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Nasim Amrohvi or Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi (; (24 August 1908 – 28 February 1987) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and Lexicography who was born as Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi on 24 August 1908 in Amroha, British India. A long-running serial (Nasim Amrohvi) Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 April 2005, Retrieved 10 May 2018 Book Review and Profile of Nasim Amrohvi on GoogleBooks website Retrieved 10 May 2018
He belonged to a Sayyid family. His father was Syed Barjees Hussain Taqvi and his mother was Syeda Khatoon. His grandfather was Shamim Amrohvi who was bestowed the title Farazdaq-e-Hind (lit. "India's Al-Farazdaq").
In 1950, he migrated to Pakistan after the independence in 1947, settling in Khairpur. He moved to Karachi in 1961 and eventually died there on 28 February 1987.
Work
Nasim Amrohvi was a member of Urdu Lughat Board. Over several years, he compiled an Urdu dictionary entitled Nasim-ul-Lughat. For each word Nasim-ul-Lughat provides not only its meaning, usage, and related proverbs but also the verses containing it. He also used to write Marsiya besides being a lexicographer. Reflections on modern Marsia Dawn (newspaper), Published 27 March 2002, Retrieved 10 May 2018
Books
Some of his major works include:
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