(1832-04-07)7 April 1832 Resterhafe, East Frisia, Germany
Died
18 December 1903(1903-12-18) (aged 71) Tübingen
Occupation
Christian Priest, Kannada research writer.
Subject
Kannada literature
Ferdinand Kittel (7 April 1832 – 18 December 1903) was a Lutheran priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka. He is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing a Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894.[1] He also composed numerous Kannada poems.[2]
^Manjulakshi, L.; Shripad Bhat (9 September 2005). "Kannada Dialect Dictionaries and Dictionaries in Subregional Languages of Karnataka". Language in India. 5. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
^Journal of the Karnatak University: Humanities: Volume 19 Karnatak University - 1975 "He was also involved in the work of the revision of the Kannada Bible. But his magnum opus was the school dictionary English- Kannada Shala Nighantu, which saw the light of the day in 1876. Though William Reeve (missionary) compiled and published ..."
FerdinandKittel (7 April 1832 – 18 December 1903) was a Lutheran priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore,...
on the initial failure and the posthumous success of the missionary FerdinandKittel (1832–1903). Studien zur aussereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte...
Forsten J. Bucher; FerdinandKittel (1899). A Kannaḍa-English school-dictionary: chiefly based on the labours of the Rev. Dr. F. Kittel. Basel Mission Book...
dravidian languages (meaning foot). In “Kannada-English Dictionary by Rev. FerdinandKittel”. “Ankana” is defined as follows. “The (small or large) space either...
On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary FerdinandKittel (1832-1903). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3. "History...
colour (dhavalavarna) and has the form of letters (aksharariipa). — FerdinandKittel, translated from original Shabdamanidarpanam by Kesiraja. Inarticulate...
On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary FerdinandKittel (1832-1903). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3. The...
contributed during the pre- and post-imperial eras include Germany's FerdinandKittel, England's Thomas Hodson, Persia's Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī and China's...
On the Initial Failure and the Posthumous Success of the Missionary FerdinandKittel (1832-1903). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05161-3. "Sangha...
Ralph T. H. Griffith (1826–1906) William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894) FerdinandKittel (1832–1903) Edwin Arnold (1832–1904) Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (1833–1917)...
Current Official Names Named after Austin Town James Austin FerdinandKittel Nagara FerdinandKittel Benson Town P. H. Benson Kadamba Nagara Kadamba dynasty...
early Kannada publications, the first Kannada-English dictionary by FerdinandKittel (1894) is noteworthy. B. L. Rice edited and published ancient Kannada...
Prema - Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity of Calcutta FerdinandKittel - Priest and Indologist Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg - German missionary...
first Kannada-to-English dictionary was published in Mangalore by FerdinandKittel in 1894. Major national English-language newspapers such as Times of...
were published in the 19th century, the most prominent of them being FerdinandKittel's Kannada-English dictionary in 1894. There was a push towards original...
(d. 1911) April 5 – Jules Ferry, French premier (d. 1893) April 7 – FerdinandKittel, German missionary, Lutheran priest and indologist (d. 1903) April...
the gorava mentioned in the inscription is a Shaiva priest, whereas FerdinandKittel considers him a Shaiva mendicant. Commemorating his victory in battle...
T. N. Srikantaiah U. R. Ananthamurthy V. K. Gokak Yashwant Chittal FerdinandKittel Dinakara Desai Venkatesh Galaganath K.C. Reddy, former Chief Minister...
Caldwell's Chair for Dravidian Studies C. P. Brown's Chair for Telugu Studies Kittel Chair for Kannada Studies Constantine Beschi Chair for Tamil Studies Gundert...
built hospitals in Kerala and Karnataka. Another Basel Missionary FerdinandKittel worked in South Indian state of Karnataka in places such as Mangalore...
fellow student from Tübingen also worked on translation projects. FerdinandKittel worked more independently. He also undertook vaccination work in 1846...
lexicography Barbara Ann Kipfer (US, born 1954) English general and LSP FerdinandKittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual Friedrich...
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