User talk:Foreverknowledge

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Removing of Rekhta ref templates

I added the Rekhta refs after searching for the relevant words which 'were' present there. The ref is pretty relevant and gives the definition in the Devanagari script. Not sure why it would not be relevant just because it mentions itself as an "Urdu" dictionary. Both languages are extremely relevant to each other as are their refs. Urdu and Hindi are treated similarly here at Wiktionary and politicizing by removing refs just because they mention "Urdu" should not be done. Gotitbro (talk) 10:18, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Not sure why you're jumping to the conclusion that there's "politicizing". It just didn't make sense to use an Urdu dictionary for a Hindi Wiktionary reference, just like it wouldn't make sense to use it for the English Wiktionary articles on Jammu, Kashmir, or biryani. Seems more correct to use a dictionary reference for the language the dictionary pertains to. But your point about the interrelatedness is noted. --Foreverknowledge (talk) 10:27, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Question

why you removed the infos when "Hindi" page already had that info? Rihantel (talk) 15:21, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

ہندی

How term Hindi is not for Indian born Muslims? Rihantel (talk) 03:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

See Talk:Hindi Foreverknowledge (talk) 05:39, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

But, in Hobson dictionary, both Hindoo and Hindi terms were used in same sentence. So Both term were not to define geography, but religion.

So,

First is used to identify Indian race with Indian religions. Later is used to identify Indian race with the religion outside of India (Islam).

So in that view, Hindi means, Indian people of Muslim background. Rihantel (talk) 09:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

No it doesn’t, which is why the RFV failed. Hindoo was defined as “A person of Indian religion and race”, while Hindi was defined as “country born” (i.e. “Indian”) and doesn’t imply religion. So “The Musalmáns, who were Hindís” means “The Musalmáns, who were Indians”. Foreverknowledge (talk) 16:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Hindi / Urdu / Hindustani

Please stop changing the definitions. Hindustani, Hindi are obsolete or historical names for the Urdu language. نعم البدل (talk) 01:51, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Historically, Hindustani is the predecessor of modern Hindi and Urdu. Also see Talk: हिंदी before promoting original research or engaging in edit war Foreverknowledge (talk) 04:08, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Foreverknowledge: That's not a consensus. You can take this to WT:BEER. The terms Hindi, Urdu and Hindustani etc. have been synonymously used for centuries, way before the Hindi-Urdu debate. Hindustani in the sense that it's "Hindi-Urdu" is essentially a neologism, and is a fact. نعم البدل (talk) 06:18, 18 July 2024 (UTC)