lmao two things:

1. if talaq is not a hindi word and just an urdu word then MOST hindi words aren’t hindi

2. gujarati has a dedicated word for divorce

proud to have a brain
for those who want to know: https://twitter.com/sapunintended/status/1246692337222176768
chheda actually means ends - ends of the bride’s and groom’s dupatta that are tied during the rituals, so chhutta chhedda (separated ends) is what results out of the undoing of the knot
didn't think this would turn into a thread of what divorce is called in various indian languages but here we go. reply with your own:
marathi https://twitter.com/riddhiculous/status/1246700582783590400
also marathi: https://twitter.com/hemsp11/status/1246696718432788480
malayalam: https://twitter.com/nandakishorep96/status/1246701789459578881
odia: https://twitter.com/locomomos/status/1246708233433047040
tamil: https://twitter.com/_drunkenmunk/status/1246708864461844482
kannada: https://twitter.com/inaquietraj/status/1246710111168368641
telugu: https://twitter.com/kethaabhi202/status/1246710090406621184
sanskrit: https://twitter.com/haatmadhrchod/status/1246711622715891717
also gujarati: https://twitter.com/onlyprions/status/1246720454233976834
punjabi: https://twitter.com/thatgurjot/status/1246728167668076544
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