The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary - Hardcover

McGregor, R. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198643179 ISBN 13: 9780198643173

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

There has been no major new Hindi-English dictionary for over a century. With 36,000 entries, this fully up-to-date volume reflects the many-sided development of Hindi in modern times. Complete with hundreds of example phrases to guide the reader, the dictionary contains many colloquial, regional, and literary variants and the Urdu vocabulary of Hindi is also well represented. This dictionary should be of interest to anyone concerned with modern Hindi - university students, historians, anthropologists and librarians.

About this title

Review:

this new dictionary, a product of over twenty years labour, is an admirable achievement and a commendable addition ... any student who purchases this one will receive ample return for the investment (Alan Entwistle)

About the Author:

Ronald S. McGregor has been a lecturer in Hindi at Cambridge since 1964. He is the author of many publications on the Hindi language and its literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0198643179
• ISBN 13: 9780198643173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1103