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Old 13th April 2018, 04:46 AM   #3
ariel
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Very true!
Or in different localities/ languages. Marathi Vinchu will be Baku in Kannada or Bicchwa in Mysore or Hyderabad. Chhuri is used in Hindi and Bengali,in Tamil it is a Katti, in Punjab it is Chaku, and in Persian- speaking communities it becomes a Peshkabz.

The “name game” is awfully confusing.....
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