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  2. Tandok dance - Wikipedia

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    Tandok dance has a deep message about the close family ties in the Batak land. In addition, the Tandok dance also depicts the Batak people who have always lived as an agrarian nation, a nation that is closely related to planting culture and respecting nature such as respecting their ancestors. [5]

  3. Influence of Arabic on other languages - Wikipedia

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    There are far fewer Arabic loanwords in Javanese than Sanskrit loanwords, and they are usually concerned with Islamic religion. Nevertheless, some words have entered the basic vocabulary, such as pikir ("to think", from the Arabic fikr), badan ("body"), mripat ("eye", thought to be derived from the Arabic ma'rifah, meaning "knowledge" or "vision").

  4. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the reign of Aurangzeb in the early 1700s, the common language around Delhi began to be referred to as Zaban-e-Urdu, [33] a name derived from the Turkic word ordu (army) or orda and is said to have arisen as the "language of the camp", or "Zaban-i-Ordu" means "Language of High camps" [32] or natively "Lashkari Zaban" means ...

  5. Aurat (word) - Wikipedia

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    In Persian and Kurdish as well as Urdu, the word 'awrat (Persian: عورت) derived from the Arabic 'awrah, has been used widely to mean "woman". Consulting Mohammad Moin's dictionary of Persian, 'awrah has two meanings: Nakedness; Young woman [17] The meaning in other derivatives ranges from "blind in one eye" to "false or artificial", among ...

  6. Arabic in Islam - Wikipedia

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    This view emphasizes that only the original Arabic captures the full depth, meaning, and beauty of the divine revelation, as intended. For this reason, Arabic serves as a medium not just for communication, but for maintaining a direct link between Muslims and the divine message of Islam, transcending national, linguistic, and cultural boundaries.

  7. Mirasi - Wikipedia

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    They are folklore tellers and traditional singers and dancers of a number of communities. The word "mirasi" is derived from the Arabic word (ميراث) mīrās, which means inheritance or sometimes heritage. In the strict grammatical sense of the term, they are considered to be propagators of the cultural and social heritage. [1]

  8. Mazar (mausoleum) - Wikipedia

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    Arabic in origin, the word has been borrowed by Persian and Hindi-Urdu. [4] [5] It has also been rendered as mazaar in English. [6] Darīh, plural aḍriḥa (أضرحة) or ḍarāiḥ (ضرائح), is related to the verb ḍaraḥa (ضَرَحَ meaning "to inter"). [7] It is commonly used in the Maghreb.

  9. Mushaira - Wikipedia

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    Mushaira (Urdu: مشاعرہ, romanized: Mušā'ira) is a poetic symposium. It is an event (called mehfil, Mushairi) where poets gather to perform their works. A mushaira is part of the Culture of North India, Pakistan and the Deccan, particularly among the Hyderabadi Muslims, and it regarded as a forum for free self-expression. [1]