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  2. Bakshi - Wikipedia

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    Bakshi is a historical title used in India, deriving from Persian word for "paymaster", and originating as the title of an official responsible for distributing wages in Muslim armies. [ 1 ] Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad , Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964.

  3. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).

  4. Byomkesh Bakshi - Wikipedia

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    Byomkesh Bakshi is a fictional Indian Bengali detective created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Known for referring to himself as a Satyanweshi ("truth-seeker"), Bakshi is characterized by his sharp observation, logical reasoning, and proficiency in forensic science , which he applies to solve complex murder cases, primarily set in Calcutta .

  5. Baksheesh - Wikipedia

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    Baksheesh comes from the Persian word بخشش (bakhshesh), which originated from the Middle Persian language. [2]The word had also moved to other cultures and countries. In the Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Indian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, and Turkish languages, bakshish or бакшиш means "tip" in the conventional western sense.

  6. Bakhshi - Wikipedia

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    Bakhshi (Persian: بخشی; adjective form of Bakhsh – a type of administrative division of Iran – which in itself is a hyponym of the Persian noun بخش (baxš), meaning part, portion; section; district; fortune) is a Dari, [1] Persian, [1] [2] Pakistani [1] and Indian [1] [2] surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  7. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning "place of cheetahs." South Korea: see K on this page South Sudan: Juba: The name is derived from Djouba, another name for the Bari people. Spain: Madrid (1561–1600): There are several theories regarding the origin of the name "Madrid". According to legend Madrid was founded by Ocno Bianor (son of ...

  8. Makorshar Rosh - Wikipedia

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    "Makorshar Rosh" was first published in 1933 by M.C. Sarkar and Sons. It has since been included in various collections of Byomkesh Bakshi stories, most notably in the comprehensive "Byomkesh Samagra" published by Ananda Publishers. [1] The story is available in several formats: As part of larger Byomkesh Bakshi collections in Bengali [4]

  9. Anand Bakshi - Wikipedia

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    Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid) was born in Rawalpindi in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan), on 21 July 1930 into a Mohyal Brahmin family of the Vaid clan. [3] The family arrived in Delhi, after the Partition of India and then migrated to Pune, then to Meerut and settled finally in Delhi. [4] [5]