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Etymology

June 2, 2015

विद्यार्थी (vidyārthī) and अध्यापक (adhyāpaka) = student and teacher ... or not?

    To students who are new to Hindi, terms such as विद्यार्थी...

May 27, 2015

Breaking bread

  Copain in French means mate. The word consists of co-, meaning together (as in...

May 26, 2015

Amazons are A-mazons

  The word amazon is of Greek origin and is not a really...

May 26, 2015

Old Norse and Modern English

  Parts of England were occupied by Old Norse speaking vikings between...

August 9, 2013

Introduction to Hindi

  One of the things that always surprises our students in the...