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  2. John Gilchrist (linguist) - Wikipedia

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    John Borthwick Gilchrist FRSE (19 June 1759 – 9 January 1841) was a Scottish surgeon, linguist, philologist and Indologist.Born and educated in Edinburgh, he spent most of his early career in India, where he made a study of the local languages.

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

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    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 from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  4. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    Samadhi is also the Hindi word for a structure commemorating the dead. Samkhya A school of philosophy emphasising a dualism between Purusha and Prakrti. Samsara Refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in Indian philosophical traditions. Samudra Manthana The legend of the churning of the ocean. Sanatana Dharma

  5. Tirukkural translations into Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The first translation of the Kural text into Hindi was probably made by Khenand Rakat, who published the translated work in 1924. [1] [2] Khan Chand Rahit published a translation in 1926. [3] In 1958, the University of Madras published a translation by Sankar Raju Naidu under the title "Tamil Ved."

  6. Bilingual dictionary - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.

  7. Hindi–Urdu transliteration - Wikipedia

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    In addition to Hindi-Urdu, there have been attempts to design Indo-Pakistani transliteration systems for digraphic languages like Sindhi (written in extended Perso-Arabic in Sindh of Pakistan and in Devanagari by Sindhis in partitioned India), Punjabi (written in Gurmukhi in East Punjab and Shahmukhi in West Punjab), Saraiki (written in ...

  8. Hardev Bahri - Wikipedia

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    Hardev Bahri, also Bahari; 1907—2000) was an Indian linguist, literary critic, and lexicographer of the 20th century, notable for his work in Hindi, Punjabi, and other related Indo-Aryan languages. He compiled numerous monolingual and bilingual dictionaries for both general and technical purposes in collaboration with the publisher Rajpal and ...

  9. Fiji Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Vimal Reddy wrote the story for the first Fiji Hindi movie, Adhura Sapna (Devanagari: अधूरा सपना, "Incomplete Dream"), produced in 2007. Urmila Prasad, who helped translate the Biblical Gospels of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John into Fiji Hindi, written using Roman script, known as Susamaachaar Aur Romiyo (2002) [19]