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khysakna
mwhlat
kwtwb-bini
Jawq ba];hna

matam
yam

xatyma

dyl bahlana
dhup dena

gwlystan

varaq wla^^na pala^na

nafrat

ybarat

dyqqat

xub hi <^1 laga ke

syre se

fyqra

dyl meg wtama

axlaq-e nasyri

nwsxa

matalyb

kasrat se

the pa tho-j;a pa^h ke
 

p.341
 

danyj-nama
yiyas mansur
naval kyjor

matba
chapna
 

to slip away, slink off

time (to do things), leisure

looking at books, reading

interest to increase

occupation

mourning, *mop over'

grief, 'brooding over (departure of)

end, finish

kab ka xatyma ho gaya hota *would never

have stopped*

to amuse oneself

to put in the sun to dry (books fall to
pieces very easily from damp in India)

the famous Persian book of Saadi (cf. p.69)

to leaf through, tum over pages

* aversion'

style

difficulty

'with great interest*

from the beginning

syre se axyr tak from beginning to end

sentence, phrase

to impress itself on heart

(title of a famous Persian book on ethics by
Nasir ud-din Tusi (1200-73)

copy

questions, 'ideas' (Ar.pl. of matlab)

in abundance, profusely

'reading a little at a time'

(another title: lit. 'Book of Wisdom')

(name of author)

(founder of the famous Lucknow firm, which
published vast numbers of Urdu and Persian
books in the last century)

printing press

to be printed