Hardev Bahri

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Hardev Bahri (Punjabi: ਹਰਦੇਵ ਬਾਹਰੀ, Hindi: हरदेव बाहरी, romanized: Hardev Bāhrī, also Bahari; 1907—2000) was an Indian linguist, literary critic, and lexicographer of the 20th century, notable for his work in Hindi, Punjabi, and other related Indo-Aryan languages. He compiled numerous monolingual and bilingual dictionaries for both general and technical purposes in collaboration with the publisher Rajpal and Sons.^[1]

Life[edit]

Bahri was born on 1 January 1907 in Talagang,^[2] near Attock, Punjab, then part of the British Raj.

He obtained his Ph.D. from Panjab University. At some point he migrated to Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and became a professor in the Department of Hindi at the University of Allahabad, where he also earned his Doctor of Letters for his seminal work Hindi Semantics. He occupied that post for over two decades, pursuing academic research in both theoretical and applied linguistics as well as literary criticism.^[1]

He died on 31 March 2000.

Works[edit]

Hardev Bahri (1947). Hindī kī Kavya Śailiyoñ kā Vikās [Development of Poetic Style of Hindi] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1952). Prākŕt aur Uskā Sāhitya [Prakrit and its Literature] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1955). Hindī Sāhitya kī Rūprekhā [Outline of Hindi Literature] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1957). Prasād Sāhitya Koś [Collection of Prasad's Literature] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1958). Prasād Kavya Vivecan [Investigation of Prasad's Poetry] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1958). Śabda Siddhi [Word Perfection] (in Hindi).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
— (1959). Hindi Semantics (Thesis). Allahabad: Bharati Press Publications.
— (1962). Lahndi Phonology (With special reference to Awáṇkárí). Allahabad.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
— (1981). Bhojpurī śabda-sampadā.
— (1982). Avadhī śabda-sampadā.
— (1989). Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary]. Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.^[3]
— (2011). Teach yourself Panjabi. Patiala: Punjabi University.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 325. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
↑ Sahitya Akademi, ed. (1961). Who's Who Of Indian Writers. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 21.
↑ Shapiro, Michael C (1983). "On Hindi Dictionaries and Related Matters". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 103 (4): 749–754. doi:10.2307/602233. JSTOR 602233.

[Chaturvedi-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 325. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

[2] Sahitya Akademi, ed. (1961). Who's Who Of Indian Writers. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 21.

[3] Shapiro, Michael C (1983). "On Hindi Dictionaries and Related Matters". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 103 (4): 749–754. doi:10.2307/602233. JSTOR 602233.

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