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  2. List of Pakistani spices - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Name Roman Urdu Name Remarks Flax seeds: السی: Aalsi Star anise: بادیان : Baadyan Ginger: ادرک: Adrak Grated or paste Mango powder: آمچور: Amchoor Dried unripe mango slices or powder Pakistani pickles: اچار: Achar Different types of pickles Parsley: جعفری: Jafari Carom seed اجوائن: Ajwain Emblica ...

  3. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    The term banjo has several etymological origins. One theory links it to the Mandinka language which gives the name of Banjul, capital of The Gambia. Another claim is a connection to the West African akonting: it is made with a long bamboo neck called a bangoe.

  4. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.

  5. Mandolin-banjo - Wikipedia

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    Banjo hybrids normally take their names from the Banjo- prefix, and then the second half of the other instrument's name, such as banjocello, banjo guitar, and banjo ukulele which implies the banjolin is a sort of mandolin/banjo hybrid. In the advertisement, Farris did not mention where the name came from, but did say that it was "fingered like ...

  6. History of lute-family instruments - Wikipedia

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    Lutes are stringed musical instruments that include a body and "a neck which serves both as a handle and as a means of stretching the strings beyond the body". [1]The lute family includes not only short-necked plucked lutes such as the lute, oud, pipa, guitar, citole, gittern, mandore, rubab, and gambus and long-necked plucked lutes such as banjo, tanbura, bağlama, bouzouki, veena, theorbo ...

  7. List of English words of Niger-Congo origin - Wikipedia

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    kwashiorkor – from Ga language, Coastal Ghana meaning "swollen stomach" Marímbula, plucked musical instrument (lamellophone) of the Caribbean islands; merengue (dance) possibly from Fulani mererek i meaning to shake or quiver; mumbo jumbo – from Mandingo name Maamajombo, a masked dancer; mojo – from Kongo “moyo” meaning “spirit”

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

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    from Hindi पश्मीना, Urdu پشمينه, ultimately from Persian پشمينه. Punch from Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. [15] [16] The original drink was named paantsch. Pundit

  9. Banjo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Banjo (wood lathe), a fixture on a wood-turning lathe; Banjo enclosure, an archaeological feature; Banjo Island, Bermuda; Banjo Awards, presented by the National Book Council of Australia from 1974 to 1997 for both fiction and non-fiction; Banjo ray, another name for the fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina) Battle of Banjo, a First World War battle in ...