Important South Asian Studies Dictionaries & Thesauri (Languages)

ALA/LC Romanization Tables
The pages are to the scanned text of the 1997 edition of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts, approved by the Library of Congress and the American Library Ass...   [more]
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Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages
Turner, R. L. (Ralph Lilley), Sir. A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan languages. London: Oxford University Press, 1962-1966. Includes three supplements, published 1969-1985. ...   [more]
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Dictionaries of South Asian Languages from DSAL
Languages include: Nepali, Pali, Persian, Pushto, Telugu, and Urdu. Also included is Hobson-Jobson and the comparative dictionaries of Turner and Burrow-Emeneau....   [more]
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Dravidian Etymological Dictionary
Burrow, T. A Dravidian etymological dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press, 1984....   [more]
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Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke,...   [more]
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Nepali Etymological Dictionary
Turner, R. L. (Ralph Lilley), Sir. A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1931. ...   [more]
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Persian-English Dictionary
Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892....   [more]
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Pushto Dictionary by H.G. Raverty
Raverty, H. G. (Henry George). A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues. Second edi...   [more]
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Richard Strand's Languages of Nuristan
A description of the languages of Nuristan and Northern Pakistan including a large vocabulary of Kom Kati. Includes oral narratives of Kom history....   [more]
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Sanskrit English Dictionary Monier William
Sanskrit-English Dictionary. 1899,...   [more]
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Telugu English Dictionary
Gwynn, J. P. L. (John Peter Lucius). A Telugu-English dictionary. Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Copyright ) 1991 by Oxford University Press...   [more]
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Urdu English Dictionary Shakespear
Shakespear, John. A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani. 3rd ed., much enl. London: Printed for the aut...   [more]
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Urdu-English Dictionary Platts
Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884....   [more]
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