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Help[Facts] Re: Seeking Name Meaning Unexpected/Surprise
in reply to a message by তন্ময় ভট্টাচার্য্য
Karishma is a Farsi term meaning miracle. It is used in Urdu as an alternative to muajiza which is an Arabic word meaning the same and is more often used in religious context. As Urdu language developed it incorporated Arabic, Persian, Turkish and some Pashto vocabulary into a local venaculars of Dehli known as Khari Boli etc. in the army camps - Urdu means horde/army and is the original form of the anglasised Horde or orde. It was also alternatively called Hindawi and for a time written in Devanagri script.
in early 20th century language riots against Urdu and its modified Arabic script began in Behar and spread all over north India. This movement against Urdu was incited by Hindu revivalist parties. They insistex on the removal of Urdu as official language and instead offered alternative in a language written in Devanagri called Hindi wi
hich was purged of all 'foreign words I.e. Arabic and Farsi etc. and replaced with Sancritic vocabulary. The paradox is that the words Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan are Perso-Arabic terms for Sind/Sindhu. But there is more: the so-called Hindi that is spoken and written in secular discourse is no different from Urdu with all of its Arabic, Farzi and Turkic vocabulay. In fact these words are prefdrrex over Sanstritic terms. Bollywood Hindi is Urdu at best and its colloqual version Hindustani at the least but not Hindi per se.
. Thus to answer the question is Karishma a Hindu kr Muslim in origin? The answer is it is Muslim because its from word used
Urdu word of Farsi t
etymology meaning miracle. If some Indians are using it as a name does not make it Indian nor of Hindi origin. Following the name adopted by a Hindu film star whose family origin is from Peshawar, capitan of the old North West Frontier, now Khyber PakhtunKhwa (KPK). The motivation to use Urdu word as a name for their daughter that chimes with a Hindu name I.e. Kareena may be an attempt bridge the two seems to be the reason. That an actress from an acting family of Pathsn origins but Hindu by faith is leading many to incorrectly think its Hindi/Hindu by origin.
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in early 20th century language riots against Urdu and its modified Arabic script began in Behar and spread all over north India. This movement against Urdu was incited by Hindu revivalist parties. They insistex on the removal of Urdu as official language and instead offered alternative in a language written in Devanagri called Hindi wi
hich was purged of all 'foreign words I.e. Arabic and Farsi etc. and replaced with Sancritic vocabulary. The paradox is that the words Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan are Perso-Arabic terms for Sind/Sindhu. But there is more: the so-called Hindi that is spoken and written in secular discourse is no different from Urdu with all of its Arabic, Farzi and Turkic vocabulay. In fact these words are prefdrrex over Sanstritic terms. Bollywood Hindi is Urdu at best and its colloqual version Hindustani at the least but not Hindi per se.
. Thus to answer the question is Karishma a Hindu kr Muslim in origin? The answer is it is Muslim because its from word used
Urdu word of Farsi t
etymology meaning miracle. If some Indians are using it as a name does not make it Indian nor of Hindi origin. Following the name adopted by a Hindu film star whose family origin is from Peshawar, capitan of the old North West Frontier, now Khyber PakhtunKhwa (KPK). The motivation to use Urdu word as a name for their daughter that chimes with a Hindu name I.e. Kareena may be an attempt bridge the two seems to be the reason. That an actress from an acting family of Pathsn origins but Hindu by faith is leading many to incorrectly think its Hindi/Hindu by origin.
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