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  • But bakre ki maa kab tak khair manayegi (for how long can the goat be safe? hehe it means at some or the other point, you do get slaughtered), and I got tagged for the 7 meme.

    Archive 2006-02-01 bilbo 2006

  • JazakAllah khair brother.. wat more can i say to u for posting such an insightful post! thnx again

    WHEN ALLAH WHISPERS mkhalfan@gmail.com 2008

  • But bakre ki maa kab tak khair manayegi (for how long can the goat be safe? hehe it means at some or the other point, you do get slaughtered), and I got tagged for the 7 meme.

    Tagged - the 7 MeMe bilbo 2006

  • In Arabic one says good morning “sabah al khair,” and in response one says “sabah al-noor,” which literally translates as “morning of light.”

    Morning of Roses Mercedes 2007

  • In Arabic one says good morning “sabah al khair,” and in response one says “sabah al-noor,” which literally translates as “morning of light.”

    Archive 2007-10-01 Mercedes 2007

  • Prophet has pithily expressed it [Arabic: khair ul umoor-e ausatiha],

    Notes on Islam Ahmed Hussain

  • (Al-khair kuluhu fí yadaika wash-sharru laisa 'alaika.)

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • Among the other subcastes in the Central Provinces are the Khaire, who take their name from the _khair_ [18] or catechu tree, presumably because they formerly prepared catechu; this is a regular occupation of the forest tribes, with whom it may be supposed that the Khaire have some affinity.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • Juadi, a gambler; Karsa, a deer; Khairaiya, the _khair_ or catechu tree; Lodhi, born from the caste of that name (in Saugor); Markam, the name of a Gond sept; Rajhans, a swan; Suriya Bansia, from the sun

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • There is some reason for supposing that they are an occupational offshoot of the Kols and Cheros, who have become a distinct group through taking to the manufacture of edible catechu from the wood of the _khair_ tree.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

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