पुण्य का अर्थ है शुभ, पवित्र, सुन्दर आदि। इस प्रकार से पुण्यस्मृति का अर्थ है पवित्र स्मृति, पुण्य तिथि का अर्थ है पवित्र तिथि। हिन्दी में दोनों शब्दों का प्रयोग किसी व्यक्ति के देहावसान के बाद किया जाता है। पुण्यतिथि का अर्थ है मृत्यु दिन और पुण्यस्मृति का अर्थ है मरहूम की याद।.

Map of Afanasy Nikitin travels to India in 15th century. Afanasy Nikitin was a Russian merchant and travel writer from Tver, Russia and one of the first Europeans to arrive in India by land. Nikitin spent three years in India visiting several places on its western coast.

By its literal sense, to use ilājrat इलाजरत for a person undergoing treatment would be wrong, as the person doing the ilāj is a doctor and not the patient. The patient is ilājādhīn इलाजाधीन (under treatment) [इलाज + अधीन]. 2/2.

इलाजरत ilājrat is a unique Arabic -Indic hybrid word. The first element ilāj means cure, treatment , remedy, while the second element is Sanskrit origin रत rata used as a suffix in the used as a suffix to mean engaged in, occupied with (as कार्यरत). 1/2.

Interesting! The word "Knol Khol" in Mumbai for "Kohlrabi" is a Dutch loanword in Indian languages. It is derived from Dutch 🇳🇱 knol = tuber/turnip plus kool = "cabbage". If you like eating Coleslaw at KFC, remember you are actually eating Dutch "Kool Sla" = "cabbage salade".

X is blocked on eduroam and all other networks at my university. Just wondering what caused this blanket ban. Getting the error 😔

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Rest in Peace 🕊️ ✝️.Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025).

These European women were mostly averse to any casual relationship with the prospective British officers/soldiers and were strictly against pre-marital liaisons. Young women were instructed by their families to set a very high cap first and eventually go down to lower ranks.2/2.

Fishing fleets.In early 19th century, many of the British military men working in India remained unmarried. Women from Britain and elsewhere in Europe who visited India for matrimonial alliances were called "fishing fleets" as they generally arrived at the port of Calcutta. 1/2

Co-brother.I had to explain someone that a "co-brother" is the husband of one's wife's sister. This is an expression from South Indian English. In plain English, you can just call that person brother-in-law.

मगजमारी करना हिन्दी का मुहावरा है। इसमें मगज (फ़ारसी मग़ज़) का अर्थ दिमाग़ है। मारी शब्द मारना से है। मगजमारी का अर्थ है माथापच्ची करना। किसी विषय के बारे में बिना निष्कर्ष पाए बहुत सोचना। मारी लगाकर कई संज्ञाएँ बनती हैं जैसे सेंधमारी, छापामारी, बटमारी आदि।.

स्पष्ट रूप से कनिया कन्या का तद्भव रूप है। दोनों के अर्थ में भी बहुत समानता है।.

વાલી vālī in Gujarati means a guardian, protector, father, owner etc. It comes from Arabic word wālī which means regent, governor of a province. This word is also found in Marathi as vālhī/vālī वाल्ही/वाली meaning patron, master, saint etc. compare this to Hindi usage माई-बाप.

RT @Himalistan: November 2021: "Contrary to popular perception, sign language is not universal. World sign languages are as varied as are s….

Both Ahikuntikayos and Kuruvars speak a variety of Telugu (a South-Central Dravidian language), making Sri Lanka one of the two countries in South Asia beyond India where Telugu is spoken (the other being Myanmar). Read more here.

Commonly known in English as "Sri Lankan gypsies", Ahikuntikayos sometimes identify themselves by the term pāmuloru (snake people) in their language – although, in the Tamil-speaking Akkaraipattu area in Southeast Sri Lanka, the community is often called Kuruvar (diviner). 3/4.

Ahikuntikayos are known for street entertainment, including snake charming, monkey and dog performances, palm reading, fortune telling, handcraftsmanship, and preparing herbal medicines.2/4.

Yesterday was the World Snake Day🐍.Have you heard about a small community of Telugu speaking Snake charmers living in Sri Lanka? They are are called Ahikuntikayo (meaning snake charmer in Sinhala language). 1/4

RT @Himalistan: April 2023: "The Great Andamanese call the period before British colonisation as “bibi poiye”, or the days when there were….