Those who are conversant with the pace and process of growth of reference works and lexicographical literature in Hindi will, no doubt, agree that there has been an unusual spurt of such literature in the post-Independence era. Mukul and Rajiv Tiwari for their keen interest in, and active cooperation towards, the preparation of the press copy of the second Edition of the dictionary. Mention may also be made of Madhukar Chaturvedi, Km. Kohli for reading through the preface of the dictionary and suggesting improvements therein as also for some of his suggestions in general. This has now been omitted since the words that sound as ending in अ (अकारांत) are not actually so. In giving the phonetic pronunciations we had post-fixed an 'a' to consonant-clusters or to semivowels ( य, व). We have made a slight change in our system of phonetic pronunciation adopted in the first edition. This dictionary is richer from this point of view than even the most voluminous of Hindi-Hindi dictionaries. Some hitherto unknown words of dialects that have been elevated to the position of recognised usages through the pen of significant writers.īesides these categories, the dictionary has also been enlarged (and enriched) by the inclusion of numerous Hindi sayings, proverbs and idioms which would be difficult to find even in a Hindi-Hindi Dictionary. Some technical terms which have gained passage into contemporary writing. Suggestions for the inclusion of such forms had come from Hindi teachers of foreign university departments. Oblique forms of verbs, which do not yield to ready comprehension of the learner of Hindi, have also been incorporated in the dictionary (as किया, लिया, गया, etc.). This nomenclature has enriched the language through such potential expressions and should, therefore, appropriately find a place in a general dictionary such as this. Some mythological names which symbolise, or are characteristic of, certain traits of human personality or have given birth to idioms, sayings and proverbs current amongst Hindi-speakers (as भस्मासुर, दुर्योधन, राम, etc.). The new additions may be categorized as under : 1. from friends teaching Hindi in foreign Universities, we have added some new categories of words in the dictionary and hope they will further facilitate the efforts of foreign friends trying to learn Hindi in their own universities and institutions. On valuable suggestions from friends in India, and esp. The second edition is a much more improved, comprehensive and enlarged version of the first-keeping the basic framework in tact. The Editors have been encouraged by the spontaneous and hearty appreciation of their effort by users of the dictionary in general and by friends in particular.

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