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In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...
Keamari was a low lying island located between Manora and the city of Karachi well into the colonial era. [3] During this time, Keamari was the landing point for all goods and people entering Karachi. Kemari's anchorage during the early colonial era was too shallow for large ships, and so those were instead forced to dock at Manora. [4]
This day to day language was often referred to by the all-encompassing term Hindustani." [5] In Colonial India, Hindi-Urdu acquired vocabulary introduced by Christian missionaries from the Germanic and Romanic languages, e.g. pādrī (Devanagari: पादरी, Nastaleeq: پادری) from padre, meaning pastor. [6]
Mamund had two sons: the elder son was referred to as Kaka (کاکا / ککا), a Pashto word meaning "great, large, or elder," while the younger son was called Wur (ووړ), meaning "small, little, or minor" in Pashto.
It is a corrupted form of Chath bazaar. Chath is a hindi/urdu word means Shade, which is used to provide shade to the bazaar marchants. Dar-ul-Shifa - literally "House of Healing" in Urdu; named after a historic hospital in the area. [12] Dabirpura - literally "Colony of Scholars". Named in the honour of Dabir-ul-Mulk. [7]
The British colonial administration regarded the Pashtun Afridi tribesmen as "martial tribe" under the martial races theory. [20] Different Afridi clans also cooperated with the British in exchange for subsidies, and some even served with the Khyber Rifles , an auxiliary force of the British Indian Army .
Hindustani (sometimes called Hindi–Urdu) is a colloquial language and lingua franca of Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of India. It forms a dialect continuum between its two formal registers: the highly Persianized Urdu, and the de-Persianized, Sanskritized Hindi. [2] Urdu uses a modification of the Persian alphabet, whereas Hindi uses Devanagari ...
The term "Deccani" and its variants are often used in two different contexts: a historical, obsolete one, referring to the medieval-era literary predecessor of Hindi-Urdu; [12] [7] and an oral one, referring to the Urdu dialects spoken in many areas of the Deccan today. [13] Both contexts have intricate historical ties.