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  2. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi, ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī) [14] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language used as the official language of India alongside English. It is written in Devanagari script and is the lingua franca of North India.

  3. MILF - Wikipedia

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    MILF ( / mɪlf /, as if read as "milf") is an acronym that stands for " Mature (or Mother) I'd Like to Fuck ". [1] [2] [3] This abbreviation is used in colloquial English, instead of the whole phrase. It connotes an older woman, typically one with children, considered sexually attractive. [1] [2] [4] [5] A related term is "cougar", which ...

  4. Desi - Wikipedia

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    Desi ( देसी / دیسی desī) is a Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) word, meaning 'national', ultimately from Sanskrit deśīya, derived from deśa ( देश) 'region, province, country'. [2] The first known usage of the Sanskrit word is found in the Natya Shastra (~200 BCE), where it defines the regional varieties of folk performing arts, as ...

  5. Bhagavan - Wikipedia

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    The word Bhagavan is the most common word for the Buddhist texts to refer to the Buddha. For example, almost every sutra in Buddhist canonical and commentarial texts starts with the line like. Evaṃ me suttaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. (Pali)

  6. 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 Indian flavoured spices.

  7. Namaste - Wikipedia

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    Namaste. Pressing hands together with a smile to greet namaste – a common cultural gesture in India. Namaste ( Sanskrit pronunciation: [nɐmɐste:], [1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [2] [3] [4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time ...

  8. Book - Wikipedia

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    e. A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Books are typically composed of many pages, bound together and protected by a cover. [1] Modern bound books were preceded by many other written mediums, such as the codex and the scroll. The book publishing process is the series of steps involved in their creation ...

  9. Et cetera - Wikipedia

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    The &c (et ceterarum, "Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland and another") shows that Oliver Cromwell did not renounce the English claims on France. Et cetera (English: / ɛ t ˈ s ɛ t ə r ə / or English: / ɛ k ˈ s ɛ t ə r ə /, Latin: [ɛt ˈkeːtɛra]), abbreviated to etc., et cet., &c. or &c, is a Latin expression that is used in English to mean "and other things", or "and so ...