Oxford Dictionary recently included 900 words; 70 out of which are Indian words

Rekha Sahay

900 new ( 70 new Indian) words have been added

70 new Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati languages have been added

NEW DELHI: Oxford Dictionary has recently included 900 words; 70 out of which are Indian words. ‘Indian speech etiquette features a complex system of kinship terms and terms of address, in which age, gender, status, and family relationships are marked by a highly specific vocabulary with no direct equivalents in English,” said Danica Salazar, OED World English Editor,’said said Danica Salazar, OED World English Editor. The OED publishes four updates a year in March, June, September and December respectively.

ऑक्सफोर्ड डिक्शनरी में हाल ही में 900 शब्द शामिल हैं; जिनमें से 70 भारतीय शब्द हैं।

नवीनतम सूची के अनुसार, इस शब्दकोश में तेलुगू, उर्दू, तमिल, हिंदी और गुजराती भाषाओं के 70 नए भारतीय शब्द जोड़े गए हैं।सितंबर 2017  से  शब्दकोश द्वारा  900 शब्द इस में जोड़े गये हैं। ओईडी /ऑक्सफोर्ड डिक्शनरी मार्च, जून, सितंबर और दिसंबर में क्रमशः चार अपडेट प्रकाशित करता हैं।

 

45 thoughts on “Oxford Dictionary recently included 900 words; 70 out of which are Indian words”

    1. Sure Abhay. some words are –

      achcha, , bhindi, chakka jam, chamcha, dadagiri, desh, devi, didi, diya, dum, funda, gulab jamun, gully, haat, Jai, Jhuggi, Ji, jugaad, ……

      for the detailed list pl click the link given at the top, in the post.

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      1. Jugaad wasn’t there previously?? How they can miss our core philosophy for so long, that has been ours driver to growth and helped in becoming fastest growing economy among major countries.. 😛

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      5. Oh! it was Published in “The Hindu”. Gone through it now. Happy that they have added Gulab Jamun too. But would be happier if someone could just a bring a piece or two for me right now! 😉

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      7. Abhay, whenever i tried to reach yr blog , it says —
        This site is marked private by its owner. If you would like to view it, you’ll need permission from the site owner. Request an invite and we’ll send your username to the site owner for their approval.

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      12. Na..na..Some customization work was going on, but I did not able to complete it due to paucity of time and lack of motivation. So laut ke buddhu ghar ko aaye 🙂

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  7. Every year they do that Rekha.
    Please recommend one of mine.
    “Prosetry ” I have founded this word… and in WP they are using it. I have created a Menu for the, you can see from your desk top.
    In which please refer my post “I and life fight peacefully”in which is a reference of that.
    Please do respond on this…
    Further will talk on that..
    Thanks
    Shiva

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      1. I have checked it.
        People writing prose like poetry or vice versa they call it prosepoem but I have I coined it as Prosetry.
        Just read that post you will understand. Thanks for the interest you have shown.
        Regards

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