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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. Hindustani grammar - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the table below the locative and the accusative case is used in the same sentence, the word order is flexible because the markers for the locative and the accusative cases are different but in Hindustani, the marker for the accusative and the dative case are the same, which is ko for nouns and the oblique case pronouns or they ...

  4. Hindustani declension - Wikipedia

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    Example English Example English Ergative: ने نے ne लड़के ने لڑکے نے laṛke ne boy उन्होंने انہوں نے unhõne they Accusative: को کو ko लड़के को لڑکے کو laṛke ko the boy उनको ان کو unko/un ko them Dative: to the boy to them Instrumental: से سے se

  5. Kinship terminology - Wikipedia

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    Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...

  6. Hindustani verbs - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is extremely rich in complex verbs formed by the combinations of noun/adjective and a verb. Complex verbs are of two types: transitive and intransitive. [3]The transitive verbs are obtained by combining nouns/adjectives with verbs such as karnā 'to do', lenā 'to take', denā 'to give', jītnā 'to win' etc.

  7. Grandparent - Wikipedia

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    Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal.Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, thirty-two genetic great-great-great ...

  8. Patronymic - Wikipedia

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    Somalis use their paternal grandfather's given name as their legal surname for documentation purposes. They also use the term "ina" or "iña" meaning "the son of" or "the daughter of," which is similar to other African and Arab naming patterns. For example, the name "Ahmed Mohamed Ali Farah" means "Ahmed son of Mohamed son of Ali son of Farah."

  9. Talk:Indian name - Wikipedia

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    In Central Kerala also it was prevalent. I got the name of my paternal grandfather and my younger brother that of my maternal grandfather. But to my knowledge the system used to be different for females. the eldest was to get the name of maternal grandmother and the next the paternal grandmother.