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  2. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    Many loanwords are of Persian origin; see List of English words of Persian origin, with some of the latter being in turn of Arabic or Turkic origin. In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies.

  3. Category:Pakistani words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani English idioms (3 P) G. ... Urdu-language words and phrases (2 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Pakistani words and phrases"

  4. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    1 Hindi or Urdu. 2 Kannada. 3 Malayalam. 4 Sanskrit. 5 Tamil. 6 Telugu. 7 Other ... This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages ...

  5. Aurat (word) - Wikipedia

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    However, the most common English translation is "nakedness". [16] In Persian and Kurdish as well as Urdu, the word 'awrat (Persian: عورت) derived from the Arabic 'awrah, has been used widely to mean "woman". Consulting Mohammad Moin's dictionary of Persian, 'awrah has two meanings: Nakedness; Young woman [17]

  6. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    faka – to put (pronounced as fuh-kuh) from the common Nguni word meaning the same thing, faka; gogo/koko – grandmother, elderly woman (from Mbo-Nguni, ugogo) hawu! – expression of disbelief, surprise. Pronounced like English "how!". From the Zulu "hawu". hayibo! – has no direct English translation. It's used as an exaggerated response ...

  7. Hyderabadi Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Tērē ku تیرے کو (informal slang) - you, instead of tujhe or tujhko in standard Urdu; Uney اُنے - he/she, instead of woh in standard Urdu. Zyāda nakko kar زیادہ نکو کر - don't act over smart; The word اِچ "ič" is often added after a noun or verb to express the confidence of the action. In standard Urdu, ہی "hī

  8. Urdish - Wikipedia

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    Urdish, Urglish or Urdunglish, a portmanteau of the words Urdu and English, is the macaronic hybrid use of South Asian English and Standard Urdu. [1] In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.

  9. Category:Pakistani slang - Wikipedia

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