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  2. Zaigham - Wikipedia

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    Hafiz Ikram Ahmad (Urdu: حافظ اکرام احمد), or simply known by his pen name Zaigham (Urdu: ضيغم), was a 19th-century teacher and alchemist based in Bengal. [1] He became prominent due to his talent in Urdu and Persian language poetry, [ 2 ] specialising in ghazal and marsiya in Rekhta .

  3. Accent (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In sociolinguistics, an accent is a way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. [1] An accent may be identified with the locality in which its speakers reside (a regional or geographical accent), the socioeconomic status of its speakers, their ethnicity (an ethnolect), their caste or social class (a social accent), or influence from their ...

  4. Tadhg - Wikipedia

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    The commonly accepted meaning of Tadhg is "poet" [10] or "storyteller". The ultimate derivation is from the Celtic *tazg(j)o- , [ citation needed ] who were poets in early Celtic society. In any case, the name is widely attested in Gaulish and early British names.

  5. Thomas Jefferson University apologizes after commencement ...

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    Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that ...

  6. Heteronym (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A heteronym (also known as a heterophone) is a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning from another word but the same spelling. These are homographs that are not homophones. Thus, lead (/ˈlɛd/ the metal) and lead (/ˈliːd/ a leash) are heteronyms, but mean (/ˈmin/ average) and mean (/ˈmin/ intend) are not, since they are ...

  7. Orthoepy - Wikipedia

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    Orthoepy is the study of pronunciation of a particular language, within a specific oral tradition. The term is from the Greek ὀρθοέπεια orthoepeia, from ὀρθός orthos (' correct ') and ἔπος epos (' speech '). The antonym is cacoepy "bad or wrong pronunciation".

  8. Dozakh in Search of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Dozakh in Search of Heaven ('Hell in Search of Heaven') is a 2013 Indian film written and directed by Zaigham Imam, which premiered at the Kolkata International Film Festival on 12 November 2013. [1] [2] It was jointly produced by Imam and Pawan Tiwari who also acts in the film. It is an adaptation of a book by the same name written by Zaigham ...

  9. Ashkenazi Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Ashkenazi Hebrew (Hebrew: הֲגִיָּה אַשְׁכְּנַזִּית, romanized: hagiyoh ashkenazis, Yiddish: אַשכּנזישע הבֿרה, romanized: ashkenazishe havore) is the pronunciation system for Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew favored for Jewish liturgical use and Torah study by Ashkenazi Jewish practice.