Synopsis
Oxford University Press, one of the most trusted sources of dictionaries in the world, is now out with Student's English-Hindi Dictionary English-Hindi Dictionary, the first of its kind. Over 21,000 words and phrases are included in the dictionary. To make the dictionary more relevant to the place of use, words relevant to the Indian subcontinent are included. This English-Hindi Dictionary is also composed of an extensive range of technical and scientific vocabulary. Accurate pronunciations, along with detailed meanings and synonyms, are provided in both Hindi and English. Detailed notes are given on vocabulary, English grammar, and usage. The definitions in Hindi are kept clear and simple. Hindi pronunciations in the dictionary are easy to follow, accurate, and based on the International Phonetic Alphabet system (IPA). There are more than 50,000 entries in this dictionary. The new Oxford Hind-English Dictionary is a landmark in the description of Hindi. It is an essential reference for all those concerned with modern Hindi, whether students, scholars, translators, or in professional contexts. The Dictionary reflects the dramatic development of Hindi in the twentieth century, giving extensive coverage of the modern standardized language, both spoken and literary. It's salient features are :
Over 70,000 entries
Generous illustrative examples showing words in use
Modern regional variants
Coverage of Urdu vocabulary
About the Author
Jacqueline Suthren Hirst's doctoral research on the teacher in Shankara's works included a short period in South India in 1982 studying colophons of manuscripts. She is trained as a secondary school teacher of Religious Education, has taught in comprehensive schools for five years, then trained teachers at Homerton College, Cambridge, where she became responsible for the secondary programme in the Religious Education. Her diverse research interests are all related to this professional as well as academic interest in teaching and representation. She is currently working with Dr Mary Searle-Chatterjee from Manchester Metropolitan University on representation on SACREs and she continues to publish material for teachers and pupils linked with on-going fieldwork amongst South Asian minorities in the UK.
