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  2. Amah (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese amah (right) with a woman and her three children Joanna de Silva Two ayahs in British India with their charges. An amah (Portuguese: ama, German: Amme, Medieval Latin: amma, simplified Chinese: 阿妈; traditional Chinese: 阿 媽; pinyin: ā mā; Wade–Giles: a¹ ma¹) or ayah (Portuguese: aia, Latin: avia, Tagalog: yaya) is a girl or woman employed by a family to clean, look after ...

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

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    Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin. Many loanwords are of Persian origin; see List of English words of Persian origin, with some of the latter being in turn of Arabic or Turkic origin. In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes ...

  4. Domestic robot - Wikipedia

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    A domestic robot or homebot is a type of service robot, an autonomous robot that is primarily used for household chores, but may also be used for education, entertainment or therapy. While most domestic robots are simplistic, some are connected to Wi-Fi home networks or smart environments and are autonomous to a high degree.

  5. Domestic worker - Wikipedia

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    Domestic workers may live in their own home, though more often they are "live-in" domestics, meaning that they receive their room and board as part of their salaries. In some countries, because of the large gap between urban and rural incomes, and the lack of employment opportunities in the countryside, even an ordinary middle class urban ...

  6. Chore - Wikipedia

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    Chore may refer to one of the following: House work; Housekeeping; Handyman work (odd jobs) Biochore, parts of the biosphere with similar environmental conditions; Chore (band), a Canadian rock band; Édgar Mejía (El Chore, born 1988), Mexican footballer

  7. Homemaking - Wikipedia

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    It is the act of overseeing the organizational, day-to-day operations of a house or estate, and the managing of other domestic concerns. A person in charge of the homemaking, who is not employed outside the home, in the US and Canada, is called a homemaker , a term for a housewife or a stay-at-home dad .

  8. Talk : List of ethnic slurs/removed entries - Wikipedia

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    (Used in Indian & Pakistani) Used in the subcontinent to describe a person of Oriental (Chinese, Japanese etc.) origin. Word is derived from Hindi 'chapata' meaning 'flat', used to refer to flat nose and facial features Chapetón / chapetona (Latin America) adjective and noun: a newly-arrived person from Europe. [6] Chapín

  9. Hinglish - Wikipedia

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    English is the most widely used language on the internet, and this is a further impetus to the use of Hinglish online by native Hindi speakers, especially among the youth. Google's Gboard mobile keyboard app gives an option of Hinglish as a typing language where one can type a Hindi sentence in the Roman script and suggestions will be Hindi ...