Shabdkosh Windows 8 App Privacy Policy

The Shabdkosh Windows 8 app (the “app”) transmits information about users such as their IP address, their access and time of such access of Shabdkosh.com online dictionary or locally installed data/files. The server(s) from which such services are provided may also record the queries searched. The search queries, frequency of searches and the user agent activity is monitored to detect systematic copying of content, which is considered violation of copyright.

At no time and under no circumstance is any available personally identifiable information of the users (registered or otherwise) is shared with 3rd parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes. 

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you use the app. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, visit Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Specifically, Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to the users of this site based on their visit to this site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

The app also provides advertising from Microsoft Advertising program. Please refer to https://choice.microsoft.com for Microsoft Corporation’s privacy policy for the advertisements you may see in this app.

BBC mentions Shabdkosh.com

The British Broadcasting Company has identified Shabdkosh.com as a leading English Hindi dictionary by mentioning it on their Hindi language page.

Shabdkosh.com is the only site BBC has listed on the Hindi page that you can see here.

Feb 01, 2013

Now, we complete your words

Today, we launch another first in Indian language dictionaries - bilingual auto-complete feature that enables quick and easy searching in English, Hindi and other Indian languages. 

Now, you can just start typing English words or Hindi words using phonetic spelling, and you will see a list of possible words. Just use keyboard or mouse to select that word and you will get results. Or, if you are used to just pasting words to search, you can continue to do that as well. And yes, it works for all Indian regional languages too!

As always, please let us know any feedback you may have using the contact form. We hope you will find this feature useful.

Mar 11, 2012

Trademark

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the “Trademarks”) displayed on shabdkosh.com, shabdkosh.in and m.shabdkosh.com (Web Site) are registered and unregistered trademarks of its affiliates and others. You can view trademarks owned related to this Web Site by on Trademarkia at this link: http://www.trademarkia.com/shabdkosh-85513305.html Nothi.ng contained on this Web Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this Web Site without the written permission of or such third party that may own the trademark displayed on this Web Site. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this Web Site, or any other content on this Web Site, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.

Shabdkosh.com recommended by Microsoft

Microsoft has recommended Shabdkosh.com as the top resource for Hindi/English dictionary. 

In its Hindi language style guide, Microsoft has recently listed Shabdkosh.com as the top resource for Hindi/English dictionary. This style guide is useful for those localizing English language software or other software and web products in Hindi. We take it as a recognition of our work! 

Dec 25, 2011

Shabdkosh.com is on Facebook

Please visit Shabdkosh on Facebook. From now on, we also publish our popular Word of the Day column on Facebook.

If you click “Like” on our Facebook page, you will see Word of the Day entries in your Facebook feed. 

Apr 28, 2011

Shabdkosh.com IE Search Accelerator

Internet Explorer Search Accelerator for Shabdkosh is available now. You are welcome to try it now !

We hope it will be useful if you are a user of Internet Explorer. This is courtesy one of our users Ramesh Kumar. 

Mar 08, 2011

Install Shabdkosh.com IE Accelerator

One of our enthusiastic users has developed a Shabdkosh.com search Accelerator for Internet Explorer. With this Accelerator, you can select a word and search in Shabdkosh directly from another web site. Read more for simple installation process.

What is Internet Explorer Accelerator?

Internet Explorer Accelerators are a form of selection-based search which allow a user to invoke an online service from any other page using only the mouse introduced by Microsoft in Internet Explorer 8 and 9.

System Requirements

Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9 is required to install this Search Accelerator.

How it works?

When we select textual information on a web page, a menu comes us with “Define with Shabdkosh” as an option. Choosing this option allows to search selected text or word within Shabdkosh.com in a single click.

Installation

Please click the button below (it is visible only in Internet Explorer 8 or 9 browsers).

The button looks like this button in the image below.

Usage

Select any word in a web page. A blue icon appears. Click on the blue icon and it will have an “Define with Shabdkosh” option. Select that option and it will open Shabdkosh.com showing results with the selected word.

Please let us know if you have difficulty using it. Thank you!

Credits

This IE Search Accelerator is brought to you by Ramesh Kumar.

