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28-556: Language [ edit ] Dehlavi dialect of Kauravi that was spoken around Delhi and the basis of Hindostani language. Retrospectively called as Old Hindi . Personal names [ edit ] Dehlavi is a toponymic surname ( nisba ) for people from Delhi (formerly Dehli). Notable people with the surname include: 'Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi (1551–1642), Indian Islamic scholar from Delhi, author of Ma'arij-ul-Nabuwwah Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi (1615–1677), Indian Sufi saint of

56-478: A literary journal called Shahjahan devoted to progressive literature. Dehlvi had interest in classical music and learnt the art under the guidance of Ustad Chand Khan, belonging to Delhi gharana (the Delhi School of Music) and participated in music programmes on All India Radio , by the name of S. Ahmad. After the partition of India , he moved to Karachi where he worked for Radio Pakistan . In 1963, he

84-481: A writer, compiler of Fatawa-e-Alamgiri , father of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Shah Ismail Dehlvi (1779–1831), Indian Islamic scholar and Sufi Shah Muhammad Ishaq Dehlawi (1783–1846), Indian Muslim scholar of hadith studies Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703–1762), Indian Islamic reformer, father of Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1906–1967), Pakistani author and translator, grandson of Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi Soz Dehlvi (1720–1799), Indian Urdu poet in

112-461: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Kauravi dialect Kauravi ( Hindi : कौरवी , Urdu : کَوروی ), also known as Khaṛībolī , is a dialect of Hindustani descended from Shauraseni Prakrit that is mainly spoken in northwestern Uttar Pradesh , outside of Delhi . Modern Hindi and Urdu are two standard registers of Hindustani , descending from Old Hindi . Dehlavi, also called Hindavi , gained prestige when it

140-572: Is so prevalent in Khari) lacks consensus. There are also variations within Khari itself across the area in which it is spoken. In the mid-twentieth century, Indian scholar and nationalist, Rahul Sankrityayan , proposed a redrawing of the linguistic map of the Hindustani zone. Drawing a distinction between the Khari of Old Delhi and the Khari of the extreme western parts of Western Uttar Pradesh , he advocated that

168-447: Is spoken in the rural surroundings of Delhi and northwestern Uttar Pradesh , as well as in some neighbouring areas of Haryana and Uttarakhand . The geography of this part of North India is traditionally described as doabs . In Haryana , the following districts are Khari-speaking: In Uttar Pradesh , the following districts of the Yamuna - Ganges doab are Khari-speaking: In

196-502: Is the language of the government and is one of the official languages of India, Standard Urdu is the state language and national language of Pakistan, Dakhini is the historical literary dialect of the Deccan region, and Rekhta the "mixed" Hindustani of medieval poetry. These registers, together with Sansiboli , form the Hindustani dialect group. The area around Delhi has long been the center of power in northern India , and naturally,

224-448: The Hindi language, which was declared as one of the official languages for central government functioning. Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi English writers Bengali writers Punjabi writers Hindi writers Kashmiri writers Marathi writers Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi ( Urdu : شاہد احمد دہلوی ‎; 22 May 1906 – 27 May 1967) was a Pakistani author, editor and translator. He

252-545: The Khari Boli dialect came to be regarded as urbane and of a higher standard than the other surrounding languages. This view gradually gained ground over the 19th century; before that period, other languages such as Awadhi , Braj Bhasha , and Sadhukaddi were preferred by littérateurs. Standard Hindustani first developed with the migration of Persian Khari Boli speakers from Delhi to the Awadh region—most notably Amir Khusro , mixing

280-484: The 'roughness' of Khari Boli with the relative 'softness' of Awadhi to form a new language which became called "Hindavi." This also became referred to as Hindustani, which was adopted as Hindi and Urdu by India and Pakistan after partition. Although as a dialect, Khari Boli belongs to the Upper Doab, "Hindavi" developed in the cultural spheres of Allahabad and Varanasi . The earliest examples of Khariboli can be seen in

308-873: The Khariboli-based modern Hindustani. In 1800, the British East India Company established a college of higher education at Calcutta named the Fort William College . John Borthwick Gilchrist , a president of that college, encouraged his professors to write in their native tongue; some of the works thus produced were in the literary form of the Khariboli dialect. These books included Premsagar by Lallu Lal , Nasiketopakhyan by Sadal Mishra; Sukhsagar by Sadasukh Lal of Delhi and Rani Ketaki Ki Kahani by Inshallah Khan . More developed forms of Khariboli can also be seen in some mediocre literature produced in

