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Yeah, I do get why dhanyevhaad is provided for the country of India and Nepal, because there was no other word for “thank you”. And, as I was told, dhanyevhaad would only be used when someone more or less saves your life. Hence, I always got a chuckle from my Nepali hosts when I added the word derai in front of it, which meant “thank you very, very much”, upon receiving a cup of morning chiya.

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