Gem English-Hindi/Hindi-English Dictionary: The world’s favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem) Paperback – 2 Jun. 2011

dark blue paper-cover, two-way dictionary, compact and concise, colour layout, learn new language like learning new way of thinking,

This dictionary is avowedly for the Hindi-literate market. Still it is a shame that the chance was missed to make it equally attractive and useful to the large potential market of English speakers with an interest in the language, and heritage Hindi speakers who lack total confidence in written Hindi. Unfortunately there is no phonetic pronunciation guide for Hindi entries, not even an alphabet page, let alone shortcut pages listing numbers, days and months and common greetings and phrases, as appear in other Collins gem Asian language titles. An opportunity sadly missed.

I am learning Hindi for some reasons and couldn't find online a dictionary which says about verbs trans./intrans. which is essential in learning hindi. This dictionary shows vt, vi but doesn't show the gender of the nouns!!! How can one publish a hindi dictionary without stating the gender of the nouns! It really do matters if you say kitab accha hai or acchi hai. I am very disappointed with such a lack of professionalism. Anyway, the dictionary is very, very small, mini pocket size. Looking for something else.

It’s a must have dictionary . Helps me to teach my son .

This product is entirely useless unless, as an English speaker, you have an understanding of Hindi script or vice versa. There are no phonetic translations so you have absolutely no idea how to say the word you have looked up in Hindi.I shall be returning this product.(I put one star because you cannot put zero)

I'm a bit disappointed with this dictionary. It is the right format to take with you when you go on holiday but unfortunately the print is very small and at times it is impossible to ditinguish the Hindi words.

Not really of value to me as I have no basic understanding of Hindi script. I was hoping for a dictionary with phonetic roman script of the Hindi words as well as the Hindi script.

product dimensions wrong. does not fit on shelf with the rest of my collins gem books.