Sardar Mohammad Khan

Sardar Mohammad Khan (1 January 1915 – 26 May 1998), also known by the abbreviation SMK, was a Pakistani researcher of linguistics.

It has been written with a scholarly approach, and besides giving meanings and explanations of Punjabi words in Urdu, it also explains idioms, riddles, children's games, traditions, customs and religious terms. His love for dictionaries was evident from the fact that he remembered all the contents of Oxford Dictionary. He said, "it is the spelling that makes a dictionary: the pronunciation can differ from Peshawar to Sindh, but once you agree on a spelling, one word shall suffice for all". This Punjabi-Urdu dictionary has been proven to be the most detailed and authoritative on the subject as of 2015. Zabanain aur Rasm-ul-Khat (1972) Punjabi Zaban aur is ki Boliaan Kashmiri Zaban ka Qaeda Gurmukhi Lipi Punjabi Ucharan Dictionary Tazkara-tul-Ansaar (Urdu translation)

Death Khan died on May 26, 1998.