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The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German), mostly in North American Jewish culture. Among Orthodox Jews , the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.
Shiksha as a supplemental branch of the Vedas, included teaching proper articulation and pronunciation of Vedic texts. [4] It was one of six fields of supplemental studies, others being grammar (Vyakarana), prosody (Chandas), ritual (Kalpa), etymology (Nirukta) and astrology (Jyotisha, calculating favorable time for rituals).
Shikha may refer to: Shikha (hairstyle), a traditional Hindu hairstyle; Shikha, Nepal; Shikha (actress), South Indian film actress; Shikha Joshi, Indian actress; Shikha Kumar, Registered business based in Canberra, Australia. She is Owner and founder of Shikha Beauty Studio; Shikha Makan, Indian ad-film director, filmmaker and screenwriter.
Sheikh (/ ʃ eɪ k, ʃ iː k / SHAYK, SHEEK, [1] Arabic: شَيْخ, romanized: shaykh, commonly, plural: شُيُوخ, shuyūkh) [a] is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of ...
Xia is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 夏 in Chinese character.It is romanized Hsia in Wade–Giles, and Ha in Cantonese.Xia is the 154th surname in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. [1]
Featherstonhaugh, also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh, is an old English surname that was originally Fetherston.The name comes from Featherstone Castle in Northumberland, from the Old English feðere, 'feather', stān, 'stone', and healh, 'corner'.
Xie (; simplified Chinese: 谢; traditional Chinese: 謝; pinyin: Xiè; Wade–Giles: Hsieh 4) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan.. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, most of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe and Afri
Shikhandi (Sanskrit: शिखण्डी, romanized: Śikhaṇḍī) is a character in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.Born as the daughter of Drupada, the King of Panchala, Shikhandi becomes male after agreeing to a sex exchange with a yaksha.