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This is a little insane. But I`m working on a screenplay that needs a couple of key words in foreign languages. But research is hard, and I`m rilly, rilly lazy, so I thought I`d start by seeing if any readers spoke these languages and could help me out.

I need

  • “red crescent” in Arabic
  • “red crescent” in Farsi
  • “wild onions” in Hindustani

Actually, I`m so dumb I don’t even know if what I want “wild onions” in is Hindustani. The character is a teenager from a wealthy family that left India when she was little. What language(s) would she be most likely to know?

Pretty arbitrary, I know. But that’s how wacky I am.

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