English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of hornbook

hornbook

/noun/ कखग; अक्षर;

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English Dictionary:

1. Hornbook

[n.]

- The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.
- A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.