Dhruwi shabdakosh of dhruba tribe of bastar (chhattisgarh) /
Piyusa Ranjan Sahoo and Sukrita Tirkey.
- New Delhi : Maya publishing House, 2024.
- xxvi, 214 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
The book 'Dhurwi Shabdakosh' of Bastar, Chhattisgarh is an extensive compilation of words and phrases used in the region where the Gondi language thrives. It stands as a testament to the authors' unwavering dedication, spanning from 2018 to September 2023, to create this invaluable resource. Remarkably, this noble effort was entirely selfless, with the authors refusing any financial compensation. The purpose behind this selfless contribution was to aid the people of Bastar, particularly language learners, by offering a comprehensive collection of everyday words, tense charts, and specialized vocabulary tied to local culture, traditions, and environment. This 'Dhurwi Shabdakosh' serves as a go-to reference book, providing definitions, meanings, Tense chat and translations of Dhurwi words in Hindi and English equivalents. The impact of this trilingual dictionary is vast, benefitting language learners, writers, translators, anthropologists, sociologists, administrators, researchers, social scientists, Dhurwi school students, and local Dhurwi youth job seekers. By allowing users to seamlessly translate between three languages, it promotes cross-cultural communication and eases language learning. The authors' ultimate satisfaction lies in the benefit readers derive from their work.