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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. 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:

  4. 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.

  5. 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).

  6. Ken Bakshi - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    The Ken Bakshi Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Ken Bakshi joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 42.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.

  7. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    As the Mbundu people shaped the pronunciation of place names in various regions of their manner of speaking, eliminating some sounds when they did not alter the meaning of the word, Lu-ndandu became Lu-andu. The word in Portuguese became feminine, since it referred to an island, and resulted in Luanda. [12]

  8. List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies

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    The most widely accepted origin of the name Sikkim is that it is a combination of two words in Limbu: su ("new") and khyim ("palace" or "house"), in reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal. The Tibetan name for Sikkim is Denjong, which means "valley of rice". Tamil Nadu (23) தமிழ்நாடு

  9. Here’s Why You Should Try A Cold Workout, According To Experts

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    $20.00 at amazon.com. Best Cold-Weather Outdoor Workouts. The best kind of workouts to do in the cold are ones that keep you moving and producing heat, says Rothstein.