enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of...

    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.

  3. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_vocabulary

    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit -derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [ 1 ] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2 ] However, in formal contexts, Modern Standard ...

  4. Vayu - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu

    Indo-European equivalent. H₂weh₁yú. Vayu (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʋaːjʊ], Sanskrit: वायु, IAST: Vāyu), also known as Vata and Pavana, [ 9 ] is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine messenger of the gods. In the Vedic scriptures, Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra, the king of gods.

  5. Loo (wind) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loo_(wind)

    The path of the Loo (orange arrows) from the deserts of the Indian subcontinent towards and through the Indo-Gangetic Plain of India and Pakistan. The Loo is a strong, dusty, gusty, hot and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan. [ 1 ] It is especially strong in the months of ...

  6. Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu

    IPA/Hindi and Urdu. < Help:IPA. This is the for 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. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link ...

  7. Deccani language - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccani_language

    Deccani language. Deccani (دکنی, dakanī or دکھنی, dakhanī; [A] also known as Deccani Urdu and Deccani Hindi) [1][2][3][4][5][6] is an Indo-Aryan language based on a form of Hindustani spoken in the Deccan region of south-central India and is the native language of the Deccani people. [7][8] The historical form of Deccani sparked the ...

  8. Hindustani grammar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_grammar

    Hindustani, the lingua franca of Northern India and Pakistan, has two standardised registers: Hindi and Urdu.Grammatical differences between the two standards are minor but each uses its own script: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an extended form of the Perso-Arabic script, typically in the Nastaʿlīq style.

  9. Hindi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi

    v. t. e. Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), [9] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.