Hindi Audio Pronunciations

We are pleased to announce that Hindi audio pronunciations are also available now!

In the middle of 2008, Shabdkosh was the first online English Hindi Dictionary to provide English audio pronunciations. Now, you can also listen to Hindi pronunciations. To use this feature, just click on the “speaker” icon near Hindi meanings.

The Hindi audio pronunciation is also available when you search for Hindi words.

If you have feedback, please feel free to contact us.

Feb 06, 2011

Future Plans and Known Issues

We are aware of following issues with the mobile site.

• Hindi display issues with ‘व्र’ and ‘कै’. This is due to technical issues related to Hindi display in Apple iOS.

We are also working to provide missing features.

• Hindi keyboard
• Dictionary links from Hindi meanings

If you find issues with the way this site looks and works on your phone, please tell us about it along with the brand name and model number of the phone.

Your feedback is sincerely appreciated!

Shabdkosh Mobile Site

We are happy to inform that Shabdkosh site for mobile devices is now live. Please visit http://m.shabdkosh.com.

The mobile site will work on mobile phones that have a web browser with Hindi Unicode support.



A typical result page for dictionary search is shown in the screenshot below.

It has been tested to work on the iPod, iPad and iPhone. It may not work on older Android and Blackberry mobiles because of unavailability of Hindi font.
Please let us know if you have difficulty using it on your mobile device that supports Hindi. We look forward to your feedback!

Jan 15, 2011

Changes to contribute interface

The contribution interface from home page resulted in some incorrect votes and translations. To prevent this, users from now on will have go to contribute section of the site to add/review new translation pairs. This will ensure that only keen users will contribute.

Dec 13, 2010

Changes to home page

We have just completed some changes to the home page. Now, you can see the Quote and Word of the Day from main page. You can also contribute and review contributions from home page.

1. Quote of the Day and Word of the Day are now on front page.
2. You can review the contributions from home page itself. If you are logged in, your reviews are also recorded in your account.
3. You can contribute Indian language meanings/translations from home page. To enter a Indian language meaning, just type in English and press space. It will show the Indian language version. For example, typing namaste and SPACE will make it “नमस्ते”!
4. The contribute section has been redesigned. Please take a look.

If you have any feedback, please let us know.

Nov 08, 2010

Inviting writers in regional languages

To extend the popular “Quote of the Day” and “Word of the Day” columns to Indian languages beyond Hindi, we would like to invite interested individuals.

To be considered, you must meet following criteria.

1. Ability to type in Unicode in the language you are interested in and familiarity with computers and internet.
2. Ability to complete the work in time with no compromise on quality.
3. Passion for the Indian language(s) you are interested to write in.

If you are interested, please send an email with brief background information about you as well as a sample Quote/Word of the Day in the regional language of your choice. You can see the Hindi Quote/Word of the Day and prepare your composition in a similar manner.

Those selected will be notified by email and we can negotiate compensation for your services. Thank you!

Apr 16, 2010

Pronunciation in regional languages

Based on popular demand, we now have pronunciation information in Hindi as well as in other Indian languages!

Mar 08, 2010

હાર્દિક સ્વાગત!

આ સાઈટ અંગ્રેજી થી ગુજરાતી અને ગુજરાતી થી અંગ્રેજી ની સુવિધા ઉપલબ્ધ કરે છે.  નવેમ્બર ૨૦૦૩ માં સ્થાપિત, રોજ ના હજારો વાચકગણ આ સગવડ નો લાભ માણે છે.  આપ ગુજરાતી અને અંગ્રેજી ના અર્થ આ સાઈટ પર શોધી શકશો.  આપનું યોગદાન આ સાઈટ ને સફળ બનાવવા માં સાથ આપશે.

సుస్వాగతము!

