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  2. Quinoa - Wikipedia

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    The genus name Chenopodium is composed of two words coming from the Greek χήν,-νός, goose and πόδῖον, podion "little foot", or "goose foot", because of the resemblance of the leaves with the trace of a goose's foot. [24] The specific epithet quinoa is a borrowing from the Spanish quinua or quinoa, itself derived from Quechua kinuwa.

  3. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

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    As English is widely used a professional and higher-education language in India, availability of Devanagari keyboards is dwarfed by English keyboards. Similarly, software and user interfaces released and promoted in India are in English, as is much of the computer education available there.

  4. Devanagari (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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    Devanagari is a Unicode block containing characters for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Bodo, Maithili, Sindhi, Nepali, and Sanskrit, among others.In its original incarnation, the code points U+0900..U+0954 were a direct copy of the characters A0-F4 from the 1988 ISCII standard.

  5. Modi script - Wikipedia

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    Here, the word 'Marathi' is printed in the Modi script. The use of Modi has diminished since the independence of India. Now the Balbodh style of Devanagari is the primary script used to write Marathi. [11] [12] However, some linguists in Pune have recently begun trying to revive the script. [13]

  6. Varhadi dialect - Wikipedia

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    Exceptionally, Varhadi has a few Sanskrit tatsama words for whom the standard Marathi counterparts are modified words (tadbhava shabda) such as in eastern parts of Vidarbha, snake is called sarpa (सर्प) unlike sāp (साप) of standard Marathi. The forms of Varhadi vary in different parts of Vidarbha and also, as per castes.

  7. Pseudocereal - Wikipedia

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    Quinoa, a common pseudocereal. A pseudocereal or pseudograin is one of any non-grasses that are used in much the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses).Pseudocereals can be further distinguished from other non-cereal staple crops (such as potatoes) by their being processed like a cereal: their seed can be ground into flour and otherwise used as a cereal.

  8. Marathi grammar - Wikipedia

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    The grammar of the Marathi language shares similarities with other modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Odia, Gujarati or Punjabi. The first modern book exclusively about the grammar of Marathi was printed in 1805 by Willam Carey. [1] [2] The principal word order in Marathi is SOV (subject–object–verb). [3]

  9. Devanagari - Wikipedia

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    The end of a sentence or half-verse may be marked with the "।" symbol (called a daṇḍa, meaning "bar", or called a pūrṇa virām, meaning "full stop/pause"). The end of a full verse may be marked with a double-daṇḍa, a "॥" symbol. A comma (called an alpa virām, meaning "short stop/pause") is used to denote a natural pause in speech.