Hindi → English
Hindi to English, built from the Hindi section of the English Wiktionary. Includes an inflection index.
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hi-en.zip 1.9 MB · StarDict · CC-BY-SA-4.0
Install on your e-reader
Unzip and copy the folder onto your device so that you end up with:
koreader/data/dict/hi-en/hi-en.ifo
Restart KOReader. This dictionary includes an inflection index, so looking a word up exactly as it appears in a book works.
Coverage
How many of the most common words in the source language this dictionary can actually resolve, counting words reached through the inflection index.
| Frequency band | Found | As headword | Via inflection | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| top 1,000 | 908 | 599 | 309 | 90.8% |
| top 5,000 | 3,828 | 2,573 | 1,255 | 76.56% |
| top 10,000 | 6,670 | 4,227 | 2,443 | 66.7% |
| top 50,000 | 10,844 | 6,350 | 4,494 | 50.89% |
Measured against OpenSubtitles 2018 Hindi (hermitdave/FrequencyWords).
What is in an entry
| Entries with a real translation | 16,910 (78.41%) |
| Entries with only a definition, no translation | 4,656 |
| Entries with a usage example | 4,430 (20.54%) |
| Entries with inflected forms | 17,468 (81%) |
| Entries with pronunciation | 19,984 |
| Senses | 36,027 |
| Mean definition length | 24.6 characters |
| Mean translations per entry | 2.1 |
An entry counted as “definition only” is one where the source wordnet knows the concept but has no word for it in the target language. These are shipped because a definition still helps a reader, and counted separately because calling them translations would be dishonest.
Sources and licence
| Source | Licence | Credit |
|---|---|---|
wikt-hi-en | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | English Wiktionary (Hindi entries) via kaikki.org (wiktextract) |
Bundled under CC-BY-SA-4.0, the least restrictive licence that covers every source above. Each source’s own terms are reproduced in the ATTRIBUTION file inside the download.