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A particle added to a verb to make the compound participle
as hothá - having said
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A'
As in Sé kitzá gailá á? 'Where is he having gone?'
Abe
Now, at this time
Abkhorá
A small deep pot with a rim
Also ambkhorá
Achhá
Very well
Achhú or -á
Good
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Addá
A wooden frame
Adkan
Elbow
Admen
Mid-way
Adri
Respect, honour
Etymology: S. ádara
Afarnú
To swell, puff up
f. -í, pl. -é
Agardán
A vessel for burning incense
Ageté
(1) Some time ago; (2) lately
Aggar
A fragrant wood (Aquilaria agallocha)
Etymology: S. Agaru, or Aguru
Aggarnu
To shut in
Agí
Fire
Agjhárá
A tinder-box
Ahan
The flying-fox, said to be a female
found in the Shah hill in the Bhajji State.
Ahaň
I
Also Añ
Aimran
The wild grape
Ain
Good, fine; to be good
Ain hoň, sumptuous. 'Friend, it is well that you have come.'
Ainshu
This year
Ainṭhṇú
To twist, to strut
Aisá
Oh, ah!
Akal
Wisdom, sense
Etymology: Aql
Akhar
Letters, characters (pl.)
Etymology: S. Akshara
Akhí
Eyes
Dim. Akhṭí, pretty eyes
Etymology: S. Akshin
Akhṭaí
See Akkhai
Akkhai
An annual festival
Etymology: S. Akshaya tritiya
Akṛaṇu
To be stiff, to strut
f. -í, pl. -é
Alakh-jagáwṇá
To ask for alms
Amá
Mother
Etymology: S. Ambá
Amal
Intoxication
Amb
Mango
Also ámb
Etymology: S. Ámra
Ambar
Up, in the sky; prep. above
Also ambare
Ambchárí
A post held by the Kanwar, said to be equivalent to Private Secy.
used in the Mandi State
Amilá
Sour
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Ammuk
Durable, imperishable
alike in all genders
Aň-jyá
A little, a small quantity
Aňchal
Corner of a cloth or shawl
Etymology: S. Aňchala, a cloth
Aňchlá
Ribbon which is more than two fingers in breadth
Andhá
Blind
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Andhá-dhundh
Misrule
-máchní, -hoṇí, v.s. re. To suffer from misrule or bad government.
Andhoú, -á
Unwashed, unclean
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Andí
See Aṇṇí
Andr
Inside
o-dá, adv. From inside
Etymology: H. andar
Andrélá
The auspicious time at which a bride enters her husband's home
Syn. wism
Andro-dá or -rá
From the inside
Andro-khe
To the inside
Andról
See Narol
Aňga
A wasp
pl. Aňgal
Angaṇat
Innumerable, numerous
Alike in all genders
Angaṇu
To be entangled, to be embroiled
Aňger
Sinews (pl.)
Anjal
The cavity formed by putting the palms of the hands together
Etymology: S. Aňjali
Aňkaí
Revenue in kind
used in the Mandí State
Aṇṇ
Testicles (pl.)
also andí
Anrí
A small piece of land left unploughed
Ant
End
pl. -o
Etymology: S. Anta
Anwalá
Emblica myrobalan (Phyllanthus emblica)
pl. -é
Etymology: S. Ámalaka
Appe
See Appú
(Bághal, Kumhársain and Nálágarh). Proverb: Appe kurí ghar nú basdí, horánu sikh dasdí 'The girl doesn't live with her husband, but she gives hints to others.'
Appú, áppí
Myself, yourself, himself, herself
Aṛá
Aslant, crooked
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Aṛhá
A grain measure equal to 4 páthás
Also Aṛhaṭ, Araṭ
Etymology: S. Áḍhaka
Arié-kharié
In trouble
Arj
A request
pl. -o
Etymology: P. arz
Aṛṇú
To insist
f. -í, pl. -é
Arshṛá
A looking-glass
Etymology: H. árshí
Arúsá
A medicinal plant
Asé
We (1st pers. pl. nominative)
Etymology: Punjábí, así
Ashí
80
-wáň, 80th
Ashiyá
A fine of Rs. 80 in cash paid to a ruler at a jágrá
Etymology: S. Ashíti=80
Asklá
A pudding made of rice-flour
Asklá
A pudding made of rice-flour
Asrá
Hope
-rákhní, v.t. re. To rely on
Etymology: S. Ashraya
Ast
Art
2nd pers. sing. pres. of hoṇú, to be
Astáj
A clever man
Also stáj
Etymology: P. ustad
Asthán
A place, especially of a deity
Etymology: S. Sthána
Astmí, áṭheň
The eighth day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Ashṭamí
Astú
Human bones sent to the Ganges, after cremation
Also fúl
Athkaj, athké
The forget-me-not
The word is only used as a plural and is also applied to the burrs which get entangled in woollen clothes.
Aṭhth
8
Etymology: S. Ashṭa
Aṭhwárá
A term in which each pargana has to supply three coolies daily for various duties to the State (Kuthár State). Begar for 8 days or labour in the darbar (Jubbal).
In Bushahr...
Etymology: S. Ashṭavára, 8 days
Aṭkaṇu
To stop, to wait, to retain
f. -í, pl. -é
Aṭkarkí-jeolá
A term for exceptionally inferior land for which cash payment was made
Kullu, Lyall Sett. Rep. 1875
Aṭṭá
Flour
Etymology: H. áṭá
Aukhá
In trouble, also difficult
m., f. -í, pl. -é
Aukhí
Difficulty, trouble
Auňshu
See Ainshu
Aurá
Unfilled, half filled
m., f. -í, pl. -é. Also auru.
Auré-bhág
Evil fate, unluckiness
Auth
The right of the youngest brother to an extra share for his marriage expenses, if he be unmarried.
Awrú, -á
Somewhat empty, not quite full
m., f. -í, pl. -é
Awuň
I (1st pers. sing.)
Also Añ. It becomes muñ with the past tense of a transitive verb. As Muñ bolá tú nú de, 'I said, you should not go'
Á
Á
Yes
Also aňkár
Ád
(1) Moisture, wetness. (2) Half. (3) Remembrance.
Ád-o-ád, m. The half. -áwní, v. tr. To remember. -rákhní, v. tr. To keep in memory.
Etymology: H. yád
Ádar
Homage, respect
Etymology: S. ádara
Ádh
An area equal to 4 bighás of land
Ádhu or Ádho
Half
pl. ádhe
Ág
Fire
Also ágí
Etymology: S. Agni
Ágá
Fore
Ágalnu
To shut in, to lock up
f. -í, pl. -é
Áge
Before, a little before (this)
Ággal
A wooden bolt for a gate or door
Etymology: S. Argala
Ágre-ágre
Beforehand
Áh
Second person
Tú nokhá michh áh 'Thou art a good man.'
Áhlú
A kind of deer
Áj
To-day
Áje, adv. Just to-day.
Áj-ká
Of to-day
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Álú
An esculent root, like the potato (Luchúli)
Álú
A drink
-bhární, v.t. re. To drink
Áṇ
An oath, a curse
Áṇ-uṇ
To bring, to fetch
f. -í, pl. -é
Áṇí
(1) An edge; (2) a band of soldiers; (3) a battle
Áṇí-deṇú
To bring
Áṇí-tákhṇú
To keep ready
Áṇṭ
Enmity, discord
pl. -o
Ánthí
Is
Ní-ánthí, Is not
Áp
Self
By it-, him-, or herself
Ápṇú, -á
One's own
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Ár
A friend
Etymology: H. yár
Árá
(1) A friend; (2) a kind of long saw
Árí
(1) The handle of a plough; (2) adj. crooked
Árí
Friendship, acquaintance
Etymology: H. yárí
Áṛú
The hill apricot
pl. no singular
Ásau
Is, or are
From the irreg. verb hoṇú, to be
Ásh
Hope
Etymology: S. Áshá
Áshú
Tears
Also ássú. Proverb: Sháré muiň sháshu, Sáwane áye áshu. 'Her mother-in-law died in June, she weeps for her in July' (implying inconsistency).
Etymology: S. Ashru
Áwaṇu
To come
f. -í, pl. -é. Also áwṇá.
Áwi-jáṇu
To arrive
f. -í, pl. -é
B
Ba'ch
Dampness, wet
Babá
Father, progenitor
Bábru
A kind of cake (always used in the plural)
Bachár
A curse
-deṇe, v.t. re. To curse
Etymology: S. Vichára
Bacháwṇu
To save
Báchchhá
A king, emperor
Etymology: P. pádsháh
Bachér
Storing curds and butter (instead of eating them) in order to make clarified butter
Bachháṇu
(1) To spread a bed; (2) To subscribe
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: bichháná
Bachháwaṇi
A subscription
-páṇí, v.t. re. To subscribe
Bachháwṇu
To spread or lay out (a bed)
Bachháwuṇ
A broom
-deṇú, v.t. re. To sweep
Báchhú, or -á
A calf
pl. -é
Bachnó-de-áṇṇu
To conciliate, to compromise
f. -í, pl. -é
Bachṇu
To escape
f. -í, pl. -é
Badal
An answer, a reply
-deṇá, v.t. ir. To reply
Badám
Almonds
Etymology: H. bádám
Badár
A kinsman
-ṇú, v.a. re. To act like a kinsman
Badárú
(1) A sept of Kanets; (2) A parganá in the Bashahr State
Badhá
Enhancement, increase in taxes
Badháwṇu
(1) To extinguish, to put out; (2) To enlarge
f. -í, pl. -é
Badhkú or -á
Without limit
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Badhṇu
To cut
f. -í, pl. -é
Badhú
A carpenter
f. -aṇ
Badlí
Clouds
Hyún ghalolá badlí 'The snow will melt with the clouds'
Etymology: H. bádal
Badlíṇá
Cloudy
m.
Badrá, -u
Larger
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Badrú or -á
The eldest
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bádú
An enemy
Badúk
A gun or rifle
Etymology: H. bandúk
Báfar
Spare
Báftá
Silken cloth
Etymology: H. báftá
Bagáná
Another's, of another
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Fr. H. bigáná
Bagár
Forced labour, unpaid work, corvée
Bagárú or -í
A cooly, a porter
Bagher
A boy, a child
pl. -o
Bágí
Lawless, disloyal
-hoṇu, v.a. re. To be disloyal
Bagoṭú
Clothing, a dress
Bagṭas
Air, the wind
Etymology: S. Vayu
Bagṭí
A small plot of land
Bágú
A dress of honour, a robe
Bahár
Out or outside
Bahár
Enjoyment, pleasure
pl. -o
Baháthat
62
-wán, 62nd
Bahattar
72
Baheṛá
Terminalia belerica
Bahkaṇu
(1) To become mad; (2) To stray
Bahṇu
To flow, to blow
f. -í, pl. -é
Báhṇu
To plough
f. -í, pl. -é
Bai
(1) The wind; (2) Bile; (3) 22
Etymology: S. Vāyu
Bai-láṇ-ráto
To go by night
Baichhaṛ
An unchaste woman
Báih
22
-wán, 22nd
Baij
Interest
Etymology: H. byáj, interest
Bail
An ox, a bull
Báillí
A small kind of adze
Baiņ
Sister
Bairí
An enemy
Etymology: S. Vairī
Baiṭhṇu
To sit down
Also Beṭhṇu
Báj
Madness
-lágnú, v.s. re. To be mad
Bájá
A musical instrument
Etymology: H. bájá
Bájantrí
Musicians
Also Bajgaiṛí, and Túrí
Bájár
Market, mart
Etymology: P. bázár
Bajaurá
The wheel of a stone mill
Bajáwṇu
(1) To cause to sound; (2) To beat, to strike
Bajgaiṛí
See Bajantrí
Bajhaim
A riddle, a puzzle. -bujhní, v.t. re. To solve a riddle
Etymology: H. bujhní
Bájí
An ulcer on the joints
Baji-jáṇu
To become mad
f. -í, pl. -é
Bajṇu
To sound (a musical instrument)
Etymology: H. bajáná
Bajuwá-huňdá
Mad, insane
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bajuwṇu
To be mad or insane
f. -í, pl. -é
Bák
A speech, a sentence
Etymology: S. Vákya
Bákh
Udder (of a cow)
Bákh-hoṇu
To be cut into two
f. -í, pl. -é
Bákh, adj.
-karṇu, v.t. re. To cut off
Etymology: Cut up
Bakhat
Time, period
Etymology: P. waqt
Bakheṛ
Scattering coins over a bridegroom
Bakheṛá
A dispute, tumult, complication
Etymology: H. bakheṛá
Bakheṛiá
One who disputes
m.
Bakherṇu
To scatter
Bakhiyá
Double sewing
bakhyain or pakyain
A saying, folklore
Etymology: S. Vyakhyána
Bakí-muwáň
A curse
Bakílé
As a messenger
Bakílo
A messenger
bákkhal
Land which is not artificially irrigated
Bakleh, or baklehí
Breakfast
Báklu or -á
Thick
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bakṇu
To stretch the mouth
f. -í, pl. -é
Bakrá
A he-goat
f. -í, a she-goat; pl. -é
Bakráṭhá
See Bakhárchá
Bákṭhar
A buffalo, she-goat or cow, whose young is more than 6 months old and whose milk has become scanty
Bakṭu
A kid
f. -í, pl. -é. =chhelu and chholí
Bal
Strength, might, power
Etymology: S. Vala
Bál
Hair
Etymology: H. bál
Baláhaṭṭú-láṇá
To be unhappy, to pine
Bálak
A babe or infant
Etymology: S. Válaka
Balchá
A piece of rope to fasten the plough on its beam
Báňdke-hoṇu
To be outside
Báňdku or -á
External
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. adv. Outside
Báňsh
A bamboo
Etymology: S. Baňsha; H. báňs
Ber
Delay
Ber
A village, a house or home
pl. -o
Berá
A palace, especially the female apartments in a chief's palace
pl. -é
Berí
(1) Iron fetters; (2) A boat
Beṛí
See Bárí
Besó
See Majnú
Beṭá
A son
f. -í, A girl or daughter; pl. -é, Sons
Etymology: H. beṭá
Beṭhṇu
To sit down
Etymology: H. baiṭhná
Beṭhú
A low-caste farmer who works under a zamíndár
Bgáwṇu
To clear off
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhá't
Boiled rice
Etymology: S. Bhakta
Bhábar
The scorpion plant, from which jute is obtained
Bhábi
Brother's wife
Also bháoj
Bhádar
Gallant, brave
m.
Etymology: H. bahádur
Bhádo
The 5th month of the Hindu year, corresponding to August
Also bhajjo
Etymology: S. Bhádrapada
Bhádú
A white-metal vessel used for cooking pulse
Etymology: H. bhaddú
Bhág
Luck, fate, fortune
Etymology: S. Bhágya
Bhág-khóuwane
To be ill-fated, to be unlucky
Bhágṇu
To run away, to escape
Bhái
A brother
Etymology: S. bhrátri; H. bháí
Bhái-thú
An adopted brother
f. -aṇ, An adopted sister
Bháiňchal
An earthquake
Etymology: S. Bhúmichálana
Bhaiňs
A buffalo
Also maiňsh
Etymology: S. Mahiṣhī; H. bhaiňs
Bhájí
Vegetable
Bhajjo
See Bhádo
-re, adv. In August
Bhajṇu
To preserve, to keep in memory
Etymology: H. bhajná
Bhálá
A spear
pl. -e
Etymology: H. bhálá
Bhalá or -ú
Good
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bhaláwá
A medicinal tree, and its fruit
Etymology: H. bhiláwá
Bhalk
Morning, daybreak
-é, At daybreak
Bhallá
A kind of cake made of pulse flour
pl. -e
Bhallí
A kind of fish
Bhálṇu
To keep in sight, to observe, to witness
Bhalsṇu
To recover from illness, to be restored to health
Bhálú
One who keeps anything in sight
Bhalú or -u
(1) Reversed, upset, contrary; (2) Left
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bhámbú
See Banáí
Bháň
Small coins
Bháň-ṇu
To break
f. -í, pl. -é
Bháňḍá or -u
A brass, copper or iron vessel
pl. -é
Bhaňḍár
A granary, a store-house
Bhaňḍárí
One in charge of a granary, a store-keeper
Bháňḍe-bábar-hoṇu
To be in menses
Bháňḍṇu
To call ill names, to abuse
f. -í, pl. -é
Bháňg
The hemp plant, or leaves of smoking hemp
Bhaňgoļú
Hemp-seed
Bháňjí
Injury
-mární, v.a. re. To injure
Bháňju or -á
Sister's son; nephew
f. -í, Sister's daughter, niece; pl. -é
Bháňkhrí
Mocking bird
Bhaṇoí
Sister's husband
Etymology: H. bahnoí
Bháṇu
To deny, to disagree, to refuse
f. -í, pl. -é
Bháoj
See Bhábi
Bháor
Brother
f. -í, Sister. m. -á, A polite term of address to anyone.
Bháṛ
A seed measure upon which was founded the ancient unit of land (Kullu)
Bhárá
(1) Hire, rent. (2) To give some corn to a calf of a cow or buffalo at milking time.
Bhárá
A load, luggage
Etymology: S. Bhára = weight
Bhárá
Fare, rent
-deṇá, v.i. ir. To pay the fare
Bhará or -u
Full, filled up
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bháran
A tax levied at two annas per rupee (Kullu)
Bhárí
Heavy
Etymology: H. bhárí
Bharṇu
(1) To pay. (2) To fill up.
Bhart
A kind of pulse, flat and black in colour
Bharuwáṇu
To be filled
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhásh
Practice
Etymology: S. Abhyása
Bhásh
The lungs
Bhásh or bhákh
Language, a dialect
Pahárı bhásh bi jáṇai? 'Do you know the Pahari language?'
Etymology: S. Bháshá
Bháshṇu
To practise
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhasmá
Ashes
Etymology: S. bhasman
Bháṭ
A term for a Brahman
Etymology: S. Bhaṭṭa
Bhaṭáňgrú
One who manages corvée or begar (Keonthal)
Bháṭh
A feast given to all the kith and kin in order to regain one's caste; after one's being out of caste by doing something wrong.
Bhátí
A ceremony at which Brahmans are fed
Bhaṭṭe
Brinjals
Etymology: H. bhaṭṭá
Bháṭú
A Brahman's son whose duty it is to serve at the time of worship
Bháu
A chief's son; A polite term used in addressing any boy of good birth.
Bháuṇ
A temple
Etymology: S. Bhavana
Bháuṇ
A thought, a supposition
Bhauṇá, ní áwṇá. 'I suppose he won't come.'
Bháw
A rate
Etymology: H. bháw
Bheḍ
A sheep
f. -í, pl. -o
Bhekal
A kind of plant with sharp thorns
pl. -e
Bhet
A secret
Etymology: H. bhed
Bheṭ
(1) A present offered to a deity. (2) An offering. (3) A benevolence made in cash by officials and by landholders in land to the Ráná at the Diwálí festival (Kuṭhár). (4) An offering made on appointment to office by a mahar (Biláspur).
Bheṭá
A present made to a deity or ruler
-deṇí, v.t. re. To give or offer a present - see the preceding
Bheṭṇu
To visit, to meet, to call on
f. -í, pl. -é
Bheṭú
One who knows secrets
-karṇá, v.t. ir. To introduce, to acquaint
Etymology: H. bhetí
Bhijṇu
To be wet
Bhíkh
Alms
-deṇí, v.t. re. To give alms
Etymology: S. Bhikshá
Bhiṛṇu
To fight, to struggle
Bhít
A wall
Etymology: S. Bhitti
Bhíṭhká or -ú
Inside
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bhíṭhlá or -u
Of the inside, inner
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bhlásṭhá
The main beam of a roof
Bhlekhá
A mistake, an oversight
Etymology: H. bhulekhá
Bhofar
Shoulder
pl. -o
Bhog
An offering
-láṇá, v.i. re. To offer cooked food to a deity
Etymology: S. Bhoga
Bhoglú
See Bihan
Bhój
(1) A feast. (2) Birch. (3) Picnic
-pattar, n.m. Birch-bark
Bholá or -u
Simple-minded
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bhóňr
A black bee
f. -í, pl. -o
Etymology: S. bhramara
Bhóňru
A song, a couplet; poetry
Kúje rú julrú, thoro rú bhunchu, Bhúje ní jámdú ní hundú mano rú sunchú. 'The wild white rose is sucked by a black bee, toasted grain never grows, nor is a desired object gained.'
Bhóňru (cont.)
A song, a couplet; poetry
Siti húňḍoli harṇo, bikro de moro, Mánu dekhe mukhṭe, terá laṭkú horo. 'Deer will walk, and peafowl too, I've seen a good many men, but your gait is of another kind.'
Bhonṭhá or -í
A sept of Kanets in Kamlí parganá and elsewhere in these hills
pl. -e
Bhosé
Roasted green wheat or gram
Bhraňgrṇu
To roar like a panther
Bhryuňsh
Eyebrows
Bhú
Fodder
Etymology: H. bhús
Bhú-ro-parál
Good for nothing
Bhubhal
A fire of hot ashes to fry potatoes and other roots
Bhubṛí
Mouth
Bhuiň
Earth, land
-ú, n.m. A store house
Etymology: S. Bhúmi
Bhujṇu
To roast, to fry
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhukh
Hunger, appetite
Etymology: S. Bubhukshá
Bhukhe-rauṇu
To remain hungry
Bhúl
A mistake, forgetfulness
Etymology: H. bhúl
Bhulká
Vegetables
-cháṇṇu, v.a. re. To cook vegetables
Bhulṇu
To forget
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhuňchu
Sucked, or licked
Bhuňḍú
A fool, an ignorant man
Bhyaiṇi
Daybreak
Bhyáň-rí
Daybreak
-e, At daybreak
Bhyáňsaí
Morning, dawn
-í, adv. This morning
Bhyáss
Practice, exercise
Etymology: S. Abhyása
Bhyásuwṇu
To be accustomed, to be in practice
f. -í, pl. -é
Bhyóuṇu
To make or cause to be wet
f. -í, pl. -é
Bi
Also, too
Sé bi áwṇá thíá. 'He too was to come.'
Bí
The verandah of a house
Also ṭóng
Bí
20
-wáň, 20th
Etymology: S. Viňshati
Bí
(1) Also, even. (2) As well as.
Proverb: Ṭaké ri bí, Chajau ri bí. 'Of six pies, yet beautiful.'
Biáh
See Byá or Byáh
Bich
A crack; adv. Middle; n. Centre
Bichá-bichí
Through or by the middle
Bidáṇá
Quinces
Bidhṇí
To be extinguished
Bidhṇu
To be extinguished
Bigai
A tax levied per bighá (Kuṭhár)
Bighé
In the fields
Bihan
Coriandrum sativum
Also básháň
Bíj
(1) Seeds. (2) Thunder
-galṇu, v.s. re. To be no more
Etymology: S. Vīja; S. vajra
Bijaňdrí
A furrow left unsown in a field
Bijaurí
A kind of citron
Etymology: S. Vījapura
Bijlí
Lightning
Etymology: S. Vidyut
Bijṇu
To sow
f. -í, pl. -é
Bikar, bikr
The lower part of a field
Bikh
(1) Poison; (2) Difficult, dangerous (way)
-ṛu or -ṛá, adj. m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: S. Viṣha
Bíkh
A step, a footstep
-deṇí, v.i. re. To tread
Bil
A hole, chasm, a crack
-parṇí, v.s. re. To form a crack. -patrí, n.f. Leaves of the bel tree.
Bilkhṇu
To scream, to cry
Biná-bajaur
Without wages
Bináyak
The deity Ganesh
Etymology: S. Vināyaka
Biňḍ
A handle of a sickle or a hoe
-láṇá, v.i. re. To fix a handle
Biňḍá
A truss (of hay)
Biṇḍí
A plant called gulmaňhdí in Hindí
Biňḍkú
A big grass bundle
pl. -é. f. -í, A small grass-bundle. (Also pulá and pulí.)
Biňḍlú-tárá
The morning star
Biňgú
See Bángá
Biňhú
A scorpion
Etymology: S. Vṛishchika; H. bichchhú
Biņí
Without
Etymology: H. biná
Bír
(1) A hero; (2) The deity Hanumán or Bhairab
Also used in compounds, e.g. Banbír, Lánkṛábír
Etymology: S. Vīra
Biṛí
A green twig used for brushing the teeth
-láṇí, v.a. re. To brush the teeth
Birié
A polite term used in addressing a maiden
Bish-háthe
Empty-handed
Bish-ṭáňg
(1) The remuneration of a headman at the rate of 6 pies per rupee of land revenue (Kuṭhár). (2) A present to an officer in cash (all the Simla Hill States). (3) A bribe.
-deṇí, v.t. re. To give a present. (Also kór).
Bishká or -ú
Empty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Bishu
A score, 20
Etymology: S. Viňshati
Bishú
(1) The moment of the sun's reaching Aries; (2) A song sung by low-caste people in April
Etymology: S. Viṣhuva
Bíú
Good
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be convalescent
Biyá or -ú
Good; adv. Quite well
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Biyé-re-muňḍé
Disciples of wise men
Blá'k or bulák
A nose-ring
Blair
A low caste (often called 'mate')
Also halmandí
Bláj
A night fair
Also barláj or brláj
Etymology: S. Valirāja
Bláwlá
Condolence
-deṇá, v.t. ar. To condole
Blel
Evening, eve
Blíyá
O my
m.; f. -é
Bo'k-bidyá
Jesting, mocking
Bó'l
(1) A speech, a saying; (2) An oral agreement whereby one's daughter is betrothed to a boy, in default the sum of Rs. 20 is paid as damages.
Bo'ti
See Bohú
Boá
Flight
Bobó
(1) A sister or adopted sister; (2) A very polite term used in addressing a woman
Bodrí
A kind of disease, chicken-pox
-nikalṇí, v.t. re. To suffer from chicken-pox
Boé
Passed away
Bohit
Much, abundant
m.
Etymology: H. bahut
Bohú
Daughter-in-law
Etymology: S. Vadhú
Bojhá
A load
Etymology: H. bojh
Boki
Talkative
m. and f.
Bokṇu
To jest, to mock
f. -í, pl. -é
Bol
A high wooded place
Bolṇu
To speak
f. -í, pl. -é
Bóň
See Báoṛí
Bóň
See Ban
Boṇ-ṇu
To flow
Boṇu
See Bijṇu
Boṭí
A bit of flesh
-boṭí-karṇí, v.t. re. To cut in pieces
Boṭí or boṭiyá
A cook
f. -aṇ
Bou
Daughter-in-law
Etymology: S. Vadhú; H. bahú
Bóúmeň
We will, or should, sow
Bowṇu
To roll down, to flow
f. -í, pl. -é
Bpárí
A trader, a merchant
Etymology: H. byápárí
Brá
A weight equal to 4 ṭhakrís or 6 sers
The area sown with one árhá is reckoned equal to a bighá (Jubbal).
Brága
The wife of a bairágí
Brágaṇ
A lioness or tigress
Brágar
Ear-rings
Brágg
A leopard or panther
f. -aṇ. -ṭu, n.m. A leopard cub.
Etymology: S. Vyāghra
Brágí
Bairágí, a Vaishnava
Brail
A cat
Also brqilí. Dim. bral-ṭí, kitten.
Etymology: S. Viḍāla
Bráss
The rhododendron
Brát
(1) Dunning; (2) (H. bárát) A wedding procession
Brátí-beṭhṇu
To dun
Also brát-líṇ
Bresht
Thursday
Etymology: S. Vṛihaspati
Bṭhith
Flour of pot-herb grain
Bṭholí
Bread made of pot-herb grain
Buárá or bwárá
A helper, one who helps a fellow villager and gets food, but no cash, in return
pl. Buáre or bwáre. -láṇe, v.a. re. To engage helpers; -dewṇu, v.i. re. To go to help.
