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Marriage in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی شادی) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women. Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence. [1][2] Marriages are not only seen as a union between a husband and a wife, but also an alliance between their respective families. [3] These ...
This is a list of English-language words of Hindi and Urdu origin, two distinguished registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu). Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin. 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 ...
A Sehra (Bengali: শেহরি, Hindi: सेहरा, Punjabi: ਸੇਹਰਾ, Urdu: سہرا) or Sehro (Gujarati: સેહરો) or Mundavalya[1] (Marathi: मुण्डावळ्या) or Morrah (Sindhi: مُوڻ ) or Basikam[2] (Telugu: బాసికం) is a forehead garland/nuptial crown [2] worn by the bridegroom (or even ...
Baraat (Hindi: बरात, Urdu: بارات) (pronunciation ⓘ) or Varayatra (Sanskrit: वरयात्रा, romanized: Varayātrā) [1][2] is a groom's wedding procession in Indian subcontinent. [3][4] In Indian subcontinent, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride 's house) on a mare (or vintage car nowadays and chariots or elephants in the ...
The Urdu alphabet (Urdu: اُردُو حُرُوفِ تَہَجِّی, romanized:urdū ḥurūf-i tahajjī) is the right-to-left alphabet used for writing Urdu. It is a modification of the Persian alphabet, which itself is derived from the Arabic script. It has co-official status in the republics of Pakistan, India and South Africa. The Urdu alphabet has up to 39 [ 4 ] or 40 [ 5 ] distinct ...
Indian wedding card. Indian wedding cards are cards that are made and distributed to invite guests to the wedding ceremony and to honour and commemorate the wedding of two people. Since the medieval period, Indian wedding cards have carried great importance in the Indian subcontinent, and are known through several names such as ...
Urdu (/ ˈʊərduː /; اُردُو, pronounced [ʊɾduː] ⓘ, ALA-LC:Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. [ 10 ][ 11 ] It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, where it is also an official language alongside English. [ 12 ] In India, Urdu is an Eighth Schedule language, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of ...
There are several titles used in Pakistan and other Muslim countries. Syed, Shaikh, Khawaja, Pasha, Malik etc. are common. Less commonly, the tribal name itself is appended to the person's given names. For females, tribal names or titles rarely figure in the person's full name although it has become more common due to Western influence.