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  2. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindi-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated. Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the ...

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

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    In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...

  4. -ji - Wikipedia

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    -ji (IAST: -jī, Hindustani pronunciation:) is a gender-neutral honorific used as a suffix in many languages of the Indian subcontinent, [1] [2] such as Hindi, Nepali and Punjabi languages and their dialects prevalent in northern India, north-west and central India.

  5. Desi - Wikipedia

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    A map of the Indian subcontinent, depicting the republics of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan from which Desis originate [1]. Desi [a] (/ ˈ d eɪ s i / or / ˈ d ɛ s i / [2] DAY-see or DESS-ee; Hindustani: देसी (), دیسی (Perso-Arabic), Hindustani:) [b] also Deshi, is a loose term used to describe the peoples, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their diaspora, [4 ...

  6. Jigar (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jigar or Jeegar, used in Gujarati and English-language communities. Jigar is also an Urdu slang name for friend. The name has a Persian background and history. The meaning of Jigar is kind-hearted. [1] In the Hindi, Jigar is also used as a symbol of love and affection. In Hindi, Jigar is also synonymous with courage, liver. It has a FirstName ...

  7. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In Hindi 2½ Seer = Dhai (2½) Seer, or Dhaser 1 Paseri = 2 Adisari = 5 Seer In Hindi 5 Seer = Panch (5) Seer, or Paseri for short 1 Daseri = 2 Pasri = 10 Seer In Hindi 10 Seer = Das (10) Seer, or Daseri for short 1 Maund (maan or man[मण]) = 4 Daseri = 8 Pasri = 40 Seer Rice and Grains Volume Measures. Grains were not weighed.

  8. Meena - Wikipedia

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    Minas. The Meenas claim a mythological descent from the Matsya avatar, or fish incarnation, of Vishnu. [13] They also claim to be descendants of the people of the Matsya Kingdom, which flourished in the 6th century B.C. [14] The historian Pramod Kumar notes that it is likely that the tribes living in the ancient Matsya kingdom were called Meena but it cannot be said with certainty that there ...

  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 ...