Abstract
OGRAPHICAL WORKS OF
PERMANAND MEWA RAM
Abstract
Permanand Mewa Ram (1866-1938) was a very famous author,
editor, compiler and lexicographer of Sindhi language. He also translated
many articles and books from English and Italian languages into Sindhi
language such as Imitation of Christ, The Bible, Lady of Lourdes and
Hero Gulo. Although he did not get any higher educational degree from
any college or university, yet he educated himself and gained a lot of
knowledge of English language and grammar. He studied several books
concerning different aspects of religions and society. He worked as a
very nice teacher some schools and finally engaged himself as an editor
of a fortnightly bi-lingual in English-Sindhi magazine Jot, in 1990,
which he had joined as co-editor of Sindhi section, few years back in
1896. He remained Editor of the magazine till his death in November
1938. He wrote and translated a large number of essays in Sindhi
language. Because of his writing and editing skills, Jot became very
popular in Sindhi society. He compiled two books of selected essays
from Jot named Dil Bahar (in four parts) and Gul Phul (in two parts). He
wrote and translated almost 20 books in Sindhi language including two
dictionaries: The Sindhi-English Dictionary, published in 1910, and A
New English-Sindhi Dictionary, published in 1933. Both dictionaries are
significant lexicographical works of Permanand Mewa Ram. In both of
these dictionaries, he introduced best synonyms of Sindhi language
collected from grass roots of society through firsthand interaction, and made
valuable contribution to the vocabulary of Sindhi language by
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introducing new words, phrases and idioms as compared to earlier
dictionaries of the same type.
In this article, I have put forth an outline of Mr. Mewa Ram’s
works in the literary, journalistic and lexicographical fields.
Rayazat Ali . (2017) An analysis of literary, journalistic and lexicographical works of Permanand Mewa Ram , Karoonjhar Research Journal, Volume 17, Issue-1.
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