A Dictionary Of The Pukkhto Or Pukshto Language

About the Book:-In compiling this Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language (Pukkhto-English and English-Pukkhto), the author has experienced considerable difficulty in deciding upon the words of foreign origin—principally Arabic and Persian, but still of common use in the Pukkhto—that should find a place in these pages. As a rule, words of the Arabic and Persian that are used in an unaltered form in the Pukkh to have been omitted, excepting only those of very common or general use; for to have given place to all the words of those languages used in an unchanged form by Pukkhtun authors, would have added unnecessarily to the bulk of the work without, in return, being of any practical utility in the study of the language, since their use is almost solely confined to literary works or to discussions on theological subjects. Of the words purely Pukkhto the most, it will be observed, are derived from the Persian, from which country, indeed, the Afghans appear to have derived most of their literature. In most instances he has endeavoured to point out their sources in those languages, by quoting in brackets with each word the original form from which it may be derived, with a preceding capital letter for the initial of the language to which each belongs. About the Author:-Henry Walter Bellew MRCP was an Indian-born British medical officer who worked in Afghanistan. He wrote several books based on his explorations in the region during the course of his army career and also studied and wrote on the languages and culture of Afghanistan. He was with the Bengal Army, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and was posted along with Harry Burnett Lumsden and Peter Lumsden on the 1857 mission to Afghanistan. He was in Mardan with the Corps of Guides in the 1860s, and was then in Peshawar as a civil surgeon. He was appointed political officer at Kabul. During the 1857 rebellion, he was in Afghanistan and when he visited Kandahar along with the Lumsdens there were questions on whether the three should be put to death from the son of Dost Mohammad Ghulam Hyder. Bellew's work in treating sick and injured Afghans however ensured that the three were spared. The Title 'A Dictionary Of The Pukkhto Or Pukshto Language written/authored/edited by H. W. Bellew', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121242974 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 371 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in PUSHTO, English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 21.59 x 27.94 cms Vol:-