Lexicography, Urdu

by Hakala, Walter N.

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Urdu lexicography , encompassing multiple genres in verse and prose that provide explanations of words and phrases, is similar to most other major New Indo-Aryan languages in the late arrival—in this case, dating the to the mid-nineteenth century—of the comprehensive monolingual dictionary. Derived primarily from the speech forms prevalent in the Delhi region of northern India, Urdu is identical in grammar to Modern Standard Hindi and is differentiated primarily by its use of the Perso-Arabic s…

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Urdu lexicography , encompassing multiple genres in verse and prose that provide explanations of words and phrases, is similar to most other major New Indo-Aryan languages in the late arrival—in this case, dating the to the mid-nineteenth century—of the comprehensive monolingual dictionary. Derived primarily from the speech forms prevalent in the Delhi region of northern India, Urdu is identical in grammar to Modern Standard Hindi and is differentiated primarily by its use of the Perso-Arabic script and a greater prevalence of lexis derived from Persian, and (

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2983

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eng Islam

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Hakala, Walter N.

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