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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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