Loan Words
The vocabulary of Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu includes loan words from Sanskrit, Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, English, and Dravidian Languages.
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Famous quotes containing the words loan and/or words:
“Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I thought,
Poor was the loan at best
God! but the interest!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906)
“I wish I had a man and not a dishrag printed over with big words like constitutional rights and progress!”
—Christina Stead (19021983)