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

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    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 origin. In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes ...

  3. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words in the English language that ... see: List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin. Kannada. see: List of ... additional terms may ...

  4. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    All the common words, idioms, proverbs, and modern academic, literary, scientific, and technical terms of the Urdu language have been listed. Only those obsolete words and idioms have been included which are found in ancient books. They are indicated by the symbol "Qaaf". The English words that are commonly used in Urdu have also been included. [5]

  5. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to higher secondary school in both English and Urdu medium school systems, which has produced millions of second-language Urdu speakers among people whose native language is one of the other languages of Pakistan – which in turn has led to the absorption of vocabulary from various regional Pakistani ...

  6. Khuda - Wikipedia

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    In the Indian subcontinent, Christians who speak Urdu translate the word "God" as "Khuda" (خُدا) as God in Urdu is called Khuda, Although even Hindi speaking christians sometimes uses Khuda as a term to refer to God, though his personal name is rendered as "Yahovah" (यहोवा, یہوّاہ) or "Yahvah" (यहवा, یہوہ).

  7. Backronym - Wikipedia

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    The word's actual etymology is unknown, but more likely related to Romani påš xåra ('half-penny') or to Urdu (borrowed from Persian) safed-pōśh ('white robes'), a term for wealthy people. [11] Another example is the word chav, which is a derogatory term for a working-class youth.

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  9. Ishq - Wikipedia

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    Ishq is used in the Urdu-language, especially in lollywood movies (Pakistani cinema), which often use formal, flowery and poetic Urdu loanwords derived from Persian. The more colloquial Urdu word for love is pyar. In Urdu, ʻIshq' (عشق) means lustless love. [6] In Arabic, it is a noun. However, in Hindi-Urdu it is used as both verb and noun.