A Dictionary : Hindustani - English & English-Hindustani

Author: Duncan ForbesPublisher: National Council for Promotion of Urdu LanguageYear: 2004Language: multilingualPages: 1150ISBN/UPC (if available): B08JM4ZBRH DescriptionA Dictionary, Hindustani and English, accompanied by a reverse part, English and Hindustani, has hitherto been a desideratum in this country. It must be obvious to every one that the student of a foreign language, desirous of speaking and writing, as well as reading it, should have not only the words of such foreign language explained in his own, but also the words of his own tongue rendered into that foreign language; and that any dictionary confined merely to one department is essentially defective.EDITOR'S FOREWORDThirty years experience in teaching the Hindustani language has convinced me that this deficiency, added to the exorbitant prices charged for Hindustani Dictionaries, has greatly impeded learners. I have there for endeavoured to remove this impediment by compiling a dictionary of the principal colloquial la