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  2. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the history of the language, Urdu has been referred to by several other names: Hindi, Hindavi, Rekhta, Urdu-e-Muallah, Dakhini, Moors and Dehlavi. In 1773, the Swiss French soldier Antoine Polier notes that the English liked to use the name "Moors" for Urdu: [ 80 ]

  3. List of Pakistani spices - Wikipedia

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    Urdu Name Roman Urdu Name Remarks Flax seeds: السی: Aalsi Star anise: بادیان : Baadyan Ginger: ادرک: Adrak Grated or paste Mango powder: آمچور: Amchoor Dried unripe mango slices or powder Pakistani pickles: اچار: Achar Different types of pickles Parsley: جعفری: Jafari Carom seed اجوائن: Ajwain Emblica ...

  4. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu. v. t. e. Urdu developed during the 13th century, although the name "Urdu" did not exist at the time for the language. Amir Khusrau, who lived in the thirteenth century, wrote and gave shape to the Rekhta dialect (The Persianized combination of Hindavi), which was the early form of Modern Standard Urdu. He was thus called, the "father of ...

  5. Urdu poetry - Wikipedia

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    Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d.1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and ...

  6. List of Urdu poets - Wikipedia

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    Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785) Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793) Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810) Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830) Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748–1810)

  7. Urdu Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 21 September 2024, it has 211,546 articles, 184,727 registered users and 10,881 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...

  8. Shayar (poet) - Wikipedia

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    The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. [5] There are more than 30 types of Urdu poetry, also known as shayari. Examples of shayari are ghazal, sher, nazm, marsiya, qita and many more. [6] Traditionally, that this form of poetry is often read to an audience in a special setting called mehfil. Although there are many professional ...

  9. Works of Muhammad Iqbal - Wikipedia

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    Iqbal's first published work, with likely date of 1904, was an introductory economics textbook which he wrote as result of his first proper job - teaching of history and political economy to students of Bachelor of Oriental Learning (B.O.L.) in Urdu and translation of English and Arabic works into Urdu at the University Oriental College, Lahore.