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  2. Birthday customs and celebrations - Wikipedia

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    A birthday party usually includes gifts for the person whose birthday it is. In Israel, part of the birthday celebration for a child in kindergarten is to lift the decorated chair that the child sits on into the air several times, once for each year of the child's age, plus "one for the next year". [1] [2]

  3. What's Your Birthday Flower? Find Out What Each One ... - AOL

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    Some say it started in ancient Roman times when flowers were often gifted as a way to celebrate birthdays. Others attribute the custom to the Victorian era when flowers were often given meaning ...

  4. Birthday - Wikipedia

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    It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. Mawlid is the official birthday of Muhammad and is celebrated on the 12th or 17th day of Rabi' al-awwal by adherents of Sunni and Shia Islam respectively. These are the two most commonly accepted dates of birth of Muhammad.

  5. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Shah Abdul Qadir Raipuri was the first person who translated The Quran into Urdu. [85] During Shahjahan's time, the Capital was relocated to Delhi and named Shahjahanabad and the Bazar of the town was named Urdu e Muallah. [86] [87] In the Akbar era, the word Rekhta was used to describe Urdu for the first time. It was originally a Persian word ...

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

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    from Hindi पश्मीना, Urdu پشمينه, ultimately from Persian پشمينه. Punch from Hindi and Urdu panch پانچ, meaning "five". The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices. [15] [16] The original drink was named paantsch. Pundit

  7. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry , especially the verse forms of the ghazal ( غزل ) and nazm ( نظم ), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana ...

  8. 17 (number) - Wikipedia

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    17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. 17 was described at MIT as "the least random number", according to the Jargon File. [1] This is supposedly because, in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

  9. What do teens mean when they say ‘sigma’? - AOL

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    Urban Dictionary adds that sigma “is what all 10 year olds think they are.” As reported by British GQ , the word “sigma” was born from the misogynistic “manosphere.” What does ‘sigma ...