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

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    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.

  3. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    The two languages are often considered to be a single language (Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu) on a dialect continuum ranging from Persianised to Sanskritised vocabulary, [170] but now they are more and more different in words due to politics. [148] Old Urdu dictionaries also contain most of the Sanskrit words now present in Hindi. [186] [187]

  4. Hindi–Urdu controversy - Wikipedia

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    Describing the state of Hindi-Urdu under British rule in colonial India, Professor Sekhar Bandyopadhyay stated that "Truly speaking, Hindi and Urdu, spoken by a great majority of people in north India, were the same language written in two scripts; Hindi was written in Devanagari script and therefore had a greater sprinkling of Sanskrit words ...

  5. The meaning behind every TODAY anchor’s name, from Al ... - AOL

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    As a baby girl name, Dylan ranked 648. The meaning of the name Dylan is “great tide” or “great flow” according to TheBump.com. “Inspired by the Welsh sea god Dylan, lending the meaning ...

  6. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...

  7. Deccani language - Wikipedia

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    The term "Deccani" and its variants are often used in two different contexts: a historical, obsolete one, referring to the medieval-era literary predecessor of Hindi-Urdu; [12] [7] and an oral one, referring to the Urdu dialects spoken in many areas of the Deccan today. [13] Both contexts have intricate historical ties.

  8. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi, there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938 ...

  9. Aiman - Wikipedia

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    Aiman (Arabic: أيمن) is a gender neutral name with origins in Arabic, Urdu and Kazakh. [3] [4] It is an alternative Latin alphabet spelling of the name Ayman. [5]In Arabic, it is derived from the Semitic root (ي م ن) for right, and literally means righteous, blessed or lucky.