Dictionary of the Mahratta Language - Societ

Informationen zum Autor William Carey (1761-1834) was born in Northampton, England and raised in the Church of England. He adopted Baptist views early in life eventually becoming a Baptist pastor. Sailing from England in 1793 as the first commissioned missionary by London's Baptist Missionary Society (the society he inspired and helped create), his long missions tenure in India included itinerant evangelism, church planting, social reform, Bible translation and printing, and the founding of the Serampore University, the first university in India to award degrees. Klappentext First published in 1810, this is a dictionary of the Indo-Aryan language Marathi, containing over 9,500 entries with English translations. Zusammenfassung First published in 1810! this is a dictionary of the Indo-Aryan language Marathi. Containing over 9!500 entries in Devanagari script with English translations! it is methodical and concise! with condensed meanings and labelling of the parts of speech. The author's 1805 grammar of Marathi is also reissued in this series. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Mahratta dictionary.

Product details

• Authors: William Carey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9781108056304
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05630-4
• No. of pages: 666
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Marathi, Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General