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  2. Aurat (word) - Wikipedia

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    In Persian and Kurdish as well as Urdu, the word 'awrat (Persian: عورت) derived from the Arabic 'awrah, has been used widely to mean "woman". Consulting Mohammad Moin's dictionary of Persian, 'awrah has two meanings: Nakedness; Young woman [17] The meaning in other derivatives ranges from "blind in one eye" to "false or artificial", among ...

  3. Mah Laqa Bai - Wikipedia

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    Her first language was Urdu, and she was also fluent in Arabic, Persian and Bhojpuri languages. [4]: 118 & 123 She was the first woman poet to author a diwan, a complete collection of Urdu ghazals. The collection, named Gulzar-e-Mahlaqa, comprises 39 ghazals, and each ghazal consists of 5 couplets. The collection was published in 1824 after her ...

  4. Ada Jafri - Wikipedia

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    Ada Jafarey was part of a traditionally conservative society where women were not allowed to think and express independently. [2] But she was bold enough to express herself. [6] Despite having traditionality ingrained in her personality, she took part in modern art. [1] As early as 1950, she was recognized as the First Lady of Urdu Poetry.

  5. Zenana - Wikipedia

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    Zenana (Persian: زنانه, "of the women" or "pertaining to women"; [1] Urdu: زنانہ; Bengali: জেনানা; Hindi: ज़नाना) is the part of a house belonging to a Muslim family in the Indian subcontinent, which is reserved for the women of the household. [2]

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

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    from Hindi पश्मीना, Urdu پشمينه, ultimately from Persian پشمينه. Punch from Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. [15] [16] The original drink was named paantsch. Pundit

  7. Bibi (title) - Wikipedia

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    Aisha Bibi, 12th-century noble woman, after whom a memorial and village are named in modern Kazakhstan; Bibi Mubarika, 16th a Yusufzai Pashtun Empress consort in Mughal empire. She was a wife of first Mughal emperor Babur. Bibi Ambha, the Hindu origin mother of Sikandar Lodi [5] Asia Bibi, a Catholic Christian worker accused of blasphemy in ...

  8. What a Woman President Would Mean - AOL

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    But when I called her recently to ask if she ever thought she would see a woman President in her lifetime, she paused before answering: "No." My grandma was born roughly 10 years after women got ...

  9. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...