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

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    from Hindi guru "teacher, priest," from Sanskrit गुरु guru "one to be honored, teacher," literally "heavy, weighty." [12] Gymkhana A term which originally referred to a place where sporting events take place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors.

  3. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    Sanskrit term for "ego". Ahimsa A religious principle of non-violence and respect for all life. Ahimsa (अहिंसा ahiṁsā) is Sanskrit for avoidance of himsa, or injury. It is interpreted most often as meaning peace and reverence toward all sentient beings. Ahimsa is the core of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

  4. Alterity - Wikipedia

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    The concept of alterity explores how we understand and relate to those who are seen as different, and how this "otherness" shapes identity and social relations. While rooted in academic discourse, the term is also increasingly used more broadly to describe anything outside of established norms or conventions. [2]

  5. 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]

  6. Parameter - Wikipedia

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    If we do not alter the system, then the parameter λ is unchanged from measurement to measurement; if, on the other hand, we modulate the system by replacing the sample with a more radioactive one, then the parameter λ would increase. Another common distribution is the normal distribution, which has as parameters the mean μ and the variance σ².

  7. Category:Hindi words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase.

  8. Doublet (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In case of borrowing cognate terms, rather than descendants, most simply an existing doublet can be borrowed: two contemporary twin terms can be borrowed. More remotely, cognate terms from different languages can be borrowed, such as sauce (Old French) and salsa (Spanish), both ultimately from Latin, or tea (Dutch thee ) and chai (Hindi), both ...

  9. Category:Redirects from Hindi-language terms - Wikipedia

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    The pages in this category are redirects from terms in the Hindi language.The language code in the |1= parameter below is essential to populate this category. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Rcat shell|{{R from alternative language|1=hi|2=(the < to > ISO 639 name code)}}}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]].