Mini Hindi Dictionary: Hindi-English / English-Hindi - Paperback

by Richard Delacy (Author)

Mini Hindi Dictionary is the most up-to-date Hindi pocket dictionary available. Ideal for any application where a handy, portable dictionary is required--whether for travel, business or study.

• 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

Author Biography

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.