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antaakshari is a Hindi compound word made of two words:
anta [ant] = end
akchhar = alphabet
so, anta-akchharii is a game of she’r o shaa’irii [poems] or gaanaa bajaanaa [songs] where u give a she’r or a gaanaa that starts with the last letter of the last word in the previous she’r or gaanaa.
its a urdu equivalent of bait-baazii:
bait = she’r
baazii = game
so…teher u go!**