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Aadhaar

Hindi Word of the Year

Mitron

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Narendra Modi

Dictionaries has chosenas the Hindi word of 2017.The word gained popularity due to Aadhaar card, which was in news last year and is likely to remain in highlight this year as well.The announcement was made at a session "Oxford Dictionaries" during the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here.Other words such as, Gau-Rakshak were also considered, but the widespread discussions and debates around Aadhaar was reason it was selected as the word of the year, journalist Saurabh Dwivedi said during the discussion.Writer Pankaj Dubey said new words like Sleepawastha (state of sleeping), Maukatarian (opportunist) should be coined to express certain moods. Chitra Mudgal objected to the suggestion and instead advocated for correct use of languages."If a person with lack of proper knowledge coins and expresses such words then it can be understood but this is not acceptable when educated people do this," Mudgal, an author, said.Poet and writer Ashok Vajpeyi said politicians use Hindi word Mitron (friends) which is not grammatically correct, when in fact the correct word is Mitro -- an apparent reference to Prime Ministerwho uses the term often in his speeches.Vajpeyi said the responsibility to conserve language lies with people."Changes would come, new words would be coined but ultimately the responsibility to conserve the language is on citizens," he said.