Oxford Urdu-English Dictionary

Book excerpt: Urdu is the language of 270 million speakers from South Asia, Middle East, Europe, and North America. It is the national language of Pakistan and the first or second official language of many of the states of India. Oxford Urdu-English Dictionary is a comprehensive all-inclusive dictionary covering classic and modern language originating from all citadels like Delhi, Lucknow, and Lahore. It has about 85,000 word entries with their meanings, definitions, explanations, part of speech, etymology, pronunciation in IPA, sub-entries (words, inflexions, phrase, proverbs and compounds) in a very user-friendly manner. It is the most comprehensive and affordable dictionary as compared to the available range of bilingual Urdu-English dictionaries in the market.