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

([London :  SOAS,  1970?])

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p. 327
 

be-baki

apna matlab nykal lena

mugh dekhta rah jana

qeyda

har kas-o-na-kas

farmeyj

ynkar kama

xyffat

be-takallwf

sati

liyaqat

hwsn-e axlaq

andaza

sarf hona

mayub

ran<^i-pana

nak co'|;i gyryftar

xafqani

mayg ne apnl ki

zali3»

ayb

dast-bai*dar hona (se)

baser awqat

nawkar rakhna

rafta rafta

tark kama

afal

tayb hona (se)

mard-admi

(ke) ghar pai;na

kaf an

cawgga
 

shamelessness

to get what one wants, pursue one*s aim

to be lost in astonishment, be elft
staring

custom, rule

anyone whatsoever

request

to refuse

humiliation, slight

familiar, informal, on easy terms

personal

worth, capacity

(lit. *beauty of morals') courtesy, manners

estimate

(kS;).....andaza karna to estimate, judge

to be spent

reprehensible

whorishnesa

('nose and top-knot entangled') s stuck-up

hysterical, neurotic

*I did my  own thing'i

mean, low, despicable

fault, sin, disgrace (same root as mayub)

to give up

livelihood

i.e., to engage as mistress

grandually, in time

to leave, give up

actions, conduct (Ar.pl. of fel)

to repent of

man, gentleman

s to get married to

shroud

wheedling request (cf. p.291) - i.e., 'she's
after someone to pay for her shroud
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