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  2. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Balaghat. Etymology: probably from Hindi बालाघाट, from Persian بالا bālā 'above' + Hindi gaht 'pass.' tableland above mountain passes. [11] Baldachin. "Baldachin" (called Baldac in older times) was originally a luxurious type of cloth from Baghdad, from which name the word is derived, through Italian "Baldacco".

  3. Middle Persian - Wikipedia

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    The endings containing alternative vowels to ē are not found in Manichaean Middle Persian, except for the 1st person plural -om, which has, conversely, been reported to be the only version there. [ 174 ] [ 170 ] For the 1st person singular ending, most authors list -ēm as the normal form, but some consider -am to have been the regular ending ...

  4. Plovdiv - Wikipedia

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    Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив, pronounced [ˈpɫɔvdif]) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, 93 miles southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 346,893 as of 2018 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019.

  5. Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, it was falsely claimed that nirmatrelvir/ritonavir is a repackaged version of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, or that nirmatrelvir/ritonavir is just like ivermectin as both are protease inhibitors. [77] [78] Ivermectin has been falsely [79] promoted as a COVID‑19 therapeutic.

  6. Wikipedia:Size of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The size of the English Wikipedia can be measured in terms of the number of articles, number of words, number of pages, and the size of the database, among other ways. As of 20 September 2024, there are 6,884,970 articles in the English Wikipedia containing over 4.6 billion words (giving an average of about 681 words per article).

  7. Rumi - Wikipedia

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    The English interpretations of Rumi's poetry by Coleman Barks have sold more than half a million copies worldwide, [97] and Rumi is one of the most widely read poets in the United States. [98] There is a famous landmark in Northern India , known as Rumi Gate , situated in Lucknow (the capital of Uttar Pradesh ) named for Rumi.

  8. Pavia - Wikipedia

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    Pavia (UK: / ˈ p ɑː v i ə / PAH-vee-ə, [3] US: / p ə ˈ v iː ə / pə-VEE-ə; [4] Italian: ⓘ; Lombard:; Latin: Ticinum; Medieval Latin: Papia) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of Milan on the lower Ticino near its confluence with the Po.

  9. Alevism - Wikipedia

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    Alevism (/ æˈlɛvɪzəm /; Turkish: Alevilik; Kurdish: Elewîtî[11][failed verification]) is a syncretic [12] Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from Tengrism. [13] Differing from Sunni Islam and ...