ఈ సైట్ ఆంగ్లేయం నుంచి తెలుగుకి మరియు తెలుగు నుంచి ఆంగ్లేయానికి అనువాదపరుచు నిఘంటువు. ఇది 2003 లో ఆరంభం జరిగినప్పటి నుంచి వేల మంది ప్రతి రోజు ఈ సైట్ని ఉపయోగించుకుంటున్నారు. ఇక్కడ తెలుగు మరియు ఆంగ్లేయ పదాలకు అర్థాలు లభించును. మీరు ఈ నిఘంటువుని మెరుగుపరచటానికి సహాయపడతారని ఆశిస్తున్నాము.

More Languages

After six years as a English-Hindi dictionary, we are now extending this site to other Indian languages. Over time, we will continue to make these dictionaries better. As always, we welcome your feedback!

Jan 25, 2010

सुस्वागत

ही वेब-साइट मराठीतून इंग्रजीत आणि इंग्रजीतून मराठीत अनुवाद करते. नवेंबर २००३ च्या शुभारंभापासून आज पर्यंत या साइट चा दर दिवशी हजारो लोकांनी अनुभव घेतला आहे. आपण ही या साइट वर इंग्रजी आणि मराठी शब्दांचे अर्थ शोधा. आणि आम्हाला ही डिक्षनरी अजून ही चांगली बनवण्या साठी सहाय्य करा. धन्यवाद!

வணக்கம்!

இது ஒரு அகராதிக்கான இணையம். இதில் ஆங்கிலம் மற்றும் தமிழ் மொழியில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும்  வார்த்தைகளுக்கான பொருள் கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மேலும் ஆங்கிலத்திலிருந்து தமிழிலும் மற்றும் தமிழிலிருந்து ஆங்கிலத்திலும் மொழி பெயர்க்கலாம். 2003 நவம்பர் மாதத்திலிருந்து இயங்கி வரும் இந்த இணையத்தை ஆயிரக்கணக்கான மக்கள் தினந்தோறும் பயன்படுத்தி வருகின்றனர். உங்களையும் இந்த இணையத்தை பயன்படுத்தி அகராதியை மேன்மேலும் சிறப்படையச் செய்யுமாறு வேண்டிக் கொள்கிறோம்.

Urdu contributions

Many of the recent contributions are English-Urdu translation pairs. While we adore Urdu as a language, please be aware that this dictionary is an English-Hindi dictionary. So, please only contribute those Urdu words that are regularly used in Hindi speaking areas. And while doing so, please indicate Urdu as the language of origin of the word you are contributing. We hope you will help make this distinction!

Jan 12, 2010

Hindi Voice Pronunciations

We are starting to get contributions for Hindi pronunciation. You can listen to new contributions here and help in approval process. If you want to contribute, you are welcome to do so.

Dec 08, 2009

Shabdkosh.com - Then, and Now

This site started in November 2003 as a dictionary with not even a domain name! Then, it got its own domain

Here is how it looked at that time.

It was one of the leading Hindi language sites in the world to use latest web technologies and present Hindi text in Unicode format. Then, traffic started to grow and it went through a redesign. In late 2004, it got a new look and some new features.

The site saw continuous rise in the number of visitors, especially from India. We had to increase server capacity and along with that, refreshed the look and feel of the site once again. In 2006, we introduced an online virtual keyboard for Hindi typing. Again, this was among very few sites to have the virtual keyboard and Hindi typing facility built into the interface.

To enhance the database, we sought help from our users. This led to the development of contribute interface.

In 2009, there was a complete revamp which took a long time to develop. The site was moved to dedicated servers and redesigned for performance to support millions of searches every month.

This is what is online right now! 

Oct 04, 2009

Serving users in over 100 cities in India

This site serves users from over a hundred cities in India. The way our user base is spread out shows the cosmopolitan nature of Hindi speakers. Several cities in the Southern part of India have a significant number of users.

It is also evident the large parts of central India and western India have hardly any Internet penetration. Most rural areas have near zero Internet penetration. Given that India has only 45 million Internet users, it is hardly surprising. It is less than 5% of the population!

Oct 02, 2009

First week of site transition

In the first week of transition to the new look of Shabdkosh, we got a lot of emails.

A large number of users from India, Australia, UAE, USA and other countries complained about the change in the Hindi input facility. User convenience is top priority for us and so, we have brought the features back! You would now see the two most popular keyboard interfaces

There were some minor issues in using the Contribute system on Internet Explorer 8. We have corrected that also.

