Oxford English Urdu Dictionary

The bilingual edition of the world's most authoritative lexicon

The Oxford English Urdu Dictionary, compiled and translated by the renowned lexicographer Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, is the bilingual edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary — long regarded as the world's most authoritative English reference. It offers Urdu equivalents for almost 125,000 English words and expressions, published by Oxford University Press across roughly 2,000 pages.

What makes it a serious reference

Beyond simple word-for-word equivalents, the dictionary includes illustrative sentences with their Urdu translations to convey the exact sense of a word or idiom, along with an IPA-based pronunciation guide — and Oxford's typography moves smoothly between Nasta'liq and Roman script so readers can navigate both languages without friction.

Who should own it

Serious students of English, translators, writers, and any Urdu-speaking household that wants a single dictionary capable of settling a genuinely difficult question of meaning will find this the reference edition worth keeping permanently, not replacing.

Related Reading

For a smaller, classroom-sized companion, see the Oxford Elementary Learner's English-Urdu Dictionary.