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  2. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindi-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated. Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the ...

  3. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    It is interpreted most often as meaning peace and reverence toward all sentient beings. Ahimsa is the core of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Its first mention in Indian philosophy is found in the Hindu scriptures called the Upanishads, the oldest dating about 800 BC. Those who practice Ahimsa are often vegetarians or vegans. Akashic Records

  4. Ridiculous - Wikipedia

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    It comes from the 1540s Latin "ridiculosus" meaning "laughable", from "ridiculus" meaning "that which excites laughter", and from "ridere" meaning "to laugh". [1] "Ridiculous" is an adjective describing "the ridiculous". In common usage, "ridiculousness" is used as a synonym for absurdity or nonsense.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Joke - Wikipedia

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    To understand laughter in humans and other primates, the science of gelotology (from the Greek gelos, meaning laughter) has been established; it is the study of laughter and its effects on the body from both a psychological and physiological perspective. While jokes can provoke laughter, laughter cannot be used as a one-to-one marker of jokes ...

  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. Prajñā (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    Meaning [ edit ] The Sanskrit word प्रज्ञा ( Prajña ) is the compound of "प्र ( pra- )" which prefix means – before, forward, fulfiller, and used as the intensifier but rarely as a separate word [ 1 ] and "ज्ञ ( jna )" which means - knowing or familiar with. [ 2 ]

  9. 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 ]