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The term punkah louvre refers to the directional outlet for cool air in aircraft, particularly those over the passenger seats.. In India, the punkhawallah or pankha wallah was the servant who operated the fan, often using a pulley system.
Chakwali is the takhallus (nom de plume) of Manohar Lal Kapur, born in Chakwal, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan), on 13 May 1900 into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family. He was the only son of Bal Mukand Kapur, orphaned soon after birth and brought up by his grandfather, Ishwar Das, a wealthy zamindar.
The term "peacocking" is often used as a means of depicting pride in English language and is used to describe someone who is very proud or gives a lot of attention to his/her clothing. [3] [103] In Australia, it referred to the practice of buying up the best pieces of land so as to render the surrounding lands valueless. [104]
A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).
Mar (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ Mār(y), written with a silent final yodh; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מָר), also Mor in Western Syriac, is an Aramaic word meaning "lord". The corresponding feminine forms in Syriac are Morth and Marth for "lady" (Syriac: ܡܪܬܝ, Mārt(y)). It is used in Judaism and in Syriac Christianity.
On 31 August 2016, the soundtrack of Ek Thi Marium, "Pankh Laga Ke", was released online on the channel's website. The soundtrack along with the background music for the telefilm was composed by Shani Arshad and was performed by Zeb Bangash , with all the lyrics penned by Sabir Zafar . [ 13 ]
Mor Bani Thanghat Kare (Gujarati: મોર બની થનગાટ કરે), originally titled Navi Varsha (Gujarati: નવી વર્ષા) is a 1944 Gujarati song translated by poet Jhaverchand Meghani which was published in his anthology Ravindra-Veena (1944). It was later composed by Hemu Gadhavi. The song is a loosely translated ...
In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...