Hindoostanee Philology: Comprising a Dictionary, English and Hindoostanee; with a Grammatical Introduction

800 Pages·1825·55.552 MB·English-Hindi-Urdu

by  John Borthwick Gilchrist

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HINDOOSTANEE PHILOLOGY;
COMPllISING
DICTIONARY,
ENGLISH AND HINDOOSTANEE;
WITH A
GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION.
TO WHICH IS PKEFIXED A COPPER-PLATE, EXHIBITING A
COMPARATIVE VIEW OP THE ROMAN AND ORIENTAL CHARACTERS USED IN
THE HINDOOSTANEE LANGUAGE.
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BY JOHN BORTHWICK GILCHRIST, LL.D.
LATE OF TBEBENGAL MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, AND HINDOOSTANEE PBOFESSOR
IN THE COLLBUE OF PORT WILLIAM.
Ub samne merejo ko.ee peer ojuwan hue
Du,uwa nu kure yih ki mere rpooiih men zuban hue
Muen huzrut i Suoda ko smna bolte yaro !
Ullah hee uUah ki kya nuzm o buyan—hue.
Mirza Moohummud Rufeeu oorfSuoda.
London:
Reprinted from the Edition o/ 1810,
FOR KINGSBURY, PARBURY, AND ALLEN, LEADENHALL-STREET.
1825.

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CONTENTS OF THE INTRODUCTION.
Alphabetical Scheme and Vowels, page iv
Consonants, vi
Prospectus ofEnglish Letters and Combinations, ix
Hindee-Roman Orthography, x
Comparative View ofthe former and present Mode ofOrthography, xi
Names ofthe Letters ofthe Persi-Arabic and Nagree Alphabets, ib.
The variation ofArabic Orthography and Orthoepy, and Explanation ofthe Plate, . .xiv
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A short Account ofthe Hindoostanee Language, by Meer Ummun ofDillee, xvi
Sir WilliamJones' Remarks on the imperfection of the English Alphabetand Ortho-
graphy, xviii
Ofthe Noun, >. xix
Article, " -^ • ^ **•
Declension "^ • •" • n^*, *^*
Adventitious Particles among the Declensions, xxi
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Postpositions,
Gender, xxiii
xxiv
Adjectives,
Of xxv
Comparison,
Pronouns, Regulars, Irregulars, and Neuters, xxvi
Scheme ofDeclension applicable to Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns, 8ec. . . . xxviii
Ofthe Verb, and its formation, xxxii
Conjugation . . . • ^.^ xxxvii
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Syntax ofthe Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, and Verb, from xl toIviii
General Remarks . . .*" from Iviii to thee<d.
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