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This is a list of English-language words of Hindi and Urdu origin, two distinguished registers of the Hindustani language. Many of the Hindi and Urdu equivalents have originated from Sanskrit ; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin .
Modern Standard Hindi, 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 .
A. Ambarella. through Sinhala: ඇඹරැල්ලා æmbarællā ultimately from Sanskrit: अम्बरेल्ला, a kind of tree. [1] Aniline. through German: Anilin, French: Aniline and Portuguese: Anil from Arabic النيل al-nili and Persian نیلا nila, ultimately from Sanskrit नीली nili. [2] Aryan. from Sanskrit ...
Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the context. Hindi profanities often contain references to incest and notions of honor. Hindi profanities may have origins in Persian, Urdu, or Sanskrit. Hindi profanity is used such as promoting racism, sexism or offending someone.
In the context of written language, Hinglish colloquially refers to Romanized Hindi — Hindustani written in English alphabet (that is, using Roman script instead of the traditional Devanagari or Nastaliq), often also mixed with English words or phrases.
This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India. Hindi or Urdu [ edit ] see: List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin
India has a Greenberg's diversity index of 0.914—i.e. two people selected at random from the country will have different native languages in 91.4% of cases. [11] As per the 2011 Census of India, languages by highest number of speakers are as follows: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Odia, Malayalam.
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 ...
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 ...
Hindi ISO 15919 Urdu Approxi. English equivalent; Initial Final Final Medial Initial ə: अ ा: a ـہ ـا ـ َـ اَ about aː: आ: ā ـا: آ: far ɪ: इ ि: i ـی ـ ِـ اِ still iː: ई ी: ī ِـیـ اِیـ: fee: ʊ: उ ु: u ـو ـ ُـ اُ book uː: ऊ ू: ū ُـو: اُو: moon eː: ए े: ē ے ـیـ ایـ ...