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Detailed explanation-1: -The latest edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary features 26 new Indian English words, including Aadhaar, chawl, dabba, hartal and shaadi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tenth edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, which was launched on Friday, has 384 Indian English words.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pronunciation transcriptions and audio for more than 800 entries associated with Indian English, including words like ‘desh’ (country) and ‘bindaas’ (bold), are now available in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Detailed explanation-4: -Several most-commonly used words in India like ‘jugaad’, ‘dadagiri’, ‘achcha’, ‘bapu’ and ‘surya namaskar’ are now part of the Oxford dictionary, the OED said in a statement. Oftenly used terms like ‘timepass’, ‘natak’ and ‘chup’ also have their meanings in the dictionary now.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oxford Advanced American Dictionary for learners of English 8th edition: Includes 145, 000 words, phrases and meanings; 85, 500 examples, 64 Reference pages including a 26-page Oxford Writing Tutor, over 1000 colour illustrations.