Oxford English Dictionary had a quarterly updation recently and Indians will be happy to know that a good number of words from various languages spoken in our country are included; for example, Achcha and Anna.
As of now, Anna referred to a monetary unit with a value equal to one-sixteenth of a rupee and it was used in Pak and India years ago.
Anna2 is the latest update in the dictionary and it refers to elder brother in Telugu and Tamil. Thanks to the ever-increasing trend of Yoga on an international level, the term Surya Namaskar also found place in Oxford English Dictionary.
Talking about few other words which are added in OED, Achcha, Bachcha, Bapu, Abba (father in Urdu), Bada Din etc. are to name some.
Even though Achcha which means okay does exist in the dictionary, one more meaning that indicates exclamation for expressing doubt, joy and surprise is added lately.
According to the report of Times Of India, hereβs what OED World English Editor Danica Salazar has written in βRelease notes: Indian Englishβ,
βSeventy words originating from Indian English have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in this latest update, alongside the 900 or so words already existing in the OED.β
She adds,
βIndian speech etiquette features a complex system of kinship terms and terms of address, in which age, gender, status, and family relationships are marked by a highly specific vocabulary with no direct equivalents in English. This lexical gap is filled by borrowing such words from Indian languages (abba, anna, bapu, chacha, didi, mata), or adapting existing English words (cousin brother, cousin sister).β
Twitter also reacted over the news and here are some of the selected tweets:
Playing with words in an epic way:
#Anna #Abba #Bapu #Bachcha our entire #family in oxford dictionary now #Achcha hai #SuryaNamaskar to that ππ https://t.co/LCAePgpDEi
— Vidya (@journovidya) October 26, 2017
Really?
If you know Tamil and Hindi, you are almost proficient in English as well π https://t.co/69kUksxNrK
— T. T. Sreekumar (@ttsreekumar) October 27, 2017
LOL π
chinta mat karo kal pappu ka meaning Rahul baba bhi enter hoga.
— Tenali Rama (@RamShanbhoge) October 26, 2017
Tamilians are happy because:
https://twitter.com/TrollywoodOffl/status/923743512109002752
AMAZING.Not Only In TN But Even #Oxford recognised The Contribution #Thala #Ajithkumar Has Given 2 The Cinema Fraternity
πππ #Thala58 pic.twitter.com/GA04oVLwKk— Ajithmania α΄Ία΄·α΄Ύ (@satisravindran) October 27, 2017
What else words do you think OED should add? Let us know.
