Indian Words Arre Yaar, Churidaar, Dhaba and 240 More Words Accepted in Oxford Dictionary

Indian slang words ‘Arre yaar’, ‘Churidar’ and many other words won’t be Indian hereafter as they would be acceptable across the globe. Well regarded and referred Oxford English Dictionary has officially approved that this year it is accepting 500 new words and letting them in its lexicon. Among those 500 news entries in Oxford lexicon include Hindi words ‘Arre Yaar’, ‘Churidar’, ‘bhelpuri’ and Dhaba which were well familiar so far as Hindi words across the globe.

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Oxford Dictionary Accepts, Includes 240 Hindi Words

Indians would be amused to see people across the globe using some of the Hindi words across the globe from now onwards as venerable Oxford English dictionary has included 240 words into it lexicon. Hindi word ‘Arre Yaar’ which means ‘hey buddy’ to ‘you got to be kidding me’ in desi street language have been entered in Oxford dictionary along with many other words such as Dhaba, Churidar, bhelpuri etc.

Stormingly all these words are well familiar in English lingo too with which is affirmed by Dr Danica Salazar, consultant editor, Oxford English Dictionary, OUP as “Our large and wide-ranging language research programme has found sufficient evidence that these words are being used in English for a reasonable amount of time and with reasonable frequency, and are of specific cultural, historical or linguistic significance. Arre, for instance, has a quite a long history in English, with its first quotation dating back as far back as 1845.”

Linguistic atlas and researchers claim that it was discovered that the earliest usage of Hindi word ‘Churidar’ dated to early 1880 while it took all around 135 years to include this widely used word into the English oxford dictionary. Looking into the insights Hindi word ‘Churidar’ is defined as ‘tight trousers made with excess material at the bottom of the legs, which falls in folds around the ankles, traditionally worn by people from South Asia’ by the Oxford dictionary. Indian word ‘Dhaba’ has been entered into the lexicon of Oxford as a noun and defined as ‘In India or in Indian contexts: a roadside food stall or restaurant’.

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Another word which is induced in the Oxford dictionary as a noun is ‘Yaar’ and defined as ‘familiar form of address: friend, mate’. Usage of word Yaar dates long back to 1963 year in English diction and bhelpuri in during the year 1950. While the word Bhelpuri which has been entered in the oxford has been defined now as ‘Indian cookery: a dish or snack typically consisting of puffed rice, onions, potatoes, and spicy and sweet chutneys, sometimes served on a puri’ and the word arre would be used as n interjection in English phrases from now onwards means ‘express a range of emotions and commands, especially annoyance, surprise, or interest, or to attract someone’s attention’.

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Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, distinguished chair professor of Presidency University said “The inclusion of a word in a dictionary is dependent on its acceptance as a form of communication in English. If yaar is a word that has that kind of acceptance not just among those who speak in Hindustani but also those who speak and think in English, it should be included in the dictionary.” English which have been in usage were originated from Indian Sanskrit literature and some of them are ‘Karma’, ‘Loot’, ‘Bandhana’ etc. Stay tuned with us for more updated news and trending stories happening across the globe by pressing Ctrl+D to bookmark us in your web browser.

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