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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2012 ) The following is an alphabetical (according to Hindi's alphabet) list of Sanskrit and Persian roots , stems , prefixes , and suffixes commonly used in Hindi .
Hindustani is the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan, and through its two standardized registers, Hindi and Urdu, a co-official language of India and co-official and national language of Pakistan respectively. Phonological differences between the two standards are minimal.
-ev (Russian (all Eastern Slavic languages), Bulgarian, Macedonian) possessive [citation needed]-eva (Russian (all Eastern Slavic languages), Bulgarian, Macedonian) Feminine equivalent of -ev [citation needed]-evski (Macedonian, Bulgarian) possessive [citation needed]-evska (Macedonian, Bulgarian) Feminine equivalent of -evski [citation needed]
A familiar example of the -erl diminutive is Nannerl, the childhood name of Maria Anna Mozart, the sister of the celebrated composer. Historically, some common Austro-Bavarian surnames were also derived from (clipped) first names using the -l suffix; for example, (Jo)hann > Händl , Man(fred) > Mändl (both with epenthetic d and umlaut ), (Gott ...
When Devanāgarī is used for writing languages other than Sanskrit, conjuncts are used mostly with Sanskrit words and loan words. Native words typically use the basic consonant and native speakers know to suppress the vowel when it is conventional to do so. For example, the native Hindi word karnā is written करना (ka-ra-nā). [60]
The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3]
This is the pronunciation key for IPA 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.
Many Sikhs append the name of their sub-caste (known as a got in Punjabi and gotra in Hindi) as their surname. [34]: 40–41 A got is an exogamous grouping within a particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). [34]: 343 A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it.