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

([London :  SOAS,  1970?])

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tadbir

X   X   X   X

navab chw"|;'|;an
 

plan, policy, taking thought (opposite of
taqdir 'fate')
 

X
 

X
 

X
 

(this should read navab chabban ( cxt^' )
since it is clearly Bismillah's lover who is
being talked about here, whatever is the case
in the preceding chapter)
 

ssna-e...meg
 

during, in the course of
 

savanyh-wmri
 

biography, life-history
 

baqiya
 

remaining, concluding
 

faro-gwzaSt hona
 

to be overlooked, omitted
 

dar haqiqat
 

really, truly
 

c^ubna
 

to drown
 

yrada
 

intention
 

yota lagana
 

to dive, plunge in: go under
 

wbharna
 

to come up
 

jan
 

life
 

piyara
 

dear
 

dam ghabrana
 

'to be desperate for breath'
 

OQ  ki
 

'just this once*
 

sags lena
 

to take a breath
 

satah
 

surface
 

byla qase
 

unintentionally, involuntarily
 

hath paog calna
 

the limbs to move « thresh about
 

yota marna
 

a yota lagana
 

^ubte na ban pa"^
 

'he could not manage to drown himself*
 

bahte bahate
 

'drifting along'
 

chatter manzyl
 

(name of a palace by the G-omti)
 

vali-ahd
 

heir to throne
 

myrza vali-ahd bahadwr
 

HH the Heir Apparent
 

marhum
 

the late, deceased
 

ma....ke
 

with (- ma-e)
 

bajra
 

pleasure-boat: barge
 

mallah
 

boatman
 

chwp-na
 

to get free, set free

apne chwpane ki 'to get himself clear
 

'to free himself
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