Release Date: 9/2/2026
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The Ormuri (Kurmuri) Bilingual Dictionary by Rozi Khan Burki is a linguistic reference resource documenting the vocabulary and lexical structure of the Ormuri language. Ormuri, also known as Kurmuri, is a lesser-resourced language traditionally spoken in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This bilingual dictionary provides valuable lexical information that can support the documentation, preservation, and study of the language. The resource contains Ormuri vocabulary alongside corresponding meanings and/or equivalents in another language, making it useful for speakers, learners, linguists, researchers, educators, and language-technology developers. As a bilingual lexical resource, it provides a structured representation of words and their meanings and can help users understand the relationship between Ormuri vocabulary and its corresponding translations. The dictionary is particularly valuable for low-resource language research and language preservation. Resources for languages such as Ormuri are relatively limited compared with those available for widely spoken languages. Digitizing and making such lexical material accessible can contribute to the development of linguistic resources for computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), machine translation, multilingual language models, speech and language technologies, and other AI applications.
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The Ormuri Bilingual Dictionary is intended for linguistic documentation, language preservation, lexicographic research, and educational purposes. It may be used by linguists, researchers, educators, students, and developers working with low-resource languages.
Ormuri is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by small communities in Kaniguram (South Waziristan, Pakistan) and in Logar Province, Afghanistan. It is considered a highly endangered language, with a comparatively small number of native speakers who are typically bilingual in Pashto and/or Urdu. Ormuri lacks a long-standing standardized literary tradition, and documentation and literary works in the language such as this corpus represent some of the limited written material available.
ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, ں, و, ہ, ھ, ء, ی, ے
Compiled by Rozi Khan Burki
Rozi Khan Burki is a native speaker of Ormuri and a senior officer at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Pakistan. He belongs to the Burki tribe of Pashtuns from the Kaniguram valley in South Waziristan one of the last remaining pockets where Ormuri, a highly endangered East Iranian language, is still spoken (alongside a smaller community in Logar, Afghanistan).
| # | File Name | Type | Section |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0=BookCover | JPG | Front cover |
| 1 | 1- Art-1 (back page blank) | JPG | Blank art page |
| 2 | 2 copyright (One Page)2 | Copyright page | |
| 3 | 3 Ormuri Dictionary (One Page) | Title page | |
| 4 | 4 Table of contents | Table of contents | |
| 5 | 5 Bismillah (One Page) | Bismillah | |
| 6 | 6 Ormuri-IPA Transcription (One Page) | IPA transcription key | |
| 7 | 7 Dedication2 | Dedication | |
| 8–9 | 8-9 (1) Urdu Introduct 7-34 (2) Abbreviation 35-38 | Urdu introduction (pp. 7–34) + abbreviations (pp. 35–38) | |
| 10 | 10 DictionaryWithPict-Exclusive Care (Reasonable) | Main dictionary body (with pictures) | |
| 11–12 | 11-12 Ormuri Infinitives and About the Language 11th April 2022 | Ormuri infinitives + about the language | |
| 13 | 13 Ormuri Infinitives and About the Language 30th March 2022 | DOCX | Earlier draft of the infinitives/language section |
| — | Art-2 (Last Page) | JPG | Back cover / closing art |
| # | English | Urdu (as extracted — unverified) | Latin / IPA | Ormuri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to eat | اھکن ا | xwəllək | خول َّک |
| 2 | to do | رکن ا | dok | دوک |
| 3 | to find | ن ا ن ا | wok | ووک |
| 4 | to beat | امر ن ا | d͡zok | ځوک |
| 5 | to come | ا ن ا | zok | زوک |
| 6 | to open | وھکانل | mayok | میوک |
| 7 | to catch, to hold | ڑکپن ا | nok | نوک |
| 8 | to do | وہایگ | ɕyok | ݭیوک |
| 9 | to give | د انی | řyok | ڒیوک |
| 10 | to take | اھٹن ا ا | wryok | کریو و |
| 11 | to kill | امر د ا انل | wəʑyok | وݫیوک |
| 12 | to enter | ا دنر اجن ا | wəɣyok | وغیوک |
| 13 | to stay | اجن ا ر ہ | hənʑyok | هنݫیوک |
| 14 | to bury | د انفن ا | pəʑyok | پݫیوک |
| 15 | to go out, to exit | ن کلن ا | nəɣok | نَغوک |
| 16 | to burn | انلج | brəštək | شتک بر |
| 17 | to cook | اکپن ا | pəxxək | پخک |
| 18 | to sell | رکن ا فر و خ ت | prəwək | پرو َّک |
| 19 | to drink | انیپ | təttək | تتَّک |
| 20 | to aim at | رکن ا ہیہت | ṭəˈpək | ټَپ َک |