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  2. Shikra - Wikipedia

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    [14] [29] [30] The word shikra or shikara means hunter in the Hindi language (the male was called chipak or chipka based on call [31]) The word Shikra is borrowed from the Urdu word (شِـكْـره) which is derived from the word shikari (شِكارى) meaning hunter.

  3. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    It is helpful to be able to understand the source of scientific names. Although the Latin names do not always correspond to the current English common names, they are often related, and if their meanings are understood, they are easier to recall. The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named.

  4. Animal language - Wikipedia

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    Animal language typically does not include bee dancing, bird song, whale song, dolphin signature whistles, prairie dog alarm calls, or the communicative systems found in most social mammals. [citation needed] The features of language as listed above are a dated formulation by Hockett in 1960. Through this formulation Hockett made one of the ...

  5. Animal culture - Wikipedia

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    A further definition of culture is, "[s]ocially transmitted behavior patterns that serve to relate human communities to their ecological settings." [15] This definition connects cultural behavior to the environment. Since culture is a form of adaptation to one's environment, it is mirrored in many aspects of our current and past societies.

  6. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for the progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but ...

  7. Hindustani grammar - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, the lingua franca of Northern India and Pakistan, has two standardised registers: Hindi and Urdu.Grammatical differences between the two standards are minor but each uses its own script: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses an extended form of the Perso-Arabic script, typically in the Nastaʿlīq style.

  8. Category:Hindi - Wikipedia

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  9. Agarwood - Wikipedia

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    khloem is 'hard wood' and chann crassna is the tree species Aquilaria crassna in the Khmer language. In Hindi, it is known as agar, which is derived originally from the Sanskrit aguru. [25] [26] In Sinhala Agarwood producing Gyrinops walla tree is known as "Walla Patta" (වල්ල පට්ට).