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English spellings of Indian and Hinglish words — with native script, pronunciation and meaning. Curated alongside the daily crossword.

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Origin: All Arabic Assamese Assamese/Bangla Bambaiya Hindi Bengali Bengali, Marathi Bihari Hindi Chinese Chowpatty/Mumbai Hindi Daccani English English +Kannada Goan Gujarati Gujarati and Hindi Hindi Hindi (Bihari) Hindi / Marathi Hindi Marathi Hindi Mumbaiyya Hindi and english Hindi slang Hindi tapori Hindi, Marathi Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi Hindi, Punjabi Hindi, Urdu Hindi/Bihari Hindi/Marathi Hindi/guajrati/marathi Hindustani or हिंदुस्तानी Hinglish Indian English Kannada Konkani Latin Malayalam Marathi Marathi - Vidarbha Marathi, Hindi Marathi/ hindi Meitei Mumbai/maharashtra slang Nagpuri slang Odia Odiya Old English Persian Portuguese Punjabi Punjabi (via Hinglish) Sanskrit Several Indian languages Sindhi Street slang Tamil Tamil/malayalam Tibetan Urdu bengali मराठी