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tera naam kya hai

English translation: What is your name

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Hindi term or phrase:tera naam kya hai
English translation:What is your name
Entered by: keshab

18:38 Mar 7, 2007
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
Hindi term or phrase: tera naam kya hai
no idea what this means
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What is your name
Explanation:
There are another two forms also:

Tumhara naam kya hai (a person of intemacy)
aapkaa naam kya hai (a respectable person)

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Note added at 30 mins (2007-03-07 19:08:52 GMT)
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tera naam kya hai is asked to a person who is either very intimate (friend etc.) or to a dislikable person.
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keshab
Local time: 13:29
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4What is your name
keshab
5 +1What is your good name; or, Your good name please
Sushan Harshe
5What is you name
Poorva Panwalkar


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
What is your name


Explanation:
There are another two forms also:

Tumhara naam kya hai (a person of intemacy)
aapkaa naam kya hai (a respectable person)

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Note added at 30 mins (2007-03-07 19:08:52 GMT)
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tera naam kya hai is asked to a person who is either very intimate (friend etc.) or to a dislikable person.

keshab
Local time: 13:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  satish krishna itikela
5 hrs
  -> Thank You
agree  Rajan Chopra
6 hrs
  -> Thank You
agree  Shaziya (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thank You
agree  Sushan Harshe: What is your good name? or Your good name please! question could be for a younger one.
19 hrs
  -> Thank You
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What is your good name; or, Your good name please


Explanation:
Though its a question; commonly its addresing one and normaly its asked by elder person to a younger person mostly to a kid. or; in manars less sence, it can be addressed to an elder person too. offcours if its used knowingly that the person is an elder one.

Example sentence(s):
  • what is your good name; your good name please; what is your name
Sushan Harshe
India
Local time: 13:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Poorva Panwalkar
305 days
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306 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
What is you name


Explanation:
asking for one's name

Poorva Panwalkar
Local time: 13:29
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi
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