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help with hindi word
Hi all
can you help me (again.... )My daughter is doing a project on Mumbai (primary school) and we thought it would be nice to put 'Mumbai' also in Hindi characters on the cover. Does anyone know how it is written?
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Here it is..
hope hindi pandits agree with me ![]() |
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Thank you bigzero, I hope I can copy it properly!
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मेरा नाम दान्येल है
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on wikipedia it is written like this:
मुम्बई |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Both are right, the later is more of the 'keyboard' version.
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Surely it should be written in Marathi, the language of Maharashtra.
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May be she can collect a picture of (the godess)Mumbadevi too. The city's name originated from this
![]() http://www.mumbainet.com/travel/mumbadevi.htm |
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That was a good link Beach, thanks. Nice photos and I am so please I can now say that I have seen one of those temples when we were ther at Christmas....!
(Could not find any pictures of the goddess though....) |
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