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  2. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  3. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...

  4. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dictionaries considered authoritative or complete by approximate number of total words, or headwords, included number of words in a language. [1] [2] In compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer decides whether the evidence of use is sufficient to justify an entry in the dictionary. This decision is not the same as determining ...

  5. Category:Urdu-language words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Urdu-language names (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Urdu-language words and phrases" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.

  6. Capitonym - Wikipedia

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    The following list includes only "dictionary words". Personal names (Mark/mark, Will/will), place-names (China/china, Turkey/turkey), company names (Fiat/fiat), names of publications (Time/time) etc. are all excluded as too numerous to list. Adjectives distinct from placenames (e.g. Polish/polish) are allowed. Pairs in which one word is simply ...

  7. Talk:List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    In urdu/hindi, Paa is derived from Persian, the root word for Paa in urdu/hindi is Paaon (پاؤں) and for Jama is Kapra (کپڑا). Sepoy: Sepoy is the changed form of Persian word Sepaahi (سپاھی). In Webster Online dictionary, the origin of word Sepoy is given as Portuguese sipai, from Hindi & Urdu sipāhī, from Persian [1] [2].

  8. Nisba (onomastics) - Wikipedia

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    In Arabic names, a nisba (Arabic: نسبة nisbah, "attribution"), also rendered as nesba or nesbat, is an adjective surname indicating the person's place of origin, ancestral tribe, or ancestry, used at the end of the name and occasionally ending in the suffix-iyy for males and -iyyah for females. [1]

  9. 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.