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  2. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Meaning widened from chess to general sense of "adverse event, sudden stoppage" and by c.1700 to (from Persian 'chek' (چك)"a token used to check against loss or theft" (surviving in hat check) and "a check against forgery or alteration," which gave the modern financial use of "bank check, money draft" (first recorded 1798), probably ...

  3. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language. They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent . However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often ...

  4. Maut Ka Manzar - Wikipedia

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    Maut Ka Manzar maa Marnay Ke Baad Kya Hoga (Urdu: موت کا منظر مع مرنے کے بعد کیا ہو گا) is a 1973 Urdu Islamic book by Khawaja Muhammad Islam. [1] The book has been translated into several languages, including English under the title The Spectacle of Death and Glimpses of Life Hereafter.

  5. Sleep Breakdown: Is Sleeping in a Recliner Chair Bad for You?

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    Nuzzo says sleeping in a recliner chair changes your posture and how your internal organs are supported, which can eventually impact digestion. Poor circulation to the abdominal area for a long ...

  6. Shams al-Ma'arif - Wikipedia

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    20121408. LC Class. BF1771 .B8 Arab. Shams al-Ma'arif or Shams al-Ma'arif wa Lata'if al-'Awarif[ a] is a 13th-century grimoire centered on Arabic magic by Ahmad al-Buni. It is claimed to be a manual for achieving esoteric spirituality. The book is a patchwork of bits and pieces of Al-Buni's authentic works, and texts by other authors. [ 1]

  7. Deccanis - Wikipedia

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    Deccanis. The Deccanis or Deccani people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-religious community of Deccani-speaking Muslims who inhabit or are from the Deccan region of Southern Asia. [ 2] The community traces its origins to the shifting of the Delhi Sultanate 's capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in 1327 during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq. [ 3]

  8. Jinn - Wikipedia

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    Jinn is an Arabic collective noun deriving from the Semitic root JNN (Arabic: جَنّ / جُنّ, jann), whose primary meaning is 'to hide' or 'to adapt'. Some authors interpret the word to mean, literally, 'beings that are concealed from the senses'. [7]

  9. Urdu Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 20 August 2024, it has 209,320 articles, 183,518 registered users and 12,672 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...