
Tanqeedتنقید
Qawaid-e-Mir (The Rules of Mir)
قواعد میر
by Abdur Rauf Ishrat Lakhnavi خواجہ عبد الرؤوف عشرت لکھنوی
- 10 chapters
- Urdu original · 1 translation
- First two chapters free
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Khwaja Abdur Rauf Ishrat's Qawaid-e-Mir, a short handbook of Urdu usage whose rules, the author says, came down by word of mouth from the poet Mir Taqi Mir through Mir Kallu Arsh and Shaikh Muhammad Jan Shad. A fighting preface on the state of Urdu and the claims of Lucknow, then chapters on the infinitive, the…
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Khwaja Abdur Rauf Ishrat's Qawaid-e-Mir, a short handbook of Urdu usage whose rules, the author says, came down by word of mouth from the poet Mir Taqi Mir through Mir Kallu Arsh and Shaikh Muhammad Jan Shad. A fighting preface on the state of Urdu and the claims of Lucknow, then chapters on the infinitive, the plural, gender, the adjective, metaphor and metonymy, the difference between word, convention, everyday speech and idiom, and the faults of speech and taste in recent poetry. Complete Urdu text (Wikisource) and a facing English translation, with introduction and glossary. Cite as: Abdur Rauf Ishrat, Qawaid-e-Mir, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/qawaid-e-mir. The first two chapters are free to read.
خواجہ عبد الرؤوف عشرت لکھنوی کی قواعد میر: اردو زبان کے قواعد کی مختصر کتاب، جن کے بارے میں مصنف کہتے ہیں کہ یہ میر تقی میر سے سینہ بسینہ ان تک پہنچے۔ مصدر، جمع، تذکیر و تانیث، اسم صفت، مجاز و استعارہ، لغت و محاورہ اور ادب کلام کے ابواب۔ مکمل اردو متن (ویکی ماخذ) اور ساتھ انگریزی ترجمہ، تعارف اور فرہنگ کے ساتھ۔
Contents
10 chapters- 1About This Edition and Introductionاس اشاعت کے بارے میں اور تعارفPublic sample
- 2PrefaceدیباچہPublic sample
- 3The Infinitiveمَصدَر کا بیان Membership
- 4The Pluralجمع کا بیان Membership
- 5Masculine and Feminineتذکیر و تانیث Membership
- 6The Adjectiveاسم صفت Membership
- 7Figurative Speech and Metaphorمجاز استعارہ Membership
- 8The Difference between Lughat, Istilah, Roz-marra and Muhawaraلغت، اصطلاح، روزمرہ اور محاورے کا فرق Membership
- 9Propriety of Speechاَدب کلام Membership
- 10Glossaryفرہنگ Membership
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