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336-1984: The Qadri tariqa Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (1888–1959), Indian Muslim scholar, writer and freedom fighter Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi (1876– c.  1946 ), Indian politician, educationist, Muslim reformer Amir Khosrow Dehlavi or Amir Khusrau (1253–1325), noted Indian Sufi saint and poet Bedil Dehlavi or Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642–1720), Indian poet in Persian Bekhud Dehlvi (1863–1955), Indian Urdu poet and writer of ghazals Daagh Dehlvi (1831–1905), 19th-century Indian Urdu poet Faaiz Dehlvi (1609-1738), Indian noble and poet in Urdu and Persian Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824), 19th-century Indian Sufi leader Gulzar Dehlvi (1926–2020), Indian Urdu poet Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910–1987), Indian Muslim scholar, jurist and writer, and former rector of Madrasa Aminia Hossein Dehlavi (1927–2019), Iranian composer, ancestors settled in Delhi during Mughal-era Houman Dehlavi (born 1971), Iranian musician Jamil Dehlavi (born 1944), British-Pakistani filmmaker, brother of Saidulla Khan Dehlavi Khalish Dehlavi (born 1935), Indian Urdu poet Kifayatullah Dehlawi (1875–1952), Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti of India Maulana Abdu Salam Niazi Dehlvi (–1966), Indian perfumer and Sufi scholar Mir Hasan Dehlavi (1736–1786), 18th-century Indian Urdu poet Mirza Muhammad Kamil Dehlavi (–1819/20), Indian Shiite author Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi or Madhubala (1933–1969), noted Indian film actress Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi (1274–1337), 13th-century Indian Sufi saint Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi (1836–1912), Indian educationist, reformer and Urdu writer, best known for

364-846: The Urdu chronicle Tarikh-e-Hindustan See also [ edit ] Delhi (disambiguation) List of people from Delhi [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Dehlavi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dehlavi&oldid=1224699538 " Categories : Surnames People from Delhi Toponymic surnames Surnames of Indian origin Nisbas Arabic-language surnames Persian-language surnames Urdu-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

392-549: The compositions of Amir Khusro (1253–1325). Before the rise of Khariboli, the languages adopted by the Bhakti saints : Braj Bhasha ( Krishna devotees), Awadhi (adopted by the Rama devotees) and Maithili ( Vaishnavites of Bihar). However, after the Bhakti movement became ritualistic, these languages came to be regarded as rural and unrefined. Khariboli, on the other hand, was spoken in

420-485: The court of Oudh Syed Ahmad Dehlvi (1846–1918), Indian Muslim scholar, educationist and linguist, editor of the Urdu dictionary Farhang e Asifiya Syed Nazeer Husain Dehlavi (1805–1902), Indian Muslim scholar of the reformist Ahl-i Hadith movement Syed Muhammad Dehlavi , Pakistani Shiite scholar Tabish Dehlvi (1913–2004), Pakistani writer Zakaullah Dehlvi (1832–1910), Indian scholar and historian, writer of

448-504: The early 18th century. Examples are Chand Chhand Varnan Ki Mahima by Ganga Bhatt, Yogavashishtha by Ram Prasad Niranjani, Gora Badal Ki Katha by Jatmal, Mandovar Ka Varnan by Anonymous, a translation of Ravishenacharya's Jain Padmapuran by Daulat Ram (dated 1761). With government patronage and literary popularity, the Khariboli flourished, even as the use of previously more literary tongues such as Awadhi, Braj, and Maithili declined in

476-502: The former retain the name Khariboli while the latter be renamed to Kauravi , after the Kuru Kingdom of ancient India. Although the term Khariboli continues to be applied as it traditionally was, some linguists have accepted the term Kauravi as well, applying to the language spoken in the linguistic arc running from Saharanpur to Agra (i.e. the close east and northeast of Old Delhi). Sankrityayan postulated that this Kaurvi dialect

