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Koha is an open-source integrated library system (ILS), used world-wide by public, school and special libraries, but also in some larger academic libraries. The name comes from a Māori term for a gift or donation .
Kōha in Meiji student culture referred to the faction of students who were showing their "toughness" by wearing the more casual, rough, and traditionally Japanese bushi style of clothing, compared to nanpa [2] who were dandies affecting an elegant, European-style fashion and enjoyed courting girls.
Koha is an example of the reciprocity which is a common feature of much Māori tradition, and often involves the giving of gifts by visitors (manuhiri) to a host marae. Traditionally this has often taken the form of food although taonga (treasured possessions) are also sometimes offered as koha, and in modern times money.
Koha may refer to: Koha (custom), a New Zealand Māori custom of gift giving; Koha (software), an open-source integrated library system; Koha, Iran, a village; Kalju Koha, Estonian politician; Koharu Kusumi, a Japanese pop singer; KOHA-LD, a low-power television station (channel 27) licensed to serve Omaha, Nebraska, United States
As well as containing common words, the dictionary featured many unusual words, foreign terms, proper nouns and other specialist terms. In total, the original edition featured 11,000 entries, increasing to 17,000 by the fifth edition in 1696. [2] It was later revised and enlarged by John Kersey in 1706, eventually containing 38,000 entries.
The name Koh-e-Murad is derived from Persian, with Koh meaning "mountain" and Murad meaning "desire" or "wish."Thus, Koh-e-Murad translates to "Mountain of Desire," symbolizing the spiritual aspirations of the Zikri community who visit the site to fulfill their longing for spiritual peace, guidance, and closeness to Allah.
Eugene Germanovich Vodolazkin (Евгений Германович Водолазкин) is a Russian-Ukrainian scholar and author. [1] Born in Kiev in 1964, [2] he graduated from the Philological Department of Kiev University in 1986. [3]
Daman-e-Koh (Urdu: دامن کوہ) is a hilltop garden north of Islamabad.It is in the center of the Margalla Hills.The name is a fusion of two Persian words "Dāman" (دامن) meaning "skirt" and "Kōh" (کوہ) meaning "hill", which collectively denote "foothills".