Búbá
The husband of one's father's sister
f. -í, Father's sister; pl. -é
Bubér-bhái
Father's sister's son
Budá
A bar
f. -í, pl. -é
Buddh
(1) Wednesday; (2) Wisdom
Etymology: S. Budha
Búg
A cover, especially for a gun, a pillow or bedding
Bugchá or -u
A bundle
f. -í, pl. -é
Buglí
Wrapping up the body in a sheet
-páṇí, v.s. re. To wrap up one's body in a sheet
Bujhṇu
To understand, to know
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. bújhṇá
Bujhṇwálá
One who understands or knows
f. -í, pl. -é
Bulák
See Blá'k
Buláṇu
To call, to invite
Etymology: H. buláná
Buṇ-ṇu
To weave
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. bunná
Buňjá
52
Burá or -u
Bad, wicked, not good
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Burá-bhájaṇá
To cease unhappiness
Burá-lágná
To be unhappy
-mánná, v.i. re. To be displeased
Burí-ghálṇí
To harass, to put to trouble, to plague
Burí-hoṇí
To be in trouble
Burí-lágṇí
To pine in love, to feel unpleasant
Bwá'l
(1) Overflowing; (2) Boiling
-jáṇu or -dewṇu, v.s. re. To overflow
Etymology: S. Udgāra; H. ubál
Bwálṇu
To boil
Etymology: H. ubálná
Bwárá
See Buárá
pl. -é
Byá
Marriage
Also byáh. -áhuňdá, m., f. -í huňdí, pl. -é huňde. Married.
Etymology: S. Viváha
Byáj
Interest
Etymology: H. byáj
Byálí
Dinner
-cháṇṇí, v.i. re. To cook the dinner. -é, adv. In the evening. Byále re pahre áyá Ludro-Shib 'Ludlow Sahib came in the evening.'
Byálí
Supper
Byálke-bakté
In the evening time
Byálkú or byálkí
The evening
Byáltí
Evening
Byáňhdá
A tax levied at a chief's wedding and on his children's marriages
Also Byáoḷ or Byáoḷi
Byáoḷ or byáoḷi
See Byáňhdá
Byáshí
82
-wáň, 82nd
Byóḷ
A kind of tree, the leaves of which are given to cattle as fodder
Byórá
Detailed account
Byórá or -u
(1) Reversed, upset; (2) contrary, left
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Also beorá.
C
Cha'b
A food made of rice and sugar
Chá'l
(1) Gait; (2) A custom
Etymology: H. chál
Chá'n-chak
Vain, in vain, without reason
Chabhokṇu
To dip
Chabṇu
To chew
f. -í, pl. -é
Chabútrá
A raised bank or terrace, open or covered
Chabútrá-wazír or Shrí-wazír
The prime-minister, chief minister
The former form was used in Kullú and the latter in Bashahr
Chachá
Uncle
f. -í, Aunt; pl. -é
Chachéṇu
To cry or scream
f. -í, pl. -é
Chádar
A sheet of cloth
Chádr
A scarf
Etymology: H. chaddar
Cháer
See Chár
Cháetu or cháethu or -á
(1) Thin, straight; (2) Easy
Chaftá or -u
Thin, straight
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chagarṇu
See Chagrṇu
Chagrṇu or chagarṇu
To know, to come to feel
f. -í, pl. -é
Cháh
(1) Desire; (2) Tea
-ṇu, v.t. re. To wish
Cháhṇu
To desire, to wish
f. -í, pl. -é
Chain
Peace, tranquillity
-parṇí, v.s. re. To be peaceful
Etymology: P. chain
Chair
The true or Golden Pheasant
Chajará or -u
Good, fine
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chák
(1) An ornament; (2) A potter's wheel
Cháká
Service in cantonments
Obs., Kullú
Chákar
A servant
f. -í, Service
Etymology: H. chákar
Chakchuňjrí
A squirrel
Cháké
Roofing slates
-á, sing.
Cháke-beṭhṇu
To realize a fine by sitting at one's door
Chakhauṇí
A taste
Chákhṇu
To taste
Etymology: H. chakhná
Chákí
A handmill
Etymology: H. chakkí
Chakká
See Bast
Chakkar
Circle, round
-láṇu, or -deṇu, v.a. re. To turn round
Etymology: H. chakkar
Cháklá or -u
A round stone
f. -í, pl. -é
Chakleot
The blackbird (chakiyoṭ)
Chakṇu
To carry, to lift up
f. -í, pl. -é
Chakó'r
See Chákru
Chákri
Service
-karṇí, v.t. ir. To serve
Chákru
The chikor
also chakóí
Chákú
A knife
Etymology: H. chakkú
Chálá
Shaking
-hoṇá, v.s. ir. To be shaken
Chaláná-deṇá
To go on, to proceed
Chalbér
Breakfast time
Also chalihir
Chali-jáṇu
To go on
-jáṇ-ṇu, v.i. re. To walk
Chalṇu
To walk, to go on, to proceed
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. chalná
Chálú
See Palgárí (Bashahr)
Cham-chainaṭ
(1) Shining or blazing; (2) Flash of lightning
Cham-gádaṛ
A bat
Etymology: H. chamgídaṛ
Chamár
A shoemaker
Etymology: S. Charmakāra; H. chamár
Chamáshá
The monsoon, the rainy season, wet weather
Etymology: S. Chāturmāsya
Chámbá
(1) Copper; (2) A fragrant yellow flower
Chámbá
A tree bearing a fragrant yellow flower (Michelia champaca)
Proverb: Chámbá-tale bhekhlá jámí: 'Under a fragrant flower tree there grew a thorny plant.' (Used of the son of a well-to-do man who has none of his father's qualities)
Etymology: S. Champaka
Chamkáwṇu
To cause to shine
f. -í, pl. -é
Chamkṇu
(1) To shine; (2) To flash; (3) To be in power
f. -í, pl. -é
Champkalí
An ornament worn by women on the neck (It is made either of gold or of silver)
Chámṛí
The skin
-ṭwárṇí, v.t. re. To whip
Cháṇ-ṇu
(1) To make; (2) To cook
f. -í, pl. -é
Chaṇál
A low caste, e.g., a shoe-maker
Cháňd
The moon
Etymology: S. Chandra; P. chánd
Chaṇḍál
A wicked man
Etymology: S. Cháṇḍāla, sweeper
Chaňḍol
A swing made of wood, to seat four
Chandra
Wicked, bad
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Changá, -u
Good, fine
m.; f. -í, pl. -é (changá)
Chángai
The upper storey of a house
Chaňk
A bit, a very small part
Mádu máňgo adh-bhá, Ráṇí ná deo chaňk 'Mádú wants the half, the Rání will not give a bit'
Chaňkṇu
See Chábṇu
Chánná
The kernel of a fruit
pl. -é
Chaṇṭál
See chaṇḍál
Cháṇu
To want, to wish, to desire
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. cháhná
Cháo
See Cháw
Chapṇu
To chew
-é-jogu, -á, f. -í, pl. -é 'Fit to chew.' - see Chábṇu
Chár
Four
Chauthá, m.; f. -í, pl. -é, fourth
Etymology: H. chár
Chár
A kind of sauce
Etymology: H. áchár
Chár-deṇí
To drive game
Charaṇ
Feet
Etymology: S. Charaṇa
Charán
Grazing ground
Charáwṇu
To graze
f. -í, pl. -é
Chaṛhái
(1) An ascent; (2) An invasion
Chaṛhṇu
(1) To climb up; (2) To mount
f. -í, pl. -é
Charj
Wonder, surprise
Etymology: S. Áshcharya
Chárjí
A Krishna Brahman, who receives the death-bed gifts
Etymology: S. Áchárya
Charkhá
Spinning wheel
-kátṇá, v.i. re. To spin
Etymology: H. charkhá
Charṇu
To graze
f. -í
Etymology: H. charná
Chaská
Fondness, eagerness
-paṛṇá, v.i. re. To be fond
Chatar
Clever, wise, active
Etymology: S. Chatura
Chaṭikṇu
To crack
f. -í, pl. -é
Cháṭṇu
To lick
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. cháṭná
Chatrái
Cleverness, wisdom
Etymology: S. Cháturī
Chau'ṭhí
A small hole near the hearth of a cook-room in which salt and red pepper are put
Chaubí
24
-wáň, 24th
Chaudash
The fourteenth day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Chaturdashī
Chauṇ
Three
chíú, chijá, or chíyá, f. -í, pl. -é, third
Chauṇlá
A wild beast with a white tail
f. -í, pl. -é
Chauňr
A chowry, the tail of the yák used to whisk off flies, etc; also as an emblem or insigne of princely rank
Etymology: S. Chamara
Chaurá
(1) A terrace, a courtyard; (2) A chowry tail
f. -í
Chaurá or -u
Wide, broad
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. chauṛá
Chauth
The fourth day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Chaturthī
Cháw
Pleasure, ambition
-hoṇá, v.s. re. To be ambitious - Also Cháo
Cháwaṇu
To absorb
f. -í, pl. -é
Ché'lí
(1) Breakfast; (2) The second morning meal
-cháṇṇí, v.t. re. To prepare breakfast
Chéfar
A long shelf or plank to keep things on
Also Párchh
Chehṇú
A pole with two horns
Chekuwáṇu
To be torn or separated
Chelá
A disciple, a scholar
f. -í, pl. -é
Chele
See Diwáň, Diňwáň
Cheň-uň
The edible mushroom
Chéol, chéwṛ
A beam of timber
Chér
See Chair
Cherá
A wooden bolt
Chét or chéch
The 12th month of the Hindús, corresponding to March
Etymology: S. Chaitra
Chetá
(1) Memory; (2) Treatment
-chaugshí, n.f. Careful treatment
Chetá-rákhṇá
To take care of
Chethá-chethí
Teasing, bothering
Chethá-huňdá or -u
Spoiled
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chethṇá
To spoil, to bother, to render useless
f. -í, pl. -é
Chetrṇu
(1) To feel; (2) To be cautious
pl. -é
Chettá or -ú
Narrow
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Also churúṭi
Chetuwáṇu
To recollect, to recall to memory
f. -í, pl. -é
Chéúň
A kind of edible toadstool, morel
Also chyúň
Chéwal
A beam of timber
Also dásá
Chhá
Watery curd
-dhuṇ-ṇí or -chholṇí, v.i. re. To churn
Chhá'l
A wave
Nháṇe ri chhá'l. Bathing.
Chhabrá or -u
A large wide basket of bamboo, to put bread in
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhabṭá
A grain measure, equal to 2 sers
Chháchhá
A minute kind of gnat of yellow colour. It is found in Shuňgrí, Khadrálá, etc., in the Bashahr territory.
pl. -é. When it bites a prick is felt and the pain increases and lasts for six months.
Chhádmó
Deceit
Etymology: S. Chhadma
Chhádṇu
To leave
f. -í, pl. -é
Chháḍṇu
To release, to leave
f. -í, pl. -é
Chháetu or -á
See Cháetu
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chhái
See Astu
Chháiň
Shade, shadow
-parṇí, v.i. re. To become shady
Etymology: S. Chháyá
Chháká
A day's labour paid with 2 sers of grain and a meal (Biláspur)
Chhakar-dádá
The great-great-grandfather
Chhakku
A small basket
Chhakṇu
To eat
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhal
Fright, terror (from an evil spirit)
-chhiddar, n.m. A trick, pretension
Chhálá
Ring (of finger)
Also chhallá
Chhaláká
A long wave
pl. -é
Chhaláňg
A skip, or jump
Chhallá
A ring
Also chháp
Chhállí
Indian corn
Also chhallí
Chhálṇí
A sieve
-chháṇṇu, v.t. re. To wash, to clean; f. -í, pl. -é
Chhalṇu or chhalwṇu
To be frightened or terrified by an evil spirit
Chhálú
A blister
Chhamáhí
Half-yearly
-máňgṇu, v.i. re. To ask for grain at each harvest
Chhambar
A kind of plant; adj. Spotted
adj. m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chhamchhamát
The tinkle of metal ornaments
Chháň
A leafy roof, a cattleshed
Chháṇ-ṇu
To sift
f. -í, pl. -é
Chháňḍe
Entertaining
-rákhṇu, v.t. re. To entertain. Chháňḍe kanié rákhúň 'What am I to entertain you with?'
Chhángá or -ú
One who has six fingers or toes
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chháṇite
By chance
Chháňṭṇu
(1) To select; (2) To cut, to lop
Chháṇṭú
Selected, the best
alike in all genders and numbers
Chháṇu
To roof
f. -í, pl. -é. Also chháwṇu
Chháp
(1) A ring (of a finger); (2) A seal
Chhápar
A roof
f. -í, A small roof; pl. Chhapro
Chhapáwṇu
To hide
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. chhipáná
Chhapká
A sudden blow or stroke
Chhapṇu
(1) To set; (2) To hide
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhápṇu
To print, to impress
Etymology: H. chhápná
Chhaṛ
A basket to keep a chief's robes in
Chhaṛáwṇu
To take back, to take away by force
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhaṛí
A gold or silver mounted pole kept by a gate-keeper
Chhaṛiyá
A gate-keeper of a chief's palace; a pestle
Chhárṇí
Ashes
See Bhasmá
Chhaṛṇu
To pound, to beat in a mortar
f. -í, pl. -é
Chháṛṇu
To set free, to release, to leave
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhaṛowṇu
To take by force
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhatar
A deity's silver umbrella; an umbrella, a canopy
Etymology: S. Chhatra
Chhaṭh
The sixth day of the bright or dark half of a month.
Also a ceremony observed on the sixth day after the birth of a son, when Shaṣhṭī Devī is worshipped and a grand feast is given to all.
Etymology: S. Shaṣhṭī
Chháṭí
A stick
Chhattá
An umbrella
pl. -é
Etymology: S. Chatra
Chháṭṭí
A small stick
Chhau
6
-wáň, m.; -wíň, f.; -weň, pl. 6th
Etymology: H. chhah
Chháub
An agricultural implement (used in Bashahr)
Chháuṭu
A kind of implement to cut leaves and grass for cattle bedding. It is like a small hatchet.
Chháwṇu
See Chháṇu
Chhḍáwṇu
(1) To cause or allow to release or leave; (2) To take off
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhé
See Chhau
Chhé'k
A tearing
-ṇu, v.t. re. (1) To tear; (2) To put out of caste
Chhé'r
(1) War, a battle; (2) Sound
-u, v.t. re. To stir up
Chhechár
A ceremony observed at weddings in Chambá and the Simla Hill States when the bridegroom reaches the bride's house with the wedding procession. At the gate the bride's father gives him (1) water to wash his feet, (2) a tilak of sandal, (3) a garland, (4) a robe, (5) a betelnut and (6) an ornament, i.e., a gold ring.
Etymology: S. ṣhaṭ, six, and upachāra, a gift
Chhehá
A she-kid
Chhéi
A store of wood or fuel
-láṇí, v.t. re. To store fuel
Chhejá or -ú
A thin stick
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhekaṇ
A tear, separating
Chhekṇu
(1) To tear, to break; (2) To put out of caste, to excommunicate
Chhelá or -u
A kid
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhelṭú
A kid
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhéo
See Chheo
Chhéo, chhéw
End
-hoṇá, v.i. ir. To be no more
Chhéorí
(1) A woman; (2) A wife
also chheúrí
Chheṛ
A married woman's private property (in Kullu)
In Bashahr it is termed Istrī-dhan
Chheṛá
A stirring about; (1) Irritation; (2) An invasion; (3) An invitation
-deṇá, v.t. re. To give a stirring
Chheṛáwá
Invitation
Chheṛáwṇu
(1) To cause to stir; (2) To cause to irritate
f. -í, pl. -é
Chheṛáwṇú
To fight
f. -í, pl. -é
Chheṛṇu
To irritate, to annoy, to trouble
Chheṭe
Once on a time
Chhéwṇu
(1) To pay off; (2) To settle
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhibá
A sept of Kanets found in the Chhabroṭ parganá and elsewhere
pl. -o
Chhichhṛá
A bit, piece
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhiddar
A hole
Etymology: S. Chhidra
Chhíj-bij
The balance of an account
Chhíjṇu
To be destroyed, to be no more, to end
Chhīk
A sneeze
Etymology: S. Chhikka
Chhiká
A net made of twine, used to hang a vessel in
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhīkṇu
To sneeze
Chhilṇu
To bark, to peel
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhīlṇu
(1) To make faces; (2) To mock
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhimáṇṭ
Sunset
-hoṇu, v.s. re. To become evening; -yé, adv. By sunset
Chhimbá
A washerman
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhimbá
A goshawk
Chhimchhu
The eve, evening
-é, In the evening
Chhīṇ-ṇu
To lop, to cut
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhíṇchhi
A kind of wild plant
Chhíṇí
A chisel
Chhīṇw
The shadow of the setting sun
pl. -é
Chhīr
A splinter
-gaḍṇí, v.s. re. To be pierced with a wooden splinter
Chhīr or Chhírá
Wood, fuel
Chhírkaṇu
To sprinkle
Etymology: H. chhiṛkná
Chhirkí
Fuel or wood
Also shukrí
Chhīṭ
A drop or drops of water, etc.
Chhīṭaṇu
To get wet
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhitar or chhitr
Old shoes
Chhó
A spring of water
-fáṭṇe, v.i. re. To spring from the earth (used of water in the rainy season)
Chhó't
Defilement, pollutedness
Chhó'ṭá or -u
A son, boy or lad
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhói
Soap water distilled from ashes to wash clothes
-láṇí, v.i. re. To distil water from ashes
Chhokrá or -ú
Son, lad, boy
pl. -é. fem. Chhokrí, A female attendant on a chief
Etymology: H. chhokrá
Chholṇu
(1) To churn; (2) To dissolve
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhoṭá or -u
Small, short,-jáṇá, v.s. re. To fall short,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chhoṭī
Urine
-karṇí, v.s. re. To make water (also chhoṭī-beṭhṇu)
Chhoṭlá
Defiled, polluted
m. -á, pl. -é. Menstruous.
Chhubkuwe-náchnu
See Chubkuwe-náchṇu
Chhukrá
A musical measure
Chhulṇu
To jump and skip to avoid an arrow
Chhúňlí
A term used for 2 bighás of land
Chhúňwṇu
To touch
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. chhúná
Chhúru
A handful
Chhúṭ
(1) Leisure; (2) Remission
-ní-hoṇí, v.i. ir. To have no leisure
Chhuṭṇu
To get rid, to escape, to be left
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhuṭṭ
See Chháṇite
Chhwaiň
Leafy bedding for cattle, used to make manure
Chhwáṇu
(1) To spread; (2) To set a roof
f. -í, pl. -é
Chhwáňwá
The act of touching
-láṇá, v.a.i. re. To be touched
Chhwáňwéň
At the setting place, the west
Chhyúrá
Fodder
Etymology: H. chárá
Chhyúrá
A courtyard
Chí
A pine tree
Also chīl
Chīj
A thing, an article
pl. -o, Things
Etymology: H. chīz
Chijá
See Chauṇ
Chiji
See Chauṇ
Chik
Mud or earth
-láṇí, v.i. re. To clean the hands with mud and water after going to stool. (also chīk).
Chikṇá or -u
Smooth
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chikṇáhaṭ
Slippery; A patch of smooth mud
Chīl
A kite
Chilam
Mouthpiece of a huqqá
Chilk
The morning sunshine on the highest peaks
-parṇí, v.i. re. To appear, of sunshine on the peaks; -paṛi-jáṇí, v.i. ir. To have appeared...
Chilṛá or chilṭá
A kind of bread
pl. -é
Chimṛaṇu
To adhere, to cling to
f. -í, pl. -é
Chimṛáw-ṇu
To attach, to paste
f. -í, pl. -é
Chimṛí
The yellow wasp
Chimṭá
Tongs
f. -í, A small tongs; pl. -é
Etymology: H. chimṭá
Chimṭṇu
To be hurt
Chíṇ or chíṇe
A kind of corn
Chiṇ-ṇu
To build, to erect
f. -í, pl. -é
Chīṇ-ṇú
To recognise
f. -í, pl. -é
Chiňg
Cry, screaming
-ṇu, v.i. re. To scream
Chintá
The funeral pile, for cremation
-báṇ-ní, v.i. re. To prepare a funeral pile for cremation
Etymology: S. Chitā
Chinthá
The back of the head
Chiňwáň
A plant that grows near water and is used as medicine for burns
Chīňwṇu
To get burnt
f. -í, pl. -é
Chíṛ
Cut, torn
f. -í, pl. -é
Chirá
A bit, a part
Chiraṇ
A stick (worm)
Chirg
An ache, a pain
Chirkhu-masáṇ
A male spirit which swings, whence its name. It haunts cross-roads and frightens the passers-by (used in Chambá)
Chirmakaṇ
Warbling
Chirmakṇu
To warble
f. -í, pl. -é
Chirmiruwá or -ú
Scattered
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chiṛṇu
To be angry or indignant
f. -í, pl. -é
Chīrṇu
To saw, to tear, to cut
f. -í, pl. -é
Chiṛú
A small kind of bird
f. -í
Chirwáṇu
To be torn
f. -í, pl. -é
Chirwi-jáṇu
To be torn
f. -í, pl. -é
Chísh
Water
-lágní, v.i. re. To be thirsty
Chishá or -ú
Thirsty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chishe-rauṇu
To remain thirsty
Chit
Flat
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be flat, to die
Chīṭ
An ant
pl. -o. Also chiúṇṭí
Chitá
A funeral pile
-rauṇu, v.i. re. To remain in memory
Etymology: S. chitā
Chiṭá or -u
White
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chiterá
A painter, a picture-maker
Etymology: S. Chitrakāra
Chiteráwṇu
To cause to remember
f. -í, pl. -é
Chíṭhí
A letter
Chínṭhí in Maḍhán, Theog
Etymology: H. chiṭṭhī
Chíthṛá or -u
A rag
pl. -é
Chíṭo
An ant
sing. Chīṭ. Also chyúṇṭí and mero in Bághal and Kunihár States
Chitrá
(1) A medicinal herb; (2) Name of a constellation
Chitwṇu
To remember
f. -í, pl. -é
Chíú
See Chauṇ
Chíwṇu or Chīňwṇu
To be burnt
f. -í, pl. -é
Chíyá
See Chauṇ
Chlásh
A kind of greens
Etymology: H. chauláí
Chochlá
A jest
-u, n.m.; f. -í, pl. -é. A jester
Chogá
A kind of long cloak
Etymology: H. chogá
Chói
A spring of water
Chókan
Cooked pulse or vegetables, or meat
Chokhú
Clean, chaste
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chokṇu
To dip, to plunge
f. -í, pl. -é
Chokwṇu
To be dipped or plunged
Cholá or -u
A dress, a cloak
pl. -é
Cholí
A female dress
Choltá or -u
A small dress or cloak
f. -í, pl. -é
Chóltu
A small cloak
Chóňr
Chowry, the tail of the Bos grunniens, used to whisk off flies, also as an emblem or insigne of princely rank
Etymology: S. Chamara
Chóp
(1) A pole, a tent-pole; (2) The sum of a loan
Chopar
Butter
Choparṇu
To rub with butter or oil
f. -í, pl. -é
Chopdár
See Chhariyá
Etymology: H. chopdār
Chor
A white sorrel
Chór
A thief; a robber
f. -í, thieving or robbery
Etymology: H. chor
Chorá
Leaking
-lágná, v.s. re. To leak
Chorṇu
To steal
f. -í, pl. -é
Choṛṇu
To pluck
f. -í, pl. -é
Choṛṇu
To break, to crush
Tinvéň merí ḍiňglí choṛí pár, 'He has broken my small stick.'
Etymology: H. toṛná
Chorwṇu
To be concealed or stolen
Choshá
A burn
pl. -é
Choshṇu
To burn with fire
f. -í, pl. -é
Choshwṇu
To be burnt
f. -í, pl. -é
Chóṭ
A hurt
-deṇí, v.t. re. To throw away
Etymology: H. choṭ
Chothrá or -u
A deep basket; a basket used to keep grain, etc.
f. -í, A small basket; pl. -é, Baskets
Choṭí
(1) A top, a peak; (2) A pigtail
Chrái
Breadth or width
Etymology: H. chauṛáí
Chraiṭhá
The knee
f. -í, pl. -é
Chrássí
84
Chréḷ
A hag, a slut, the ghost of a woman who dies while pregnant
Chréoṛí
Twine, to which rhododendron flowers are attached. It is hung on every house at the Baisákhí Sankránt called Bishú.
Chrerú
Birds
Chrerú báshde lágé: 'The birds began to warble.'
Chrīň
A bad smell
Chrírá
A kind of insect having long hair on the body, long in size, and with many feet
pl. -é
Chrīṛṇu
To stretch, to spread
f. -í, pl. -é
Chṭikṇu
To crack, to jump
f. -í, pl. -é
Chubhṇu
To pierce
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. chubhná
Chubkí
A dip
-márṇí, v.f. re. To take a dip
Chubkuwé-náchnu
To dance to the tune called Chubkú, also idiomatically, to be much pleased
Chugá
Food for birds
Also chug
Chugáwṇu
See Charáwṇu
Chugh
A complaint, slander
-páṇí, v.t. re. To backbite
Chugl-khór
A backbiter
Etymology: H. chugl-khor
Chugṇu
See Charṇu
Chúhṛá
A sweeper
f. -í, pl. -é
Chúi-jáṇu
To miss
Chúj
A young hawk
Chúk
(1) An oath on the ruler; (2) A mistake
Chukṇu
(1) To take an oath on the ruler; (2) To err, to forget
Chúl
The lower part of a door
Chúl
A stove
Etymology: S. Chulli
Chumak
A silver mouthpiece for a hubblebubble
Chún-pún
Goodness
Chúňch
A beak, a bill
Also chunch
Etymology: S. Chañchu; H. choñch
Chuňchú
Nipple of the breast; Breast
Etymology: S. Chūchuka
Chuňḍí
The top (of a tree)
Distich: Chīá chuňḍié ghugtí búshau, báṇo chuňḍié totú; Kalí jugo rá póhrá lágá, dádí láî-gué potá. 'A dove is warbling on the top of a pine, and a parrot on the top of an oak; 'Tis sad of this iron age, that a grandson has taken away a grandmother.'
Chundú
A pinch
-deṇu, v.a. re. To pinch
Chungṇu
To take up, to lift up; to pick
f. -í, pl. -é
Chuňgú or chuňgú-bír
A male spirit, under a sorcerer's control, and employed to bring things to him. It also drinks the milk of cows and brings milk, ghī, etc., to its owner.
used in Chambá and the Simlá Hills, respectively
Chúṇu
To leak
f. -í, pl. -é
Chup
Silence
-karṇí, v.i. re. To be silent
Etymology: H. chup
Chupá or -u
Silent, quiet, tranquil
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Chupe-rauṇu
To keep quiet, to be silent
Chúrá
Powder, dust, saw-dust
Chúṛí
Bangles made of lac or glass
Churk-churk-láṇí or karṇí
To chew anything hard
Churṇu
To crush
f. -í, pl. -é
Churwṇu
To be crushed
f. -í, pl. -é
Chusal or huglí
A small piece of charcoal or stone placed on the aperture of a pipe to prevent the tobacco from going down into the pipe
Chushṇu
To suck, to absorb
f. -í, pl. -é
Chúṭ
(1) Breakage; (2) The act of breaking or decreasing; (3) Deficiency
Chutiyá
Fool, ignorant
m. and f. pl. -é
Chutpaṇá
Folly
Chutṛi-jáṇu
To be broken
Chutṛṇu
To be broken
Chwáňní
The coin of four annas
Etymology: H. chawannī
Chyaúň
See Cheúň
Chyáwaṇ
A pine-forest
Etymology: Fr. chí, pine, and ban, forest
Chyeṭṭá
See Cheṭṭá
Chyúṇṭí
See Chīṭ
Chyúṛí
Roasted rice for chewing
Chyúṭí
A small pine tree
D
Dá
A jump, a spring, a bound
Dá or -ú
In, into, within
Examples: Indá dúd ní áňthí. 'There is no milk in it.' Loṭédá chísh ní rauwí. 'There is no water in the jug.' Tiňdé michh bi rau? 'Do men live in them?' Tiňdú kuṇ thu? 'Who was in that (house)?'
