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  2. 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 ...

  3. Baba (honorific) - Wikipedia

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    Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is an Indo-Iranian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures.. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics and Sikh gurus, as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Baba Ramdev, etc. [1] [3]

  4. Grandfather clause - Wikipedia

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    A grandfather clause, also known as grandfather policy, grandfathering, or being grandfathered in, is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases.

  5. List of grandfather clauses - Wikipedia

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    A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy or grandfathering) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfather rights or acquired rights, or to have been grandfathered in. Frequently, the exemption is ...

  6. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    Abro; Arain; Bhati; Bhutto; Bughio; Burfat; Channa; Chachar; Chhutta; Chauhan; Chandio; Dahar; Detha; Dodai; Dhareja; Daudpotro; Effendi; Gurchani; Hanbhi; Hingora ...

  7. Sharif family - Wikipedia

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    The Sharif family [a] is a Pakistani political family of Punjabi–Kashmiri background. Playing a prominent role in Pakistani politics, especially in Punjab, since late-1980s, the family held the leadership of the Islamic Democratic Alliance; and has held the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-N for most of the party's existence.

  8. Parent-in-law - Wikipedia

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    A mother-in-law is the mother of a person's spouse. [3] Two women who are mothers-in-law to each other's children may be called co-mothers-in-law, or, if there are grandchildren, co-grandmothers. In comedy and in popular culture, the mother-in-law is stereotyped as bossy, unfriendly, hostile, nosy, overbearing and generally unpleasant.

  9. Mahram - Wikipedia

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    in-law mahrams with whom one becomes mahram by marrying someone: all the ancestors of one's spouse; all the descendants of one's spouse; all who marry a direct ancestor; all who marry a direct descendant (A woman may marry her stepfather, but only if the stepfather has not consummated his marriage to her mother.)