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  2. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    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] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  3. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    The right of the child was with the maternal uncle or the mother's family rather than the father or the father's family. Through this bloodline, surnames, titles, properties, and everything of the child are inherited from his uncle or mother.

  4. Ashtavakra (epic) - Wikipedia

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    The canto ends with Aṣṭāvakra starting to grow in the Āśrama of his maternal grandfather. Saṅkalpa (Hindi: सङ्कल्प, meaning Resolution): The canto begins with the concept of resolution – the poet states that a noble resolution is the true and pure resolution. Aṣṭāvakra is born handicapped, and a son Śvetaketu is ...

  5. Mother - Wikipedia

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    The adjective "maternal" refers to a mother and comparatively to "paternal" for a father. The verb "to mother" means to procreate or to sire a child, or to provide care for a child, from which also derives the noun "mothering". [4] Related terms of endearment are mom (mama, mommy), mum (mummy), mumsy, mamacita (ma, mam) and mammy.

  6. Bismil Azimabadi - Wikipedia

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    His maternal Grandfather and his maternal Uncle both were poets. He grew in Azimabad where the atmosphere was poetic and literary and it was from there he picked up the love for Urdu poetry. He chose the word Bismil (meaning hurt or wounded) as his pen name and became disciple of Khan Bahadur Shad Azimabadi , (1846-1929).

  7. Marumakkathayam - Wikipedia

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    Marumakkathayam was a system of matrilineal inheritance prevalent in regions of the Indian state of Kerala.It is similar to the Aliyasanthana system followed by the Bunt community in Karnataka [1]

  8. List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames - Wikipedia

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    He adopted Fibich, his maternal grandmother's surname, as his professional name. [106] Ruth Fischer (1895–1961), co-founder of the Austrian Communist Party in 1918, was born Elfriede Eisler in Leipzig, the daughter of Rudolf Eisler, a professor of philosophy, and his wife, Marie (née Fischer). According to secret information declassified in ...

  9. Daughter language - Wikipedia

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    In historical linguistics, a daughter language, also known as descendant language, is a language descended from another language, its mother language, through a process of genetic descent. [1]