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  2. Doha (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    Doha (Urdu: دوہا, Hindi: दोहा, Punjabi: ਦੋਹਾ) is a form of self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry composed in Mātrika metre. This genre of poetry first became common in Apabhraṃśa and was commonly used in Hindustani language poetry. [1] Among the most famous dohas are those of Sarahpa, Kabir, Mirabai, Rahim, Tulsidas ...

  3. Anika - Wikipedia

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    Anika means graceful, brilliant,or sweet-faced. It is derived from the Sanskrit word anīka (अनीक), which literally means 'fearless', 'soldier', 'army' or 'face'. [3] Anika also means splendor, edge or point. [4] It is also one of the many names for Goddess Durga. [5]

  4. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari. Hindi literature is ...

  5. Devanagari - Wikipedia

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    When Devanāgarī is used for writing languages other than Sanskrit, conjuncts are used mostly with Sanskrit words and loan words. Native words typically use the basic consonant and native speakers know to suppress the vowel when it is conventional to do so. For example, the native Hindi word karnā is written करना (ka-ra-nā). [60]

  6. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native ...

  7. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    Hindi/Urdu "Everywhere with honour and glory" Brigade of The Guards "Pahla hamesha pahla" Hindi/Urdu "First, always first" "Garud ka hun bol pyare " "I am the son of Garuda, Say O my friend" Parachute Regiment "Shatrujeet" Hindi "The conqueror" "Balidaan parma dharam" "Sacrifice before self" Mechanised Infantry Regiment "Valour and Faith" English

  8. Dick Van Dyke Details 'Exhausting' Escape from Malibu ... - AOL

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    Dick Van Dyke is reflecting on his lucky escape from the Malibu, Calif., wildfires.. The screen legend, who turns 99 on Friday, Dec. 13., told a local news outlet that his neighbors “saved ...

  9. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: Mahābhārat, Rāmāyaṇ, Śiv, Sāmved; Some words may keep the final a, generally because they would be difficult to say without it: Krishna, Vajra, Maurya; Because of this, some words ending in consonant clusters are altered in various modern Indic languages as such: Mantra=mantar. Shabda=shabad. Sushumna=sushumana.