Next, in some older browsers, the search form was not displaying correctly. That is also corrected. If you still see issues (for example, in IE6 which we are unable to test), please let us know.

As usual, if you like this site, please recommend it to others.

Sep 27, 2009

Oxford Hindi English Dictionary

The Oxford Hindi English Dictionary is a very good dictionary published by the Oxford University Press.

The author of this dictionary is R. S. McGregor and it is published by the Oxford University Press. The ISBN number of this book is 019864339X.

Oxford English Hindi Dictionary

This is very good quality dictionary published by the Oxford University Press.

Author: S K Verma, R.N. Sahai

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0195648196

Hindi Learning Resources

Here are some links to the web that might be of interest to you.

 
• A Door Into Hindi -Hindi Lessons    
  Very useful site developed at North Carolina State University. It has lot of multimedia content.
 
• Hindi Language and Literature Links    
  A great site about Hindi and has a good collection of links to other sites on the internet. Site is developed at University of Colorado by Yashwant Malaiya.
 
• Hindi at University of Pennsylvania    
  This site is based on the Hindi language program at University of Pennsylvania.

English Hindi Dictionary by Kamil Bulke

Fr. Kamil Bulke created very good dictionary. More details are available here.

Author: Fr. Kamil Bulke

ISBN: 0828811318

Shabdanjali with StarDict

Here is a English-Hindi dictionary that you can install on the computer and do not need to be online to search meanings. It is a very good dictionary.

This dictionary is a combined package of StarDict (a free dictionary software under GPL) and Shabdajali. Shabdanjali has been developed by the Language Technology Research Center at Indian Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, India.

Download shabdanjali.zip

To download the StarDict source code (not applicable to most users), please see http://stardict.sourceforge.net.

The students practical dictionary

This is the public domain dictionary ‘The Students Practical Dictionary’, fifth edition, compiled by Ram Narain Lal in 1936.

Download eng-hin.pdf

Shabdanjali - English Hindi Dictionary

This is the Shabdanjali Dictionary that is licensed under GPL. Once you download this file to your computer, it can be opened using WinZip (or some other program that can read Zip files). There will be one file for each alphabet and that will have words, meanings and example sentences.

Download eng-hindi-dict-utf8.zip

How to use the search on this site?

The search box is a powerful way to search dictionary entries. You only need to type in your query in Hindi or in English. There is no need to use any signs like ‘+’ or "AND" to create search strings. If there is a space in your query, then just give space.

When you perform a search, then the search system looks for an exact match. If it cannot find any match, it tried to seek other matches that may be closely related to your search.

During search, the search engine also looks for words that sound or are spelled similar to your query. On the result page, it shows some of the such words with their translations. You can click on any of these suggested words to see the meaning.

If you wish to know more, please let us know by writing to us.

How to get Hindi to work on computer?

The Hindi text on this site is generated in Unicode (UTF

-8). If you can read the following sentence, then your computer/operating system is unicode compliant and you should not have any problem using this site.

हिन्दी भारत की राष्ट्र भाषा है।

If you cannot view the Hindi sentence above, the following suggestions may be helpful.

Windows 2000/XP

If you have Windows 2000 or a more modern version of Windows, the support for Unicode is built in. If you can not see the Hindi sentence above, you should go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Options. In the General tab, set all the languages you may want to display. Depending on which languages you set, you will be able to process multilingual data through all your applications, including your browser. This adds fonts as well as system support for these languages. The Arial Unicode MS font works well with this site. The picture below show the windows through which Input Locales and Language Settings can be configured in Windows 2000.

Having Internet Explorer will give you less problems with Windows operating systems. However, Mozilla also works fine with Unicode encoded multilingual web pages.

Windows 98 and older

If you have Windows 98 or an older version, it might be useful to visit the Unicode Consortium’s help pages on display problems. It seems that users with less technical background may find it easier to just upgrade their operating systems and web-browsers though it may not be the cheapest alternative.

