OXFORD ENGLISH URDU DICTIONARY:LEXICON OR TRANSLATION?

اوکسفرڈ انگلش اردو ڈکشنری: لغت یا ترجمہ؟

Abstract

Shanul Haq Haqqee is a renowned Urdu linguist, translator, and lexicographer. His career spans over six decades. As a lexicographer, his work is regarded as the best service he has rendered for Urdu. The Oxford English Urdu Dictionary (OEUD) by him is one of the most famous single-volume English-Urdu dictionaries available in Pakistan. This dictionary was published two decades ago, and since then many of its reprints have come, but it was never revised. Similarly, this work has never been reviewed critically. This research article assesses the work and analyzes whether the OEUD is a dictionary or a translation work.