Dá'b
Pressure
-deṇá, v.t. re. To press
Dá'ch or Drá't
A large sickle
f. -í, A small sickle. -ṭu or -ṭí, A small sickle to cut grass
Dá'g
A witch
-lágní, v.s. re. To be influenced by a witch
Dá'g
(1) Cremation; (2) A spot
-deṇá, v.t. re. To cremate
Dá'ṇu
To bend down
f. -í, pl. -é
Dá'r
Timber
Etymology: S. Dāru = wood
Dabá
A round wooden box
f. -í, A small round box; pl. -é
Dábá
Plaster (medical)
-deṇá or -láṇá, v.t. re. To apply a plaster
Dabāw
Pressure
-deṇá, v.t. re. To press
Dabáwṇu
To press down
f. -í, pl. -é
Dabṇu
To be pressed
f. -í, pl. -é
Dábṇu
To press
f. -í, pl. -é
Dábr
A small pond or tank
f. -í, A very small pond or temple tank
Dadá
Grandfather
pl. -é; f. -í, Grandmother
Dadháṇá
The melon fruit, tarbúj in Hindī
Dadiyá
A term of address; O my friend
f. -í
Daf
A kettledrum
-ru, n.m. A kind of small kettledrum
Dáflí
A small recess in a wall
Syn. Ṭírá or Ṭírí
Dagá
Pretence, a trick
-deṇá, v.t. re. To play a trick
Etymology: P. dagā
Dagáňdrá
A kind of disease in which an itching sensation is felt on the body
-láṇá, v.s. re. To suffer from that disease
Dageṭú
The children of a witch
f. -í, pl. -é
Daghélú
Heels
Dágí
A low-caste people who render menial services
Also kólí and dághí
Dagle
Bitter
Proverb: Hát merie Bághelá; Jaṭhá ban búṭí bi ḍagle. 'What is to be said of Bághal State; Where even the wild plants are bitter.'
Dágṇu
(1) To burn; (2) To burn with fire
f. -í, pl. -é
Dagrasá
A kind of instrument used to cut plants, etc., as fodder for cattle
Etymology: H. gaṛāsā
Dagyálí
The 14th and 30th, i.e., the Chaudas and Amávas of the dark half of Bhádo are termed 'Dagyálí,' on which days the Dágs are believed to assemble at the Karol mountain in Baghát territory.
Dáh
Burning
-láṇá, v.i. ir. To cremate
Etymology: S. Dāha = combustion
Dáh
Envy
Dái
(1) A nurse; (2) A sister
Example: Dái kí bolai? 'What do you say, sister?'
Etymology: H. dāī
Daiṁ
A den; a large hole in a rock
Dáiṇ
See Dá'g
Daiňh
Curds; curdled sour milk
Etymology: S. dadhi; H. dahī
Daiňṭhí
The articles of a dowry
Etymology: H. dahej
Daiyá
God! my God!
Dák or Dákí
Vomit
-áwṇí or -lágní, v.i. re. To vomit
Dakeṇṇí
A kind of small fox
Also dakáṇṇí
Dakhal
Interference
-deṇá, v.i. ir. To interfere
Etymology: H. dakhl
Dákí
Vomit, vomiting
-áwṇí, v.s. re. To vomit
Dákkh
Grapes
pl. -o. -láṇí, v.i. re. To plant grapes
Etymology: S. Drākshā
Dákkhin
The south
Etymology: S. Dakṣhiṇa
Dáknu
To vomit
Dal
Pulse (cooked or uncooked)
Etymology: H. dāl
Daláshá
Condolence, encouragement
-deṇá, v.t. ar. To condole, to encourage
Etymology: H. dilāsā
Daláwṇu
To cause to grind coarsely
f. -í, pl. -é
Dalkí
Meat, flesh
Dalṇu
To split, to grind coarsely
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. dalná
Daltá
An esculent root like the potato
Dám
A burn
-deṇá, v.i. re. To burn
Damáwṇu
To cause to burn
f. -í, pl. -é
Dámṇu
To burn
f. -í, pl. -é
Dán
A donation, a gift
-deṇá, v.t. re. To make a gift; -laiṇá, v.t. re. To get a gift; -karṇá, v.t. re. To offer a gift
Etymology: S. Dāna
Dáň
A long stick used to pluck walnuts
Dáná
Wise, clever, expert
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dáṇá
A pimple, seed, corn, grain
pl. -é
Dáňḍ
Tooth or teeth
pl. or sing. -bhan-né, v.re. To break one's teeth
Etymology: S. danta
Dáňḍ
A fine, penalty, punishment
Etymology: S. Daṇḍa
Dáňḍṇu
To fine, to punish, to impose a penalty
Dáňgrá
A small weapon like an axe
Dáňgrú
See Dáňgrá
Dáňgú
A gatekeeper (Used in Maṇḍí State)
Dáṇo
A demon, a ghost
Etymology: S. Dānava
Dáṇu
To stretch, to spread
f. -í, pl. -é
Dáňwáň
A sinew
pl. -eň
Dáňwṭhe
See Chilṛá
Dáo or Daw
A chance
Dapét
A blow
Dar
Fear, fright
-lágní, v.i. re. To fear
Etymology: H. ḍar
Daráiṇ
An inflated skin used for crossing a river
Syn. Sarnáí
Daráwṇá
Fearful
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Daráwṇu
To cause to fear, to create fear
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. daráná
Darí
A durree
Etymology: H. darī
Dáṛí
The beard
Etymology: H. dāṛhī
Dáṛiyá
O my dear
m.; f. -é
Daṛkṇu
To crack
f. -í, pl. -é
Darṇu
To take away
Used in Balsan
Darpók
Coward
alike in all genders
Etymology: H. ḍarpok
Darú
One who fears
Dárú
Gunpowder
Etymology: H. dárū
Dáṛú
Pomegranate fruit
-rá-ḍál, n.m. The pomegranate tree
Daryáw or dráw
A river
Etymology: H. daryā
Dásá
A long beam
Also chewal
Dash
Ten
-wán, adj. The tenth
Etymology: S. Dasha
Dashá
Fate
Burí dashá, n.f. Bad luck
Etymology: S. daśā
Dasháňḍá
A fool
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Páṇḍe khe dasháňḍá. 'A fool before a learned man.'
Dashmí
The tenth day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Dashamī
Dáṭ
A threatening or warning
Dáṭṇu
To threaten, to warn
f. -í, pl. -é
Daudá
A water place made for putting children to sleep in shade in summer so that a trickle of water gently falls on their heads
also dódá
Dauṇé
A kind of food
Daur
Fear, terror
-lágná, v.i. re. To fear. Kyúṇ daur ní? 'There is no fear.'
Etymology: H. ḍar
Dauṛ
A run
Etymology: H. dauṛ
Dauṛáshṇu
To cause to run
f. -í, pl. -é
Dauṛṇu
To run, to walk with hasty steps
f. -í, pl. -é
Dawá
Benevolence, tenderness
Etymology: S. dayā
Dawí
See Dár
De
See Das
De-chálṇá
To give away
f. -í, pl. -é
Debí
A goddess
-rí, n.f. A small temple
Etymology: S. Devī
Debtá
See Deo
Etymology: H. debtá
Déḍh
See Déṛ
Dég
A cauldron, a boiler
Dehú
A giver, a donor
Dei-jáṇu
To give away
f. -í, pl. -é
Dekhde-ákhi-kharṇí
To tire the eyes with looking
Dekhi-á, dekhi-ro
Having seen
Déṇ
a debt
-dárí, n.f. A debt
Etymology: S. Ṛiṇa
Deṇu
To give, bestow upon
f. -í, pl. -é. Also Dewṇu
Etymology: H. dená
Deo
A deity, a village god
-lú or -lá, adj. m., f. -lí, pl. -le. Pertaining to a deity
Etymology: S. Deva
Deolá, -u
Relating to a deity
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Deoṛá or -á
A small temple of a deity
f. -í, pl. -é
Deoṭhá
A term for the grain given to a village deity. Two páṭhás per líh of land (8 bighás) is given for the village deity.
Etymology: From D'o, a deity, and páṭhá, a grain measure
Deoṭhaṇ
A festival observed on the 11th of the bright half of Kártik
Etymology: S. Devotthāpanī
Deoṭí
A goddess
Déṛ
One and a half
Also déḍh or dúṛh
Etymology: H. ḍeṛh
Derá or -u
(1) A lodging, a dwelling; (2) A small tent
Désh
A country
Etymology: S. Deśa
Déshí
Of one's own country, a native
Déshkaṭ or déshkaṭ
Banishment, deportation
-deṇí, v.t. ir. To exile, to banish, to deport
Déso
A country, a place, a room
Etymology: S. Deśa
Déss
A day
-rú, n.m. pl. Short days; -áré, n.pl. Long days
Etymology: S. Divasa
Déur
Husband's brother
Dewi-jáṇu
To go away
Dewṇu
To go
Dhá
A sad or mourning keen
-deṇí, v.i. ir. To keen for anyone's death
Dhá'k
A rock, a precipice
also dháňk. -ṛu, n.f. A small precipice
Dhá'l
Abortion
-jáṇí, v.s. ir. To produce abortion
Dhab
Manner
Dhabáwṇu
To cause to settle
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhablú
A white blanket
f. -í, A small blanket
Dhabṇu
To settle, to be all right
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhafér
A blow
-bá'né, v.t. ir. to give a blow. (Also draffar)
Etymology: H. thappaṛ
Dhágá
Thread
pl. -é
Dhágule
Bracelets
Dhaiṇ or dhaiṇí
A daughter
Dhajá
A flag
Etymology: S. Dhvajá
Dháká
Jolt, push, shove
-deṇá, v.t. re. To push, to shove
Etymology: H. dhakká
Dháká
A cover, a lid
-deṇá, v.i. re. To cover
Dhakam-dhaká
A violent shove or jolt
Dhakaṇ
A cover, a lid, a pot-lid
Etymology: H. ḍhakkan
Dhakh
A little quantity
Dhakiyáwṇu
To cause to jolt
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhakṇu
To cover
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhákṇú
See Dhákṛí
Dhákṛí
A small precipice
Dhákú
Monkeys
pl. (So called because they live among precipices)
Dhákulí
A drum like an hour glass
Dhákurí
A small ridge
Dhál
(1) A salutation. (2) A tax on land levied to pay tribute (used in Mahlog).
-karṇí, v.t. ir. To bow down. Dhe thákrá, miyáňjí jai Pars Rámá, pairi pai! 'O Thákur, I beg to salute you, O Miyán, I salute you, O Pars Rám, I bow down to you.' A hail!
Dhálá
A peak, the top of a hill
Dhalde-áwṇu
To decay
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhalṇu
(1) To set in; (2) To be melted
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhálṇu
To cause to melt
Dhálṇu
(1) To be poured down; (2) To fall down
Dhám
A grand feast in which rice and meat are distributed
-deṇí, v.t. re. (1) To give a grand feast; (2) To applaud.
Dhamáká
A loud sound
Dhamká
(1) A sound; (2) A fright
Dhamkáw
Threatening
-deṇá, v.t. ir. To threaten
Dhamkáwṇu
To threaten
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhamkí
A threat or threatening
Dhan
Riches, wealth
Etymology: S. Dhana
Dháṇ
(1) Rice seed; (2) Paddy
-boṇe, v.i. re. To sow rice
Etymology: S. Dhānya
Dhan-báchhṛí
Winged ants
Their wings grow in the rice-sowing season (March), hence the name.
Dhaṇáṭhú
Wool-carding bow
Dhandá
Work, an engagement
-karṇá, v.i. re. To do a work; -láṇá, v.t. re. To be engaged.
Etymology: H. dhandā
Dhang
A gadfly
Etymology: S. Daṅśa
Dhang
A manner or mode
-láṇá, v.i. re. To devise a plan; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. ḍhaṅg
Dhangiyá
Cunning, deep
Dhaṇiyá
See Bihan
Dháňkh
See Dhá'k
Dhaňkhái
A wilderness
Dháňsí
A grain measure equal to 2 sers and 6 chhiṭáks (2 páthás make 1 dháňsí)
used in Kullu
Dhaṇu
The weapon, bow
Etymology: S. Dhanuṣha
Dhaṛ
A body without its head
Etymology: H. dhaṛ
Dhár
(1) A ridge; (2) A pouring; (3) An edge
Etymology: H. dhār
Dhárá
A robbery
-paṛṇá, v.s. re. To rob
Etymology: H. dhāṛā
Dhárádhár
By way of the ridge
Dharam
Virtue, goodness, duty
Etymology: S. Dharma
Dharápṭú
An assistant clerk (used in Maṇḍí State)
Dharmaurá
An earthen pot filled with water, and a little milk, hung on a tree or house for 10 days after a death. It has a small hole at the bottom through which the water drips and is refilled every morning.
Etymology: S. Dharmaghaṭa
Dharṇu
To put, to keep, to place
f. -í, pl. -é
Dharoṛ or dhróṛ
A pledge
Etymology: H. dharohar
Dhárṭhá
A small ridge
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhartí
The earth
Etymology: S. Dharitrī
Dhárṭí
See Dhárṭhá
Dhashṇu
To plunge in
Dhasrálá
A loud noise or sound
Dhat
Passion
Etymology: H. dhat
Dháṭu or dháṭhu
A kerchief worn on the head by females
Maḍhán, Theog, Balsan, Kumhársain, Bashahr and Kullú
Dhaulá or -u
See Chiṭá
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. dhaulā
Dhauṇ-ṇu
To earn
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhaúňsá
A large kettledrum which is sounded on horseback on the marriage of a chief
also dhoňsú
Dhaúňṭhí
A small bow, used to card wool
Dhaurí
The hide of an ox or buffalo
Dhauwáṇu
To cause or allow to earn
Dhawá
An invasion
Etymology: H. dhāvā
Dhé'ṇ
(1) A cow; (2) A donation
Etymology: S. Dhenu
Dheká
A fool
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhelá
Half-a-pice
f. -í, Half-a-rupee, eight annas
Etymology: H. dhelā
Dheoṭá
A maternal grandson, a daughter's son
f. -í, A maternal granddaughter, a daughter's daughter
Dhí
A daughter
Etymology: Puňjábí dhī
Dhij
Belief, confidence
-rákhní, v.t. re. To have patience, or reliance
Etymology: S. Dhairya
Dhijáwṇu
To make believe
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhijṇu
To believe, to trust
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhikki
The hiccough
-lágní, v.s. re. To hiccough
Dhímá or -u
Mild, tender
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dhiňḍhrá
A kind of food made of esculent roots mixed with gram flour and cooked in vapour
pl. -é
Dhíngá-dhíngí
Violence, force
Dhíngá-dhíngiyé
Forcibly
Dhiňkó
Humblings
Dhiňkó
Beseeching
Dhírá
In a waiting manner
-ho, 'Wait a little'
Dhíraj
Patience
-dharṇu, v.t. re. To be patient
Etymology: S. Dhairya
Dhishṇu
To see
f. -í, pl. -é. Also dishṇu
Etymology: S. Dṛiśiḥ
Dhiyé
A polite phrase used in addressing boys
Dhobbí
A washerman
f. -aṇ, The washerman's wife; -ṭu, n.m. The son of a washerman; f. -í, The daughter of a washerman.
Etymology: H. dhobī
Dhofá
See Dhoká
Dhoká
Misunderstanding
-kháṇá, v.i. re. To misunderstand. (Also dhofá)
Etymology: H. dhokhá
Dhoňsá
See Dhaúňsá
Dhóňsí
A grain measure equal to 9 sers (Two kánsís make one dhóňsí)
used in Kullu
Dhoṇu
To wash
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. dhoná
Dhorá
Management
Also skerú
Dhoṭ
A piece of cloth worn between the legs
Etymology: H. dhotī
Dhow
See Ḍhóh
Dhowá
A place, a room
Dhowáwṇu
To cause to carry
f. -í, pl. -é
Dhrágul
The air that blows on a ridge
Etymology: Fr. dhár, a ridge, and bágur, the air
Dhrárí
A wild plant which bears white flowers and produces a cotton-like substance, which when dry is used for tinder
Dhúḷ
Dust
Etymology: H. dhūl
Dhúm-dhám
Pomp
Etymology: H. dhūm-dhām
Dhúmṛú or -á
See Dhúňshlú
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dhuṇ-fírí
A kind of plant used as a vegetable
Dhuṇ-ṇu
(1) To shiver; (2) To churn
Dhúň-wáň
Smoke
Etymology: S. Dhūma
Dhuṇáwṇu
To cause to shiver
Dhúňichhá, -u
Brown
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dhúňshlú or -á
Grey (in colour)
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: S. dhūsara
Dhúp
Incense
Etymology: H. dhūp
Dhúr
The female organ
Dhúr
(1) The uppermost part of a roof; (2) A peak; (3) Direction
Dhúr
The four quarters or directions
Chau dhúre 'In the four directions.'
Dhúrí or dhúrú
All over the country
Dhurpat
A plank used for teaching letters, written with red powder, to boys
Dhushlí
Mismanagement
Dhuwá
See Dhúňí
Dhuwáň
Smoke
-lagná, v.i. re. To feel smoke
Dhwálá
A kind of tax, levied at one rupee per landholder (used in Koṭi)
Dhwálí
(1) A descent, down-hill; (2) A tax (See dhwálá)
Dhyán
Meditation
-láṇu, v.i. re. To meditate
Etymology: S. Dhyāna
Dhyáṇ
See Dhaiṇ
Dhyár
A borrowing
-deṇu, v.t. re. To make a loan; -leṇu, v.t. ar. To borrow
Etymology: H. udhār
Dhyáṛá
The day
-ú. -í, n.f. Daily rations
Dhyáṛí-dhyáṛí
Every day
Dhyáwí
A milkmaid
Diálí
The Diwálí festival
Etymology: S. Dīpāvalī
Dib
An oath
-deṇu, v.a. re. To give an oath; -leṇu, v.i. ir. To take an oath
Etymology: S. Divya = Divine
Díhṇu
To snow
Also dīňhṇu
Dik
Trouble
Etymology: P. diqq
Dikú
Snowfall
-lágṇu, v.s. re. To fall, of snow. Verse: Dikú lógá Jáhruwé, Jhoṭá káṭá Badáruwé. 'It began to snow at Jáhrú, And a male buffalo was sacrificed by the Badárú people.' (Jáhrú is a place in Simla; Badárú is a sept of Kanets in that State)
Dil
The heart, mind
-deṇu, v.i. ir. To give one's heart; -láṇu, v.i. ir. To be attentive; -dekhṇu, v.t. re. To examine one's heart; -o-dú hoṇu, v.s. re. To be disheartened.
Etymology: P. dil
Dilrí
A cow or buffalo having horns which point towards the ground
Dím
A temple of a deity
-rí, n.f. A small temple
Diň-uk
White-ants
Etymology: H. dīmak
Díň-wíň
The wife of a díňwáň
Diňwaṇ
Snowfall
Diňwáň
The man who speaks on behalf of a deity
Also Diwáň or Dewá
Dishṇu
See Dhishṇu
Etymology: S. Dṛiśiḥ
Ditá or -u
Gave
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. See Doṇu. Also díá.
Díúň-ṇu
To snow
Diut
A lamp or lamp-stand
Etymology: H. diwaṭ
Diutí
A small earthen lamp
n.m. -ṭú
Diwá
A lamp (of earth)
Etymology: S. Dīpa; H. dīyā
Diwáň
See Diňwáň
Diwh
A firefly
Also dyúwlí
Díwí
A small lamp lighted with clarified butter at a religious ceremony
Diwṭ
A lamp-stand
Etymology: H. diwaṭ
Do
Two
Etymology: H. do
Do'chí
A hamlet
-lágní, v.i. re. To look after two villages
Do'l
Swinging
Etymology: H. ḍol
Do'ṭí
A very small plot of land
Báro háth ḍoṭí--ṭháro háth moṛ. 'A little field 6 yards long, and a smoothing plough 9 yards wide.'
Do'ṭu
A small field
Also dóṭí, n.f.
Dobá
Destruction, ruining
Dobṇu
To destroy
Dobṛú or -á
Of twofold nature
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Doḍá
A soap-nut
-e-rá-ḍá'l, n.m. The soap-nut tree
Dófá
See Dhofá
Doh
Enmity
Etymology: S. Droha
Dohá
(1) A couplet; (2) Poetry
Etymology: H. dohā
Doháí
Exclamation for justice
Etymology: H. duháī
Dohaṛ
A sheet of cloth
Dohí
Enmity (used in Kuṭhár)
Etymology: S. drohin
Dohrá, -u
Double
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dohrí
A blanket
Dohrí-purṇí
To cross or penetrate
Dohṛú
A large blanket
Dokh
See Dósh
Dolá
A kind of palanquin for a bride
f. -í, A small palanquin
Dolrí
An ornament, a garland
Doň-né
A kind of food
Doň-rú
A small drum of the hour-glass shape
Etymology: S. Ḍamaru
Doṛṭú or doṛṭí
A small field
Dóṛú
(1) A field; (2) An ornament of women
Doṭṭai
To-morrow
Se áwṇá a doṭṭai, 'He is to come to-morrow.'
Doṭṭé
To-morrow
Dpóhr
Midday
-hoṇá, v.i. re. To become midday
Etymology: S. Dvi-prahara
Drá't
A long kind of sickle used to cut thorns
f. -í, A sickle used to cut grass. (Syn. Dá'ch) (The vowel 'a' is prolated)
Dráṇi
The wife of one's husband's younger brother
Also dréṇí
Dráṭí
See Dá'ch
Dréṇí
See Dráṇi
Drés
A chintz
Droṭú
Earrings
Drub
See Júb
Drubdá
Doubt
Etymology: S. Dwividhā
Dseḷú or -á
That which is not level
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dsúṇí
A festival observed on the 11th of the bright half of Asháṛh
Etymology: S. Deva-shayanī
Dúhṇá
A milking pot
Dúj
The second day of the bright or dark half of a month
Bháíṇ-dúj. A festival which takes place on the second of the bright half of Kártik. One's sister is visited and food taken from her hands, presents given according to one's means.
Etymology: S. Dwitīyā
Dujá or -u
Second
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dujíé
Secondly
Dukh
Trouble
-hoṇu, v.i. re. To be troubled
Etymology: S. Duḥkha
Dukháwṇu
To put to trouble
Dukhí or dukhiyá
Troubled
Dukhṇá
An ulcer, a blister, ailment
-é
Dukhṇú
(1) A blister, an ulcer; (2) An ailment
-karṇá, v.i. re. To ail
Dulchá
A torch of torchwood
f. -í, A small torch
Dúm
The name of a village deity
Dumṛá
A low caste
f. -í, pl. -é
Duňḍs
A dead fœtus
Duňgú or -á
Deep
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Duňkaṛ
A precipice
Duṇkú or -á
Doubled,-karṇo, v.t. re. To make two-fold,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dúṇú
A kind of wild onion
Duṇú or -á
Doubled, twofold
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dupaṭṭá
A sheet of cloth
Etymology: H. dupaṭṭā
Dupó'hr
Midday
Etymology: S. Dwiprahara
Dúr
Far away; n.m. Distance
Durb
A grain measure. 100 kháňshas make one durb.
Durbhág
Misfortune, loss
-deṇá, v.t. re. To complain
Etymology: S. Durbhāgya
Dúṛh
See Déṛ
Durkaṇu
To run on
f. -í, pl. -é
Durr
A cross word, to say 'be off'
Dusheṭṭá
Sloping
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Dusillá
Two ears of wheat or barley on one stalk, supposed to be an ill omen
Duwálṇu
To enter
Dwá't
Inkstand
Syn. Masájan
Etymology: H. dāwāt
Dwádash
The twelfth day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Dwādashī
Dwánní
The coin of 2 annas
Etymology: H. do-annī
Dwár
A cave
Dwár
Doors
Etymology: S. Dwāra
Dyálá
A play in which fire is burnt
Dyálí
See Diálí
Dyáṇu
To cause to give
Dyár
Cedar tree
Dyáwaṛ, dyáwaṛí
He or she whose mother is the concubine to a chief
Dyúwlí
The fire-fly
E
E
A termination to nouns and pronouns which denotes the plural
as: É,lí= this, É,lé= these.
E
Used in addressing anyone
E ṭú oré háňḍó, 'O Sir, come here.'
E-re-lá
O you Sir
E-ro-lá
This side
Ebé
Now
Ebé ká karí? 'What's to be done now?'
Ebú
Just now
Se dewá ebú. 'He has gone just now.'
Ejí
Sir, O Madam
Ek
One
Múṇ fóbá ek rupaiyá. 'I got one rupee.'
Etymology: H. ek
Ekhó
Some
see Ek
Ekí
Only one
Ekí jane etí kheḍai. 'Send one man here.'
Eki-bárí
Once; At one time
Erá
See Ishú
Ere
O you
Erká or -u
See Ishú
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. (Balsan and Maḍhán)
Es
(1) Him or her; (2) To this
m. and f. (Also eskhe)
Esí
By this way
Esrú or -á
Of this
m.; f. -í, pl. -é, Of these
Etaj
See Ethí
Ethí or -á
Here, at this place
Ethya-ágé
Hereafter, in the future
Eti or -á
Here, at this place
É
Én
See Ain
Used in Bághal, Kumhársain and Nálágarh
F
Fá'g
The Holī festival of the Hindús
Fá't
The width of a river
Fábṇu
(1) To get; (2) To meet
f. -í, pl. -é
Fáḍḍí
The last
Fáḍí
One whose turn is last on a walnut-game
Fáfrá
A kind of coarse corn
Fággaṇ
The 10th Hindú month, corresponding to February
Etymology: S. Phālguna
Fai
A hanging
Etymology: H. pháňsí
Fair
The sound of a gun
-karṇí, v.t. re. To fire
Etymology: E. fire
Faiwtá
A kind of jackal
f. -í, pl. -é
Fáká
A mouthful of roasted gram
-márṇe, v.t. re. To chuck roasted grains into the mouth
Fakhír
A mendicant
Etymology: H. fakīr
Fákí
Complaint
Fal
(1) A fruit; (2) The result
Etymology: S. phala
Fál, fálí
Vomit
-áwṇá or -áwṇí, v.i. re. To vomit
Falá
A plank
f. -í, A small plank; pl. -é
Fálá
A share (of a plough)
Falí
(1) A bean; (2) A small board
Falṭá
A small plank
f. -í, pl. -é
Faṇ
The extended hood of a cobra
Etymology: H. phaṇ
Fáň-in-yáṇ
A kiss
-leṇí, v.t. re. To kiss; -deṇí, v.t. re. To give a kiss
Fáṇ-ṇu
To card (wool)
Faṇá'r
A cobra
Fáňḍ
Subscription
-páṇí, v.a. re. To subscribe
Fandá
A noose, a snare
Etymology: H. phandā
Fáňḍkí
A present of edibles
Fáňḍṇu
To divide, to distribute
f. -í, pl. -é
Faňg
A jest
pl. -o
Faňg-faráh
Cunning, deep
Far
The sound of a bird's flight
Faraňgí
A European
Faráwṇu
To cause to slit
f. -í, pl. -é
Fard
A list
Etymology: H. fard
Faṛd
Crookedness; -á, adj. Crooked
Fardú
A hare
Faṛí
The lungs
Fark
Difference
-paṛṇu, v.s. re. To find a difference; -deoṇu, v.i. re. To differ; -hoṇu, v.i. re. To be different; -lágnu, v.i. re. To seem different
Etymology: P. farq
Farká
The lap
-páṇá, v.t. re. To receive in one's lap. (Also farkú)
Farkáwṇu
To cast, to throw
f. -í, pl. -é
Farkṇu
To throb
f. -í, pl. -é
Farkuwé
In the lap
Farnáí
A large saw
Fáṛṇu
To tear, to slit, to break
Etymology: H. pháṛná
Farráṭá
A sound of flying
Farrú
A hare
Fárshí
(1) The Persian language; (2) An artificial speech
Etymology: P. fārsī
Faṛuwá
A mattock, a hoe
Fasháwṇu
(1) To cause to entangle; (2) To put to trouble
f. -í, pl. -é
Fashṇu
To entangle, to ensnare, to entrap
f. -í, pl. -é
Faṭ
The act of cutting off with a sword
Faṭ-báí
One who slays a goat or sheep
Faṭáwṇu
To cause to break
f. -í, pl. -é
Fatebád
Prosperity
Fáṭhṇu
To seize, to put to trouble
f. -í, pl. -é
Fáṭí or pháṭí
(1) A term used for a group of from 15 to 20 hamlets (used in Kullu); (2) -huňdí, adj. Broken
Fáṭṇu
To break
f. -í, pl. -é
Faṭrálá
A loud sound
Fáṭú
A small bundle of wool or cotton
Faṭú or -á
Broken, torn
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Fauj
An army
Etymology: P. fauj
Fáwṛá
See Faṛuwá
Fefṛá
The lungs
Etymology: H. phephṛā
Fegṛá
A fig-fruit
Also phegṛá
Fegú
A fig-tree
Also phegú
Fér
A distance
Ferá
Rounding
Feṛá
A bad turn, a swindle
Feráwṇu
To cause or allow to walk
Ferṇu
(1) To return; (2) To send for a walk
f. -í, pl. -é
Feṭú or -á
Flat,-parṇu, v.i. re. To be flat; -páṇu, v.t. re. To make flat,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Féú
Burning charcoal
Also féwṭú
Féwaṭá
A kind of jackal
Féwṭú
A burning charcoal
Agírá féwṭú deṇá jí 'Please give me a burning charcoal'
Fikar
Care, anxiety
-paṛṇí, v.i. re. To be anxious; -lágní, v.a. re. To feel anxiety; -rákhṇí or -karṇí, v.i. re. To be careful
Etymology: H. fikr
Fil
(1) A snail; (2) -á, n.m. A kind of plant
Filá
A snail
pl. -é
Fīm
Opium
Etymology: S. ahifena
Fimfrí
A butterfly
Fīmí
One who takes opium
m. and f. sing. and plural
Fimshú
A small ulcer
Fiňcháwṇu
To cause to rub or press
Fiňchṇu
To rub, to press
f. -í, pl. -é
Fiňchwáṇu
To be pinched
f. -í, pl. -é
Fiňglá or -u
One who walks crookedly
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Fiṇí
The heel
Firaňg
Venereal disease, a chancre
-áwṇí or -lágní, v.a. re. To suffer from chancre
Firáwṇu
(1) To turn up; (2) To cause to return
Firí
Again; adv. Afterwards
Also firé
Firkaṇ
Turning round; f. -í
Firkṇu
To come back
Firṇu
(1) To return; (2) To whirl; (3) To wander
f. -í, pl. -é
Firwáň
Returnable
m.; -íň, f.; -éň, pl.
