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  2. Unitard - Wikipedia

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    A dancer wearing a unitard, a shrug and pointe shoes. A unitard is a skintight, one-piece garment with long legs and sometimes long sleeves, usually stopping at the wrists and ankles. [1] It differs from a leotard which does not have long legs. [2] The leotard is also usually considered a more feminine clothing item, while the unitard is not.

  3. Cordwainer - Wikipedia

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    This usage distinction is not universally observed, as the word cobbler is widely used for tradespersons who make or repair shoes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Oxford English Dictionary [ 5 ] says that the word cordwainer is archaic, "still used in the names of guilds, for example, the Cordwainers' Company "; but its definition of cobbler mentions ...

  4. Footwear - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., the annual footwear industry revenue was $48 billion in 2012. In 2015, there were about 29,000 shoe stores in the U.S. and the shoe industry employed about 189,000 people. [47] Due to rising imports, these numbers are also declining. The only way of staying afloat in the shoe market is to establish a presence in niche markets. [48]

  5. Peshawari chappal - Wikipedia

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    The shoe takes its name from the city of Peshawar, [1] where it originates. While chappal is the word for flip-flops or sandals in Urdu, locals in Peshawar call the Peshawari Tsaplay (Pashto: څپلی). The shoes are worn by men casually or formally, usually with the shalwar kameez.

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

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    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 from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  7. Nuqta - Wikipedia

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    The nuqta, and the phonological distinction it represents, is sometimes ignored in practice; e.g., क़िला qilā being simply spelled as किला kilā.In the text Dialect Accent Features for Establishing Speaker Identity, Manisha Kulshreshtha and Ramkumar Mathur write, "A few sounds, borrowed from the other languages like Persian and Arabic, are written with a dot (bindu or nuqtā).

  8. Urdu keyboard - Wikipedia

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    Layout of Urdu Phonetic Keyboard. Along with the UZT keyboards, phonetic keyboards have been developed for Urdu. Phonetic keyboards works with the sound of the words, e.g. 'a' button of the English keyboard contain an Urdu word which is similar to the sound of 'a' and same is the case for other characters.

  9. Urdu Informatics - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Informatics (Urdu: اردو اطلاعیات) relates to the research and contributions in bringing the utilities and usage of Urdu to the modern information and ...