Shackle, C. Umrāʻo Jān Adā a glossary (v. 1)

([London :  SOAS,  1970?])

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P*177
 

mojhur

Sok

(ke)  nozdik

9Sl

bo-zahyr

muqh ban^-ma.

ofSOS korna

navab nislyka-e alam

lala gov/hor porjjad

sndliGr

myrza all rysa beg

be-cara

hoyran

talab hona

kanoq par hath rakiina

J or

cylman

xalayq

ainboh

gyryftar

kotval ho to aysa ho

bar-ainad

miyaij i'aysu

Tvvh kya. ate hayq

baqdima

syijahi

garad

gyrd
<^alna

vaqya

hosb-e mamul

bahar

zahyr karna (par)

(ke) kam ana
 

Icnoivn as

doubt

in the opinion/vie?;- of

vjorth,  value

outwardly

to assume an expression (^here, of
sympotliy):  compose the features

to express regret

(title of the Queen Mother (the mother
of Vajid Ali Shah))

(n^ume of Hindu merchant)

lit. 'darkness' » terrible thing

f^name of kotval/police-chief)

poor, v/retched

dumbfounded, 'at his v/its' end' ^Trans.)

to be sumiaoned, called

to touch ears as sign that this is the
last thing one v/ould do

uproar

blind i^made of split bamboo)

peoxole

gathering, crov/d

caught, arrested

'if there is a kotval, let him be like
this'  i.e., that's the kind of policeman
you want

recovered (of stolen property)

{familiar form of 'Faiz Ali')

'look! he's just coming'

to be tied (up)

soldier: policeman, constable

(perhaps a loan-v/ord from French, hence
-d^ not -q,)

around

(here =) 'cover'

incident, event

'in accordance with custom' = as usual

i.e., out of town

to reveal to

to be useful to, come in useful to
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