Fisálṇu
To slip
Fishkṇu
See Fisálṇu
Fiṭṭemú
A curse for a wicked deed
Fiṭṭesúḷ
A curse for the wicked manner of doing something
Fofá or -u
Having no strength
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Foká or -u
Empty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Foṛá or -u
An ulcer, a blister
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. phoṛā
Foṛáwṇu
To cause to break
f. -í, pl. -é
Foṛṇu
To break
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. phoṛná
Frejó
The day before yesterday
Frisht
Leisure
Etymology: P. fursat
Fú'ṭ
(1) A kind of melon; (2) Dissension
-páṇí, v.t. re. To sow dissension
Fúl
(1) A flower; (2) Bones taken to the Ganges (Syn. Astú)
Etymology: H. phūl
Ful-karṇu
To allow to bloom
f. -í, pl. -é
Fúlá
A cataract, an eye disease
Fuláwṇu
To cause to bloom
f. -í, pl. -é
Fúlí
See Fúlá
Fulṇu
(1) To bloom; (2) To be aged
f. -í, pl. -é
Fulṛú
(1) A floweret; (2) The flower of a turnip
Fuňdú
The tail of a turban
Fúňí
See Dhúňí
Fúňkáwlá
A blow-pipe, a bamboo tube used to blow up fire
Fúňkáwṇu
To cause to burn or to create
f. -í, pl. -é
Fúňkṇu
To burn, to cremate
f. -í, pl. -é
Fúňkṛí
Blowing up the fire
-deṇí or -láṇí, v.s. re. To blow up the fire
Fuňshí
An ulcer, a blister
Fúňwá
See Dhúňwá
Fúṭ
Disunion, dissension
Fuṭáwṇu
To cause to differ in opinion
Fuṭṇu
(1) To break; (2) To burst
f. -í, pl. -é
G
Gá'k
A purchaser
Etymology: S. Grāhaka; H. gāhak
Gá'l
(1) The cheek; (2) n.f. An ill name, a curse
Etymology: H. gāl
Ga'nch
Dishonour, disrespect
Gá'ṇu
To do farmyard work
Ga'r
Burning charcoal
Etymology: S. Aṅgāra
Gábh
Pregnancy
Gábhrú or -u
A young man
pl. -o
Gachhí
The waist
-bánní, v.t. re. To tie up the waist, to gird up one's loins
Gachhiyé
With a girdle, girt
Gachhrórṇu
To agitate
f. -í, pl. -é
Gachhyáwṇu
To string
Gáḍ
(1) A kind of big lizard; (2) Sowing of vegetables
-láṇe, v.re. To sow vegetables
Gáḍá
Deep
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Gáḍé-kháṇu, v.t. re. To trouble much; f. -í, pl. -é
Gaḍar
A kind of marriage observed by low-caste people
Gáḍar
A lamb
Gaḍáwṇu
To cause to fight
f. -í, pl. -é
Gaḍḍí
A load of hay or leaves for cattle
Gáde-ṭhagṇu
To cheat unmercifully
-jháňgṇu, v.t. re. To kill
Gadhá
An ass, a donkey
Etymology: H. gadhā
Gadháiṇu
To melt on a fire
f. -í, pl. -é
Gádí
A load of grass
also Gáḍká, f. -í, pl. -é
Gádí
(1) Throne; (2) A shepherd
-deṇí, v.t. ir. To instal
Etymology: H. gaddī
Gadi-jáṇu
To be fought
f. -í, pl. -é
Gadṇu
To throw in
Gaḍṇu
(1) To quarrel; (2) to fight
f. -í, pl. -é
Gádrí
A kind of worm that lives in multitudes in a damp place
Gafal
See Báklá
-í, n.f. A bribe
Etymology: H. gāfil
Gágar or gágrí
A metal water-vessel
Etymology: H. gāgar
Gahaṇ, or gá'ṇ
A harrow, with 8 or 10 teeth, drawn by oxen, used for loosening the soil round young corn
Gáhlú or -á
Muddy, dirty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. (Dandráhlá in Káňgṛá). Proverb: Gáhlú gáhlú bahi já, Nimṛu nimṛu rahi já. 'Dirty water flows away, Clear water remains.'
Gaiṇ, gaiṇí
The sky
-rá-golá, n.m. A thunder-bolt; -rá-lyá-golá, n.m. Like a thunder-bolt
Gaj
A ramrod
Etymology: H. gaj
Gájṇu
To sound
Galá
The throat
Etymology: S. Gala; H. galā
Gáláwṇu
(1) To cause to melt; (2) To cook well
Galgal
A kind of long citron
Gálí
Ill names
-deṇí, v.t. re. To call ill names; -bháňḍṇu, v.t. re. To curse
Galím
An enemy
Etymology: P. ganīm
Galiyá
Idle, unfit
Galṇu
(1) To melt; (2) To be dissolved; (3) To be destroyed
f. -í, pl. -é
Gálṇu
To cause to melt or destroy
f. -í, pl. -é
Galtí
A mistake
Etymology: P. galtī
Gálú
See Gáhlú
Gam
Patience, grief, sorrow
-kháṇu, v.i. re. To have patience
Etymology: P. gam
Gampáwṇu
To cause or allow to bear or have patience
f. -í, pl. -é
Gampṇu
(1) To bear, to undergo; (2) To be patient; (3) To have patience
f. -í, pl. -é
Gaṇ
(1) A swarm; (2) The name of a village deity
Gaṇ-ṇu
To count, to reckon
f. -í, pl. -é
Gaň-uňká, -u
Before, in front
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Gaň-uňká dewí guwá 'He has gone before.'
Gaṇá
An ornament,-ṭu, n.m. A small ornament,pl. -é
Etymology: H. gahnā
Gaṇáwṇu
To cause to reckon or count
f. -í, pl. -é
Gáňḍ
Anus
Also gáňḍí. Gáňḍí-jáṇu, v.t. re. Let him go.
Gáňdh
A bad smell
Gáňdhí
A perfumer
Etymology: H. gāndhī
Gáṇe
(1) Sugarcane; adj. pl. Thick
Gaṇés
The deity called Ganesh
Etymology: S. Gaṇeśa
Gáňgá
The river Ganges
Etymology: S. Gaṅgā
Gaṇí-karṇu
To count, to enumerate
Ganj
(1) A mass, a heap; (2) A grain market
Etymology: H. ganj
Ganj
Michaelmas daisy
Gaṇṇá or -u
Thick, coarse
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Gaṇṭ
The next world
Gáňṭh
A knot
-parṇí, v.i. re. (1) To be entangled; (2) To be hard
Gáňṭháwṇu
To cause to repair
f. -í, pl. -é
Gáňṭhí
A bundle
-de-páṇu, v.t. re. To pack
Gáňṭhṇu
To mend, to repair
f. -í, pl. -é
Gáṇu
To sing
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. gānā
Gáňw
A village, a town
Etymology: S. Grāma; H. gāňw
Gaňwrá
See Gáoňrá
Gáňwṛá
A hamlet
Gáňwúň
The future, the time to come
-ká or -kú, f. -í, pl. -é. Before, in front
Gáoňṛá
A hamlet, a small village
Also gaňwṛá
Gap
Gossip
-mární, v.i. re. To talk a great deal, to run on
Gapóṛiá
Talkative
Gappí
One who gossips
Gaṛá
Maize plants heaped at one place
pl. -é. -láṇá, v.i. re. To heap the maize plants
Gárá
Kneaded clay, mortar
Etymology: H. gārā
Garam
Warm, hot
-karṇu, v.t. re. To make warm
Etymology: H. garam
Garáwṇu
See Guḍáwṇu
Gárbh
Pregnancy
Proverb: Sargó rau garbhó ru kuṇ jáṇo? 'Who knows of rain and birth?'
Etymology: S. Garbha
Gard
Dust
Etymology: H. gard
Gardan
The neck
Also gelṇí
Etymology: H. gardan
Gaṛh
A fort
-í, n.f. A fortress. -iá-negí, n.m. The command of a hill fort (Kullu).
Gari
Cocoa-nut
Gari-jáṇu
To roar
f. -í, pl. -é
Gariṇu
To roar
Garj
Need, necessity
-paṛṇí, v.s. re. To be in need of or to be needy
Etymology: P. garaz
Gark-jáṇu
To waste
f. -í, pl. -é
Garká or -u
Heavy, weighty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Also gaṛú or gaṛuwá
Garmí
Heat, warmness
Etymology: H. garmī
Garṇu
See Gadṇu
Gárṭhá
A small burning coal
Etymology: S. Aṅgāraka
Gaṛú
See Garká
Alike in number and gender
Gaṛú
A deity's waterpot
Etymology: H. gaṛuwī
Gaṛuwá
Heavy, weighty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Gaṛuwá
A water-jar
Etymology: H. gaṛuwā
Gaṛwí
A small water-pot
Gas
A mouthful, a morsel
Syn. Grá, Grálí, or Gráss
Etymology: S. Grāsa
Gásbél
The air-creeper
Etymology: S. ákáshabela
Gaskí
A heavenly nymph
Gat
(1) The last duties of a deceased; (2) A tune for a guitar.
-karṇí, v.s. re. To perform the last duties. -baṇáwṇí, v.t. re. To beat severely. -saṭláṇí, v.i. re. To have the last duties performed.
Etymology: S. Gati
Gaṭáká
Swallowing
Etymology: H. gaṭakná
Gaṭṭí
A small stone, found among grain.
-chuňgṇí, v.a. re. To pick stones from grain. -bá'ṇí, v.t. re. (1) To throw small stones at; (2) máukarṇí, v.t. re. To make a union.
Gauj
A yard
Gaulá
The road by which the cattle leave the houses to go out for grazing. It is a big road in front of a village and runs between fences.
Gáúň
Forward
Gauňt, or gauňch
Cow-urine
Etymology: S. Gomūtra
Gáw
A cow
-ṛá, n.f. A weakly cow. (Also gorú)
Gechá or -ú
That which is sown early
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Gelá
A large trunk, a log
f. -í, A small trunk; pl. -é
Gelṇí
The neck
Gelṛá
The throat or windpipe
Geṇḍá
A kind of flower; Marigold
Gerá
Giddiness
Gerú
(1) Red ochre; (2) -wá, adj. Of ochre colour
Etymology: H. gerū
Geṭerú
A ghost (Bhajjí)
Geṭhá
A hearth, a fire-pot
f. -í, pl. -é
Geṭhí
The fireplace, the hearth
-de-páṇu, v.t. re. To burn
Geṭṛá or -u
See Gechá
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Géúň
Wheat
Also giúň
Etymology: S. Godhūma; H. gehúň
Geuňwáň
Of wheat
m.; -wíň, f.; -weň, pl.
Ghá
Grass
Etymology: S. Ghāsa; H. ghās
Ghach-ghach
Bothering
-láṇí, v.t. re. To bother
Ghachról
Bothering
-láṇí, v.a. re. To bother, to tire
Ghághrí
A gown
Etymology: H. ghāghrā
Ghai
A grass-cutter
Ghaiṇ
Grass land
-ṭí, n.f. A preserve of grass land
Gháin
-áwṇí,v.a. re. To put to trouble; -karṇí,v.t. ir. To act prudently.,49
Ghálṇu
To dissolve
Ghám
Grass lands
Ghamṇu
To be unhappy
Gháṇ
So much grain as can be roasted in a pan at one time
Ghaṇá
A small wall
-deṇá, v.i. re. To build a wall
Ghaṇḍálí
See Kacháwlí (used in Biláspur and Kahlúr)
Gháňḍí
A bell
Etymology: H. ghaṇṭī
Gháňḍú
The throat
Ghaňgherí
A kind of vegetable
Gháṇṭá
A big bell
-deṇá, v.t. re. to give nothing
Etymology: H. ghaṇṭā
Gháṇu
To kill, to slay, to put to death
f. -í, pl. -é
Ghaprálá
A plunging sound
Ghar
See Ghaur
Ghár
A precipice
f. -í
Ghaṛá
An earthen water-pot
Etymology: S. Ghaṭa
Ghárá
A waterfall
Ghaṛáwṇu
To cause to manufacture
f. -í, pl. -é
Gharchí
Property, an estate
Gháré
Curves
Gharí
See Gharchí
Proverb: Gharí rau múňhṭá ápṇú dashí 'One has to show his own estate and face'
Gháṛí
A precipice
-paṛṇu, v.s. re. To fall from a precipice
Ghaṛí-ro-kháṇu
To harass, to greatly trouble
f. -í, pl. -é
Ghaṛṇu
To mend, to make, to manufacture
f. -í, pl. -é
Ghaṛtú
A family or its member (used in Bashahr)
Ghaṛṭú
A small dwelling
Etymology: From H. ghar, a house
Gharú
Homely, household, relating to a house
Ghasáwṇu
To cause to be worn off
Ghasér
A kind of play
Ghásṇí
See Gháiṇ
Ghasṇu
To wear off
f. -í, pl. -é
Ghasṇu-jáṇu
To be worn off
Ghassá
A beating, crushing
Ghású
A term for the men on corvée work
Ghát
Revenge
-leṇí, v.t. re. To take revenge
Gháṭ
A quay
-deṇá, v.t. re. To be less
Gháṭá
Decrease, decay, loss
Etymology: H. ghāṭā
Gí
Gums of the teeth
Gī
A kind of tune
-láṇí, v.i. re. To play a particular tune (Also -bájṇí or -bajáwṇí)
Giáwaṇ
A kind of tax (used in Kuṭhár State)
Gich-pich
See Ghich-pich
Gijáwṇu
To cause to accustom
Gijṇu
To accustom, to practise
f. -í, pl. -é
Gil
A term for the 16 days, the last week of Asháṛh and 1st week of Sáwaṇ, respectively. Trees planted during this fortnight flourish and flower well.
Gilá or -u
Wet,-karṇu, v.t. ir. To wet; -hoṇu, v.i. ar. To be wet,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Gillar
See Ghép
Giṇ-ṇu
See Gaṇ-ṇu
Gíň-úň
Wheat
Etymology: S. Godhūma; P. gandum
Gináwṇu
See Gaṇáwṇu
Gíṇḍá
A tom-cat
Giňḍú
A play-ball
-khelṇu, v.i. re. To play with a ball
Etymology: S. Kanduka or Genduka
Gint
An account
Etymology: H. gintī
Girá-gírí
A hue and cry
-máchní, v.i. re. To be a great noise
Giráwṇu
To spoil, to throw away
Etymology: H. giráná
Girdé-girṇu
To turn round
f. -í, pl. -é
Girí-firí-áwṇu
To take a walk
f. -í, pl. -é
Girí-jáṇu
To fall down
f. -í, pl. -é
Girk-jáṇu
To be wasted, to be given away for nothing
Girṇu
(1) To fall, to slip down; (2) To turn
f. -í, pl. -é
Gláb
A rose
-í, adj. Rosy
Etymology: H. gulāb
Gláf
A cover (of a pillow or quilt, etc.)
Etymology: H. gilāf
Glaiṇ
A kind of pine tree
Glál
(1) Red powder; (2) The China root, madder (majīṭh)
Etymology: H. gulāl
Glám
A bridle
Etymology: H. lagām
Glás, or Gláss
A cup, a tumbler
Etymology: H. gilās
Gláú
A spider
Glé'l
A pellet-bow
-báṇí, v.i. re. To shoot with a pellet-bow
Glishtá
A span
Etymology: P. bālisht
Go'd
The lap
-laṇá, v.t. ir. To adopt a son
Go'r
A lizard
goṇ is a kind of big lizard, also found in the Simla Hills
Gobar, or gobr
(1) Cow-dung; (2) Manure
Etymology: H. gobar
Gobrái
The act of manuring the land
-láṇí, v.t. re. To manure land
Gobráush
A heap of manure
Gobrílá
An insect found in manure; a chafer
Gochhá
A towel
Etymology: H. angochhā
Godí
The lap
-laṇá, v.t. re. To take in the lap
Goḍí
A kind of wild edible root
Gokhṛú
(1) A kind of ear-rings; (2) A kind of nettle
Gol
Round
-cháṇ-ṇu, v.t. re. To make round
Etymology: H. gol
Golá
Thunderbolt
Golakh
(1) A fund; (2) The fund out of which fines were given (used in Maṇḍí)
Golí
(1) Apes; (2) A bullet
-mární, v.t. re. To shoot a bullet
Goň
Desire, wish, pleasure
-dekhṇá, v.i. re. To go out of one's own way
Goňch or Goňt
Cow's urine
Etymology: S. gomūtra
Goňcháwṇu
To cause or allow to make water (used of cattle only)
Goňchṇu
To make water (used of cattle only)
Goňṭrálá
The naming ceremony of a child
Goṛṇu
To weed
f. -í, pl. -é
Gorú
Cattle
Goshṭhá
A cake of dry cow-dung
Got
Parentage, lineage, stock
a family
Etymology: S. gotra
Gotá
A dip, a dive
-kháṇá or -márná, v.i. re. To take a dip, to dive
Etymology: H. gotā
Goṭá
Lace
-láṇá, v.a. re. To lace
Etymology: H. goṭā
Goṭhí
Blame
-láṇí, v.t. re. To blame
Goṭhú
A wild animal
Goṭí
Odd
-moṭí, n.f. Odd and even, a kind of game
Goṭṇu
To bar, to prevent from going
f. -í, pl. -é
Grá or gráh
A morsel, a mouthful
-laṇá, v.t. re. To take a morsel
Etymology: S. grāsa
Grá or Graú
The nine planets
The nine planets are (1) The sun, (2) The moon, (3) Mars, (4) Mercury, (5) Jupiter, (6) Venus, (7) Saturn, (8) Ráhu, (9) Ketu
Etymology: S. Graha
Gráchá or -u
See Geṭá
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Grahaṇ or graúṇ
An eclipse
-lágná, v.s. re. To appear, of an eclipse; -dekhṇá, v.i. re. To witness an eclipse
Etymology: S. grahaṇa
Gráhṇu
(1) To collect revenue; (2) To realize
f. -í, pl. -é
Gráoň
See Gáňw (used in Kullu and elsewhere)
Gráss
See Grá
Gráwṇu
To cause or allow to weed
f. -í, pl. -é
Gráwṛú
A little bird
Alike in singular and plural
Gréúṭ
A long way, turning here and there
Gríb
Poor, helpless
Etymology: H. garīb
Gríhyáiwáṇ
A tune played to make a deity dance
-láṇá, v.i. re. To play the deity's dancing tune
Gríhyáwṇu
To cause or allow a village deity to move in dance
Gríkṇu
To roar (of thunder)
Also garíkṇu
Gríwáwṇu
To turn back
f. -í, pl. -é
Gú
Excrement
Also khé
Etymology: S. gūtha
Gubar or Gubr
See Gobar or gobr
Gubrás
See Gobrái
Gubrílá
See Gobrílá
Gúḍlá or -u
Sweet, tasty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Gufá
A cave or grotto scooped out of solid rock
Etymology: S. guhā
Gújá or gujjá
See Khísá
Gujrán
Livelihood
Gujráwṇu
To cause or allow to pass
f. -í, pl. -é
Gujrṇu
To pass away, to die
f. -í, pl. -é
Gúl or Kúl
A small channel
Gula
A comb of Indian corn (makkí or chhallí)
Gulchhá
The flesh of the buttocks
Gule
Grain (used in Bashahr State)
Gum-hoṇu
To disappear
f. -í, pl. -é
Guṇ
Obligation
-mán-ná, v.i. re. To be obliged; -lágná, v.i. re. To be indebted
Etymology: S. guṇa
Guṇá
A crime, a fault, a mistake
Etymology: P. gunāh
Gundáwṇu
To cause or allow to knead or braid
Gundṇu
(1) To knead; (2) To braid
f. -í, pl. -é
Guňjo
Moustache
Gúňṭh
Pony
pl. -o
Guṛ
Brown sugar
Etymology: H. guṛ
Gurí
A knot, knob
Gusá
Anger, indignation
-karṇá, v.i. re. To become angry or indignant
Etymology: P. gussā
Gúṭhá
The thumb
-ḍashṇá, v.a. re. To deny; -láṇá, v.i. re. To put the thumb (e.g., on a deed); -í, n.f. A finger-ring
Etymology: S. aṅgushṭha; H. aṅgūṭhā
Gúṭhṛá
See Gúṭhá
-í, n.f. A finger-ring
Guwá
(1) A witness; also (2) evidence
Etymology: H. gawāh
Guwá or Gowá
The past tense of the verb jáṇu, to go; went
Guwáchi-jáṇu
To be lost
f. -í, pl. -é
Guwáchṇu
To lose; v.r. re. To be lost
f. -í, pl. -é
Guwáí
(1) Evidence; (2) A witness
-deṇí, v.t. re. To give evidence
Etymology: H. gawāhī
Gwá'r
Uncivilized, ignorant, a fool
Etymology: H. ganwār
Gwálí
(1) A shepherdess; (2) A kind of insect, green in colour and long in size, like a grasshopper
H
Há'ḍ or háḍkí
A bone
pl. Há'ḍ
Etymology: H. haḍḍī
Há'k
A halloo
-deṇí, v.t. ir. To halloo
Háchh
A bear
Hachhá or -u
Good; Well
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. achchhá
Háchhe
A kind of thorny plant that bears edible red berries
Hadd
A limit, boundary
-hoṇu, v.i. re. To get beyond all bounds
Haḍḍ
Conversation
-láṇí, v.t. re. To converse (H. hadīs)
Hadí
Conversation
-láṇí, v.i. re. To converse
Hadṛí-láṇí
To converse
Háe
Oh, alas, ah!
Hagáwṇu
To cause or allow to go to stool
f. -í, pl. -é
Hagṇí
Anus
Hagṇu
To go to stool
Etymology: H. hagnā
Hájaṛ
Present
Etymology: P. ḥāẓir
Hákáwṇu
To cause or allow to drive
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. hakáná
Hákṇu
To drive away
f. -í, pl. -é
Hal-báí
One who ploughs, a ploughman
Háláwṇu
To shake
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. hiláná
Haljé
Turmeric
Etymology: H. haldī
Halká or -u
Light, not weighty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. halkā
Halkáwṇu
To cause or allow to shake
f. -í, pl. -é
Hallá
A noise, a hue and cry
-páṇá, v.i. re. To make a noise
Etymology: H. hallā
Halmandí
See Blair (Used in Bashahr and Kunihár)
Halṇu
To shake, to tremble
Háló
A kind of greens called in Hindi, chamchur
Halsh or -í
The long piece of wood in a plough
Halṭú
A kind of small plough
Halwá
A kind of cake
Etymology: H. halwā
Hámbai
'Yes,' or 'very well'
Hámeň
We
-íň, f.
Hámiyá
Enmity, opposition
-karṇí, v.i. ir. To oppose
Háň
Yes
-karṇí, v.i. ir. To assent, to say yes; -ná, adv. Yes or no
Hátho-joṛí-ro
With joined hands
Hathṛú
Hands
Etymology: H. háth
Haṭṇu
To turn back
f. -í, pl. -é
Haṭṇu
(1) To return, to come back; (2) To be off
Haṭolí
She will turn back
Háṭṭh
See Háth
Háṭṭí
A shop
-karṇí, v.i. re. To open a shop
Etymology: H. haṭṭī
Hatyá
The act of killing; To cause trouble
-karṇí, v.t. ir. To kill; -láṇí, v.t. re. To trouble
Etymology: S. hatyā
Haul
A plough
-báṇu, v.a. re. To plough
Etymology: S. Hala
Hauňslá
Ambition, desire, capacity
Etymology: H. hauslā
Hawá
The air, wind
Etymology: H. hawā
Házrí
An attendant
-ká, n.m. A term for a land grant in lieu of service (used in Maṇḍí)
Etymology: P. ḥāẓirī
Hé'l
A sacrifice of a goat or sheep
-deṇí, v.t. re. to offer a goat sacrifice
He'r-fér
An answer, a reply
-deṇá, v.t. re. To reply
Hé't
Affection
-láṇá, v.a. re. To be affectionate
Etymology: S. Hita
Hegá
Carefulness
Hekṛí
Boasting, insistence
-karṇí, v.t. re. To boast
Etymology: H. hekṛī
Helá
A special begār or corvée levied for repairs to roads or buildings, and on special occasions like a wedding or death in the chief's family
Helí
Wisdom, activity
Heṛá
Game, shikár, hunting
-deṇá, v.t. ir. To go on a shooting excursion; -í, n.m. A hunter or shooter
Herṇu
To work
f. -í, pl. -é
Herú
Perhaps
-lá, v. Look here!
Hesr-láṇá
To chant a song in union (by all persons carrying a heavy load, or moving a heavy mass in order to keep time)
Hessá
The cry of a number of persons at work at once
Heṭhé
Down
-páṇá, v.i. re. To spread a bed (used in Bhajjí State)
Heṭhí
By the lower way (used in the Bhajjí State)
Heṭhlá
Lower
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Hiálí
Supper (used in Keoňṭhal)
Hichháwṇu
To cause or allow to promise or agree
Hichhṇu
To promise, to agree
f. -í, pl. -é
Hichkí
See Dhikkí
Etymology: H. hichkī
Híj or híjo or híjau
Yesterday, the past day
Híj-bhyáňsrí
Yesterday morning
Also híjo-bhyáňsrí
Híj-byále or híjo-byále
Last evening, yesterday evening
Híjkú or -á
Yesterday's, of yesterday
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Hīk
The liver, the chest or throat
Hilaṇ or hillaṇ
See Bháiňchal (used in Biláspur and Káňgṛá)
Himmat
Courage
-hární, v.i. re. To be disheartened
Etymology: P. himmat
Hiňḍné
The legs of a quadruped
Híňg
See Sundhá
Etymology: S. Hiṅgu
Hiṇí
Decaying, decreasing
Hír
A kind of wild fruit
Hiyáw
Courage
-áwṇá, v.a. re. To be courageous
Etymology: H. hiyāw
Hiyé-láṇu
To embrace
f. -í, pl. -é
Hochhá
Short,-jáṇá, v.i. re. To fall short,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Hoi-jáṇu
To happen, to become
f. -í, pl. -é
Hoklá or -ú
Lisping
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Holí
The Holī festival
-khelṇí, v.a. re. To enjoy the Holī festival
Etymology: S. Holikā
Holí
(She) may be
Hom
The act of taking place
As Hoṇí hoi-láṇí, 'That which is to happen will happen'
Homeň, humeň
p. pl. We will be. Inf. Hoṇu
Hoṇu
To be, to become, to take place
f. -í, pl. -é
Hor
Others
-é, By the others
Hor
(1) And; (2) adv. Else; (3) adv. More
(2) Hor ká bolai? 'What else do you say?' (3) Tán hor bí cháhíň? 'Do you want more?'
