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the Chawk - the famous bazaar in huQkno^
where the courtesans lived

*Say;yid livisftio's Gate'    (for this
.me-thod o;f indicating addresses In the
ChaFfkj  cf.  p«2^ below, where Umrao tells
the Begam that sha now lives near Saiyyld
Hasan Khan's G-ate - presiii:aablj a dif-fer^nt
pla-oe, althGugh cf«  the confusion of ,h£s»n
and hwsavii in different versionE of the
Munshi Saldb-s naJi#)

rent

kyrae p^r lana    to rent

ga.n«rally

friends (Ar«pl»  of i5y;'b"b)

e&rf,y in the evening,  toward-S ©Tenirig

^enjoyable gathering'

taste

understanding poati^'

mzuil^e fer-fg^h^    'literary taste*,

* literary judgaient*

highest

degree

to compose (pceti'y)

generally, mostly

poetry

talk, d-i scussion

next to, adjoining

eourtesan

life, existence

way, st^yle

courtesan.

separate, distinc^t

on the road, over the street
kBmr^  pisr s«>r^e rah b&yfhe 'sitting out
on her balcony overlooking the street'
(the courtesans of the Chawk had first~
floor rooma with balconies overlooking tha
street, in the classic style of prostitute
in warm countries)

coffli.ng and going: (the expression is
regularly used in the book of clients
visiting courtesans)