Abdul Hamid Bahij

Dr. Abdul Hamid Bahij ډاکټر عبدالحميد بهيج
BornAbdul Hamid
March 6, 1979
Bedmushk, Jaghto district of Wardak province, Afghanistan
OccupationMedical doctor, writer, translator and dictionary writer
LanguagePashto, English, Persian
Alma materKabul Medical University, institute for languages of Quetta
SubjectMedical dictionary, language dictionaries, political dictionary, philosophical dictionary, Islamic learnings, mathematics and science.
Literary movementDanish Publishing Association
Notable worksBahij's English – Pashto dictionary
RelativesGhulam Habib (father) and Khoshdil (grandfather)

Abdul Hamid Bahij (Pashto: ډاکټر عبدالحميد بهيج), is an Afghan medical doctor, writer, translator and dictionary writer.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

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Abdul Hamid Bahij Osmani was born on March 6, 1979, in the village of Bedmushk, Jaghatu district of Wardak province, Afghanistan. As the son of Ghulam Habib and grandson of Khoshdil.

Education

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Hamid gained his primary and secondary educations in the beautiful city of Peshawar. He went for his high education to Kabul Medical University. He gained his doctor from Kabul Medical University in the year 2006. Hamid is now concurrently busy with his study of German language at the Institute of Goethe.

Works

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His dictionary, with around 17,0000 Pashto words into English, is published by the Danish Publishings Association in 2008 and reprinted in 2009.[2]

Published works

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Bahij has published 22 books of which 5 of them are dictionaries.[5] The following list contains some of his published books;

  1. Bahij's Political Dictionary, is a Political English-Pashto dictionary of 410/411 pages and is published in year 2005.[3]
  2. English-Pashto Philosophical Dictionary, is an English-Pashto philosophical dictionary of 323 pages and is published in the year 2005.[1][3]
  3. Bahij's Medical Dictionary, is a medical English-Pashto dictionary of 1206 pages and is published in the year 2006.[3][4]
  4. Medical Terminology, 360 pages.
  5. Da baran pa zhaba (on rains language), based on speeches of Jabrankhel Jabran.
  6. Mathematics and Physical Science, for twelfth class.
  7. Triangle, for eleventh class
  8. Mathematics, for eleventh class.
  9. Dr. Abdul Hamid Bahij and the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan 2008. Pashto-English Dictionary. Kabul: Danish Publishing Association.[6] With over 150 thousands (150000) words.
  10. Bahij English-Pashto Dictionary, 380 pages and published in year 2008.[7]

(Note: All above mentioned books are published by Danish Publishing Association.)

References

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  1. ^ a b Inglisī, Puṣhto falsafe qāmūs. Kabul or Peshawar: Danish Publishing Association. 2005. p. 326. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Dr. Abdul Hamid Bahij and the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan 2008. Pashto-English Dictionary. Kabul: Danish Publishing Association. Provides translations of ~17,000 Pashto words into English (2008). "Pashto dictionaries". The Afghanistan analyst, an online resource for Researching Afghanistan. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "Dictionaries and Language Related, number 67, 68 and 133 on the list" (PDF). shahmbookco.com. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Abdul Hamid Bahij (2011). "Bahij's medical dictionary, English-Pashto, by Abdul Hamid Bahij. Peshawar: Danish Publishing Association, 2006". Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "د يولک او پنځوس زره لغتونو لرونکى انګليسي- پښتوقاموس چاپ شو | Pajhwok Afghan News". Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  6. ^ Amazon [dead link]
  7. ^ "Pashto - English Dictionary - Afghandost.com". www.afghandost.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.