New volume of Urdu dictionary
Published: Thursday, 7 July, 2005, 01:12 PM Doha Time
KARACHI: Pakistan has completed the 20th volume of the world’s most comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language, officials of the Urdu Diction Board of Pakistan said here Wednesday.
The volume has been produced in spite of the fact that it faces a shortage of funds and human resources. The last volume came out in April 2004.
President Urdu Diction Board Dr Farman Fatehpuri said the 20th volume consists of 828 pages and contains about 10,000 words, idioms, phrases and proverbs. The first and last words of the volume are ‘Nashaat’ and ‘Nh’, respectively.
The Board plans to publish 22 volumes containing 300,000 words, give or take a few hundred words. “Our good performance should dissuade the government from making any changes in its present status,” Fatehpuri said.
He said work on the 20th volume of the Lughat was completed under the editorship of Dr Rauf Parekh who had joined the Board in July 2003. He praised Parekh for bringing out two volumes of the Urdu Lughat in as many years.
Though the initial work of the Board - enunciation of guiding principles for Urdu lexicography, establishment of a well-stocked library, provision of books, appointment of scholars and staff, etc - began in 1958, the first volume came out in 1967.
The Board has modelled its flagship dictionary on the Greater Oxford Dictionary. When completed, the dictionary would enable the Urdu language to join the exalted ranks of English and German, which are the only two languages in the world to have such comprehensive dictionaries. - Internews
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I would like to add additional info. The price of latest volume is Rs. 500/- and the whole set (20 volume) price is Rs. 8,000/- approx. :) The 1st volume of this dictionary is out of stock now a days.
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