Abdul Hamid Bahij ( ps, ډاکټر عبدالحميد بهيج), is an Afghan

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, writer, translator and

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writer.

Early life

Abdul Hamid Bahij Osmani was born on March 6, 1979, in the village of Bedmushk, Jaghatu district of

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, Afghanistan. As the son of Ghulam Habib and grandson of Khoshdil.

Education

Hamid gained his primary and secondary educations in the beautiful city of

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. He went for his high education to

Kabul Medical University Kabul Medical University (Pashto د کابل طبي پوهنتون / Dari: پوهنتون طبي کابل) formerly known as Kabul Medical Institute) is located in Kabul, Afghanistan on the campus of Kabul University. The medical institution was i ...

. He gained his doctor from Kabul Medical University in the year 2006. Hamid is now concurrently busy with his study of German language at the Institute of

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Works

His dictionary, with around 17,0000 Pashto words into English, is published by the Danish Publishings Association in 2008 and reprinted in 2009.

Published works

Bahij has published 22 books of which 5 of them are dictionaries. The following list contains some of his published books; #Bahij's Political Dictionary, is a Political English-Pashto dictionary of 410/411 pages and is published in year 2005. #English-Pashto Philosophical Dictionary, is an English-Pashto philosophical dictionary of 323 pages and is published in the year 2005. #Bahij's Medical Dictionary, is a medical English-Pashto dictionary of 1206 pages and is published in the year 2006. #Medical Terminology, 360 pages. #Da baran pa zhaba (on rains language), based on speeches of Jabrankhel Jabran. #Mathematics and Physical Science, for twelfth class. #Triangle, for eleventh class #Mathematics, for eleventh class. #Dr. Abdul Hamid Bahij and the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan 2008. Pashto-English Dictionary. Kabul: Danish Publishing Association. With over 150 thousands (150000) words. #Bahij English-Pashto Dictionary, 380 pages and published in year 2008. (Note: All above mentioned books are published by Danish Publishing Association.)

References

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