Dakhil A. Shooshtary (Persian: دخيل شوشتری; born c. 1934, Khorramshahr; died January 26, 2022, New York) was an Iranian-American Mandaean writer, lexicographer, and calendar maker. As one of the last remaining fully fluent native speakers of Neo-Mandaic, he is known for his Mandaic dictionaries.[1]
Dakhil Shooshtary | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1934 Khorramshahr, Iran |
| Died | January 26, 2022 New York, United States |
| Nationality | Iranian, American |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, lexicographer |
| Known for | Mandaean calendars |
| Notable work | English-Mandaic dictionary (2012) Arabic-Mandaic dictionary (2012) Farsi-Mandaic dictionary (2012) |
| Spouse | Noona |
Biography
editDakhil Shooshtary was born in Khuzestan, Iran during the 1930s. His last name was derived from Shushtar, the name of a city in Iran. Dakhil Shooshtary was born about 10 years after his brother Nasser Sobbi, who was born on March 13, 1924. He later emigrated to the state of New York in the United States.[2]: 117
Shooshtary was a fluent native speaker, reader, and writer of Mandaic. He spoke Neo-Mandaic regularly with his brother Nasser Sobbi and his uncle Abdolkarim Moradi, a resident of Syosset, New York.[1]
In addition to his work on Mandaic dictionaries, Shooshtary was known for making Mandaean calendars.[3]: xxxii
He died on January 26, 2022, in New York state.[3]: xxviii
Family
editDakhil Shooshtary was married to Noona.[2]: 117
Books
edit- Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012). English-Mandaic Dictionary. Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 978-1-4567-6361-9.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Shooshtary, Dakhil (2012). Farsi-Mandaic Dictionary (in Persian). Bloomington, Indiana. ISBN 978-1-4567-6360-2.
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Häberl, Charles (2009). The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. Otto Harrassowitz. doi:10.7282/t3qf8r7c.
- ^ a b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- ^ a b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2. ISSN 1935-441X.