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  2. Mama and papa - Wikipedia

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    Mama and papa use speech sounds that are among the easiest to produce: bilabial consonants like /m/, /p/, and /b/, and the open vowel /a/.They are, therefore, often among the first word-like sounds made by babbling babies (babble words), and parents tend to associate the first sound babies make with themselves and to employ them subsequently as part of their baby-talk lexicon.

  3. Ambri (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "Ambri" (Punjabi: امبڑی) (also commonly known as "Mother") is a Punjabi language narrative poem by Anwar Masood. It was inspired by a real event that happened in 1950, in which teacher Anwar Masood himself had an incident in his class, when one of his students beat his mother to almost death, while he was appointed as a schoolmaster in the village near Kunjah. [1]

  4. International Mother Language Day - Wikipedia

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    International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, [ 1 ] it was formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly with the adoption of UN resolution 56/262 [ 2 ] in ...

  5. Are you a ‘Mother’? What to know about the slang word - AOL

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    Mother” means awesome, beautiful, cool, loving, protective — but another timeless definition is orbiting. ... co-editor of the American Speech’s quarterly dictionary, Among the New Words ...

  6. Mother - Wikipedia

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    The proverbial "first word" of an infant often sounds like "ma" or "mama". This strong association of that sound with "mother" has persisted in nearly every language on earth, countering the natural localization of language. Familiar or colloquial terms for mother in English are:

  7. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the word used in Urdu, for the most part, decides how polite or refined one's speech is. For example, Urdu speakers distinguish between پانی, pānī and آب, āb, both meaning water. The former is used colloquially and has older Sanskrit origins; the latter is used formally and poetically, being of Persian origin ...

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

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.

  9. Muniba Mazari - Wikipedia

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    Muniba Mazari Baloch (Urdu: منیبہ مزاری; born 3 March 1987) is a Pakistani activist, anchor, artist, model, singer and motivational speaker. She became the National Ambassador UN Women Pakistan by BBC in 2015.