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The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindi-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated. Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the ...
from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]
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Limacology (from Latin limax, "slug", and Greek-λογία, -logia) is the branch of zoology which deals with slugs, i.e. shell-less gastropod mollusks.A person that studies limacology is referred to as a limacologist.
This day to day language was often referred to by the all-encompassing term Hindustani." [5] In Colonial India, Hindi-Urdu acquired vocabulary introduced by Christian missionaries from the Germanic and Romanic languages, e.g. pādrī (Devanagari: पादरी, Nastaleeq: پادری) from padre, meaning pastor. [6]
Hindustani proper (red). Dark grey are the other Indo-Aryan languages. An intermediate scope: Central Indo-Aryan languages. The broadest scope: the Hindi Belt.. In a slightly broader sense, Hindustani language, the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan
WASHINGTON – Several Republican senators say they disagree with President Donald Trump's assessment that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "a dictator.". Asked whether she believes ...
Presbyterian Samuel H. Kellogg who taught at the seminary in Allahabad [9] headed three translators working on translation of the Old Testament into Hindi, including William Hooper, of the Church Missionary Society, and Joseph Arthur Lambert. [10] Kellogg's Hindi Grammar (1876, 1893) is still consulted today. [11]