Nasim Amrohvi

Nasim Amrohvi

Nasim Amrohvi or Naseem Amrohvi (1908–1987) Urdu:نسیم امروہوی, was a renowned Urdu poet, philosopher, and Lexicographer.

Nasim Amrohi's real name was Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi. He was born on August 24, 1908 in Amroha, India. He belonged to the Taqvi Syed family. His father's name was Syed Barjees Hussain Taqvi and mother's name was Syeda Khatoon.

In 1950, he migrated to Pakistan after partition of India and Pakistan, settling in Khairpur. After ten years in 1961 he moved to Karachi. He died on February 28, 1987 in Karachi.

Contents

Work

Nasim Amrohvi was a member of Urdu Lughat Board.

  • Nasim-ul-Lughat

Through a persistent and painstaking effort spread over years, Nasim Amrohvi compiled an Urdu dictionary Nasim-ul-Lughat. For each word Nasim-ul-Lughat provides not only its meaning, its usage, its related proverbs but also the verses containing it.

See also

External links

References

  • Aziz, Mehrunnisa (2007) Pakistan Literature and Naseem Amrohvi - A Social Study. PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • http://eprints.hec.gov.pk/2595/

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nasim — Nassim (Arabic: نسیم‎) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nassim or Nesim, is a male or female Arabic given name meaning breeze , gentle wind الهواء العليل or fragrant air . It may refer to: Nassim is an old persian name (Persian: نسیم) which… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Pakistani poets — This is a list of noted Pakistani poets. compactTOC2 NOTOC A*A. Waliuddin *Abbas Rizvi *Abdul Latif Bhitai *Abid Ali Abid *Adrian A. Husain *Aftab Iqbal Shamim *Ahfaz ur Rahman *Ahmad Faraz *Ahmad Farooq *Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi *Ahmed Hamdani *Ajmal… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”