GUJARAT, AHMEDABAD | 15th OCTOBER 2025: In celebration of the upcoming Gujarati New Year, Oxford University Press India (OUP) has launched its latest CompactEnglish–English–Gujarati Dictionary, specifically designed for students, language learners, and general readers.
The CompactEnglish-English-GujaratiDictionary, featuring an Ajrakh-inspired cover, celebrates Gujarat’s rich artistic and cultural heritage while serving as a practical learning companion. The dictionary features over 15,000 words, phrases, idioms, phrasal verbs and derivatives with their detailed translations in Gujarati. It also provides accurate pronunciation of words in IPA and Gujarati script and includes over 5,000 example sentences.
Sukanta Das, Managing Director, Oxford University Press India, said, “With over 55 million speakers worldwide, Gujarati is one of India’s most vibrant literary languages. OUP’s new Compact English–English–Gujarati Dictionary is crafted to support learners with contemporary, real-world usage. It’s a celebration of both language and learning.”
He added,“India speaks in many tongues, and we’re proud to support this linguistic diversity. From Gujarati to Bengali, Tamil to Hindi—Oxford dictionaries serve as essential reference tools for India’s multilingual learners. With bilingual and trilingual formats, grammar notes, pronunciation guides, and real-life examples, they support learning at every level. Over the years, Oxford dictionaries have empowered millions of learners to strengthen their language skills.”
This festive season, OUP expands its bilingual dictionary portfolio with new editions in mini and compact formats, covering Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, and Marathi. These dictionaries are designed to empower learners with accessible, NEP-aligned resources that bridge English and Indian languages—offering clarity, context, and cultural relevance.
Oxford Dictionaries form a cornerstone of OUP’s publishing legacy, establishing it as the world’s most trusted dictionary publisher.The Indian dictionary range includes monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual formats across 13 languages: Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi and Sanskrit.
The launch of the new range of dictionaries is closely aligned with India’s National Education Policy (NEP 2020) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF 2023), both of which emphasize multilingual education and foundational literacy. By offering explanations in Indian languages alongside English, these resources help learners understand, retain, and apply new knowledge more effectively.
Designed to be highly portable, the newly launched dictionaries are designed to turn vocabulary-building into an everyday habit, whether in the classroom or at home. Each dictionary offers clear, simple meanings, bilingual pronunciation guides, and key grammar notes. They ensure that learners not only know the words but use them with confidence.
