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Borrowing from Hindi abīr

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Examples

  • (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) 16Children pose after covering themselves with a colored powder called abir during the celebration of Phagwa, or Holi, in the Tunapuna Hindu Primary School in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago on February 28, 2010.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2010

  • (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) 18A boy is covered with a colored powder called abir during the celebration of Phagwa, or Holi, in the Tunapuna Hindu Primary School in Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago on February 28,

    Boston.com Top Stories 2010

  • The day was also observed as Basant Panchami with the people offering abir and gulal to Goddess Saraswati and then smearing it at one another to mark the festive spirit.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008

  • Donna Guthrie: Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday with a visit to his "invention factory" in West ... abir word: c'est fantastique!!

    Daily DIY Hideki 2010

  • Donna Guthrie: Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday with a visit to his "invention factory" in West ... abir word: c'est fantastique!!

    Daily DIY minorcatastrophe 2010

  • On the day of the festival, we started playing with abir to the tune of baul songs and drumbeats.

    The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage 2010

  • I don't like the idea of smearing unwashable paints and throwing gulaal (or abir) on people.

    WN.com - Articles related to Researchers eye lung-cancer breakthrough 2010

  • Donna Guthrie: Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday with a visit to his "invention factory" in West ... abir word: c'est fantastique!!

    Daily DIY 2010

  • The outgoing combatants were sent home after PLA commander Nanda Kishor Pun 'Pasang' smeared them with abir and deputy commander Baladev garlanded them.

    News Rewati Sapkota 2010

  • Donna Guthrie: Celebrate Thomas Edison's Birthday with a visit to his "invention factory" in West ... abir word: c'est fantastique!!

    Daily DIY rollingstock 2010

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