Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary

Richard Delacy

ISBN 10: 0804839611 / ISBN 13: 9780804839617

Published by Tuttle Publishing, US, 2017

Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary is the most up-to-date and portable Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary available today.It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Hindi vocabulary and phrases including Internet and social media terms. This Hindi dictionary is specifically designed to meet the needs of English speakers who are studying or using the Hindi language on a daily basis. It contains over 14,000 entries including all vocabulary (in both directions) in common, everyday use in India today. Pocket Hindi Dictionary is fully Romanized, and the Hindi-English section is organized alphabetically. Both Romanized forms and Devanagari forms are given for all Hindi words and expressions. Key features of this Hindi dictionary include: Bidirectional Hindi-English and English-Hindi sections Designed specifically to meet the needs of English speakers All Hindi terms are given in both Romanized and Devanagari forms Contains over 14,000 essential words and expressions Latest computer, smartphone, Internet and social media vocabulary Provides an overview of Hindi in contemporary India and a pronunciation guide. Seller Inventory # LU-9780804839617

Synopsis:

From the author who brought us Hindi in a Flash, Richard Delacy now offers his expertise in teaching Hindi with a simple and portable guide, The Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary. This book is the most up-to-date Hindi dictionary available today. English speakers new to learning Hindi and Hindi speakers alike will greatly benefit from this powerful pocket guide because it is designed with both of them in mind. Covering the 15,000 most common Hindi and English words, in a small, compact volume, this pocket dictionary is a convenient and lightweight reference work with bi-directional Hindi-English and English-Hindi sections. Whether you use Hindi for business, in an educational setting, or while you travel to India, the entries in this dictionary; along with incorporating Devanagari; cover all the contemporary terms and expressions used on a daily basis. Grammar basics and a pronunciation guide are also featured in the introduction.

About the Author: Richard Delacy has taught at several universities in Australia and the U.S. and currently teaches Hindi/Urdu at Harvard University. He completed a BA with Honors at the University of Melbourne in History and an MA in History from Monash University, with a focus on modern South Asian history and twentieth century Hindi/Urdu language and its literature. He studied Hindi formally for three years as a part of his BA and then spent a year in Delhi studying Hindi language and literature at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Hindi Institute). He also taught Hindi at two universities in Melbourne for nearly six years before embarking on further studies in South Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Teach Yourself Beginner's Urdu Script (McGraw-Hill) and Hindi in a Flash (Tuttle) and coauthor of the Hindi, Urdu and Bengali Lonely Planet Phrasebook. He travels back to India as frequently as he can and has many close friends there.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, US
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New