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Bēgpāip (gender unknown)

original: बैगपाइप्

Foreign transliteration

Identical types: 16
Bagpipe(s)

Original script: Devanagari (Hindi); This is a typical example of the common practice in India and Nepal to write (transliterate) internationally frequently used English terms (e.g. बैंक [bank], होटल [hotel], and स्नैक बार [snack-bar]) in the regional script, instead of translating them; NB: ➺ Malayan Begpaip.


Sources

Dictionaries, &c.

Pathak, R.C.: Bhargava’s standard illustrated dictionary of the Hindi language (Anglo-Hindi ed.). Varanasi, 1991 (2nd printing) (bagpipe)