Document Type : Research article
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PhD student of Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature,, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;
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Professor of Department of Persian Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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Glossaries are primarily used as reference sources and are seldom subjected to critical analysis. Examining such works provides a basis for improving lexicographical methodologies and enhancing the quality of subsequent compilations. This study, employing an analytical, critical, and descriptive approach, focuses on Sharh-e Estelahat-e Tasavvuf by Sadegh Goharin. The objective is to analyze the content of the work in terms of its system of references, definitions, and poetic citations, as well as to evaluate its formal structure-particularly entry selection, phonetic transcription, and editorial issues-based on both quantitative and qualitative data. To this end, more than one thousand entries from the ten volumes of the glossary were examined with precise statistical analysis. The findings indicate accuracy in citations and the use of diverse sources across various fields of knowledge. Nevertheless, the absence of a bibliography, incomplete references, obscure sources, and typographical errors in entry titles are evident. Despite a reduction in irrelevant entries, redundancy, inconsistent ordering, and unnecessary entry-making persist. The definitions are generally elaborate, citation-based, and supported by multiple examples; however, they are sometimes devoid of mystical interpretation, ambiguous, difficult to follow, and lacking clear boundaries between technical and non-technical terms. The poetic evidence is extensive yet predominantly reliant on Rumi, with limited diversity. In addition, certain inconsistencies in phonetic transcription and editorial flaws are observed. Therefore, although Goharin’s glossary possesses numerous merits, it requires revision in several respects.
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