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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hindi and Urdu on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
What is the purpose of the example words here? Is it to help Indians pronounce English right or is it to help English-speakers get a feel for Hindi-Urdu phonology? Hindi-Urdu speakers already know how pronounce थ. They don't need these example words. For you, there is allophony between aspiration and non-aspiration.
So there is no real standard here. But obviously, listing Devanagari alone is wrong, and adding Urdu letters will render the table impenetrable. However, our best keys only rely on sample words (e.g. Help:IPA/French, Help:IPA/Japanese, Help:IPA/Tamil), including keys with two scripts (Help:IPA/Serbo-Croatian, Help:IPA/Punjabi). So I agree to ...
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.
Urdu-language words and phrases (2 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Pakistani words and phrases" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Baṛī ye (Urdu: بَڑی يے, Urdu pronunciation: [ˈbəɽiː ˈjeː]; lit. ' greater ye ') is a letter in the Urdu alphabet (and other Indo-Iranian language alphabets based on it) directly based on the alternative "returned" variant of the final form of the Arabic letter ye/yāʾ (known as yāʾ mardūda) found in the Hijazi, Kufic, Thuluth, Naskh, and Nastaliq scripts. [1]
Example ɛɡzɑ̃pl: String: optional: Label code: 3: Replaces the default label "[language name] pronunciation:" with another canned one. Leave it blank to have no label. Suggested values lang ipa pron also alsolang langalso local localpron: String: optional: Audio file: audio 4: Name of an audio file to accompany the transcription. File ...