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  2. Fawn (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Fawn is a feminine given name derived from the English name for a juvenile deer and the color. “Fawn” is also an English word meaning “to court favor from” or “to show affection .” Fawne is a spelling variant.

  3. 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 ...

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

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    This is a list of English-language words of Hindi and Urdu origin, two distinguished registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu). Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin.

  5. Devin (name) - Wikipedia

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    Devin is a unisex English-language given name, of many origins. One origin for Devin is from the surname Devin , which is an anglicization of the Irish patronymic Ó Damháin . The Irish patronymic is in reference to the given name 'damán allaid' meaning "fawn", [ 1 ] or "poet."

  6. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Purdah - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Indian society, "practices that restricted women's social mobility and behavior" existed but the arrival of Islam in India "intensified these Hindu practices, and by the 19th century purdah was the customary practice of high-caste Hindu and elite communities throughout India."

  8. Hindi pronouns - Wikipedia

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    The personal pronouns and possessives in Modern Standard Hindi of the Hindustani language displays a higher degree of inflection than other parts of speech. Personal pronouns have distinct forms according to whether they stand for a subject ( nominative ), a direct object ( accusative ), an indirect object ( dative ), or a reflexive object.

  9. Bai (suffix) - Wikipedia

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    Bai or baisaheb is a suffix added to the name of female members of the Hindu dynasties, e.g. Shantabai. It is also used as an honorific for the elder sister amongst the Marathi-speaking people . This type of suffix is also used in several warrior castes and in some of the tribal castes, for example the Lambadi .