entries with only a definition, no translation | 2,776 |
| Entries with a usage example | 3,657 (25.02%) |
| Entries with inflected forms | 9,257 (63.33%) |
| Entries with pronunciation | 11,918 |
| Senses | 24,595 |
| Mean definition length | 22.1 characters |
| Mean translations per entry | 1.89 |
An entry counted as “definition only” is one where the source wordnet knows the concept but has no word for it in the target language. These are shipped because a definition still helps a reader, and counted separately because calling them translations would be dishonest.
Sources and licence
| Source | Licence | Credit |
|---|---|---|
wikt-fa-en | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | English Wiktionary (Persian entries) via kaikki.org (wiktextract) |
Bundled under CC-BY-SA-4.0, the least restrictive licence that covers every source above. Each source’s own terms are reproduced in the ATTRIBUTION file inside the download.