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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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