# Sahi Shabda

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{{Short description|Nepali thesaurus by Fr. William Bourke SJ}}
{{Infobox book
| author            = Father William Bourke SJ
| language          = Nepali
| country           = Nepal
| genre             = [Thesaurus](/source/Thesaurus)
| published         = 1995
| pub_date          = 1995
| awards            = [Madan Puraskar](/source/Madan_Puraskar)
| title_orig        = सही शब्द
| orig_lang_code    = ne
| image             = Sahi Shabda.jpg
}}

'''''Sahi Shabda''''' ({{Langx|ne|सही शब्द}}) is a 1995 [Nepali language](/source/Nepali_language) [thesaurus](/source/thesaurus) written by Canadian [Jesuit](/source/Society_of_Jesuits) Father William Bourke [SJ](/source/Jesuits).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-01|title=मदन पुरस्कार विजेता विलियम बर्कको दार्जलिङमा निधन|url=https://mail.everestdainik.com/2019/12/292163/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Everest Dainik - News from Nepal|language=en-GB|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222155702/https://mail.everestdainik.com/2019/12/292163/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus. It was published 1995 and won the [Madan Puraskar](/source/Madan_Puraskar), 2051 B.S.; the highest literary honor of Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Author: TheDC News|date=2019-12-01|title=Father William Bourke SJ - Winner of Madan Puraskar|url=https://thedarjeelingchronicle.com/father-william-bourke-sj-winner-of-madan-puraskar/|access-date=2021-10-27|website=The Darjeeling Chronicle|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=फादर विलियम बर्क – मदन पुरस्कार गुठी|url=https://guthi.madanpuraskar.org/people/father-william-burke/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=guthi.madanpuraskar.org}}</ref>

== About the author ==
Father William Bourke SJ was born in May 28, 1925 in [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia). He moved to [Darjeeling](/source/Darjeeling) as  a Canadian [Jesuit](/source/Jesuits) [missionary](/source/missionary) in 1954 and served as a Headmaster for [St. Robert's School, Darjeeling](/source/St._Robert's_School%2C_Darjeeling) from 1981 to 1990. He also translated the [Bible](/source/Bible) into Nepali and wrote a book called '''Proverbs for Today''<nowiki/>', a collection of Nepali and English proverbs. He died on November 29, 2019 of natural causes, aged 94.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mackett|first=David|date=2020-05-19|title=Meet William Bourke, the Canadian who wrote the first comprehensive Nepali thesaurus|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-meet-william-bourke-the-canadian-who-wrote-the-first-comprehensive/|access-date=2021-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=मदन पुरस्कारबाट सम्मानित विलियम बर्कको निधन|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2019/12/816092|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Online Khabar|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The book won the [Madan Puraskar](/source/Madan_Puraskar). The award is given annually for a book in Nepali language by Madan Puraskar Guthi.

== See also ==

* ''[Hamro Lok Sanskriti](/source/Hamro_Lok_Sanskriti)''
* ''[Karnali Lok Sanskriti](/source/Karnali_Lok_Sanskriti)''
* ''[Srasta ra Sahitya](/source/Srasta_ra_Sahitya)''

== References ==
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Category:Nepali language
Category:Dictionaries
Category:Nepalese books
Category:Nepalese non-fiction books
Category:Madan Puraskar–winning works

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