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The English-language idiom " raining cats and dogs " or " raining dogs and cats " is used to describe particularly heavy rain. It is of unknown etymology and is not necessarily related to the raining animals phenomenon. [1] The phrase (with "polecats" instead of "cats") has been used at least since the 17th century. [2][3]
This is a list of English language words borrowed from Indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French. It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common ...
Cross-linguistics onomatopoeia at WikIdioms (Archived) Derek Abbott's, Animal Noises. Portal for the Greek language and language education, onomatopoeic words in Modern Greek. Onomatopoeia - words for rain that sound like rain.
Related names. Nehal, Nahla, Nina. Neha (Hindi and Sanskrit: नेहा; Hindi pronunciation: [neː.ɦɑː]) is a popular Hindi / Sanskrit Indian feminine given name, often found in the Hindu community. It means ' love ' / ' affection ', ' rain ' / ' downpour ', and is sometimes translated as ' beautiful eyes '.
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala.
Raina, also spelled Reyna, (Hindi: रैना) is also a Hindi given name and surname meaning “ night.”. Reina is also a Japanese name with different meanings depending on the kanji or hiragana symbols that are used to spell it, including (Japanese Kanji: 怜奈) meaning “ wise.”. [7]
Hinglish. Hinglish is the macaronic hybrid use of English and the Hindustani language. [1][2][3][4][5] Its name is a portmanteau of the words Hindi and English. [6] In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching or translanguaging between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.
Konkani language. Konkani[note 3] (Devanagari: कोंकणी, Romi: Konknni, Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿ, Malayalam: കൊങ്കണി, Perso-Arabic: کونکنی; [1] IAST: Kōṅkṇī, IPA: [kõkɳi]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India.