Hoṭh or hoṭṭh
Lips
Etymology: S. Oṣṭha
Huká
The hubble-bubble, the tobacco pipe
-píṇá, v.a. re. To smoke; -bharṇá, v.a. re. To put fire on the tobacco
Etymology: P. huqqah
Húl
(pronounced hel). A hard task, to be done with the help of many persons
-deṇí, v.t. ir. To work collectively
Húm
Burnt offering, the casting of clarified butter, dried fruit, etc. into the sacred fire, as an offering to the gods, accompanied with prayers or invocations, according to the object of the sacrifice.
-bajáwṇá, v.t. re. To sound a certain tune; -karṇá, v.i. ir. To feed the sacred flames with clarified butter, etc.
Etymology: S. Homa
Huňḍí
The amount of revenue
-deṇí, v.t. re. To pay revenue or taxes; -gráhṇí, v.a. re. To collect revenue
Etymology: H. huṇḍī
Húňgo
A form of address to a relative, meaning 'O my dear'
Huňgrṇu
To low like a cow
f. -í, pl. -é
Húňlá or hajňré
A form of address, 'O you'
Húṛ
A bolt above a door
Húṛṇu
To shut in
f. -í, pl. -é
Húró
Roaring or thundering
Huwárṇu
See Hwárṇu
Hwárṇu, huwárṇu
To unload, to put down one's load, to rest
f. -í, pl. -é. Also hwárná
Hyác, hyáw
Courage
Hyúň
Snow
-khaṇ, n.f. The eternal snow, a glacier; -ghalṇu, v.i. re. To melt, of snow. Proverb: Hyúň ghalolá bádlé, soeṇá ghalo suhágé, Jwáṇ ghalo, báňṭhiyá, káňjí ráňḍí ágé.
Etymology: S. Hima
Hyúň (cont.)
Snow
(Proverb cont.) 'The snow will melt with clouds and gold with borax; So is a youth, O young man, before a harlot.'
Etymology: S. Hima
Hyúňd
The winter season
I
Ichchhyá
Desire, wish
-karṇí, v.i. re. To wish
Etymology: S. Ichchhā
Ijı
Mother
Ijyé, tú ká karai? 'O mother, what are you doing?'
Ikkí
Twenty-one
Etymology: H. ikkīs
Iktálí
Forty-one
Etymology: H. iktālīs
Ilam
Knowledge, cultivation of the mind
Etymology: P. 'ilm
In
See ain
In-re
Of these
Indar
The deity of rain, the deity presiding over Swarga or the Hindu paradise, the deity of the atmosphere and rain.
Also Indr. -ní bashdá. 'It does not rain.' -bashdá bhájá 'The sky refused to rain.'
Etymology: S. Indra
Iné
Agent case 'By these'
Iňkh
Sugarcane
Kamaṇḍí in Káňgṛá
Etymology: S. Ikshu; H. Īkh
Inó
To these
Also Inoň
Inṛé
A kind of salty pudding made of the pulse called kolth (Dolichos biflorus)
Inú
So; adj. Such
Used in Bashahr
Irái, iré
A kind of plant of which baskets are made
Ishá or -u
So, such
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Ishu kashu japaṇ? 'Why do you say so?'. Ishá bhalá ádmí. 'Such a good man.' Ishu báto ná kar. 'Don't say such things.' Ishe ghaur baṇá. 'Build such houses.'
Ishká or -u
To this side
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Erká in Balsan, Jubbal and Púnar.
Í
Íshar
Heavenly Father, God, the Creator
Etymology: S. Īśvara
Íshur
God
Etymology: S. Īśvara
J
Já
Go
Já'g
Awaking
-áwṇí, v.i. re. To awake; f. -í, pl. -é
Já'n
A huge stone
Jaa
When
Jau din á bángé, Tuňḍá máro dáňge. 'When times are not good, Then every one can give trouble.'
Jab-kabai
Whenever (you please)
Jabáb
An answer, a reply, response
-deṇá, v.t. re. To refuse, to deny; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. jawāb
Jabai
Whenever
Etymology: H. jabkabhī
Jách
A trial, estimate, examination
Jáchṇu
To try, to estimate, to examine
f. -í, pl. -é
Jag
A sacrifice
-deṇá, v.i. re. To perform a sacrifice, a religious ceremony
Etymology: S. Yajña
Jag-júp
A picture of the deity Ganesh carved in stone or wood and set up in the house-door when a house is ready (Used in Káňgṛá)
Jágá
A place, a room
Etymology: H. jagah
Jágá
The past tense of the verb jágnu, to awake; awoke
f. -í, pl. -é
Jagaṛ, jágṛ
(1) A small wall; (2) adj. m. and f. Mute or dumb
-deṇí, v.t. ir. To build a wall
Jágaraṇ
Keeping ceremonial vigil the whole night
Etymology: S. Jāgaraṇa
Jagát
Tax, octroi
Etymology: P. zakāt
Jagáwṇu
To cause or allow to wake
f. -í, pl. -é
Jágṇu
To get up, to awake
f. -í, pl. -é
Jágrá
A religious ceremony observed throughout the Hill States. The principal rite is to invite the village deity to one's own house for worship, and give a grand feast after performing húm.
-deṇá, v.s. ar. To offer a jágrá
Etymology: S. Jāgaraṇa
Jagṛúl
A subscription for a jágrá
-deṇí, v.i. ar. To subscribe for a jágrá
Jáguh
A catching in the throat from eating uncooked zimiqand, or ghuiňyáň
-lágní, v.i. re. To suffer from eating uncooked zimiqand, etc.
Jaidyá-bolní
To pay one's respects to a chief
Jaiňḍ
A fool, ignorant
Jajkár
Victory
As Jakár dewá mahárájeá rachchhá de balé howé. 'Victory to thee O village deity, protect us by all the means in thy power'
Jakáwṇu
To cause or allow to be rubbed
Jákṇu
To rub, to thicken
f. -í, pl. -é
Jakṛṇu
To arrest
f. -í, pl. -é
Jal
Water
Syn. Chish
Etymology: S. Jala
Jal-jógan
The nymph, residing near a water fountain, who is believed to cast spells over women and children and has to be propitiated with sacrifice (Chambá)
Syn. Jal-mátrí
Jal-mátrí
See the preceding
Jalá-huňdá
Hot-tempered
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jaláb
Purgation
-lágné, v.i. re. To purge
Jaláwṇu
To cause or allow to burn
f. -í, pl. -é
Jalṇu
To burn
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. jalná
Jamá't
A gang of mendicants, especially Vaishnavas
Etymology: H. jamā'at
Jámat
Shaving. -karṇí, v.t. ir. To shave; -baṇáwṇí, v.t. re. To shave.
Jamáw
A gathering
Etymology: H. jamāw
Jamáwṇu
(1) To cause or allow to grow; (2) To cause or allow milk to become sour
f. -í, pl. -é
Jamkṛá
Born in one's own State or territory
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jamṇu
To be born
f. -í, pl. -é
Jámṇu
(1) To grow; (2) To become sour, of milk
f. -í, pl. -é
Jamrí
A small citron tree
Jamṭú
A kind of citron
Ján
Life, strength. -áwṇí, v.s. re. To revive; -jáṇí, v.i. ir. To end one's life.
Etymology: P. jān
Jáṇ-ṇu
To know, to recognize
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. jān-nā
Jaň-uň
As long as.
Jaň-uň se ní iyú, tíň-uṇ áň ní deúň. 'As long as he has not come, so long I won't go.'
Janá
A person
Janás
Wife, woman (used in Biláspúr and Káňgṛá)
Janáwṇu
To acquaint, to introduce
f. -í, pl. -é
Jandá
A lock. -deṇá, v.a. re. To lock up.
Janét
A wedding procession
Etymology: H. janet
Janeú
The sacred thread. -hoṇá, v.s. re. To celebrate the sacred thread ceremony.
Etymology: S. Yajñopavīta
Jáṇí
Perhaps (lit. God knows)
Jánjá
Abstinence, sobriety, the act of putting out of caste
Jánjṇu
To put aside, to excommunicate, to put out of caste
f. -í, pl. -é
Janmaňtró
The next world
Etymology: S. Janmāntara
Janmáshṭmí
The birthday of Krishna which falls annually on the 8th of the dark half of Bhádo; and men and women all fast on that day and perform the pújá of Srí-Krishna. It is a great feast among all the hill-men, cooked food as prasád being exchanged among relatives.
Etymology: S. Janmāṣhṭamī
Janmṇu
To bring forth
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. janamná
Jáṇu
Knee
Etymology: S. Jānu
Jáṇu
To be born
f. -í, pl. -é
Japaṇ or jappaṇ
(1) Conversation; (2) A talk
Japáwṇu
To cause or allow to speak
f. -í, pl. -é
Japdá
Speaking
f. -í, pl. -é
Japṇu
To speak, to converse; to talk
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. japnā
Japóṛ
Foolish, ignorant
Deshí lá jáṇo japóṛ. Kishe karíá khái khóp. 'The men of the plains are fools, They know not how the walnut is eaten.'
Japu-huňḍu
Spoken
f. -í, pl. -é
Jaṛ
Fever
-áwṇá, v.i. re. To suffer from fever
Etymology: S. Jvara
Jár
A grinder tooth
Jaṛ or Záṛ
A term for the Tibetans, whose religion is Buddhism
Jaṛolí
Bread of barley-flour
-cháṇṇí, v.i. re. To make bread of barley flour; -kháṇí, v.i. re. To eat barley food
Jas
Whom
-kas, pro. Whomever
Jash
Glory
-hoṇá, v.i. ir. To be glorious; -kamáwṇá, v.t. re. To gain glory
Etymology: S. Yaśas
Jasrá or -u
Whose
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Ját
(1) Caste; (2) A fair
-o-khe-jáṇu, v.i. re. To go to a fair
Etymology: S. yātrā
Jatalí
A messenger, a watchman (used in Kullú)
Jaṭṭ
The Játs of the plains
Etymology: H. Jāṭ
Jaulú
Twins
-jáṇe, v.i. re. To bring forth twins
Jauṛ
Root
Etymology: H. jaṛ
Jawá
A kind of wild tree
Jáz or Záz
Ringworm
Etymology: H. dād
Je
If
As. Je áň dewňdá 'If I had gone.'
Je'k
A kind of tree
Je'ru
See Jishu
Balsan and Maḍhán
Je'ṭ
The womb, of cattle
Jé'ṭ
Mouth
-bákṇí, v.i. re. To open the mouth
Jéb
Syn. Gújá, Khísá
Etymology: H. jeb
Jebbú
As soon as
Also jebrí
Jebrí
See the preceding
Jelkháná
The jail
Etymology: H. jelkhānā
Jeňshí
On which day
Jeolá
A term used in Kullú for 12 bhárs in area of land, half of which was held rent free in lieu of service, which was called barto-jeolá.
Jeoṛí
A rope, twine
Jeoṭá
A kind of thin rope
Jerá
See Jishu
Used in Bághal, Kunihár, Biláspúr and Nálágarh
Jes
See Jas
Used in Bashahr and Kumhársain
Jes-kes
See Jas-kas
Jeṭhá or -u
Elder or eldest
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jeṭháí
The wife of the husband's elder brother
Jeṭhaw
Wherever
Jeṭhí
Where
Jeṭhiá
Whence
Jeṭhiyá
Husband's elder brother
Jeṭhul
A term used for an extra share of a field given to the eldest brother
Jeti
See Jethi
Jetṇú or -á
As much as
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. jitnā
Jewṛí
See Jeoṛí
Jewṭá
A small rope
Jewṭí
Twine
Jgwáldá
Watching
f. -í, pl. -é
Jgwálí
A guard, a watch
-karṇí, v.t. re. To watch, to guard
Jgwálṇu
To watch, to guard
Jgwálu-huňḍu or -á
Watched
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jhá'k
Care
-hoṇí or -rákhṇí, v.i. ir. and t. re. To be careful; -rauṇí, v.i. ir. To be anxious about
Jhá'l
A water-fall
Jhabbal
A jumper, an iron instrument used for mining
Jhafáṇ
A kind of palanquin
Also papháṇ
Jhág
Foam
-áwṇá, v.i. re. To foam
Jhakhr
A shrub
Jhalárá
Swindling
-deṇá, v.t. re. To swindle
Jhall
Thorny shrubs
-fukáé, n.m. pl. Thorns
Jhallá
Mad, insane
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jhamak
Itch
-lágní, v.i. re. To feel an itching
Jhamáká
A sudden light, lightning
Jhámmar
The cover of a ḍolí or palanquin
Jháň
The world
cf. Jihán
Etymology: P. jahān
Jhaṇáokhá
Moonlight
Jháňḍá
A flag
f. -í, A small flag. Also jhaňḍá
Jhaňgáwṇu
To cause or allow to kill
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhaňgṇu
To kill, to put to death
f. -í, pl. -é
Jháňgsh
The snake-plant. Its root when dried and pounded is made into a powder and is a great remedy for cattle-itch. A small quantity is given with kneaded flour to the animal to eat.
Jháňj
Cymbals, made of bell metal and used in a band
Etymology: H. jháňjh
Jháňṭó
Hair of the private parts
Etymology: H. jháňṭ
Jháňwaň
(1) Light; (2) The pith of iron used to rub the feet, etc., also used to wash an elephant
Jhapeṭá
Struggle, strife, a quarrel
Jhaṛ
Continued rain
-lágné, v.i. re. To rain continuously. Also jhaṛí, n.f.
Jhárá, Agjhárá
A tinder-box
Jhaṛáwṇu
To cause or allow to drop
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhárfá
Care, anxiety
-mán-ná, v.i. re. To be in the care of
Jharí
A chief's water vessel or water jar
Jhaṛí
Continued rain, steady rain, or drizzle
-lágní, v.i. re. To rain continually
Jhaṛṇu
To drop, to fall down (fruits, etc.)
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhaṭáwṇu
To cause or allow to call
f. -í, pl. -é
Jháṭṇu
To call, to summon, to halloo
f. -í, pl. -é
Jháṭú
An illegitimate son (Bashahrí)
Jhaul
Fire,-láṇí, v.i. re. To burn fire,
Jhe'l
The act of undergoing
Jheláwṇu
To cause or allow to undergo
Jheldá or -u
Undergoing, bearing
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jhelṇu
To undergo, to bear
Jhelu-huňḍu
Undergone, borne
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhelwṇu
To be undergone, to be borne
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhīkáwṇu
To cause or allow to drag
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhikṇu
To pine, to repent
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhīkṇu
To drag on
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhíngá
A kind of fish
Jhiňjan
A good kind of rice
Jhíňkṇu
To drag, to draw
Jhíňkdá or -u, m.; f. -í, pl. -é, p.p. Dragging, drawing
Jhíňku-huňḍu or -á
Dragged, drawn
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jhiṛak or jhiṛkí
Scolding, threatening
-deṇí, v.t. re. to scold, to threaten; -kháṇí, v.i. re. To get a scolding
Jhiṛkáwṇu
To cause or allow to scold
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhiṛkṇu
To scold, to threaten
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhish, jlushí or zhishó
Yesterday (Bhajjí)
Jho'l
See Jhaul
Jho'ṭ
A root, origin, foundation
-cháṇ-ṇí, v.t. re. To cut a root
Jhokṇu
To throw fuel on the fire
Etymology: H. jhoṅknā
Jholá
A wallet
-bharṇá, v.i. re. To fill a wallet; -láṇí, v.a. re. To become a mendicant
Etymology: H. jholā
Jholí
A small wallet
Jhúkhú
Burning fuel
Jhúlá
A swinging bridge
Jhúláwṇu
To cause or allow to swing
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhúldá
Swinging
Jhulkáwṇu
To cause or allow to shake
Jhulkdá
Shaking, quaking, trembling
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhulkṇu
To shake, quake, tremble
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhulkú-huňḍu
Shaken
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhúlṇu
To swing round
Jhúm
A covering, made of a blanket, used to protect from rain
Jhúmi-rauṇí
To hang
Jhumkú
A kind of earrings
-láṇe, v.t. re. To wear earrings; -ghaṛṇe, v.i. re. To make earrings (of gold or silver)
Jhumṇu
(1) To hang down; (2) To doze, to slumber
Jhumr
An ornament worn on the head
Etymology: H. jhūmar
Jhuňfṛí
A cottage
Etymology: H. jhoṅpṛī
Jhuňgá
(1) Property; (2) Estate
Jhuňjṛí
A kind of wild plant
Jhuňkhíá
Timber, a large piece of wood
Jhuňkhṛí
Firewood, fuel
-báňḍṇí, v.i. re. To distribute fuel
Jhuṭáwṇu
To cause or allow to drink
Jhúṭh
Untruth, fabrication, lie
Etymology: H. jhūṭh
Jhuṭṇu
To drink, to quench
f. -í, pl. -é
Jhuṭṭh
Untruth, fabrication, lie
Etymology: H. jhúṭh
Jhúṭṭhe
Clothes
Jhwár
(1) A present; (2) Salutation
Jhwárṇu
See Juhárṇu
Jía-de-rákhṇu
To keep in mind, to love
Jía-rá or -u
Of the mind
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jía-rá-aňtó
That which is in the mind
Jíbh
The tongue
- japṇu, v.t. re. To speak. (Also Jíbṭí)
Etymology: S. Jihvā
Jid
Opposition, persistence
-karṇí, v.t. re. To persist
Etymology: P. zidd
Jidwá-huňḍá
Persisted
f. -í, pl. -é
Jidwáṇu
To persist, to oppose
Jikṇu
To press down
f. -í, pl. -é
Jiku-huňḍu
Pressed down
f. -í, pl. -é
Jimá-huňḍá
Eaten
f. -í, pl. -é
Jimáwdá
Feeding
f. -í, pl. -é
Jimáwṇu
To feed
f. -í, pl. -é
Jimáwu-huňḍu
Fed
f. -í, pl. -é
Jimdá
Eating, taking food
f. -í, pl. -é
Jímí
Land
-jágá, n.f. Landed property, estate
Etymology: P. zamīn
Jimṇu
To take food (H. jīmnā)
Jimpar
Death, demise
Etymology: S. Yamapura
Jiňdá, -u
In which
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jindaṛí
Life, existence, the course or period of life; Short life.
Etymology: P. zindagī
Jiné
By whom
Jinéň
Who or by whom
Jinó
To whom
Jishká or -u
Wherever
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jishu or -á
As
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. jaisā
Jitáwṇu
To cause or allow to win
f. -í, pl. -é
Jitdá
Winning
f. -í, pl. -é
Jitiá or jitiṛó
Having won
Jitṇu
To win, to overcome, to conquer
f. -í, pl. -é
Jitú
Conqueror
Jitu-huňḍu
Won, conquered
f. -í, pl. -é
Jíú
The soul, life, disposition
Also Jí
Etymology: S. jīva
Jíúň or jyúň
(1) Death; (2) The deity of death
Etymology: S. Yama
Jíúňdá or jyúňdá
Living
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Jíwaṇu
To live, to pass one's life
f. -í, pl. -é
Jíwáwṇu
To cause or allow to live
f. -í, pl. -é
Jíwi-jáṇu
To perish, to be bereft of life
f. -í, pl. -é
Jíwiṛó
Having lived
Jmháí
Yawning
-áwṇí, v.s. re. To yawn
Etymology: H. jamhāī
Jmhiyálí
(1) Chin; (2) The lower part of the mouth
Jo
See Jau
Jo or Ju
Who, which, or that
As Ju kál áwu-thú, sé kuṇ thú? 'Who was the man, who came yesterday?'
Jó'ch
A rope to fasten the yoke to the plough
Also jot
Jó'k
A leech
-o, pl. Leeches. -láṇí, v.i. re. To apply leeches
Etymology: S. Jalaukā
Jó't
(1) See Jó'ch; (2) Flame of a lamp; (3) A hill peak
Jor
Might or power, strength
Etymology: P. zor
Joṛ
A root
cf. Jauṛ
Etymology: H. jaṛ
Joṛ
(1) Joining, junction; (2) Total
-deṇá, v.i. re. To add; -páṇá, v.t. re. To add (a piece)
Joṛ-ṇu
To join, to unite by repairs
Etymology: H. joṛnā
Joṛá
(1) A pair; (2) A pair of shoes
-márná, v.t. re. To beat with shoes. (Syn. Pám)
Joṛáwṇu
See Jráwṇu
Joṛdá
Joining
f. -í, pl. -é
Joṛiá or joṛiṛó
Having joined, having added
Joṛṇu
To join, to add
f. -í, pl. -é
Joṛu-huňḍu
Joined, added
f. -í, pl. -é
Jotáwṇu
To cause or allow to plough
f. -í, pl. -é
Jotdá
Ploughing
f. -í, pl. -é
Jotí
Light (of the sun or a lamp)
Etymology: S. Jyotiṣh
Jotiá or Jotiṛó
Having ploughed
Jotṇu
To plough
f. -í, pl. -é
Jotu-huňḍu
Ploughed
f. -í, pl. -é
Jpóṛ
A fool
Also jupóṛ
Jraiňṭh
A kind of wild pear
Jráwṇu
To cause or allow to join
f. -í, pl. -é
Jrolí
See Jaṛolí
Ju
See Jo
Ju
Who or which,Agentive Juméň,66
Jú
Louse
pl. Júwó, Lice. -parṇí, v.i. re. To suffer from lice
Jú'ṇ
Moonlight or the moon
-lágní, v.s. re. To shine (the moon)
Júb
Bent grass (Panicum dactylon), said to mean 'That which hurts sin.'
-o-rí-ḍálí, n.f. A plant of bent grass; -jámṇí, v.i. re. To grow, of bent grass
Etymology: S. Dūrvā
Jubaṛ or Jubṛ
Meadow, a level space with grass on it
-bahṇu, v.v. re. To make a new field, to cultivate waste land
Jubṛí or jubṭí
A small meadow
Jubṭí
See Jubṛí
Judh
War, a fight
Etymology: S. Yuddha
Judh-mámlá
Fighting
Jugálé
Watchmen
Jugtié
Carefully, attentively
Jugut
(1) Fitness, good accommodation; (2) Connection
Juhár or jhwár
(1) A present; (2) The present in cash made to a chief at an audience of greeting
Juhárṇu
To offer one's humble respects, to salute
f. -í, pl. -é. Also jhwárṇu
Júhṛ
See Jubaṛ
Jujh
Fighting, war
-láṇá, v.t. re. To fight; -lágná, v.i. re. To begin fighting
Etymology: S. Yuddha, a fight
Jujhdá
Fighting
f. -í, pl. -é
Jujhiá or jujhiṛó
Having fought
Jujhṇu
To fight
f. -í, pl. -é
Jujhu-húňḍu
Fought
f. -í, pl. -é
Jukhám
Cold and cough
-hoṇá, v.s. re. To suffer from cold and cough (Also jukhám-hoṇá)
Etymology: P. zuqām
Julfiá or julfiyá
One who has curls
Julfó
Curls
Etymology: P. zulf
Jummó
Responsibility
-karṇu, v.t. re. To be responsible
Etymology: P. zimmah
Juň
Yoke
Júṇ
A grain measure equal to 16 páthás or 2 aṛhás
Etymology: S. Droṇa
Júṇ
A meal
Dují-júṇ, The next meal
Jun or juniéň
Who or by whom
The latter form is agentive
Juňḍkú
See Juṭí
Juṇí
Revenue in kind
Also Lárá-guṇí
Juniéň
By whom or by which
Juṛí-jáṇu
To be engaged (in battle)
Jurjí-páṇí
To set against, to set by the ears
Juṭdá
Being engaged in any work
f. -í, pl. -é
Júṭh
Uncleanliness, pollution
Júṭhá or -u
Polluted by tasting
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Júṭhaṇ
Pollution by tasting
Jutháṇyá
The second son of a chief
Also duṭháṇyá
Etymology: S. Dwisthānīya
Júṭhdá
Cleaning the hands and mouth after taking food
Júṭhiá or júṭhiṛó
Having cleaned the hands and mouth
Júṭhṇu
To clean the hands and mouth after taking food
Júṭhú
Polluted by tasting
f. -í, pl. -é
Juṭí
Braided hair of a maiden
Juṭiá or Juṭiṛó
Having been engaged
Juṭṇu
To be engaged, to be at work
f. -í, pl. -é
Juṭu-huňḍu
Engaged
Juwṛá
A broom (used in Bhajjí)
Jwádrí
A butterfly
pl. Jwádrí. Syn. Fimfrí
Jwáíň
Son-in-law
Etymology: S. Jāmātṛi
Jwáň
A youth, an adult; adj. Young
-ṭá, n.m.; -ṭí, n.f. One in his teens
Jwáṇ
(1) The common carroway (Carum carui); a kind of lovage (Lingusticum ajwaen, Rox.); (2) A kind of parsley (Apium involucratum), said to mean, 'That which pleases a goat.'
Etymology: S. Ajamodā
Jwáňs
A female, a woman
Jyu
See Jíú
Jyúň
See Jíúň
K
K-hāṇī
(1) A story. (2) Betrothal.
hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be betrothed.
Ká
What? Which?
As Ká bolo ju? 'What do you say?'
Ká'l
and Kāla,(1) The time of a famine; Famine. -paṛṇá,v.i. ir. To be a famine year,69
Etymology: S. Akāla
Ka'n
Ears, the organs of hearing.
Etymology: (S. Karna, H. kān)
Kaá or kaú?
How many?
Kabai
When, at what time
-kabay, adv. Sometimes
Kabát
Inconvenience, objection
-hoṇí, v.i. ir. To be inconvenient
Etymology: P. qabāḥat
Kabré
At what time?
Kách
(1) Glass; (2) A necklace of beads
Etymology: H. kāch
Kachá or -ú
Unripe, not well cooked, only half cooked
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Kachh
The armpit
Etymology: S. kakṣha
Kachhírí
A rope to bind a load
-láṇí, v.i. re. To bind a load to carry it away
Kadash
The eleventh day of the bright or dark half of a month
Etymology: S. Ekādashī
Kadí
When; At what time
-ní, adv. Never
Kadí-jáň
Long ago
Kadí-ní
Never
Kadká or -ú
Long ago
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Káfal or káffal
A kind of wild tree or its fruits
-pákṇé, v.i. re. To ripen, of wild fruits
Kafan
Coffin, shroud
f. -í, A coffin
Kafní
See Kafan
Kágat
Paper
Etymology: P. kāgaz
Kaháthat
Sixty-one
-wáň, adj. Sixty-first
Kahattar
Seventy-one
-wáň, adj. Seventy-first
Kahlú-bír
A spirit who lives on the mountains and whose anger causes landslips. It must be appeased with sacrifice (Chambá).
Kai
Too many, a great many
Etymology: H. kaī
Kái
(1) Moss; (2) Desire
Kail
The blue pine
-ṭí, n.f. A small blue pine tree
Kailí
Uneasiness
-parṇí, v.s. re. To be uneasy; -áwṇí, v.s. re. To become uneasy
Kaiṇ
A riddle
Riddle: Bhujáíň, bújhá, Eksá ḍáli-e hauṇ fal tíṇ: Híňg, jírá, bújhá. 'I tell you a riddle or a puzzle, understand it. On one branch are three fruits: Asafoetida, cumin, understand it.' (Reply is 'a large spoon')
Etymology: H. kaháṇī
Káiň
See Júṇ
Kaiň or Kyéň
Something
-ní, adv. Nothing
Kaiṇal
The green pigeon
Kaiňchú
(1) Scissors; (2) The slope of a thatch
Etymology: H. kaiṅchī
Kaiňṭh
A kind of wild pear
-ṛú, n.m. See Jraiňṭh
Kairi, káňṛí, kyári
The neck
Balí herí káňṛí. 'Balí Rájá bent his neck.'
Káit, káith or kayasth
A writer
In Bashahrí, Kumhársainí, Maṇḍí and the Simla Hill States he is called Bakhshí or Munshí
Etymology: S. kāyastha
Kaith
See Káit
Káíṭí
Moss, lichen
Káj
Work, business, an action
Etymology: S. Kāryya
Kajo
What for?
In Káňgṛá, Biláspur and the Simla Hills, kwé or kway is used
Kákh
A straw
Proverb: Bharí múṭh lakkho rí, Kholí kakho rí. 'A closed fist will hold a million, An open one will not hold a straw.' (Meaning that honour is the best thing, and a dishonoured thing is worth nothing.)
