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{{Infobox book<br />
| name = Farhang e Asifiya<br />
| image = File:Farhang e Asifiya Cover.jpg<br />
| author = [[Syed Ahmad Dehlvi]]<br />
| language = [[Urdu]]<br />
| country = [[British India]]<br />
| caption = Book Cover<br />
| genre = Dictionary<br />
| isbn = 9693507134<br />
| published = May, 1908 (Lahore [[Matba Rifah-i 'Am]])<br />
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'''Farhang-e-Asifiya''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|فرہنگ آصفیہ}}|lit=The Dictionary of Asif}}) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by [[Syed Ahmad Dehlvi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hakala |first1=Walter |title=Negotiating Languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia. |date=2016 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780231178303 |pages=115}}</ref> It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kHhAAAAMAAJ|title=Reference Sources in Modern Indian Languages: A Study on Oriya Language|last=Padhi|first=Pitambara|date=1994|publisher=Gayatridevi Publications|pages=26|language=en}}</ref> It was first published in May, 1908 by Lahore [[Matba Rifah-i 'Am]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/farhangiafiyah01amaduoft|title=Farhang-e- asifiya|last=Amad Dehlvi|first=Syed|publisher=Lahore Matba Rifah-i 'Am|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|year=1908|isbn=9693507134|location=Lahore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5RsDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Linguistics in South Asia|last=Emeneau|first=Murray B.|last2=Fergusson|first2=Charles A.|date=2016-11-21|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110819502|pages=278|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
It was compiled from 1868 to 1898.<ref name=":1" /> This dictionary is believed to be the most comprehensive work of Urdu lexicon.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti|last=Datta|first=Amaresh|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=9788126011940|pages=1042|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Lexicography ==<br />
There were Urdu dictionaries before this, but they described Urdu vocable either in [[Persian language|Persian]] or in [[English language|English]] (because of the emergence of [[British Raj]]). These dictionaries contained mostly common words and idioms and had limited extent. This was the first Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary. During its compilation, Syed Dehlvi’s health worsened and he got into monetary issues. It was only completed with the support of the ruler of [[Hyderabad State|Deccan]], [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI|Mir Mehboob Ali Khan]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/794661|title=Farhang-i-Aasifiya: a dictionary reflecting cultural heritage|last=Parekh|first=Rauf|date=April 29, 2013|website=DAWN|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref><br />
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