TNPSC Thervupettagam

New Words in Oxford dictionary

January 27 , 2020 1764 days 1317 0
  • Aadhaar, hartal, dabba and shaadi are among the 26 new Indian-English words that have been made into the latest edition of the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (OALD).
  • These new inclusions take the number of Indian-English words to 384 in the 10th edition of the dictionary which features a staggering 86,000 words.
  • The dictionary chose 'climate emergency' as the Word of the Year 2019.
  • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP) of the United Kingdom.

Leave a Reply

Your Comment is awaiting moderation.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories