Oxford ka 'jugaad': Chamcha, dadagiri & gulab jamun make it to the dictionary
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Rejoice Indians. Several most commonly-used words in India have been included in the latest update of the Oxford English dictionary.
The love of food by Indians seems to have gone global. The names of food items that have been included are - bhindi, gosht, gulab jamun, keema, mirch, mirch masala, namkeen and vada. In the September 2017 update, words like sevak, surya namaskar and udyog have also been added to the dictionary.
Oftenly used terms like timepass, funda, achcha, natak and chup also have their meanings in the dictionary now.
Words like ji that Indians use to show respect also finds a mention.
Here is the list of Indian words that have been added to the dictionary:
achcha | abba | anna | bada | bada din |
bas | bapu | bhindi | bhavan | chaudhuri |
chamcha | chakka jam | chacha | chup | didi |
devi | desh | dadagiri | dum | diya |
funda | haat | gully | gulab jamun | gosht |
jai | kund | keema | jugaad | ji |
ji | jhuggi | mirch | mirch masala | mata |
nivas | natak | namkeen | nai | nagar |
qila | sevak | surya namaskar | tappa | vada |
This is not the first time that Indian words have found a place in the wordbook. Over 900 words like aiyo, badmash, bhelpuri have gone global after getting included in the dictionary in the past.
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