Thai greeting Thai greeting The Thai greeting referred to as the "wai" (, ) consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion. It has its origin in the Indian "Añjali Mudrā", like the Indian "namaste" and Burmese "Mingalar Par". The higher the hands are held in relation to the face and the lower the bow, the more respect or reverence the giver of the "wai" is showing. The "wai" is traditionally observed upon formally entering a house. After the visit is over, the visitor asks for permission to leave and repeats the salutation made upon entering.
Hindi in Pakistan travelers. The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation operates a Hindi radio service. Hindi in Pakistan Hindi is mutually intelligible with Urdu, the national and official language of Pakistan. Both languages are standard registers of Hindustani. As a result of linguistic and cultural similarities, Hindi has had notable influences in Pakistan and is taught as an academic subject in some institutions. Hindi uses more words closer to Sanskrit while Urdu incorporates more Arabic, Persian, and Turkish words. Most shairo shairy, ghazals, qawalis & lyrics use Urdu words. Before the partition of British India, Hindi was spoken in the region forming Pakistan by the