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  2. Indian numbering system - Wikipedia

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    The Indian numbering system corresponds to the Western system for the zeroth through fourth powers of ten: one (10 0 ), ten (10 1 ), one hundred (10 2 ), one thousand (10 3 ), and ten thousand (10 4 ). For higher powers of ten, the names no longer correspond. In the ancient Indian system still in use in regional languages of India, there are ...

  3. Bengali numerals - Wikipedia

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    Fractions. A book list from 1908, with prices in rupees and anna. The price at top left is ২৷৷৹ (2½ rupees), top right ৸৹ (15 annas). The Bengali-Assamese script has a separate set of digits for base-16 fractions: This system was the norm for pricing before decimalization of the currency: [citation needed] ২৲ (₹2 ...

  4. Lakh - Wikipedia

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    A lakh ( / læk, lɑːk /; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac[ 1]) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation : 10 5 ). [ 1][ 2] In the Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. [ 3]

  5. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala. from Urdu, to refer to Indian flavoured spices.

  6. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

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    The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a subset of the ISO 15919 standard, used for the transliteration of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pāḷi into Roman script with diacritics. IAST is a widely used standard. It uses diacritics to disambiguate phonetically similar but not identical Sanskrit glyphs.

  7. Devanagari - Wikipedia

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    When Devanāgarī is used for writing languages other than Sanskrit, conjuncts are used mostly with Sanskrit words and loan words. Native words typically use the basic consonant and native speakers know to suppress the vowel when it is conventional to do so. For example, the native Hindi word karnā is written करना (ka-ra-nā). [58]

  8. Crore - Wikipedia

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    The word crore derives from the Prakrit word kroḍi, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit koṭi (कोटि), [2] denoting ten million in the Indian number system, which has separate terms for most powers of ten from 10 0 up to 10 19. The crore is known by various regional names.

  9. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The guiding rule should be to include words if they are more likely to be incorrect spellings than correct spellings even if it means that occasionally there will be false positives. Keep in mind some words could be corrected to multiple different possibilities and some are names of brands, songs, or products. These are just the most common.