Mac

In MAC OS X and later versions have Unicode support is built in and there should be no problems. For MAC OS 9.x, try using the Installation CD to install language packs.

UNIX

With the XFree86 version 4.0 and above, Unicode fonts should be already installed. On a typical system running RedHat 8.0 and above with the web browser version supplied with the OS, Unicode fonts should work without any problems. Please see Unicode Display problems page for details.

Can I print words and meanings?

Unfortunately, there is no support for nicely formatted printing at this time. You may copy/paste content to any Unicode friendly word processor (like MS Word, Notepad etc.) and then print the words/meanings you want. The English Hindi dictionary is continously being improved. You may find printing support available in future.

Can I get some search tips?

Here are some search tips:

 
• Type the search query and press ENTER key. You need not click on the Search Dictionary button to start search.
 
• You can use Unicode Hindi to search Hindi words. If the search fails,try to use fragments of the word. That might be useful if there is a spelling mismatch.
 
• If searching multiple words, try to search individual words. That is more reliable than searching a phrase.

How to enter Hindi meaning in contribute form?

You can enter hindi meaning by typing the hindi word in English if you are using the transliteration facility. This facility is provided so that you can enter Hindi text without requiring special software.

There are few things to note. Hindi text entry will work properly only on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

If you need more help, please send us email.

How to contribute?

We invite you to participate in improving this dictionary and in creation of the best English/Hindi dictionary in the world. Your contribution will add to the vocabulary of the dictionary and will benefit other users.

The contribute system provides a collaborative interface to improve the dictionary by sharing the knowledge of our users. Interested users can suggest translations. These suggestions are then opened to other users for voting and for corrections/improvements. When 10 votes are received by a submission, it is assumed to be correct and is added to the dictionary. When a submission is edited by other user, it is also opened for voting. Eventually, the correct translation will receive enough votes and that will become part of the dictionary. Over time, we believe that it will help in the growth of dictionary and ensure quality at the same time.

Here are some of the ways in which you can help this dictionary:

Vote on existing translations that other users have contributed

By voting on an existing translation, you can approve submissions from other users. When the number of votes is at least 10, the entry is considered verified. Users are only allowed to vote once per user and once per computer.

Correct or improve upon the existing entries contributed by other users

Any unverified entry that is already there can be modified to improve it. The modified/edited entry becomes another possible option that people can vote on. Generally, only one of the possible suggested translations will win in the voting process. The winning entry becomes a verified entry in the dictionary. The one that does not win is not open for voting anymore.

Add new entries for words/phrases that are not there in the dictionary at present

You can also start a new entry by entering the English/Hindi translation. When you add a new entry, it is open to other for voting and for editing. When your submission receives at least 10 votes, it becomes part of the dictionary.

Complete Hindi translation for requested entries

There are thousands of words that still need Hindi translation. These words have been searched for but we did not have any proper match on these searches. You can help in completing these entries. When you suggest a translation for any of these, it also is opened for voting by other users.

If you decide to help with this effort, we suggest that you register yourself. It takes less than five minutes and will make it possible for you to track the voting process for your contributions. 

Finally, we must say that the collaborative system works properly only in an environment of trust. So, we request you to help us achieve that. Needless to say, we do monitor the internet addresses from where activity on the sites originates. At best, any attempt to cause harm to the system will result in blockage of that computer or user. We hope that we will not have to do any of that.

We welcome you to participate in building the collaborative dictionary!

Site Redesign and Community Features

We have just completed re-designing this site. Here are some of the key changes:

 
• Redesign of the contribution interface
 
• Forums for help with translations and language learning
 
• Easier transliteration input for Hindi
 
• Regularly published Word of the Day column
 
• New content in the Quote of the Day column
 
• Better server for faster performance
 
• Updated member profile interface

Please tell us what you think. Your feedback is always appreciated!

Sep 03, 2009

Future Goals

Today, this online dictionary is one of the top sites for Indian language reference. However, we believe that there is a lot of potential for improvement. We hope that with the help of our knowledgeable users, we can make lot of improvement in the quality of this dictionary. So, we have developed an interface that allows interested users to contribute to the dictionary using an easy interface. It is our hope that with the help of knowledgeable individuals around the world, especially in India, this will become the richest English Hindi dictionary in the world. Depending on how good the collaborative efforts are, we also plan to start releasing the dictionary for download. That will let us give the results of collaborative efforts back to the user community and ultimately, help the users and learners of Hindi.