Kakkar
A tree which yields valuable timber
Kákkar
The barking deer
Kákṛí
(1) A cucumber; (2) The lung disease
rog, n.m. Lung disease
Etymology: S. Karkaṭī
Kaku
A polite term used in addressing a boy
Kál
Dispute, quarrel, struggle
-hoṇí, v.s. re. To be disputed, to struggle
Etymology: S. Kalaha
Kál or káll
Yesterday
-byálé, adv. Yesterday evening; -bhyáňsrí, adv. Yesterday morning
Kál, kálo
Death, demise
Etymology: S. Kāla, time
Kálá or -u
Black
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. kālā
Kalam
A pen
-baṇáwṇí, v.t. re. To mend a pen
Etymology: H. qalam
Kálaṇ or kálṇé
A variety of coarse rice sown on high hills
Kaláo or kaláw
A kind of pea
cf. Kláw (Balsan)
Kalewá
Breakfast
-karṇá, v.t. re. To take breakfast
Kalgí
An ornament worn on a turban
Etymology: H. kalgī
Kálí-marcho-re dáṇé
Black pepper seed
Káljá
Liver
Also káljú
Etymology: H. kalejā
Kalká or -u
Saltish, too salty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Kālu bīr
A spirit who lives on the mountains and whose anger causes landslips.
See Kahlú bīr. It must be appeased with sacrifice (Chambā).
Kálú-bír
See Kahlú-bír
Kam
Less
-hoṇá, v.i. ir. To be less; -karṇu, v.t. ir. To make less; -í, n.f. Deficiency
Etymology: H. kam
Kam
Less.
honā, v.i. ir. To be less. karnu, v.t. ir. To make less. -í n.f. Deficiency.
Etymology: (H.)
Kám
Work, business
-káj, n.m. Domestic duties; -kás, n.m. Office or household duties
Etymology: S. karma
Kám
Work, business.
káj, n.m. Domestic duties. kas, n.m. Office or household duties.
Etymology: (S. karma)
Kámá
A servant
Káňgṛá, Biláspúr and Nálágarh
Kámá
A servant.
(Kāngrā, Bilāspūr and Nālāgarh.)
Kamáí
(1) Earnings, wages; (2) Fate, fortune
Etymology: H. kamāī
Kamāī
(1) Earnings, wages. (2) Fate, fortune.
Etymology: (H.)
Kamál
A kind of grass
Kamāl
A kind of grass.
Kamámá or kamáiṛó
Having earned
Kamandī
A term for sugarcane.
See Iṅkh (Kāngrā).
Kamaṇḍí
See Iňkh (Káňgṛá)
Kamar
The waist.
bān-nī, v.t. re. (1) To gird up one's loins. (2) To be ready.
Etymology: (H. kamar)
Kamáwňdá
Earning
f. -í, pl. -é
Kamáwṇu
To earn
Kamāwnu
To earn.
pre. par. Kamāwṇdá. c.p. Kamāma or kamāwró. pas. par. Kamāwu-huṇḍu -á, m.; f. -ī, pl. -é. Earned.
Kamáwu-huňḍu, -á
Earned
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Kamdār
An official.
f. -í, n.f. Officialdom. Generally used to denote the officials of a parganā. Each parganā has five officials: the mahtā or mantā, karāuk or krāuk, siānā, gheṇghṇā, and piādā.
Kámdár
An official
-í, n.f. Officialdom. Generally used to denote the officials of a parganá. Each parganá has five officials: the mahtá or mantá, karáuk or kráuk, siáṇá, gheňghṇá, and piádá. The mahtá corresponds to a náib-tahsildár and decides petty cases. The kráuk collects the cash revenue and hands it over to the mahtá for payment into the State treasury. He has also to manage the corvée in his parganá. The siáṇá examines the revenue accounts to see if any land-revenue remains unrealized. The gheňghṇá's duty is to realize the clarified butter levied on certain grass lands. The piádá's is to carry out the orders of the mahtá, kráuk and siáṇá. (Also kárdár.)
Kamdārī
The work and circle of a Kamdār.
See Kāmdār.
Kámdárí
See Kámdár
Kamdhenu
The cow of plenty, also used for any cow that never calves yet always gives milk.
Etymology: (S.)
Kámdhenu
The cow of plenty, also used for any cow that never calves yet always gives milk
Etymology: S. Kāmadhenu
Kamhalī
A kind of basket used to keep wool in for spinning.
Kamhaltu
A small long basket to keep wool in; diminutive of Kamhalī.
Kamhálú
A kind of basket used to keep wool in for spinning. dim. A small long basket to keep wool in.
Kamí
Decrease, deficiency
-karṇí, v.i. ir. To decrease; -hoṇí, v.i. re. To be decreased
Etymology: H. kamī
Kamī
Decrease, deficiency.
karnī, v.t. ir. To decrease. honī, v.i. ir. To be decreased.
Etymology: (H.)
Kammal
A blanket
Etymology: S. Kambala; H. kambal
Kammal
A blanket.
Etymology: (H. kambal, S. Kamvala)
Kammar
The waist
-báň-ṇí, v.i. re. (1) To gird up one's loins; (2) To be ready
Etymology: H. kamar
Kamwáṇu
To cause or allow to earn
f. -í, pl. -é
Kamwānu
To cause or allow to earn.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Káṇ
Ears, the organs of hearing
Etymology: S. Karṇa; H. kān
Kan-de-lāgnu
To begin to groan.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kan-nu
To groan.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kanā
One-eyed.
f. -í, pl. -é. (Also kānu).
Etymology: (H.)
Káṇá
One-eyed
m.; f. -í, pl. -é. Also káṇu
Etymology: H. kāṇā
Kanā, -u
The youngest.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kaṇá, -ú
The youngest
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Kanait
See Kanet.
Kaṇáit
See Kanét
Kanak
Wheat.
(Syn. Geūň or Giūň).
Etymology: (H.)
Kaṇak
Wheat
Syn. Geúň or Giúň
Etymology: H. kanak
Kanāli
A large wooden vessel used for kneading flour, etc.
Kaṇálí
A large wooden vessel used for kneading flour, etc.
Kanauḍú
A disliked man, an enemy.
f. -ī.
Kanāwarā
An inhabitant of Kanāwar.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kaṇáwará
An inhabitant of Kanáwar
f. -í, pl. -é
Kanbāl
The ceremony of boring a child's ears.
Kaṇbál
The ceremony of boring a child's ears
Kanbālī
An earring.
(Also kaṇṭālī).
Etymology: (H.)
Kaṇbálí
An earring
Also kaṇṭálí
Etymology: H. kān-bālī
Kanbīchā
A heavy earring worn in the middle of the ear.
Kaṇbíchá
A heavy earring worn in the middle of the ear
Kanchha or -u
Younger, youngest.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kanchhūl
The right of the youngest brother to get a field over and above his share as one of the brothers.
Kandā
Groaning.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kāndā
(1) A thorn. (2) A ridge.
(1) -chubhnā, v.s. re. To be pierced with a thorn.
Etymology: (H. kāṇṭā)
Kaṇḍeī
A medicinal plant; a sort of prickly nightshade.
(Solanum jacquinii)
Etymology: (S. Kaṇṭakārikā)
Kandyāī
A kind of thorny herb used in medicine.
Kanerū, kanherū
An iron tip for an arrow.
Kanet
The term for the fourth class of the Hindūs in the Simla Hills.
f. -aṇ, n.f. The Kanets are divided into several hundred septs. A proverb runs: 'Kaneto rī mā ek, bāp ṭhārā' - 'A Kanet has one mother and eighteen fathers'.
Kangano
Bracelets.
Etymology: (S. Kaṅkaṇa)
Kāṅgru
A small comb.
(Diminutive of kāṅgo)
Kanhaiṭnu
To gather, to collect.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kanhór
Chestnut; Wild chestnut.
In Bashāhr they make flour of wild chestnuts by keeping them for some time in running water.
Kanī
A very small bit.
As. hīre rī kanī 'A small bit of diamond'.
Etymology: (H.)
Kanī-joga
For what purpose, what for.
Kanīa or kanīró
Having groaned.
Kanié
With which.
adv. Why.
Kaṅkī
Lingering, delay.
lānī, v.t. re. To linger.
Kankórī
A Brahman girl given in marriage to a Brahman and dowered by a chief's wife.
Kann
Shoulder.
-o-pāṇde, adv. On the shoulders.
Etymology: (S. skandha)
Kannā
See Kanchha.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kānṛī
See Kairī.
Kaṅsā
Bell-metal, white metal.
Etymology: (S. Kāṅsya)
Kansī
A blacksmith's tool.
Kantālī
See Kanbālī.
Kantāwnu
To cause or allow to groan.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kantāwnu
To trouble.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kantha
A big necklace.
Etymology: (H.)
Kanthi
A small necklace.
bān-nī, v.t. re. To make a disciple.
Kanthi
A necklace of tulsi (worn by males).
Kānu
See Kānā.
Kānu
Husks of rice.
Kapat
Deceit.
-ī, adj. Deceitful.
Etymology: (H.)
Kaptī
Deceitful.
Etymology: (S. Kapaṭin)
Kār or kár
Duty, work, business.
Deo kár - The work of a godling. Ráulī-kár, State business. Jai-jer-kár - A blessing used in greeting a god or deity.
Etymology: (S. Kāra)
Karahā
Revenue, taxes.
-bharnā, v.a. re. To pay taxes.
Karam
Work, duty.
Etymology: (S. Karma)
Karāṛpaṇ
Bitterness.
Etymology: (H.)
Karāwnu
To cause or allow to do or make.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Karbār
Business.
-karnā, v.i. ir. To be engaged.
Etymology: (H.)
Karbārī
One who manages, a manager.
Karchhā
A large spoon used in cooking pulse.
f. -ī, A spoon. -u, n.m. A small spoon.
Karhaul
A loan.
-kárhnī, v.a. re. To borrow.
Karhāwnu
To cause to borrow.
Karhnu
(1) To boil. (2) To take out.
Karj
(1) A debt. (2) Revenue.
Proverb: 'Karj dī jimi ṭhāṇḍe, pānī rā nhān súré jágā.' - 'Land on payment of taxes and a cold bath can be had everywhere.'
Etymology: (P. qarz, a debt)
Kārkhāna
Workshop.
Etymology: (H.)
Karnāl
A long kind of musical instrument made of brass.
-bājnī, v.a. re. To blow the karnāl. -chī, n.m. One who blows the karnāl.
Karnu
To do, to make, to work.
f. -ī, pl. -é. pre. par. Kardā. c.p. Karā or Karnró. pas. ten. Kīnyāň. pas. par. Kīū-huṇḍu.
Etymology: (H. karnā)
Kartā
Household work.
Karū
May I do?
Karūwā, -u
Bitter, distasteful.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Karūwī-roṭī
See Kaurī-roṭī.
Kas
Whom.
'Kas bolū?' - 'Whom do you say?'
Kash-karnā
To take an oath.
Also -lanā or -thwāwnā.
Kash, kaush
(1) An oath, an ordeal. (2) Contamination.
-charnā, v.a. re. To be contaminated with verdigris.
Kashātū
A species of rice, red in colour.
(Also Kshātū).
Kashī
A hoe.
lānī, v.a. re. To work with a hoe.
Kāshī
(1) Pasture. (2) Branches of forest trees cut as fodder for goats etc.
-chān-nī, v.t. re. To make pasture for cattle. -khe-dewnu, v.a. re. To go to bring leaves for cattle.
Kashnu
To tighten, to bind.
Etymology: (H. kasnā)
Kashnu-kashāwnu
To be ready to gird up one's loins.
Kashokrā
An agreement by which one party who agrees to the other's taking an oath has to pay a rupee to the ruler.
pānā, v.i. re. To pay a rupee to the ruler for the other party's agreeing to undergo an ordeal.
Kasht
Trouble, pain.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To be in trouble. -thāwṇā, v.t. re. To take trouble.
Etymology: (S. Kashṭa)
Kaslarā or -u
See Kasrā.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kaslārī
The act of presenting butter to a village deity.
The people store clarified butter in the name of a village deity, and when the ghirā (receptacle) is full, offer it first to the deity and then use it.
Kasmal
Barberry (Berberis lycium).
A shrub with sharp thorns and black berries which ripen in June. The root, which is like turmeric in colour, is used as a poultice for diseases of the eye. Rasauṇt in Hindi.
Kasr or kassī
Illness, sickness.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be ill.
Kasrā or -u
Whose.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kassam
An oath, an ordeal.
-khān-nī or thwāwnī, v.i. re. To take an oath.
Etymology: (P. qasam)
Kastūrī
Musk or a musk-pod.
The perfume so called is brought from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Kashmīr and Kanāwar. It is also found wild in the Simla hills.
Etymology: (S. Kastūrī)
Katāb
A book.
pl. -o.
Etymology: (H. kitāb)
Katāī or ktāī
The act of cutting.
-lāgnī, v.s. re. To begin cutting.
Katāī or ktāī
The act of spinning.
Katān
Several.
(Also ktān).
Katarnu
To clip, to cut with scissors.
Etymology: (H. katarnā)
Katāwnu
To cause or allow to cut or fell.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Katāwnu
To cause or allow to spin.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kathā
A story or history such as the Rāmāyana or Mahābhārata.
A tax was formerly levied on this in Kullū. bānchnī, v.i. re. To relate a story.
Etymology: (S.)
Kathérū
A kind of hill peaches that ripen in October.
Kātī
The seventh Hindū month corresponding to October.
-é, adv. In October.
Etymology: (S. Kārtika)
Kātnu
To spin.
f. -ī, pl. -é. Kātā-huṇḍā, pas. par. Spun. Kātdā, pre. par. Spinning. Kātia or kātró, c.p. Having spun. Kātā, pas. ten. Spun.
Kāṭṇu
To cut, to fell.
f. -ī, pl. -é. Kāṭdā, pre. par. Cutting. Kāṭia, c.p. Having cut. Kāṭu-huṇḍu, pas. par. Cut.
Kau
See Kāā.
Kaun
A sort of panic grass.
Etymology: (S. kaṅgu)
Kauṇī
A kind of grain (Panicum Italicum).
Several varieties are cultivated and used as food by the poor.
Etymology: (S. Kaṅgu)
Kauṅl
(1) A lotus. (2) A cup.
Etymology: (S. Kamala)
Kauṅṭhī
A kind of grain (Panicum frumentaceum, etc).
Also shāṅkh.
Etymology: (S. Shyāmāka)
Kaurī-roṭī
A tax levied on the death of a chief at one rupee per house, payable on the 5th, 7th, or 9th day after the demise.
The money raised is spent on the performance of the rites called kriya-karm.
Kauwā
A crow.
Etymology: (S. Kāka)
Kāyā or kuwāā
A human body, an incarnation.
Kāyā-dharnī
To assume a human form.
Kāyath
See Kāit.
Kaziyā
A quarrel, a dispute, strife.
-karnā, v.i. re. To dispute. -honā, v.i. ir. To be disputed.
Etymology: (P. qazīyah)
Kbakht
Unfortunate, unlucky.
-ī, n.f. Misfortune.
Etymology: (H. kam-bakht)
Kchāetu, kchaethu
Undesired, not easy.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Also kachāetu or kachārthu).
Kchāī
Weakness, immaturity.
Etymology: (H. kachchāī)
Kchajā, -u
Of no use, bad, wicked.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kchāwlī
See Kehālī.
Kdāurū
A wild plant like mistletoe, but with red berries.
Kdhangā or -u
Not well-shaped, ugly.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kdīmī
Eternal, perpetual, firm.
Etymology: (P. qadīmī)
Kdīthlī or kdītha
The flour of the black gram called kodā.
Kḍol
Of an ugly shape.
Kḍolī
Bread made of kodā.
Kḍoshle
Loaves made of kodā.
Ke
Or, either.
(Also ki).
Ké'ru
See Kishu.
(Balsan and Madhān).
Kebrí
See Kabarī.
(Bashahr and Kotgarh).
Kehājū, -ā
(1) Not good, i.e. bad. (2) Good for nothing.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kehāl
A bad custom.
Etymology: (H. kuchāl)
Kehālī or kehāwlī
An esculent root also called ghuiṅyāṅ.
Kehyūṇḍ
A squint.
-deṇī, or -mārnī, v.t. re. To see with one eye.
Keī, ketī or kethī
Where? At what place?
Kele
Plantains.
-lāne, v.s. re. To cultivate plantains. -khāṇe, v.i. re. To eat plantains.
Etymology: (S. kadalī)
Keló
A species of cedar (Pinus deodara).
Keḷtī, kelwī
A small cedar tree.
Kelwī
See the preceding.
Kéň-yiň
Something or anything.
Kéň-yiň-nī
Nothing.
Kéň, kyéň
Anything.
Kenshī
On which day?
Kenu
See Kishu.
(Bashahr and Kotgarh).
Kera
See Kishu.
(Bāghal, Kunihār and Bilāspūr).
Kerī, kyārī
Neck.
Syn. gardan.
Késh
Hair.
Etymology: (S. Kesha)
Kesī
Which way?
Kesr
Saffron.
Etymology: (S. kesara)
Kethī
See Keī.
Ketī
See Keī.
Ketnū or -á
How much?
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ketu
A kind of wild plant.
Kewú
See Kalāw.
(used in Koti, Keonthal and Baghat).
Kfāt
See Khāt.
Kfé'r
Difficulty, hardship, trouble.
Proverb: 'Jaa paṛe kfer, taa nā pānī ṭer, jaa āe gher, taa ni pāṇī ber' - 'When there is trouble, one ought not to weep; when there is opportunity, there should be no delay.'
Kgāl
Poor, helpless.
Etymology: (H. kangāl)
Khā'd
Manure.
Etymology: (H.)
Khā'l
A hide, skin.
-kārnī, v.a. re. To skin. (Also khulrā).
Etymology: (H.)
Khā'l
A tank, a pond.
Dim. -tá, n.m. A small pond.
Khā'r
A grain measure equal to 20 jūns (16 pāthās make one jūn).
pl. khārī.
Khābal, khābbal
A net, snare, noose.
-de lāmṇu, v.s. re. To be caught in a snare.
Khabr
News, tidings.
-denī, v.t. ir. To inform. -hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be known. -lānī, v.t. ir. To take care.
Etymology: (P. khabar)
Khāch
See Khāt.
Khachāī
The act of digging.
Khachāwnu
To cause or allow to dig or excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khāchdā or -u
Digging.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khāchia or khāchró
Having dug.
Khāchnu
To dig, to excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khāchr
A mule.
pl. -ī.
Etymology: (H. khachchar)
Khāchū
May I dig?
Khāchu-hundu or -á
Dug.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khad
A ditch.
(Also khādd).
Khād
A small river.
Khadd
See Khad.
Khādrā
A kind of coarse grass.
pl. -é.
Khādū or khāddū
A ram.
(Syn. khin).
Etymology: (H.)
Khafki
Displeasure.
hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be displeased. karnī, v.s. ir. To be displeased. -khāṇī, v.t. re. To bear one's displeasure. -paṛnī, v.s. ir. To be displeased.
Etymology: (P. khafgī)
Khaī
Rust.
khoṇī, v.t. re. To remove rust. lāgnī, v.s. re. To be rusty. -lāgi-jāṇī, v.s. ir. To become rusty.
Khāī
(1) Embezzlement, misappropriation of money. (2) A pit, a ditch.
(1) -lāgnī or -lānī, v.t. re. To embezzle. (2) -kāṭṇī, or -khoṇī, v.t. re. To dig a ditch or pit.
Khaiṅch
Pulling, the act of pulling.
-nu, v.t. re. To pull, to draw.
Etymology: (H.)
Khaiṅch-ā-tān
A struggle, contention, the act of pulling.
-ā-tān-lāgnī, v.r. re. To struggle.
Khaiṅchāwnu
To cause or allow to pull.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaiṅchnu
See Khaiṅch.
Khair
Welfare.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be good. -manāwnī, v.a.t re. To wish well.
Etymology: (P. khair)
Khair
A tree, the resin of which is used in medicine (Terra japonica or catechu; Mimosa catechu).
Etymology: (S. khadira)
Khaiṛū
A kind of gruel made from sour cheese by boiling rice in it.
(Also kjiyūṭū).
Khairū or -ā
Brown (in colour).
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaj
Cutaneous eruption, itch, scab, etc.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To suffer from itch. -lāgnī, v.s. re. To have the itch. -khurkī, v.a. re. To scab off the itching part. -khurk-de-lāgnū, v.i. re. To begin to itch.
Etymology: (S. kharjū)
Khajālī
Haste.
-lāgnī or hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be hasty.
Khajānchī
A treasurer.
-gīrī, n.f. The work of a cashier. -gīrī-karnī, v.s. ir. To work as a cashier.
Etymology: (H.)
Khājī
Itch, scab.
Khākh
Cheek.
pl. -o.
Khal, khaul
The substance that remains after extracting oil from oil seeds.
Khaljā
A kind of resin, frankincense.
Khalrā
See Khāl.
Khalṭā
See Khalrā.
(Also khalṭu).
Khālṭā
A small pond.
Khalṭī
(1) A small skin bag. (2) A skin, a hide.
pl. -é.
Khalṭu
See Khalṭā.
Kham
Crookedness.
Khambā
A beam of timber, a pier.
Etymology: (H. khambhā)
Khāmpá
An inhabitant of Ladakh.
Khān
A mine.
Etymology: (S. khani)
Khan-nu
To dig, to excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é. pre. par. Khaṇḍá. c.p. Khaṇia or khaṇró. pas. par. Khaṇu-huṇḍu or -á.
Khanāī
The act of digging or excavating.
lānī, v.a. re. To begin digging.
Khanāwnu
To cause or allow to dig.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaṇḍ
Sugar.
Proverb: 'Khaṇḍ maṇḍwā ekai bhāu.' - 'Sugar and black grain at one rate.'
Etymology: (H.)
Khaṇḍ
Discord, enmity.
-karnī, v.t. re. To make discord. -kholṇī, v.i. re. To become agreeable, to be on good terms. -paṇī, v.i. re. To be adverse to or against.
Khanjrī
A tambourine.
-bajawṇī, v.t. re. To play on a tambourine. -maṛhṇī, v.a. re. To cover a tambourine with leather.
Etymology: (H. khaṅjarī)
Khaṅkā or -u
Alone, lonely.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaṅke-beṭhṇu or -rauṇu
To be alone or lonely.
Khānsī
Cough.
hoṇī, v.s. ir. To suffer from cough.
Etymology: (H.)
Khaṇṭī
A bit, a piece.
Etymology: (S. Khaṇḍa)
Khānu
To eat, to take food.
pre. par. Khāndā. c.p. Khāia or khāiró. pas. par. Khāu-huṇḍu.
Khar, khār
Grass, hay.
-o-khe-dewṇu, v.i. ir. To go to cut grass. -lāuṇu, v.i. ir. 'I have to go for grass cutting.'
Kharāb
Expense.
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be spent. -karnā, v.t. ir. To disburse, to expend.
Etymology: (H.)
Khārchā
A thick blanket made of goat's wool.
(Also bakroṭhā).
Khārī
See Khā'r.
Khaṛk, khaṛkī
A kind of tree, the leaves of which are a fodder for cattle.
Khaṛkī
See Khaṛk.
Kharkū
A tester of grain.
(Mandi).
Khaṛnu
(1) To be tired. (2) To stand.
Khāṛsh
A grain measure equal to 20 khārs.
Kharū or -ā
Good, well.
f. -ī, pl. -é. hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be good. -karnu, v.t. ir. To scrutinize.
Kharūwṇu
To stand up.
Khasam
Husband, master.
khuṇḍe wāloṇ - 'I will not stand up.'
Etymology: (H.)
Khash, Khaush
A grade or sub-caste of Kanets found in the Simla hills.
The latter form is used in Kotkhāi and Jubbal.
Khāt
Inconvenience, objection.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be inconvenient. -karnī, v.a. re. To make inconvenient. Also Kabāt or kiāt.
Etymology: (P. qabāhat)
Khāt
A pit.
-khoṇu, v.t. ir. To dig a pit. (Also khāṭī).
Khāṭ
The frame on which a dead body is cremated.
Khāṭaṇ
Means, livelihood.
Khāṭī
See Khāt.
Khaṭia or khaṭīró
Having earned, gained or worked.
Proverb: 'Khāṭā paisā Rāje rā, jágā beṭā Jíun rā' - 'The money earned is for the Rājā, and a son is born for the lord of death.'
Khaṭkā
(1) A knock. (2) A doubt, uncertainty.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be knocked. -lāṇā, v.t. re. To knock, to doubt.
Khaṭkāwṇu, khṭkāwṇu
To cause or allow to knock.
Khaṭknu
(1) To knock. (2) To be doubtful.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaṭmal
A bed bug.
See Mānguṇī.
Etymology: (H.)
Khaṭnu
To earn, to gain, to work.
pre. par. Khaṭḍā. pas. par. Khaṭu-huṇḍu.
Khāṭṇu
To dig, to excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khātr-twajāh
Hospitality, a warm reception.
hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be received with great kindness. -karnī or -lānī, v.t. ir. and re. To offer one's reception.
Etymology: (P. khātir-tawāzuh)
Khattar
71.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Seventy-first.
Khaṭṭnu
To amass, to gather.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khāṭu or -ā
Acid, sour.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. khaṭṭā)
Khaṭwāṇu
To cause or allow to earn.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khauhrām
A currycomb.
-lāṇā, v.t. re. To currycomb.
Etymology: (H. khurahrā)
Khaul
See Khal.
Khauljā
See Khaljā.
Khaur
See Khar.
Khaurā or -ā
(1) Clean. (2) Hairless.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khaush
See Khash.
Khāwṇī
An oath or a curse.
'Teso mān khe khāwṇī ditī' - 'She cursed me.'
Etymology: (fr. khāṇu to eat)
Khbānī
See Khobānī.
Khbār
Newspaper.
Etymology: (P. akhbār)
Khdernu
To drive off, to hunt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khe
Excrement, ordure. Also an affix added to nouns.
khāṇī, v.i. re. To curse. Teso-khe: for her. Hāmo-khe: for us. Tan-khe: for you.
Khé'ch, khét
A field, land.
Etymology: (H. khet)
Khé'l
(1) A play. (2) A fair at which archery is practised.
Etymology: (H.)
Khechī or khetī
Cultivation.
-karnī, v.t. ir. To cultivate.
Khedāwṇu
To cause or allow to drive or hunt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khedī-deṇu
To cause or allow to drive or hunt.
Khednu
To drive, to hunt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khél
A sept, a clan.
Khelāṛī
One who plays, a player.
Etymology: (H.)
Khelnu
To play, to sport.
Khelwāṛ
A plaything.
Khép
Cargo, assortment.
Kheṛ
See Khé.
Kheshṛī
A piece of cloth worn between the legs.
(H. langoṭī).
Khét
See Khé'ch.
Etymology: (H.)
Khetī-bāṛī
Cultivation.
Etymology: (H.)
Khetṛī
An allotment of land made to a mahṛ.
(Bilāspūr).
Khetrū
See Bethū.
(Bashahr, Jubbal, Kumhārsain).
Khichhṛī, khichṛu
A dish of pulse and rice boiled together.
-hoṇī or -hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be mixed together.
Etymology: (H.)
Khīj
Displeasure.
-khāṇī, v.s. ir. To be angry or displeased. -āwṇī, v.i. re. To become angry. -sauṇ-nī, v.i. re. To incur anyone's indignation or displeasure.
Khījnu
(1) To be angry, to be displeased. (2) To become weak.
Khil
Swollen parched rice.,-banāwṇī, v.t. re. To parch swollen grain.,pl. -o.
Khilāṛī
See Khelāṛī.
Khiṇḍāwṇu
To cause or allow to spill.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṇḍdā
Spilling.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṇḍi-jāṇu
To be spilt or scattered.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṇḍia or khiṇḍró
Having spilt or scattered.
Khiṇḍnu
To spill, to scatter.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṇḍṛī
A quilt; an old quilt.
Khiṇḍtā or -u
A small quilt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṇḍu-huṇḍu or -ā
Spilt, scattered.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khiṅkhāb
A kind of laced silk.
(made in Benares).
Etymology: (P. kamkhwāb)
Khiṅlā
A hoe.
Khīr
A dish of rice boiled in milk.
Etymology: (H.)
Khir-khirā-wé
Aloud.
-hāsṇu, v.i. re. To laugh aloud.
Khīrā
A cucumber.
See Kākṛī.
Etymology: (H.)
Khis
Breaking wind.
-chhūṭṇī, v.i. re. To break wind.
Khisā
See Gūjā.
