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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 Indian flavoured spices.
Hinglish is the macaronic hybrid use of South Asian English and the Hindustani language. Its name is a portmanteau of the words Hindi and English. In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching or translanguaging between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.
from Hindi baniyaa ultimately from Sanskrit वणिज् vaṇij, which means "a merchant". Basmati Type of long grain rice, highly valued for its smell and texture. Through Hindi बासमती ultimately from Sanskrit वास vāsa. Bahuvrihi from Sanskrit बहुव्रीहि Bahuvrihi, a composite word, meaning 'much rice'.
Hindustani etymology. Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, is the vernacular form of two standardized registers used as official languages in India and Pakistan, namely Hindi and Urdu. It comprises several closely related dialects in the northern, central and northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent but is mainly based on Khariboli of the ...
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] However, in formal speech, Hindi tends to draw on ...
Hindi Meaning Portuguese anānās (अनानास) pineapple: ananás ... List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin; List of Hindi channels in Europe (by type)
Other languages. Adda, from Bengali, a group of people. Bhut jolokia, from Assamese (ভূত জলকীয়া Bhut Zôlôkiya ), a hot chili found in Assam and other parts of Northeast India. Jute from Bengali, a fiber.
The Prakrit word " dha-ṃ-ma "/ 𑀥𑀁𑀫 ( Sanskrit: Dharma धर्म) in the Brahmi script, as inscribed by Emperor Ashoka in his Edicts of Ashoka (3rd century BCE) The word dharma has roots in the Sanskrit dhr-, which means to hold or to support, and is related to Latin firmus (firm, stable). [22] From this, it takes the meaning of ...