A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs contains about twelve hundred Kashmiri proverbs and sayings used very frequently in day to day Kashmiri speech, and in writing. The proverbs in Kashmiri are provided in Devanagari and Roman transcriptions, followed by literal translations, simple explanations, and equivalents, wherever possible, in English. The Students and teachers of Kashmiri language, literature, culture, and folklore will find this book quite useful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Omkar N. Koul
Dr. Omkar N. Koul is Chairman of the Indian Institute of Language Studies. He has held the positions of Director, and Professor-cum-Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, Professor of LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and Principal of Northern Regional Language center, Patiala. His publications related to Kashmiri language and linguistics include Linguistics Studies in Kashmiri (1977), Kashmiri: A Socio linguistics Survey (co-author), 1983), An intensive Course in Kashmsiri (1985), Spoken Kashmiri: A Language Course (1987), An Intermediate Course in Kashmiri (1995), Kashmiri: A Descriptive-Cognitive Grammar (co-author, 1997), Kashmiri Language Linguistics and Culture: An Annotated Bibliography (2000) and a large number of papers.
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