Khīz
See Khīj.
Khjīnā
Treasure, riches, wealth.
Etymology: (P. khazāna)
Khlāī
A nurse.
Khlaiṇ
A farmyard.
(Also khlwāṛā).
Khlāṇu
To cause or allow to melt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khlāwā
One who looks after a chief's stable.
Khlwāṛā
See Khlaiṇ.
Khmār
See Kmhār.
Kho'j
Trace.
-lāṇā, v.t. re. To trace.
Khobānī
Apricot.
Khoh
A big pit.
Etymology: (P.)
Khojnu
To trace, to seek, to search.
pre. par. Khojdā. c.p. Khojia or khojīró. pas. par. Khoju-huṇḍu.
Kholnu
To open, to release, to set free.
pre. par. Kholdā. c.p. Kholia or kholró. pas. par. Kholu-huṇḍu.
Khoṇu
To dig, to excavate.
pre. par. Khodāḍā. c.p. Khodia or khodīró. pas. par. Khodu-huṇḍu.
Khoṇu
To spoil, to make unfit.
pre. par. Khoṇḍā. c.p. Khoia or khoiró. pas. par. Khou-huṇḍu.
Etymology: (H. khonā)
Khoṇwāṇu
To be spoilt, to be unfit.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khopā
See Garī.
Khoṛ
Walnuts.
-khelṇī, v.i. re. To play with walnuts. -jhāṛne, v.t. re. To pluck walnuts.
Khoṛā or -u
Lame.
f. -ī, pl. -é. -hoṇā, v.s. ir. To become lame. -karnā, v.t. ir. To make one lame.
Khoṭ
Defect, imperfection, fault.
-lāgnā, v.a. re. To be afflicted with an imperfection (from a deity). -lāṇā, v.a. re. To blame. -ṭhāṇā, v.a. re. To set one free from an imperfection.
Khoṭā
An ass.
Etymology: (H.)
Khoṭā or -u
Wicked, imperfect, faulty.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H.)
Khotr
A pit, a hole.
-paṛnā, v.i. ir. To look like a hole. -pāṇā, v.t. re. To make a hole.
Khoṭrī
A hole, for playing a game with walnuts.
-khelṇī, v.i. re. To play at throwing walnuts into a hole.
Khowā
(1) The substance obtained by boiling milk. (2) c.p. Spoiled, made unfit.
Etymology: (H.)
Khowāṇu
To cause or allow to spoil.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khowī-jāṇu
To be spoiled.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khrāb
Bad, wicked.
Etymology: (P. kharāb)
Khrābā
Ruin, destruction.
Etymology: (P. kharābā)
Khrābī
Difficulty.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be difficult.
Etymology: (P. kharābī)
Khrād
A lathe.
-o-da-lāṇā, v.t. re. To sharpen by turning on a lathe.
Etymology: (H. kharād)
Khrādī
A turner on a lathe.
Khrādṇu
To turn on a lathe.
Etymology: (H. kharādnā)
Khraiṇ
A festival observed by the Kanets in Māgh. It is a ceremony just like a jāgrā, the only difference being that the deity returns the same day to its temple.
Khraṛnu
To dig, to excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khréhaṇ
A sling used for throwing small stones to frighten monkeys off the crops.
-bāṇī or -bahṇī, v.a. re. To sling a stone.
Khrīchnu
To erase, to excoriate.
Khrīd
Buying, a purchase.
Etymology: (P. kharīd)
Khrīdār
A purchaser, one who buys.
Etymology: (P. kharīd-dār)
Khrīdī-deṇu
To have purchased.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khrīdṇu
To purchase, buy.
Etymology: (P. kharīdnā)
Khryūṇṭh
The uppermost storey of a house.
Khud
Self.
'Se khud bolo thī' - 'He himself said.'
Etymology: (P. khud)
Khud or khudd
A roof of mud; the mud-roof (of a house).
Khudd
See Khud.
Khulāwṇu
See Kholāwṇu.
Khuljā
Leaf of a door.
Khulnu
To be opened.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khulū or -ā
Loosened, light.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khuṇḍā
A wooden peg to fasten cattle in.
Khuṇḍī
A stick for playing ball.
Khuṇḍū or -ā
Blunt.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khuṅg
Cough.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To suffer from cough.
Khuṅgṇu
To cough.
Khur
Hoof.
Etymology: (H.)
Khuṛ
Legs.
Khuṛā
Feet.
-lāṇī, v.t. re. To hold one's legs.
Khurchṇu
To scratch, to erase.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Khurkṇu
To itch.
Khuṛū
Small feet.
Khwās
A concubine.
Khwé'r
Offering butter to a godling.
Khyāl
A thought.
-karnā, v.t. re. To imagine.
Etymology: (P. khiyāl)
Khyāwṇu
To cause or allow to eat.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ki
Either...or.
'Ki sé delá, ki āň delá' - 'Either he or I will go.'
Kīl
A long kind of basket.
Also kelṭā.
Kīl
A nail.
Etymology: (H.)
Kilāṇde
Why?
(Bashāhr) 'Tū kilāṇde ni āyā?' - 'Why did not you come?'
Kīlnu
To stake, to pin.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kilṭā
A long kind of basket for carrying loads.
Kīmū
Mulberry.
-rā-ḍā'l, n.m. A mulberry tree.
Kin-yiṅ
See Kéň-yiň.
v. pt. f. Did.
Kiṇḍā, Kiṇḍu
Where?
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kinu
How?
(Bashahr).
Kiṅyāň
Did.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kīṛnu
To rot.
-ū-huṇḍu or -ā, adj. m. Rotten.
Kishu?
(1) How? (2) What kind of?
adj. m., f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kiskā or -u
To which side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kjéwṇu
To cause or allow to rot.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kjyūwṭū
See Khairū.
Klāwṇu
To blacken.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kmārg
A wrongful act.
-lāṇu, v.t. re. To act wrongfully.
Etymology: (S. Kumārga)
Kmhār
A potter.
Etymology: (S. Kumbhakāra)
Knyāz
A hue and cry, a noise.
-pāṇā, v.i. ir. To make a noise.
Kochī
The name of a dialect spoken in Bashāhr.
'Asīnā kīnu chapro?' - 'How do you say so?'
Kodā
A species of grass eaten by the poorer people (Paspalum kora).
Etymology: (S. Kodrava)
Kodā
The navel.
Koilā
The blackbird.
Etymology: (S. Kokila)
Kol
A kind of pulse or bean (Dolichos catjang).
Kolaṇ
A low-caste woman or the wife of a Kolī.
Kolī
A low-caste man of Dāgī of Bashahr.
Kolth
A kind of hill pulse (Dolichos biflorus).
Koltū
The son of a Kolī.
-ī, f. The daughter of a Kolī.
Kolu-pāṇī
A kind of soup made of kolth by boiling, useful for a cold and cough.
Etymology: (fr. kolth and pāṇī)
Konā
A corner.
Etymology: (H. konā)
Koṇḍ, kauṇḍ
A big silver cylinder used to carry the village deity in when taking him to some other village.
Koṅkaṇ
Weevils.
-lāgne, v.s. re. To be eaten by weevils.
Kop
Anger, indignation.
-karnā, v.i. ir. To be angry.
Etymology: (S. Kopa)
Kor
A bribe.
'Mūuṅ kā kor khāṛā?' - 'Have I accepted a bribe?'. -deṇā, v.t. re. To give a bribe. -khāṇī or -lāṇī, v.t. re. To accept a bribe. (Syn. bishṭāṅg).
Korā, -u
Plain, unused.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Korh
Leprosy.
-lāgnu, v.s. re. To suffer from leprosy.
Etymology: (S. Kushṭha)
Koṛhī
A leper, one who suffers from leprosy.
Korī-pīrīt
One-sided love, unrequited affection.
Koṭ
(1) A fortress. (2) A coat.
Koṭhā
A granary.
(Bashāhr).
Koṭhī
(1) A bungalow. (2) A granary into which revenue in kind was paid (Kullu, Suket, Kumhārsain and Mandi). (3) A group of hamlets.
Kotṛu
To dig, to excavate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Koṭwālā
(1) A treasurer,called Bhdārī in the Simla hills. (2) A storekeeper (Maṇḍī,Suket and Bashahr).,82
Etymology: (H. koṭwāl)
Kpūr
Camphor.
Etymology: (S. Karpūra)
Kṛāh
A large iron vessel for cooking.
Etymology: (H. kaṛāh)
Krāī
(1) Hardship. (2) An iron cooking vessel.
Krail
A kind of tree, the flowers of which are used as a vegetable; a species of ebony (Bauhinia variegata).
Kovidāra in Sanskrit and Kachnār in Hindi.
Kṛāṅḍā
The cone of Indian corn or maize, as well as its straw.
pl. -é.
Krār
An agreement.
-karnā, v.t. ir. To agree.
Etymology: (P. qarār)
Krārā, -u
Hard or strict.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Krāṭ
A kind of bird with a long tail like a jay.
Krauk
See Andār.
Kreṅwī
A kind of bird like the jay.
Kṛhoṇu
To boil, of milk, curds etc.
Krīgar
A workman, an artist.
Etymology: (H. kārīgar)
Krīgrī
Workmanship, skill, artistic work.
Etymology: (H. kārīgarī)
Krīṭā
Maize-flour.
Etymology: (fr. kukrī 'maize' and āṭā 'flour')
Kriyā-karam
(1) The last duties performed after cremation. (2) An act.
Kroch
A sharp stone fit to pierce.
-lāgnā, v.a. re. To be pierced with a sharp stone.
Krodh
Anger, indignation.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To be enraged, to be indignant or angry. -karṇā, v.i. ir. To be angry.
Etymology: (S. Krodha 'anger')
Krukhā
Rough.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kruṅḍā
A kind of shrub bearing black berries.
pl. -é.
Kruṅḍu
See Kruṅḍā.
Ksāī
A butcher.
Etymology: (H. qasāī)
Kshātū
See Kashātū.
Kshāw
Tightness.
-pāṇā or -deṇā, v.t. re. To tie tightly.
Kshawṇu
To cause or allow to tie.
Kshokṛá
The payment of one rupee on agreeing to undertake the oath called dib.
-pāṇā, v.a. re. To pay the sum of one rupee on agreement to take an oath.
Ktān
See Katān.
Kthāṛ, kathāṛ or kuthāṛ
A grain box.
Kthīrī
A kind of long worm, green in colour, with many eyes on its back, found on green plants.
Etymology: (fr. H. kāṭh-kī kīṛī)
Kthishṭ
Polluted, unclean.
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be polluted.
Ktīrā
Scissors.
f. -ī. A small kind of scissors. (Also ktīrtu or -ti).
Ktno-shṭú
A stand for the spindle (taklū).
Ktrāwṇu
To cause or allow to cut (with scissors).
Kū
A well, a pit.
Proverb: 'Mākhe khani kū, Tindā pāi tū.' - 'A well was dug for me, but you are cast into it.' (Used when a complainant is found guilty).
Etymology: (S. Kūpa, a well)
Kuā
A well (of water).
(Also khūṅ).
Etymology: (S. Kūpa)
Kūb
A hump, crookedness.
Kubrā or -u
Humpbacked.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kudāl
A large hoe.
-ī, A hoe.
Kufṭu
A small pond.
Kūjó
A kind of white wild rose.
Kūkr
A dog.
f. -ī, n.f. A bitch.
Etymology: (S. Kukkura)
Kukṛā
A cock pheasant.
-ī, n.f. A hen pheasant.
Kukṛī
Maize, Indian corn.
(Also chhallī).
Kūl
A stream, a canal or channel.
Etymology: (S. Kulyā)
Kumal, kumlī
Sprouts.
Etymology: (S. Kuḍmala, a new bud)
Kumbr
A kind of grass bearing some pin-like thorns.
(Also kumr).
Kumlī
See Kumal.
Kumr
See Kumbr.
Kun
Who.
Kunie? By whom?
Kūn
See Kón.
Kuň-īň, kuň-yiň
Tribes.
'Ṭhārā-kūňīň', a term for the Kotī State, 'The 18 tribes'.
Kun-yiň
See Kuň-īň.
Kuṇḍ
A pool, a deep hole in a stream.
Etymology: (S. Kuṇḍa)
Kuṇḍalī
A horoscope.
Etymology: (S.)
Kunié
See Kun.
Kuṇkā
A grain or seed.
Kuṇkā, -u
Single, one-sided.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kunū
A heap of rice at harvest.
-lāṇā, v.i. re. To heap up the rice harvest.
Kuṛī
A girl, a daughter.
(Bilāspūr, Kāngṛā, Kunihār and Bāghal).
Kurk
A timber log placed over the joint of the roof of a village deity's temple.
-charhṇā or -lāgnā or -lāṇā, v.i. re. To place a timber log over a temple. This is a grand ceremony with sacrifices and a grand feast.
Kūt
Revenue.
Kuthāṛ
See Kthāṛ.
Kūṭṇu
To pound.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. kūṭnā)
Kwā, kwé?
Why?
Kwāṇ
Up-hill, an ascent.
Kwashṇu
To excite, to move.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Kwe
See Kwāṇ.
Kyārī
See Kairī.
Kyūň
See Kéň-yiň.
Kzāī
Quarrelsome.
L
Lā
An affix added to a verb in the future tense.
'Se de-lā' - 'He will go.'
Lādku
A ball of woollen thread for making woollen cloth.
Laekā
Territory.
Etymology: (P. alāqah)
Lāg
(1) Competition. (2) Enmity.
-lāgnī, v.s. re. To prevail (of a disease).
Lagan-berā
A wedding ceremony.
Lagāwṇu
To apply, to rub.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. lagānā)
Lāgi-paṛṇu
To begin, to take in hand, to commence.
Lāgnī-bān-nī
A kind of oath, taken not to proceed one against another.
Lāgnu
(1) To begin. (2) To bother.
Lāgū
An enemy.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be hostile to or against.
Lāgwā
The produce of the first year's cultivation of land.
Used in Mahlóg State.
Lāj
Shame.
-āwṇī, v.s. ir. To be ashamed. -lāgnī or -karnī, v.s. ir. To be ashamed.
Etymology: (S. Lajjā)
Lajā, -u
Loose.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lakhat
A writing.
Also the tax levied at one rupee per house in Koṭi State as a charge for writing accounts.
Lakhnu
(1) To mark, to observe. (2) To cross (a river).
Laklaulī
See Lukṭlī.
Lākṛā
A log, timber.
-ī, n.f. Fuel. -é, pl. Logs.
Lakṛāṅgṇā
A tax levied on the death of a chief at the rate of one rupee per house.
(Bashahr State).
Etymology: (fr. lakṛ, wood, ughāwṇu, to collect)
Lāmbá
(1) Long, having length. (2) A Lāma. (3) A snake.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lambar
Cooked food for cattle.
-deṇā, v.t. ir. To give cooked grain as food to cattle.
Lambkṇu
To approach near.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lambū
The long leaf of an esculent root or potato.
Lamchāṭā
A prophet of lower grade, who passes oracles received through a deity's inspired representative to the worshippers.
(Oldham's "Sun and Serpent")
Laṅkā
Ceylon or Rāvan's abode.
Etymology: (S. Laṅkā)
Laṅkuṛā-bīr
A deity residing with Bhīmā-kālī in the Bashahr State. He is equivalent to Hanūmān or Bhairab.
Lāntī-rā-kāmo
A disgraceful act.
Laṇu
To take.
pt. Lowā, luwā.
Lāṇu
To put on, to wear.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Laṅwāň
Helpless, poor.
f. -wīň, pl. -wéň.
Lapéṭ
A circle.
-nu, v.i. re. To fold up.
Lapóṛ-ghaṛ
A fool, unwise.
Laṛā
A bridegroom.
-ī, n.f. A bride. Also used for a Rājpūt's wife.
Laṛāwṇu
To cause or allow to fight.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Laṛnu
To fight, to quarrel.
f. -ī, pl. -é. pre. par. Laṛdā. c.p. Laṛia or Laṛiró. pas. ten. Fought. pas. par. Laṛu-huṇḍu.
Laṭkā
Fashion, mode.
Lau
A creeper, a creeping plant in general.
Lau-meň
We will fix or attach.
Lé'j
A rope.
Etymology: (H. lej, S. Rajju)
Lé'n
Credit.
-dén, n.m. A transaction.
Etymology: (H.)
Lé'ṛ
A cry.
-pāṇī or -deṇī, v.s. re. To cry, to weep.
Lebū
One who takes.
(Syn. Leū).
Ledar
A festival observed on the 1st of Ashāṛ.
Lekhā
An account.
-karṇā, v.t. ir. To settle an account. -rauṇā, v.s. ir. To be innumerable or countless.
Etymology: (H.)
Lep
External application of a medicine.
Etymology: (H.)
Leṭ
Lying down.
-lāṇī or -nu, v.i. re. To lie down.
Etymology: (H.)
Leū
A taker, one who takes.
Lhāwnu
To shake.
'Māň nā lhāwāi' - 'Don't shake me.'
Lhéf
A quilt.
Etymology: (H. lihāf)
Lhushāwnu
To cause or allow to plunder.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lhushnu
To rob, to plunder.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lī
A feminine future affix.
'Se dew-lī' - 'She will go.'
Lī, lih
A term for an area of land equal to 8 bīghās.
Likhāwat
The act of writing.
Etymology: (H.)
Likhī-kamāvé
By accident.
Proverb: 'Likhī-kamāvé lagū ḍhol, Jetné uṭhū ubhā tetné lāgū hór.' - 'By an accident a rolling stone hit me, As I got up, there came down another to hit me.'
Likhnu
To write.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. likhnā)
Līkhó
The louse's eggs.
-paṛnī, v.i. re. To suffer from louse's eggs.
Liṇḍā or -u
An animal that has lost its tail, tailless.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Liṅgurī
An edible fern.
Lipāī
The act of plastering.
Lipṇu
To plaster, to clean.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. lipnā)
Lmārī
An almirah or cupboard.
Etymology: (E. almirah)
Lobh
Fondness.
-lāgnā, v.a. re. To be fond.
Etymology: (S. Lobha)
Lohā
Iron.
Etymology: (H.)
Lohāl
An agricultural instrument.
Lohū
Blood.
Etymology: (H.)
Lokhaṛ
Agricultural instruments, such as the plough-share, etc.
-lāṇā, v.i. re. To cohabit. -lāṇe, v.t. re. To sharpen agricultural instruments.
Loṅg
(1) Cloves (Myristica caryophyllata). (2) A nose stud.
Loṛ
The male pudenda.
Loṭā
A water jug.
-lūṇ: An oath in which parties put salt in a water-jug and promise not to abandon their plan.
Etymology: (H.)
Lothā-lothī
The act of pulling each other.
-hoṇī, v.a. ir. To be dragged one by another.
Loṭṛī
A small water-jug.
Lou-karo-kalíú
Are dazzling.
Lowā
See Luwā.
Lū
(1) A piece of cloth. (2) A rag.
Luch-baṛelī
The plant called Lady's bedstraw.
Luchhṇu
To pull off.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lugṛu
The ceremony observed at the time of a child eating grain for the first time (Bashahr)
Lugṛu
The ceremony observed at the time of a child eating grain for the first time.
(Bashahr).
Lujbud
Pendulous and shaking
m. and f. Riddle: Poṛó áwú kukṭú lujbudé kóṇ, Máṇ ná khai kuṭṭuwá úṇ terí gáhak. 'There came a dog with hanging, quivering ears. Don't bite me, O pup, I am your customer.' (Reply: 'The forget-me-not')
Lujbud
Pendulous and shaking.
Riddle: 'Poró āwū kūkṛū lujbudé kón, Māň nā khāī kūkṛuwā āūṅ terī goṇ.' - 'There came a dog with hanging, quivering ears. Don't bite me, O pup, I am your customer.' (Reply: 'The forget-me-not').
Lukáwṇu
To conceal, to hide
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. lukáná
Lukāwṇu
To conceal, to hide.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. lukānā)
Lukṇu
To hide, to be concealed
f. -í, pl. -é
Lukṇu
To hide, to be concealed.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lukṭlí
Fickleness, unsteadiness, inconstancy
-láṇí, v.a. re. To be inconstant. (Syn. laklaulí)
Lukṭlī
Fickleness, unsteadiness, inconstancy.
-lārnī, v.s. re. To be inconstant. (Syn. laklaulī).
Luku-luku
Secretly
Luku-luku
Secretly.
Lúṇ
Salt
Etymology: S. Lavaṇa
Lūṇ
Salt.
Etymology: (S. Lavaṇa)
Luṇ-nu
To cut, to lop.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Luṇ-ṇu
To cut, to lop
f. -í, pl. -é
Lund
A wicked man
Luṇḍ
A wicked man.
Lúňg
Sprouts
pl. -é
Lūṅg
Sprouts.
pl. -é.
Luňkṛ
See Loṛ
Luṅkṛ
See Loṛ.,,-ṇu, v.r. re. To be agitated.
Luňkú or -á
Salty,-ṇu, v.t. re. To be agony,m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Luṇkū or -ā
Salty.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Lūṭhṇu
To pull, to drag.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Luwá
Took
Also lowá
Luwā
Took.
(Also lowā).
Lwád
Offspring
-hoṇí, v.i. ir. To be with offspring. (Syn. ágaṭ)
Etymology: H. aulād
Lwād
Offspring.
-wāṇṭ hoṇī. To be with offspring. (Syn. āgaṭ).
Etymology: (H. aulād)
Lwaiṇé
A kind of grass that grows with wheat
Lwaiṇé
A kind of grass that grows with wheat.
Lwál
A jump
-deṇá, v.i. re. To jump
Etymology: H. uchhāl
Lwāl
A jump.
-deṇā, v.i. ir. To jump.
Etymology: (H. uchhāl)
M
Má
Mother
Also an affix added to a verb in the past tense for the first person singular. As: Karu-má 'I will do'. Hámeň karu-má 'We will do'. Hameň karu-mí 'We (women) will do'.
Mā
Mother.
Also an affix added to a verb in the past tense for the first person singular. As: 'Āň karu-mā' - 'I will do.' 'Hāmeň karu-mā' - 'We will do.'
Ma'n
Complaint
Syn. Mákhtá
Ma'n
Complaint.
(Syn. Mākhtā).
Mābāo, mābāw
Parents.
Mábáp, mábáw
Parents
Machán
A small hut erected on a tree to watch from (Káňgṛá and Hill States of Simla)
Machān
A small hut erected on a tree to watch from.
(Kāngṛā and Hill States of Simla).
Máchchh
A woman or any female animal whose offspring never lives long
Etymology: S. Mṛityuvatsā
Māchchhaṇ
A woman or any female animal whose offspring never lives long.
Etymology: (S. Mṛityu-vat)
Máchh
A man, a person
Also Michh
Māchh
A man, a person.
(Also Michh).
Máchhlí
A fish
-gháṇí, v.i. re. To fish
Māchhlī
A fish.
ghāṇī, v.i. re. To fish.
Māchnī
To sound or resound.
Máchṇu
To sound or resound
Madákṛí
The head of a sheep or goat
Madākṛī
The head of a sheep or goat.
Māfī
A free grant of land.
Magh
The long pepper
Magh
The long pepper.
Maghéňyíň
See Magoň (Kullu)
Maghéňyíň
See Mugoh.
(Kullu).
Magheṛá or -u
Dear, costly, of high price
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Maghérá or -u
Dear, costly, of high price.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Magr
A term for the fortnight, the last week of Posh and the first week of Mágh. It is supposed to be the time of intense cold and heavy snowfall.
Magṛ
A term for the fortnight (last week of Pūh and first week of Māgh). It is supposed to be the time of intense cold and heavy snowfall.
Mah, másh
Black pulse
Mah, māsh
Black pulse.
Maháráj, mahárájeň
O great king; A term of address to a Hill Chief
Etymology: S. Mahārāja
Mahārāj, mahārājeṅ
O great king; A term of address to a Hill Chief.
Etymology: (S.)
Mahr
A collector of revenue (Biláspur)
Mahṛ
A collector of revenue.
(Bilāspur).
Mahrás
A headman's circle (Mahlóg)
Mahṛas
A headman's circle.
(Mahlóg).
Maiá
(1) Love; (2) Eagerness
Maiā
(1) Love. (2) Eagerness.
Majá
Pleasure, comfort
-áwṇá, v.s. re. To be pleased
Majā
Pleasure, comfort.
-āwṇā, v.s. re. To be pleased.
Majáwṇu
To cause or allow to cleanse
f. -í, pl. -é
Majāwṇu
To cause or allow to cleanse.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maje-rá, -ru
Fine, pretty
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Maje-rā, -ru
Fine, pretty.
f. -ī, pl. -re.
Majíre
(1) Stripes or a rim; (2) A kind of musical bells
Majīre
(1) Stripes or a rim. (2) A kind of musical bells.
Majkáwṇu
To cause or allow to rend or tear
f. -í, pl. -é
Majkāwnu
To cause or allow to rend or tear.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Majkṇu, maskṇu
To crush
f. -í, pl. -é
Majkṇu, maskṇu
To crush.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Majnú
A willow tree
Syn. besó
Majnū
A willow tree.
Syn. besó.
Májṇu
To cleanse, to clean
f. -í, pl. -é
Mājnu
To cleanse, to clean.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mákhan
See Chopar
Mākhan
See Chopar.
Makhaul
Jest
-karṇá, v.a. re. To make a jest
Makhaul
Jest.
-karnā, v.a. re. To make a jest.
Makhí
Flies
Etymology: S. Makṣhikā; H. Makkhī
Makhī
Flies.
Etymology: (S. Makshikā, H. Makkhī)
Makhír, mkhú
Honey
Mákhtá
See Ma'n
Mākhtā
See Ma'n.
Mākhu, mkhu
Honey.
Māl-pūnyā
A festival that takes place at the full moon of September. Cows are worshipped and fed.
At night, the fair called Blāj takes place at Koti.
Malái
Origin or foundation
Malāī
Origin or foundation.
Malak
Husband, owner, master, possessor
Etymology: H. mālik
Malak
Husband, owner, master, possessor.
Etymology: (H.)
Malé
Fighting
-áwṇu, v.t. re. To fight
Malé
Fighting.
-āwṇu, v.t. re. To fight.
Malék, málékaṇ
A curse on one's mother, abuse of one's mother
Malék, málékaṇ
A curse on one's mother, abuse of one's mother.
Málpuṇyá
A festival that takes place at the full moon of September. Cows are worshipped and fed. In the night the fair called Bláj takes place, at Koṭi.
Málpúṛá
A kind of sweet bread
pl. -é
Mālpūṛā
A kind of sweet bread.
pl. -é.
Malwá
The wild pigeon
pl. -é
Malwā
The wild pigeon.
pl. -é.
Mam, mámá
Maternal uncle
The former form is used in Bashahr; f. -í, Maternal aunt
Mām, māmā
Maternal uncle.
The former form is used in Bashāhr. f. -ī. Maternal aunt.
Mámlá
Revenue, ground-rent, tax
Māmlā
Revenue, ground-rent, tax.
Man
The mind
Etymology: S. Manas
Man
The mind.
Etymology: (S. Manas)
Máň
Me or to me
Māň
Me or to me.
Maná-maṇié-jhurṇu
To pine in love
Manā-manié-jhurṇu
To pine in love.
Maná-maṇié-rauṇí
To disappoint
Manā-manié-rauṇī
To disappoint.
Manál
The wild pheasant
Manāl
The wild pheasant.
Manáwṇu
To conciliate
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. manáná
Manāwṇu
To conciliate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. manānā)
Maňḍal
(1) A temple; (2) A place painted for a religious ceremony
Etymology: S. Maṇḍala
Maṇḍal
(1) A temple. (2) A place painted for a religious ceremony.
Etymology: (S.)
Maňgal
(1) The planet Mars; (2) Tuesday; (3) -á mukhí, n.m. pl. A term for the musicians called Túrí
Etymology: S. Maṅgala
Maṅgal
(1) The planet Mars. (2) Tuesday.
(3) -ā-mukhī, n.m. pl. A term for the musicians called Ṭūṛī.
Etymology: (S. Maṅgala)
Mangālī
A dish.
Maňgálí
A dish
Mangāwṇu
To send for.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maňgáwṇu
To send for
f. -í, pl. -é
Māṅgh
The 10th Hindū month, corresponding to January.
Etymology: (S. Māgha)
Maňgheṛú
See Magheṛú
Maṅghérū
See Maghérū.
