Gondi dictionary of gond-muria tribe of narayanpur (chhattisgarh) koytor polloy (gondi-hindi-english) /
Dr. Sukrita Tirkey and Dr. Piyusa Ranjan Sahoo
- New Delhi : maya publishing house, 2024.
- xxvi, 226 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
The book 'Gondi 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 Gondi Shabdakosh serves as a go-to reference book, providing definitions, meanings, Tense chat and translations of Gondi words in Hindi and English equivalents. The impact of this trilingual dictionary is vast, benefitting language learners, writers, translators, administrators, researchers, anthropologists, sociologists, social scientists, Gondi school students, and local Gond-muria 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.