Urdu Lughat is a 22-volume Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary which was published by the Urdu Dictionary Board under the editorship of Molvi Abdul Haq and others in 1977.

Urdu Lughat
Editors
LanguageUrdu
GenreDictionary
PublishedVolume 1 in 1977

Volume 2 in 1979
Volume 3 in 1981

Volume 4 in 1982
PublisherUrdu Dictionary Board, Karachi
Publication placePakistan

History and format

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Urdu Lughat is composed in the style of the Oxford English Dictionary. It is the most comprehensive, detailed and thick dictionary in the history of Urdu language.[citation needed] It is published by the Urdu Lughat Board, Karachi. The dictionary was edited by the honorary director general of the board Maulvi Abdul Haq who had already been working on an Urdu dictionary since the establishment of the Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, in 1958.[1][2][3]

Urdu Lughat consists of 22 volumes. In 2019, the board prepared a short concise version of the dictionary in 2 volumes. The dictionary also has an internet version and a mobile app with a sound option.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "اُردو فرہنگ نویسی:تعریف،اقسام،روایت ،ارتقا". Tarjeehat (in Urdu). 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "اردو لغت بورڈ کی اردو لغت (تاریخی اصول پر) ابتدائی چار جلدوں کا تحقیقی، لغوی و لسانی جائزہ". Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu - Karachi (in Urdu).
  3. ^ "اردو لغت بورڈ کی اردو لغت (تاریخی اصول پر) پر محقق و مدون رشید حسن خان کے اعتراضات". Imtezaaj, Urdu Research Journal, UOK - Karachi (in Urdu).
  4. ^ "اردو ڈکشنری بورڈ، 22 جلدوں پر مشتمل اردو لغت کا مختصر ورژن تیار". Daily Express News (in Urdu). 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ "اردو لغت کو جدید تقاضوں سے ہم آہنگ کرنے کی ضرورت". BBC Urdu. 1 February 2017.