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Hindi question

posted 16 years ago by Rosabel
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This is a silly question, but could some nice person who speaks Hindi please tell me what is the word everyone uses to describe Shakuni? It sounds like "mamashri", and when it's translated into the subtitles (not often) it's translated as "uncle". Is that the normal word for uncle? "Shri" I had deduced was an adjective of some kind, meaning "honourable", as I could hear it being added to other words, like "bratashri", for "brother". And of course I've heard of it as a title for Shri Ram, meaning "Lord".

Oh, and one more thing: at the end of each episode, over the credits, a number of different scripts come up on the screen. I assume they all read 'Mahabharat', but what languages are they? I've enjoyed listening to the Hindi and picking up words; maybe I will take a course and try to actually learn it.

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[–] asthana-vikas 16 years ago

Hi... mamashri means mothers brother.. like ur mom names is X and his brother is Y then Y is ur mama. shri is added to it as a respect.. hope that clears it :)

[–] Rosabel 16 years ago

Yup, that's exactly what I wanted to know - thanks!

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[–] kokousic 15 years ago

Mama is the person who is mother's brother. There is no proper word in english to describe this relation. Mamashri means as he is older he gets repect by saying shri. All the languages re different languages from india like bengali, oriya, tamil, telegu, kanada, asamise etc.