Shackle, C. Umrāʻo Jān Adā a glossary (v. 2)

([London :  SOAS,  1970?])

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bajl

salah dena

kwch na kwch..•oahiye

baxji (ke) talab

sayr

saman

bat karte

Icyrae par ana

ladvana

choldari

gomti par

jhula kyn <^aro re amrayyag

taneg leaa

clyl pysaa
jaagal

samag

qabyl-e did

sabza

badal ghyrna

patta
 

p.314
 

'^apakaa

nala

jhil

mor

koyl

kukna

bat kahte meg

talab
bara-dari
far^ kama
culha
 

elder sister

to suggest

'we s hould at least do something to-day*

Bakhshi's Pool

outing, trip

equipment

saman kama to prepare, get things ready

* still tfidking*

to be hired

to get loaded

small tent

on the other side of the Gomti

(line of Hindi (Braj) song) ■ *who has
put the swing in the mango-grove, ohi *

'to sing sweetly*!  'to improvise
soulfully' (Trans.) - [cf. pp.66-8 for
Biga Jan's s\;qperb singing]

heart to be ground ■ to be deeply moved

(pezhaps 'forest/couotryside', rather than
' jungle *)

atmosphere, scene

worth seeing

greenery

clouds to be gathered

leaf
 

to drip

stream

lake

peacock

koil, Indian cuckoo
 

two birds which are
always mentioned in
conventional descriptions
of the rains
 

to cry, call, coo

*as we were talking*, * while talking'
(« bat kahte)

pool, tank

pavilion,   suimner-house

to lay down carpets

stove

culhe ban gae * stoves were got ready*
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