This rendering, of course, is based on a name from Greek, Ἰνδία, or Arabic, (ʾal-Hind; , Hindī, "Indian," in Devanagari), that would have been unknown in China until modern times. The older practice, however, was dedicated characters that might have a larger meaning. ...
‘Doolally tap’ is a phrase that has made its way into the English language from India. The Oxford English dictionary defines ‘Doolally tap’ as ‘Temporarily deranged or feeble-minded’. Typically, when ‘Doolally tap’ is used in Britain, the ‘tap’ is used meaning a knock on the hea...
In India, the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are a vital part the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system. Previous research reveals that in
Rushdie is not alone in this prejudice for the most venerable Oxford English Dictionary itself announces “Hinduism is the polytheistic religion of the Hindus”. In fact, Indian traditions always have freely allowed questioning whether there is any God at all, let alone whether there is one God...
Oxford Dictionary defines kangaroo court as “an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, especially without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanour”. In a less literal sense, it is used to refer to proceedings or activities where a judgement...
languages. Furthermore, euphemisms build regional identity. No wonder Indians prefer the term aam admi more than the common man. It was rightly said by Robert Burchfield, former editor, The Oxford English Dictionary that “A language without euphemisms would be a defective instrument of ...
1 These focus markers are considered calques, replicating the pattern of emphatic clitics common to many Indian languages (e.g., Hindi enclitics hii, and bhii) [46], and are examples of the grammaticalization of focus markers in IE. 2 NP: noun phrase, PP: prepositional phrase. Languages ...
Kumaoni and Hindi are the local spoken languages by the farmers of both the villages. The Bageshwar assembly seat is reserved for a person belonging to the scheduled caste. The majority of the villages’ population are either primary agriculture practitioners or work as marginal workers in others...