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Bhojpuri Dictionary
Bhojpuri – Hindi Dictionary
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Toby Anderson
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Introduction
The largest population of Bhojpuri reside in India, over 37,800,000 (2001 census). The region of India in which they are
located is Assam state; Bihar state: Champaran, Saran, and Shahabad districts; Delhi; Jharkhand state: Palamau and
Ranchi districts; Madhya Pradesh state; Uttar Pradesh state: Azamgarh, Ballia, Basti, Deoria, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur,
Mirzapur, and Varanasi districts; West Bengal state.
Some Bhojpuri have moved to Nepal, Mauritius, and Suriname as well as other countries. The total number of speakers
in all countries surpasses 39,605,300. The number of mother-tongue speakers of Bhojpuri total 39,445,300. In some of
these countries, the Bhojpuri dialects are dying out.
The Ethnologue code for Bhojpuri is bho. The linguistic classification for Bhojpari is Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-
Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bihari. Dialects of Bhojpari include: Northern Standard Bhojpuri (Basti, Gorakhpuri,
Sarawaria), Western Standard Bhojpuri (Benarsi, Purbi), Southern Standard Bhojpuri (Kharwari), Bhojpuri Tharu,
Madhesi, Domra, Musahari. The extent of dialect variation in India and Nepal not yet determined. The Bhojpuri Tharu
dialect is spoken by the Tharu caste in Nepal and India. This dialect is distinct from other Tharu languages.
The autonym is written भोजपुरी (pronounced: Bhōjpurī). Outsiders call them by other names: Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri,
Deswali, Khotla, and Piscimas.
The Bhojpuri language is used for a variety of media: literature, newspapers, periodicals, radio, TV, videos. Materials
written in the language include a grammar, texts, and the New Testament. The Devanagari and Kaithi scripts are used.
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Foreword
We are grateful to all those who have contributed time and resources to the development of the Bhojpuri language. Thank
you to everyone who offered words and definitions for this dictionary.
This is an ongoing work that will be improved with the help of all who can give us suggestions and comments. Please use
the Contact Us page. Thank you.
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Credits & acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Bhojpuri for their help in developing this dictionary. We appreciate the time spent creating
definitions and finding semantic domain categories. We also accept help from those who can further improve this
dictionary.
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The Bhojpuri Alphabet
There are 45 symbols:
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऎ ऒ औ क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण ड़ ढ़ त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह
The Bhojpuri-to-Hindi part of the dictionary is arranged alphabetically according to the above order.
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Abbreviations
adj. adjective adv. adverb
conj. conjunction dem. demonstrative
esp. especially Euph. euphemism
interj. interjection interrog. interrogative
Lit: literally loc. locative
n. noun num. number
Pl: plural pro. pronoun
Sg: singular s.b. somebody
sp. species s.t. something
Syn: synonym v. verb
Var: variant
Note: In the English definitions all references to he, him, his etc. should also be taken to refer to she, her, hers etc.
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Dictionary Entries explained
The entries in this Bhojpuri-Hindi dictionary consist of a headword in Bhojpuri in bold followed by a definition in Hindi.
Then the semantic domain number and category is given. The semantic domain category is a link to other words in that
category.
अँगुिल हाथ अऊरी गोङ के अँगूरी (sem. domains: 2.1.3.3 - हाथ की उँगली, पाँव की उँगली.)
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Grammar
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; gender (masculine/feminine for animate nouns); content q-word in situ; clause
constituents indicated by both case-marking (3 cases) and word order; verbal affixation marks person, number and
genders of subject and object; no ergativity; tense and aspect; non-tonal; 34 consonant and 6 vowel phonemes, about 4
diphthongs; stress on penultimate syllable.
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Bhojpuri - Hindi
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऎ ऒ औ क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण ड़
ढ़ त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह
अ
अलगे कइल बाप बेटा से अलग हो गइल (sem. domains: 7.5.1.1 - अलग करना, फै लाना.)
अिभले ना (sem. domains: 8.4.6.4.2 - अभी तक नही.ं)
अबेर (sem. domains: 8.4.5.3.3 - िवलंब, 8.4.5.3.4 - देरी.)
अबे (sem. domains: 8.4.6.2.1 - हाल ही म�, 8.4.6.3.1 - अभी, 8.4.6.4.1 - शी�.)
अनाथ जेकर के � ना होके (sem. domains: 4.1.9.4 - अनाथ.)
अंदाज (sem. domains: 8.1.5.8.1 - अनुमान.)
अँगुिल हाथ अऊरी गोङ के अँगूरी (sem. domains: 2.1.3.3 - हाथ की उँगली, पाँव की उँगली.)
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