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  2. 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 The drink was originally made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea or spices.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

  3. Hindi–Urdu transliteration - Wikipedia

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    Note that Hindi–Urdu transliteration schemes can be used for Punjabi as well, for Gurmukhi (Eastern Punjabi) to Shahmukhi (Western Punjabi) conversion, since Shahmukhi is a superset of the Urdu alphabet (with 2 extra consonants) and the Gurmukhi script can be easily converted to the Devanagari script.

  4. Field holler - Wikipedia

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    It differs from the collective work song in that it was sung solo, though early observers noted that a holler, or ‘cry’, might be echoed by other workers. Though commonly associated with cotton cultivation, the field holler was also sung by levee workers, and field hands in rice and sugar plantations. Field hollers are also known as corn ...

  5. List of Pakistani family names - Wikipedia

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    Abro; Arain; Bhati; Bhutto; Bughio; Burfat; Channa; Chachar; Chhutta; Chauhan; Chandio; Dahar; Detha; Dodai; Dhareja; Daudpotro; Effendi; Gurchani; Hanbhi; Hingora ...

  6. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [ 2 ]

  7. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  8. Millennial whoop - Wikipedia

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    The millennial whoop is a vocal melodic pattern alternating between the fifth note — the dominant —and the third note — the mediant — in a major scale, typically starting on the fifth, in the rhythm of straight 8th-notes, and often using the "wa" and "oh" syllables. [1] It was used extensively in 2010s pop music. [2] [3]

  9. WHOOP (company) - Wikipedia

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    WHOOP is an American wearable technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] Its principal product is a fitness tracker that measures strain, recovery, and sleep . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The device is best known for its use by athletes.