A SIDE from some Persian-Urdu and Urdu-Persian dictionaries, the early Urdu lexicography was almost an exclusive domain of Europeans. The earliest Urdu dictionary is said to have been compiled in 1630 ...
It is quite amazing that those who pioneered the writing of Urdu dictionaries and Urdu grammar were not natives of pre-1947 India but Europeans. One may ascribe this phenomenon to their not-so-good ...
The Awadh Punch’s critique of Urdu dictionaries blurred the line between satire and ridicule Dr Parekh’s research also dispelled a common misconception that Awadh Punch had ceased publication in 1936 ...
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