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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 दिन्गी dingi "a tiny boat", probably from Sanskrit द्रोण drona. Dvandva is a Sanskrit technical term literally meaning "a pair". G Ganja via Hindi गांजा (gaanja or "hemp"), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā or "hemp"). Gharry
Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register [15] of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. [16] [17] [18] It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states.
-ji (IAST: -jī, Hindustani pronunciation:) is a gender-neutral honorific used as a suffix in many languages of the Indian subcontinent, such as Hindi, Nepali and Punjabi languages and their dialects prevalent in northern India, north-west and central India.
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 ...
Guru ( / ˈɡuːruː / Sanskrit: गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a " mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. [1] In pan- Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential figure to the disciple (or shisya in Sanskrit, literally seeker [of knowledge or ...
Shri is a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." or "Ms.". Shri is also frequently used as an epithet of some Hindu gods, in which case it is often translated into English as Holy. Also, in language and general usage, Shri, if used by itself and not followed by any name, refers to the supreme consciousness, i.e. god. [citation ...