# Bharatavani — 283+ Dictionaries at one place

> 283+ Dictionaries at one place (iPhone/iPad app by Central Institute of Indian Languages.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bharatavani/id6670727020 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Central Institute of Indian Languages](https://appshunter.io/developer/1767252045)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.4 · 20 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2024-09-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bharatavani/id6670727020/reviews.md

## What is Bharatavani?

Bharatavani App is a project of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It is developed and managed by Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, India.

This App is part of the Bharatavani Multilingual Knowledge Portal (www.bharatavani.in), which aims to provide Knowledge in about more than 120 Indian Languages. This App is sources its data from the Dictionaries that are published on the Bharatavani portal. Many Government and Non-Government Institutions have contributed various dictionaries. While more than 40 text based dictionaries are readily available for usage on the App, 100 more dictionaries are available on the portal in book formats during 2015-16. CIIL will digitise all these dictionaries and put on to the App shortly. The copyright of all these dictionaries rests with respective Publishers.

CIIL has published them on Bharatavani with due permission. 

How to use Bharatavani Multilingual Dictionary App

- Accept Terms and Conditions, install and open.

- Type a word in English, Hindi or in any language. Available results will be enlisted.

- You can also browse dictionaries alphabetically using the Menu Bar options.

- You also have an option for getting the word transliterated into your choice of Language Script.

- Many more options will be added in the coming days.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2024-10-02

- Bug updates
- Home page redesign
- Updated search filters

### 1.0.16 — 2024-09-29

- Bug updates
- App Display name corrected

### 1.0.15 — 2024-09-29

Bug fixes to filter the results dictionary wise
UI updates

### 1.0.6 — 2024-09-27

Updated querying
Filter through a dictionary in a custom manner

### 1.0 — 2024-09-25

No release notes.

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