Description
- Bidirectional English-Hindi and Hindi-English sections
- Covers all 12,000 essential words, idioms, and expressions
- Headwords printed in bold for quick and easy reference
- Hindi words given in Romanized form for easy pronunciation
- Latest computer, Internet, smartphone, and social media vocabulary
Whether you need a travel size dictionary for your trip to India or are learning the Hindi language in a classroom setting, this mini dictionary is an essential resource.
Author: Richard Delacy
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 03/03/2020
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 4.00h x 2.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780804842914
ISBN10: 0804842914
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Hindi
- Foreign Language Study | Multi-Language Dictionaries
- Travel | Asia | India & South Asia
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), Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary and Hindi Flash Cards (Tuttle), co-authored Elementary Hindi with Sudha Joshi (Tuttle) and co-author of the Hindi, Urdu & Bengali Lonely Planet Phrasebook. He lives in Boston, MA.