Azartash Azarnoush
Azartash Azarnoush (Persian: آذرتاش آذرنوش, born 1937) is a linguist and scholar of Iran.
Born in 1937 in Qom, he holds two Ph.D degrees from France. He specializes in Arabic literature.
He is a faculty at Imam Sadeq University and Tarbiat Modarres University and has been director of the Arabic department of The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia in Tehran since 1986 , and has published over 200 articles in the field of Arabic literature, as well as a few dozen books.
Among his books and publications, one can mention:
- "A guide to the influence of Persian language in Arabic language" (کتاب راهنمای نفوذ فارسی در فرهنگ و زبان تازی)
- "A history of Arabic language and culture" (تاریخ زبان و فرهنگ عربی)
- "A contemporary dictionary of Arabic to Persian" (فرهنگ معاصر عربی به فارسی), which won a Best book award in Iran in 1999.
- Elements de religions iranienns chez les Arabes a lepopue preilamique, 1976.