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

([London :  SOAS,  1970?])

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dam nykalna
bwzwrg

nesyh~e mwjfyq
na^eb-o-faraz

bhola

ghag

gha-[ gha-j; ka pani piya hona

jo jys tarah..»
 

xwlus ke sath HQrlne-vale
maqsad
 

p.329
 

mazEq-e xas
Iwtf-e gwftagu

yaraz

cayn

ghar meg by^hana

wmed-var

kaj-ky

tamanaa

javani tak

bw];hapa

dozax

namuna

bw-j^hiya faqimi

gali-kuce

zamin par payr na rakhna

qayamat bar~pa rakhna
 

to be at one * s last gasp

senior figure, 'gentleman*

kindly adviser

ups and downs (lit. 'downs and ups'),
vicissitudes

innocent, simple

knowing, experienced

'to have drunk the water of many bathing-
places* sj to have seen the world, be very
experienced

(in this sentence banana has the sense of
*to make someone to be what one wants, to
mould them according to one's preconceived
ideas/aims *)

'meeting with sincerity*, i.e. true friends

without selfish purposes, disinterested

aim, purpose

'special taste* ss extreme refinement, most
refined pleasure

pleasure of conversation, pleasant
conversation

selfish desire, selfishness

ease, comfort, repose

to marry

candidate

if onlyI

desire

'only as long as she ia young'

old age

hell

examplej  'foretaste'

old beggar-woman

back streets

*not to set foot on the ground' - i.e.
they were so grand

to create havoc
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