504-526: The heavily Persianised version of Khariboli, replaced Persian as the official language of local administration in North India in the early 19th century. However, the association of the Persian script with Muslims prompted Hindus to develop their own Sanskritised version of the dialect, leading to the formation of Hindi. After India became independent in 1947, the Khariboli-based dialect was officially recognised as

532-458: The literary vehicles. The literary works in Khariboli gained momentum from the second half of the 19th century onwards. A prominent Indian historian Raja Sivaprasad was a promoter of the Hindi language, in particular the Khariboli version. Gradually, in the subsequent years, Khariboli became the basis for standard Hindustani, which began to be taught in schools and used in government functions. Urdu,

560-505: The main family was depicted as having roots in Western Uttar Pradesh. As the two main Hindustani dialects of Western Uttar Pradesh and the areas surrounding Delhi, Khariboli and Braj Bhasha are often compared. One hypothesis of how Khariboli came to be described as khari (standing) asserts that it refers to the "stiff and rustic uncouthness" of the dialect compared to the "mellifluousness and soft fluency" of Braj Bhasha. On

588-482: The monthly Saqi ( ur ), a literary magazine. Dehlvi's articles in the monthly Saqi portrayed the vanishing culture of Delhi. He believed that the old Delhi, which was considered a symbol of Indo-Muslim culture, was ruined because of the bloodshed of Independence. Aqeel Abbas Jafari has collected his articles in a book. Dehlvi also ran the Delhi branch of the Progressive Writers' Association and started

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616-427: The other hand, Khariboli supporters sometimes pejoratively referred to Braj Bhasha and other dialects as Pariboli ( Hindi : पड़ी बोली , Urdu : پڑی بولی , lit.   'fallen/supine dialects'). Although most linguists acknowledge that Modern Standard Hindustani descended from Khariboli, the precise mechanism of dialectical changes from Khari to the prestige dialect (such as the loss of gemination which

644-607: The social novel Mirat-ul-Uroos Sadia Dehlvi (1957–2020), Indian writer and columnist from Delhi Sadruddin Khan Azurda Dehlawi (1804–1868), Grand Mufti of Delhi, leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Saidulla Khan Dehlavi (1941–2014), Pakistani diplomat, brother of Jamil Dehlavi Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (1746–1824), Indian Islamic scholar, reformer and Naqshbandi Sufi, son of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi Shah Abdur Rahim Dehlavi (1644-1719), Islamic scholar and

672-587: The trans- Ganges area, it is spoken in the following districts of Rohilkhand region in Uttar Pradesh: In Uttarakhand , the following districts of the Yamuna - Ganges doab are partially Khari-speaking: In the trans- Ganges area, it is partially spoken in the following districts of Uttarakhand: Khariboli is often seen as rustic by speakers of Standard Hindustani, and elements of it were used in Hum Log , India's first television soap opera, where

700-606: The urban area surrounding the Mughal courts, where Persian was the official language. The Persian-influenced Khariboli thus gradually came to be regarded as a prestige dialect, although hardly any literary works had been written in Khariboli before the British period in India. The European administrators in India and the Christian missionaries played an important role in the creation and promotion of

728-538: Was accepted along with Persian as a language of the courts . Before that, it was only a language the Persianate states (like Delhi Sultanate ) spoke to their subjects in, and later as a sociolect of the same ruling classes. Modern Kauravi contains some features, such as gemination , which give it a distinctive sound and differentiates it from Braj and Awadhi . Old Hindi developed into Hindustani and then into today's Hindi and Urdu registers . Khariboli

756-653: Was conferred with the Pride of Performance award for his literary services by the Government of Pakistan in 1963. He was the grandson of Urdu novel writer and religious reformer Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi , popularly known as Deputy Nazir Ahmad. Shahid Ahmad was born on 22 May 1906 in Delhi , British India to Bashiruddin Ahmad Dehlvi, son of Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi in a religious family. In 1930 after completing his education, Dehlvi started

784-460: Was the parent of Old Delhi's specific Khari dialect. Sankrityayan had also advocated that all Hindustani be standardized on the Devanagari script and Perso-Arabic entirely is abandoned. Khariboli is related to four registers of Hindustani , the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan : Standard Hindi , Standard Urdu , Dakhini and Rekhta . Standard Hindi (also High Hindi, Manak Hindi)

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