Background and Motivation

The online English Hindi dictionary started as a small project with an aim to just make a website in Hindi. Dictionary was chosen as an application because there was no good quality online dictionary at the time and also because making a dictionary involves lot of challenge. The first version was a very simple site with about 15,000 words from the public domain dictionary compiled by Ram Narain Lal in 1936. Over time, the vocabulary was improvised and today it has tens of thousands of words. This site has grown in popularity because of its easy interface and strong vocabulary database. And we stay committed to improving it continuously.

What is this site about

This website debuted in 2003 as an attempt to provide users with easy access to a English-Hindi dictionary. We remain committed to the goal of making it one of the finest reference sites for Indian languages. Starting with a very humble site that was first announced in an online Hindi forum, today this site serves English and Hindi meanings to users in over 180 countries!

Links to Third Party Sites

This Web site contains links to other Web sites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by the owners of the Web site. No responsibility is accepted for the content of those sites. These links are provided for your convenience only, and the material on these sites is not necessarily endorsed.

Disclaimer of Liability

Great efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this Web site, but this does not guarantee that there are no errors. The documents and information provided on this Web site may contain technical inaccuracies and typographical errors. The information provided may at times be out of date or inaccurate. The content of this website may be modified without notice. No claims, promises or warranties, express or implied, are made about the accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of any material on this Web site. No claims, promises or warranties, express or implied, are made about the reliability of the access to this Web site. No liability of any description is accepted, including liability for negligence, for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages or losses (including but not limited to loss of business, revenue, profits, or consequential loss) resulting from the use of or the inability to use this Web site. Liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this Web site is expressly disclaimed. No liability is accepted for any failure to keep the information in these documents up-to-date, and no responsibility is accepted for keeping the information in these documents up-to-date. The material in this Web site does not constitute advice and you should not rely on any material in this Web site to make (or refrain from making) any decision or take (or refrain from taking) any action. Nothing that can have an adverse effect on the User

Shabdkosh.com Website Privacy Policy

The http://www.shabdkosh.com web site or its alternative website such as m.shabdkosh.com (the “web site”) records information about registered users such as their username, password, email, their activities on the user forums and messages sent to owners of the website and to other users. This web site also records the IP address and/or username of users that contribute/vote or use the contribute system in the collaborative dictionary. The server(s) on which this web site is hosted also records the IP address and surfing activity (including but not limited to the queries searches in the dictionary). The search queries, frequency of searches and the user agent (browser, automated browsing software, spiders) activity is monitored to detect systematic copying of content (which is considered violation of copyright). At no time and under no circumstance is any available personally identifiable information of the users (registered or otherwise) is shared with 3rd parties for commercial gain.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, visit Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Specifically, Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to the users of this site based on their visit to this site and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Copyright

Unless otherwise specified, the copyright in the contents of all of the documents on this Web site is owned by the owner(s) of the domains of the Web site and all rights are reserved. Title to copyright in the contents of all of the documents on this Web site will at all times remain with the copyright owner. Users are permitted to copy some material for their personal use as private individuals only. No part of the data is to be republished either on another Web site or in any other medium, print, electronic or otherwise, or as part of any commercial service, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. If you require any further information on permitted use, then please use the contact form.

Terms of Use

These terms and conditions (the ‘Terms’) govern your use of any or all of the documents that comprise the Web sites known as shabdkosh.com and/or shabdkosh.org (the “Web site”). Please read through the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, then do not use the Web site. If you do use the Web site, then your use indicates that you agree to be bound by the Terms. Changes may be made in these terms and conditions at any time and without notice; users are bound by such revisions and should therefore visit this page periodically to review the current Terms and Conditions.

quote 20090121

quote 20090119

quote 20090118

quote 20090112

WordNet 3.0 from Princeton University

We also use WordNet 3.0 database for development of the Hindi dictionary. Below are the license terms of the Princeton University.

