News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hindu units of time.

Re:Hindu units of time by subnaught on Monday March 23, 2015 @03:21PM (#9252843)
Fun (but only marginally-related) fact: In Hindi, the words for tomorrow and yesterday are the same, the meaning is inferred from context. Also, the words for "day-after-tomorrow" and "day-before-yesterday" are the same!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hindu units of time by ask5 on Monday March 23, 2015 @03:55PM (#9253008)
by the way, Hindi has same word for lunch and dinner too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hindu units of time by praneshp on Monday March 23, 2015 @04:46PM (#9253256)
what's the word? I speak Hindi, but not very proficiently.
[ Parent | on HN ]