WordNet Release 3.0

This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Princeton University under the following license.  By obtaining, using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.:

Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with the following copyright notice and statements, including the disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and documentation, including modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.  All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software and/or database.  Title to copyright in this software, database and any associated documentation shall at all times remain with Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same. 

Individual Contributors

Several people have helped increase the vocabulary in this dictionary. We gratefully acknowledge their contribution and are thankful to them for permitting us to offer their work to our users.

Mr. Nitin Desai and Mr. Malhotra

About 6500 words in the English to Hindi dictionary have been contributed by Mr. V K Malhotra (London, UK) and by Mr. Nitin Desai (Mumbai, India).

WordNet 2.1 from Princeton University

In the English to Hindi dictionary provided on this site, the efficiency of search is improved by morphological processing on user queries. The morphological processing algorithms have been implemented as described in the WordNet 2.1 documentation. The exception tables (a part of Morphy - WordNet

This software and database is being provided to you, the LICENSEE, by Princeton University under the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this software and database, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply with these terms and conditions.: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you agree to comply with the following copyright notice and statements, including the disclaimer, and that the same appear on ALL copies of the software, database and documentation, including modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution.

WordNet 2.1 Copyright 2005 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. THIS SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT- ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE, DATABASE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. The name of Princeton University or Princeton may not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software and/or database. Title to copyright in this software, database and any associated documentation shall at all times remain with Princeton University and LICENSEE agrees to preserve same.

Public Domain work of Shri Ram Narain Lal

We started off the dictionary with help from the dictionary compiled by Shri Ram Narain Lal, "Student’s Practical Dictionary", published in 1936. This work is now in public domain and is also available for download from this website and several other places on the internet.

Can I buy print edition?

This dictionary is currently available for online use only. Print edition is not planned at present.

Is it possible to download this dictionary?

This dictionary is intended only for online use at present. While this dictionary is not available for download, we have some other dictionaries that you can download. These dictionaries are in public domain or under GPL license.

quote 20090106

आपका स्वागत है!

इस अंग्रेज़ी हिन्दी अंग्रेज़ी शब्दकोश में आप आसानी से हिन्दी और अंग्रेज़ी शब्दों के अर्थ ढूंढ सकते हैं। नवम्बर 2003 में आरम्भित इस शब्दकोश का आज लाखों लोग उपयोग करते हैं।

Welcome!

The word ‘Shabdkosh’ is the Romanized spelling of the Hindi word for ‘Dictionary’. This site provides an English to Hindi Dictionary as well as a Hindi to English Dictionary. We invite you to help make this dictionary better!

After six years of serving Hindi users, this dictionary has now extended to other Indian languages. Over time, we will continue to make the dictionary better.

laudable

Online English Hindi Dictionaries

Here is a selection of English Hindi dictionaries on the internet.

Shabdkosh.com

Shabdkosh.com is one of the few online English Hindi dictionaries that has powerful search system and is rapidly growing! This is also the top ranked (by Google, Yahoo and Live Search) English Hindi dictionary site in the world. It supports both English to Hindi and Hindi to English searches. For help with pronunciation, it has audio playback facility for English words.

Digital Library at University of Chicago

Digital Library, University of Chicago provides Platt

Hindi News Websites

In recent years, many prominent Hindi news organizations have improved their online presence. From the unreadable and non-standard fonts, we now have several quality standard compliant sites. Here is a list of some of them.

Dainik Bhaskar

Dainik Bhaskar (meaning Daily Sun) is one of the fastest growing Hindi newspaper in Northern India.

Patrika

The Rajasthan Patrika (more commonly known as Patrika) is a popular newspaper in north west of India. The online version is now in Unicode.

Pratahkal

Pratahkal (meaning

quote 20081017

Who created this site

This site was conceptualized, designed and implemented by Maneesh Soni in late 2003. He created this site out of passion for Hindi language and for the internet as an enabling technology. His other interests include photography, art, travel, tinkering and flying small planes. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India where he studied Electrical Engineering.