Máňgí
An earthen pot of middle size used to keep milk or clarified butter
Māṅgī
An earthen pot of middle size used to keep milk or clarified butter.
Máňgṇí
Betrothal
-karṇí, v.t. re. To betroth
Māṅgnī
Betrothal.
Maňgṇí, maňguṇí
Bugs
Māngṇī, mānguṇī
Bugs.
(H. khaṭmal).
Maňgṇu
To ask for, to beg
f. -í, pl. -é
Etymology: H. māňgnā
Māṅgnu
To ask, to beg.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mānj
A raised place in a field to watch from.
Mañjāwṇu
See Mājawṇu.
Manjh
Between
-parṇu, v.i. re. To go between
Manjh
A buffalo.
f. -ī.
Maňjh
The mulberry fruit
Mānjh
Between.
Maňjhá
A cot
Etymology: H. māňjhā
Manjhāṭ
A place where two boundaries meet.
-pāṇu, v.i. ir. To go between.
Maňjháwṇu
See Májawṇu
Maňjhe
In the middle or centre
Mañjhe
In the middle or centre.
Maňjhṇu
See Májṇu
Mañjhūlī
The mulberry fruit.
Mañjī
A cot.
Etymology: (H.)
Māñjṇu
See Mājṇu.
Maňjrí
A mat
-ṭu, n.m. A small mat
Mañjrī
A mat.
-ṭū, n.m. A small mat.
Manrū
The mind.
Maṇrú
The mind
Máṇú
A man (Káňgṛá)
Proverb: Máṇú máṇú koi hírá, koi káňkṛá. 'Men are of different kinds, some stones and some diamonds.'
Mānu
A man.
(Kāṅgṛā). Proverb: 'Mānu mānu bhéd, Koi hīrā, koi kāṅkṛā' - 'Men are of different kinds, some stones and some diamonds.'
Māṅwlá
The mother's parents' home.
Maṇwlá, máwlá
The mother's parents' home
Máp
Survey
Etymology: H. nāp
Māp
Survey.
-lāṇu, v.a. re. To survey.
Etymology: (H. nāpāī)
Mapáwṇu
To cause or allow to measure
f. -í, pl. -é
Māpāwṇu
To cause or allow to measure.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mápṇu or mépṇu
To measure, to survey
f. -í, pl. -é
Māpṇu or mepṇu
To measure, to survey.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mará-huňdá
Dead
f. -í, pl. -é
Mārā-huṇḍā
Dead.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Márak
One who beats, a beater
Mārak
One who beats, a beater.
Maraṇ
Death
-hoṇá, v.i. ir. To die; -karṇá, v.t. re. To perform the last offices
Etymology: H. maraṇ
Mārāwṇu
To cause or allow to beat.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Márg
The death ceremony
-láṇá, v.a. re. To perform the last duties
Mārg
The death ceremony.
-lāṇā, v.a. re. To perform the last duties.
Mári-jáṇu
To be beaten
f. -í, pl. -é
Māri-jāṇu
To be beaten.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Marj
Illness, sickness, disease
Etymology: P. marz
Marj
Illness, sickness, disease.
Etymology: (P. marz)
Marlá
'O you who are to die,' term of abuse or endearment
f. -í, pl. -é
Marlā
'O you who are to die,' term of abuse or endearment.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Marm
Secret
Etymology: S. Marma
Marm
Secret.
Etymology: (S. Marma)
Marmelí
A plant bearing leaves like those of spinach
Marmeḷī
A plant bearing leaves like those of spinach.
Marn
Death.
-hoṇā, v.a. ir. To die.
Etymology: (H. maran)
Márṇí
To cohabit
Mārnī
To cohabit.
Marnu
To die.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Marṇu
To die
f. -í, pl. -é
Márṇu
To beat, to hit
Etymology: H. mārnā
Mārnu
To beat, to hit.
Etymology: (H. mārnā)
Maroṛnu
To twist, to writhe, to contort.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maroṛṇu
To twist, to writhe, to contort
f. -í, pl. -é
Marú
Dying
Maṛū
Dying.
Marú or -á
Feeble, weak, having no strength
m.; f. -í, pl. -é
Maṛū or -ā
Feeble, weak, having no strength.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Más
Flesh
Etymology: S. Māṅsa
Mās
Flesh.
Etymology: (S. Māṅsa)
Maser-baiṇ
The daughter of one's mother's sister
Maser-baiṇ
The daughter of one's mother's sister.
Maser-bhái
The son of one's mother's sister
Maser-bhāī
The son of one's mother's sister.
Mashárá
A small broom used to plaster the floor with mud
Also Mashárṭá
Mashārā
A small broom used to plaster the floor.
(Also Mashārtá).
Mashí
A step-mother
Masī
A step-mother.
Masīr
A sort of pulse or lentil (Ervum hirsutum, and Cicer lens).
Etymology: (S. Masūrikā)
Masknu
To crush.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maskṇu
To crush
f. -í, pl. -é
Mast
(1) Abundant (Bashahr); (2) (H. mast) Mad (of an elephant)
Mast
(1) Abundant (Bashahr). (2) Mad (H. an elephant).
Mateī
A step-mother.
Maṭél
A council convened to change a mautā.
-lāgnī, v.s. re. To be against a mautā.
Māthā
The forehead.
-ṭekṇā, v.a. re. To bow down, to salute.
Maṭheā
Younger, smaller.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maṭhéī
Sweetmeat.
Etymology: (H. miṭhāī)
Māṭhu or -ā
Small, little.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Maṭī
Earth, clay.
Etymology: (H. maṭṭī)
Máṭí
A free grant of land
Maṭolṛī
A swallow.
pl. -ī.
Maṭyāṇī
The wife of a mautā.
Mau
A free grant, a jāgīr.
Mau
A bee.
Alike in sing. and pl.
Maulī
A kind of coloured thread used at marriages, etc.
Mauṇṛī
A kind of oak, the holly oak.
Mauṅsā
The husband of one's mother's sister.
Mauṅsī
Mother's sister.
Proverb: 'Sākho rī mauṅsī, Saude rī karerī' - 'Mother's sister by relationship, but very keen at a bargain.'
Mauṛā
Wrist.
Mautī
See Kamdār.
Mauto
Death.
Etymology: (H. maut)
Māwī
A term for the original inhabitants, whose descendants are still found in the Simla hills; i.q. māwannā.
Máwṇu
To cause or allow to beat
f. -í, pl. -é
Meghulā
A cloud.
Etymology: (S. Megha)
Mehrāṭ
A headman's circle.
(Mahlóg).
Mekh
(1) A ram. (2) The zodiacal sign of Aries.
Etymology: (S. Meṣa, a ram)
Mekkhlī
A nail (of iron or wood).
Mel
An object; Junction, union.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To be on friendly terms. -karnā, v.i. ir. To get on good terms with.
Etymology: (H.)
Melā
A fair.
Syn. Jāt.
Etymology: (H.)
Melo
Meetings.
'Khokhrī-rī-melo' - Fighting with swords.
Meṇhṇā
An ironical speech.
-deṇā, v.a. ir. To speak ironically. -suṇ-ṇā, v.i. re. To hear taunting words.
Meṇhṇeṛī
A taunting speech.
Mep
Measurement.
Mepāwṇu
See Māpāwṇu.
Mepnu
See Māpnu.
Mér
The roofing of a house.
-deṇā, v.t. re. To roof.
Meru, -ā
My, mine, of me.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Meṭāwṇu
To cause or allow to spoil.
Meṭnu
To spoil, to make useless.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mewā
Fruits.
Etymology: (H.)
Mhaiṅsh
A she-buffalo.
m. A he-buffalo (Syn. jhoṭā).
Etymology: (S. Mahiṣa)
Mhajan
A shop-keeper.
Etymology: (S. Mahājana)
Mhangu
See Mahangu.
Mhārū or -ā
My, mine, of me.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mhathṛā, -u
Small, little, young.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mhīm
A war, battle.
Etymology: (P. muhim)
Mhīṇ
Thin.
Etymology: (H. mahīn)
Mhīṇā
A month, the twelfth part of a year.
Etymology: (H. mahīnā)
Mhīṭṇu, mīṭṇu
To meet.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mhloṛī
Wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata).
Etymology: (S. Amla-loṇikā)
Mhoṛu or mahṛu
The holly tree.
Mhroī
A kind of dove.
Mhūrt
An auspicious time, a lucky time.
Etymology: (S. Muhūrta)
Mhwerā, -u
The image of a deity.
Dim. mhweṛṭu, n.m. A small image.
Miāň, mīyāň
A word used in addressing a chief's brother or kith and kin.
Etymology: (P. miyān)
Michāwṇī
To cause or allow to shut the eyes.
Michh
See Māchh.
Michṇī
To shut the eyes.
Milāwṇu
To cause or allow to join.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Milnī
A ceremony observed at a wedding.
Milṇu
(1) To meet. (2) To visit. (3) To call upon.
Min-nu
To pinch, to rub.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mīṇ-nu
To measure.
f. -ī, pl. -é. A vessel most commonly used in measuring clarified butter in a pot equal to one seer and six chiṭāks in weight.
Mināwṇu
To cause or allow to pinch or rub.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Miṅgṇī
The ordure of a sheep or goat or wild goat.
Miṅkā
A frog or toad.
Etymology: (S. Maṇḍūka)
Miṇṭu
A lamb.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Minuwāň-sér
A measure of clarified butter equal to 2 sers and 3 chiṭāks.
Mirch
Red pepper, the chilli.
pl. -o.
Mirī
The first to play.
Mīṛṇu
To begin, used in a game played with walnuts.
Misā
Mixed corn, the poor man's food.
Mishāwṇu
To cause or allow to mix together.
Misṇu
To mix together.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Missā
Flour of mixed corn or grain.
Miṭhā
A kind of vegetable.
Etymology: (H. methī)
Miṭhā, -u
Sweet.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mīṭhṇu
See Mhīṭṇu.
Mlāī
Asking the price of.
myā, pl. -ī.
Mnichhā
Desire, wish.
Etymology: (fr. man, mind and ichchhā, desire)
Mo'l
Price.
-e-laṇu, v.t. ir. To purchase. -e-deṇu, v.t. ir. To give at a price, to sell.
Etymology: (H. mol)
Moāl
A curse on, or abuse of, one's mother.
(Also moī).
Moḍā
The produce of the cultivation of the first year.
(Mahlóg).
Moī
A kind of plough to smooth land after sowing.
-deṇī, v.i. ir. To smooth the land with a plough.
Mokāwṇu
To cause or allow to suffer.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mokṇī-paṛnī
To suffer, to undergo, to bear.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mokṇu
(1) To suffer. (2) To undergo, to bear.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Molāwṇu
To ask a price.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mor
A peacock.
Etymology: (S. Mayūra)
Moṛ
The way in which a thing should be folded.
-nu, v.t. re. To fold up.
Mor-muthā
A bundle of peacock's tail-feathers, set in a gold or silver handle, to whisk off the flies, as an emblem of princely rank.
Morchā
(1) Intrenchment. An advance guard. (2) A band.
Moshāwṇu
To cause or allow to wipe.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Moshṇu
To wipe.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mrāk
See Marāk.
Mrāṛī
A wild hawk.
(Also mrerī).
Mrekāwṇu
To cause or allow to twist.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mrekṇu
To twist.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mṛhlaiṇī
A cremation ground.
Every village has its own cremating ground.
Mrig
A wild animal such as a leopard, bear, barking deer, etc.
Etymology: (S. Mṛiga, a deer)
Mrig-satāī
A term for the fortnight, from 22nd of Jéṭh to 8th of Hāṛ.
It is believed that rain in this fortnight is not beneficial, but that sunshine in it is of great benefit to the crops.
Mrig-shīr
Name of a nachhattar or constellation.
Mṛīṇ
A bad smell, such as arises from cremating a dead body.
Mūch
Urine.
Etymology: (S. Mūtra, urine)
Much-nu
To make water.
Muchāwṇu
To cause or allow to make water.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Muchhó
See Gūṅjo.
Muchī
The act of making water.
-lāgnī, v.s. re. To want to make water. (Syn. Chhoṭī).
Mudā
A term for the right to a woman.
Mudokhar
(1) The head. (2) The skull.
(Also muṇḍo-khar).
Muhālā
Bombardment.,-chhārṇā, v.i. re. To bombard.,
Muī
Dead.
Mujrā
An audience.
-karnā, v.v. er. To obtain an audience.
Mukān
The appointed day on which all the relations come to the house where a death has taken place to pay the sum of money called kaurī-roṭī.
Mukāwṇu
To finish.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Mukhāh
The act of washing the mouth and hands.
-karnī, v.t. re. To wash the mouth, hands and feet.
Mukhiyā, mukhiā
The headman of a village.
Mukṇu
To be no more, to finish, to be ended.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Muktū
Abundant, too much, sufficient.
Mūl
(1) Origin. (2) Name of a nachhattar or constellation.
Etymology: (S. Mūla, origin)
Mūle
Under.
Mūle-rā
Original.
Mūlī
A radish.
Etymology: (H.)
Muluk
A country.
-kiyā, n.m. A countryman.
Etymology: (H. mulk)
Mūm
Wax.
-jāmū, n.m. Wax candle.
Etymology: (H. mom)
Mūňḍ
The head.
-nhāṇu, v.i. ir. To bathe after menses.
Etymology: (S. Muṇḍa, head)
Muṇḍā
Upset, reversed, contrary.
-pāṇā, v.t. re. To upset, to turn back.
Muṇḍar
The act of prohibiting any impious act at the fair called Blāj.
-bāhne, v.i. re. (1) To order not to do a sinful act at the Blāj fair. (2) To offer protection. -kholṇe, v.i. re. To set free.
Muṇḍé-nagāre-dewṇu
To be totally defeated.
Muṇḍī, muṇḍrī
A ring (of a finger).
Muṇḍokhar
See Mudokhar.
Muṇḍrī
Ring (of a finger).
Muṇḍro-bān-né
See Muṇḍar.
Mūṅg, mūṅgī
A sort of kidney bean (Phaseolus mungo).
A kind of green pulse generally given to the sick.
Mūṅgī
See Mūṅg.
Munnī
A girl or daughter.
(Bilāspūr and Kunihār).
Munnū
A boy.
(Bilāspūr and Kāṅgṛā).
Murāṛā
Half-burnt fuel.
Mūṛī
Roasted grain for chewing.
-banāwṇī, v.t. re. To prepare roasted grain; to roast grain.
Murkh
An illiterate man, a fool.
Etymology: (S. Mūrkha, illiterate)
Murkú
A kind of small earring.
-ī, n.f. A small nose-ring.
Murlī
A flute, a pipe (of music).
Etymology: (S. Muralī)
Murr
(1) An image, an idol. (2) A picture.
Etymology: (S. Mūrti, an image)
Mūshā
A mouse or rat.
f. -ī.
Etymology: (S. Mūṣaka)
Mūshl
A pestle, a club, a mace.
Etymology: (S. Muśala)
Mūshl-dhār-barkhā
Heavy rain. Raining cats and dogs.
Mushlī
A small pestle or club.
Mushtaṇḍá
Young, of sound health.
adj. f. -ī. Young (woman).
Mushtu
The male young of a mouse.
f. -tí.
Muṭhā or -u
A handful.
Mwāl
See Moāl.
Mwehrá or -u
The image of a village deity.
(Also Mhwerā).
N
Nā
(1) No. (2) Neither. (3) Nor.,'Tinīe hāň nā kīyeň ní dittī' - 'He did not say yes or no.' 'Nā se thī tiṇḍī, nā se thā' - 'Neither she nor he was there.',-hāṅ, adv. Yes or no.
Nā'k
The nose.
Etymology: (S. Nāsikā)
Nā'l
The joint of the waist.
Nachhattrī
Fortunate, born at a lucky time.
Nādā, -u
Difficult.
-lāgnā, v.s. re. To be unhappy.
Nadī
A river.
Etymology: (S.)
Nadr
Sight.
-paṛṇu, v.t. re. To see, to appear. v.i. re. To be seen.
Etymology: (P. nazr, sight)
Nādu-lāgṇu
To pine in love, to be unhappy.
Nādu-mānaṇu
To be displeased.
Nag
A jewel fit to be fixed in a ring.
Etymology: (H.)
Nāg
(1) A serpent. (2) The name of a village deity.
Etymology: (S. Nāga, a cobra)
Nagāl
A kind of thin bamboo used in making baskets, etc.
Nagālī
(1) A kind of thin bamboo. (2) A basket-maker.
Nāgaṇ
(1) A female snake. (2) The name of a deity.
Nagandé
The sewings which make a quilt.
-deṇé, v.i. ir. To quilt.
Nagāṛā
A kettledrum.
pl. -é. Kettledrums.
Etymology: (P. naqqārah)
Nagāṛchī
One who beats a kettledrum.
Nagāṛkhāṇā
A place where a band plays.
Nagauṛī
A kind of poisonous drug.
Nahāṇu, nhāṇu
To bathe.
Etymology: (H. nahānā)
Nāhār, nbāṛ
Corn that grows without cultivation.
Etymology: (S. Nīvāra)
Nahorā
A humble request.
Etymology: (H. nihorā)
Nahwāṇu, nhwāṇu
To cause or allow to bathe.
Nāī, nau
A river.
Nāī, nāwī
A barber.
Naichā
A part of the hubble-bubble.
Etymology: (P.)
Naitā
A rivulet.
Naité
By way of the river.
Naitī
(1) A rivulet. (2) adv. By way of the rivulet.
Naj
Food or grain.
(Also nāj).
Etymology: (H. anāj)
Najāṇ
Ignorant, unwise.
Najr
A present.
-deṇī, v.t. ir. To offer a present.
Etymology: (P. nazr)
Nakal
(1) Copy. (2) A pastime.
Etymology: (P. naqal)
Nakammā
Good for nothing.
Nakhār
Soap.
Nakhrā
Artifice, waggery.
Etymology: (P.)
Naktā
One having no nose.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nakthīṛ
Bleeding from the nostrils.
-chhuṭṇā, v.s. re. To bleed from the nostrils.
Nal
(1) A pipe. (2) A small river.
Nal-bāī
A kind of disease.
(fr. nāl, sinews, and bāī, wind).
Nālā
A waterfall.
Nalāek
Ignorant, unwise.
Etymology: (P. nā-lāyiq)
Nālh
A small rivulet.
Nalī
The bone of the leg.
Nālshī
Complaint.
-karnī, v.t. ir. To bring a complaint.
Etymology: (P. nālish)
Nālū
A spring.,-we-lāṇā, v.t. re. To put a child under a small thread of water.,It is a custom among all hill people to put children in summer under a water spring to sleep.
Nālu-mūsā
A mongoose.
Namālá
A request to a village deity.
-karnā, v.t. re. to ask a deity about one's troubles, etc. -deṇā, v.i. re. To decide verbally, by a village deity. (Also nmāle).
Namawlá or nmāwlá
Motherless.
Nān, nānā
Maternal grandfather.
The former is used in Bashahr.
Nanad
The husband's sister.
Etymology: (S. Nanāndṛi)
Nañchāwṇu
To cause or allow to dance.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nāñchṇu
To dance.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nandoī
The husband of a husband's sister.
Naṅgū, -ā
Naked.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nānh
Negatively.
-deṇī, v.t. ir. To deny, to refuse.
Nānī
Maternal grandmother.
Nāṅkā
The mother's home.
Nānsāl
See Nāṅkā.
Nāṅw
A name.
Etymology: (H. nām)
Nāṅwkaṇu
To cause or allow to name.
Nāṅwkṇu
To name, to enlist.
Nāp
Measurement.
Napāwṇu
(1) To cause or allow to measure. (2) To cause or allow to bend.
Napṇu
To bend, to be humble.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nāpṇu
To measure.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nar
(1) Male. (2) Brave.
Nāṛā
Trouser string.
Narain
The god Vishnu.
Etymology: (S. Nārāyaṇa)
Narāṭ, nṛāṭ
Mistletoe, holly.
Narātte
A term used for the nine days of Chét and Asój, in which the grand worship of Devī (goddess) is performed.
Etymology: (S. Navarātri, nine nights)
Nard
A ball used in chaupaṛ (dicing).
Narélṭu
A small pipe for smoking; dim. of narél.
Nargas
A kind of water lily.
Narī
A kind of red leather made of goat's skin.
Narī
A pipe for smoking.
Nāṛī
The wrist or pulse.
'Nāṛī dā rau' - 'Be conscious.' 'Terī nāṛī chhuṭīgoī' - 'He has no pulse,' i.e., he is dead.
Etymology: (S.)
Narjā
A kind of scales peculiar to the hill people.
Nark
(1) Hell. (2) Ordure.
Etymology: (S. Naraka, hell)
Narméň
Cotton.
Nārné
By God.
Narol, nrol
Veil, the pardā system.
Naroliyā, nroliyā
One who wears a veil, one who lives in pardā.
Naṛṛā
Hard.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nārth
Violence, oppression.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be unusual.
Etymology: (S. Anartha, nonsensical)
Nas
A beam of timber.
Nās, naswār
Snuff.
-lānī, v.i. ir. To take snuff.
Nasāf, nsāf
Justice.
Etymology: (P. inṣāf, justice)
Nāsh
Destruction, ruin.
Etymology: (S. Nāśa)
Nāsh-paṭṇu
To ruin, to destroy.
Nash, naush
The nails.
Etymology: (S. Nakha)
Nashāwṇu
To cause or allow to escape.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nāsht
Destruction.
Etymology: (S. Naṣṭa)
Nasiṇu
To go away.
(Bashahr).
Nasūr, nsūr
A fistula, ulcer or sore.
Etymology: (H. nāsūr)
Nātā
Relation.
Nātāchārī
Relationship.
Etymology: (H. nātāchārī)
Nath
Nose ring.
Syn. Bālu.
Etymology: (H. nath)
Nathṇu
To run away, to escape.
Generally used when a ruler's subject goes to another territory.
Nathūwṇu
To cause or allow to escape.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nau
New.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nau
(1) Nine. (2) a River.
Nauhaṭé
Of nine hands, in measure.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nauj
See Naj.
Naumī
The ninth day of Chét and Asój on which general worship of Devī (goddess) is performed. It is considered a feast day.
Nauṇ
A place for water.
Nauṇī
See Chopar.
Naur
A canal or channel.
Etymology: (H. nahar)
Naush
See Nash.
Nautor
Newly cultivated land.
Nawā
New.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Also nawu).
Nawī
See Nawā.
Nāwī
See Nāī.
Nāyaṇ
A barber's wife.
(Also nāuṇ).
Nbāṛ
Rice or other grain growing wild or uncultivated.
Etymology: (S. Nīvāra)
Nberā
Destruction.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be ruined.
Nchhāṇā, -u
Unsifted.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nchhāṇiéň
Without sifting.
Nefā
The upper part of the trousers in which the string is fastened.
Negaṇ
The wife of a Negī.
Negī
The commandant of a koṭhī in Kullū and Maṇḍī.
An officer in charge of a jail in the Simla Hills. In Kanāwar, a gentleman or well-to-do man.
Nehā
The spring harvest.
Néhchā
See Nihchā.
Nehtū
Love.
Etymology: (S. Sneha)
Nejā
A spear.
Neorā
Cooked flesh.
Neré
Near.
(Also niūré).
Nernu, nhernu
A small implement used to cut the nails.
Neshṇe-lāṇā
To ask, to inquire.
Neshṇu
To ask.
Newul
A hot place.
(Also Néol).
Nhāṇu
See Nahāṇu.
Nhernu
See Nernu.
Nhokṇu
To hit, to strike.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nhrāṇu
To humble.
Nhrāwṇu
To cause or allow to humble.
Nhwār
A healthy complexion.
-girṇī, v.i. re. To be convalescent.
Nhwārī
Breakfast.
Nhyālṇu
To wait for.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nhyauṛch
A dark fortnight.
Etymology: (S. Andha-paksha)
Nī
Not.
'Māň nī chāṅyiṅ' - 'I don't want.'
Nī-āṅṭhī
Isn't.
Nī-bālnu
Cannot.
Nī-chāṅyiṅ
I don't want.
Nīch
A low-caste man.
Etymology: (S. Nīcha)
Nichhā or -u
Clean, fine.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nichhū or -ā
Neat, unpolluted.
-Hachhū, adj. m. Pure, clean, purified physically or morally.
Nigṛi-jāṇu
To perish.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nigṛṇu
To die, to perish.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nihālṇu
See Nhyālṇu.
Nihāṇ
A carpenter's tool.
Nihchā
Patience, belief.
-rākhṇā, v.i. re. To have patience. -rauṇā, v.i. ir. To be assured.
Etymology: (S. Nishchaya)
Nihchā
Leisure.
-hoṇā, v.i. er. To be at leisure. (Also néhchā).
Nīl
The inner part of the blue or other pine.
Nīm
An oath, an ordeal.
-karnā or -thwāṇā, v.a.i. ir. and re. To take an oath. -deṇā, v.t. ir. To offer an oath.
Nīm or nimk
A kind of tree (Melia azadirachta).
Etymology: (S. Nimba)
Nimbū
The citron fruit or tree.
Etymology: (S. Nimba)
Nimlu or -ā
Clear.
Proverb: 'Gāhļu gāhļu bahi jā, nimlu nimlu rahi jā' - '...foul or turbid water flows away, but the clear or transparent remains,' i.e., bad times will pass away and happy days will return.
Etymology: (S. Nirmala)
Nīṅd
Sleep.
-āwṇī, v.i. re. To be asleep.
Etymology: (S. Nidrā)
Nīndṇu
To weed.
Nīr
Tears.
Etymology: (S. Nīra, water)
Nirṇe
Breakfast (Keoṇṭhal).
adj. m.; f. -ī, pl. -é. Fasting, not having taken food. 'Nirṇe peṭé khīrā nī khāṇā.' - 'Don't eat cucumber when fasting.'
Nisṛṇu
To come into ear, of grain.
Nīṭhé
Down.
-pāṇḍī, adv. Cohabiting. -khe, For bedding.
Nitrṇu
To dry by letting water run or drip off.
Niūṅā
Anxious, full of care.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Niūṅé-sheṭṇu
To cast into anxiety.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Niurā
The tree-frog.
Niūré
Near, nigh.
Nofā
Interest, gain.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To have an interest in.
Etymology: (P. nafa)
Nok
A tip.
-dār, With a tip.
Nokhā or -ā
Extraordinary, wonderful.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nṛāgul
The air that blows from a ravine.
Etymology: (fr. nāl, a ravine, and bāgur, the air)
Nrāj
Displeased, angry.
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be displeased or angry.
Etymology: (P. nārāz)
Nrājī
Displeasure, anger.
-hoṇī or -karnī, To proceed against.
Nṛāṭ
See Narāṭ.
Syn. bāndā or bānde.
Nrogā, -u
Convalescent.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (fr. S. Nīroga)
Nryoṛṇu
To overtake.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nryoṛwṇu
To be overtaken.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Nwālā
A morsel.
-laṇā, v.s. ir. To take a morsel.
Nwāṇ
Measurement.
-laṇā, v.i. ir. To take a measurement.
Nwāṛ
The thread used in making a palang.
Nyāw
Justice.
Etymology: (S. Nyāya)
Nyāw-nasāf
Redress for a crime.
Nyoṇḍā
An invitation.
-deṇā, v.t. re. To invite.
Etymology: (S. Nimantraṇa)
Nyoṛ
See Nyāw.
O
O
The sign of the vocative case.
'O bhāī' - 'O you!'
O'l
Excuse, pretence.
-lāṇā, v.a. re. To pretend.
O'l
Land-slip.
-paṛnā, v.s. re. To slip.
O'ré
For pleasure.
-re-lā, phrase 'O you!'
O's
Dew.
-paṛnī, v.s. re. To fall, of dew.
Obrā
A cattle-shed; the lower storey where cattle are kept.
-kāṛhṇā, v.t. re. To carry out manure from the cattle-shed.
Obrī
A small cattle-shed.
Obrṭu
A smaller cattle-shed.
Odā
(1) A basket. (2) A boundary stone in a field.
Odā
The tooth between the front teeth and the grinders.
Odā-bāṇḍā
Partition.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To be separated off with one's own share in one's father's property.
Odā, -u
Damp, wet, moist.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Oḍkaṇ
The frame of wood on which a carpenter works.
Oduwā
The lower corner of a field.
Oduwé
At the corner.
Og
The wedge of a plough.
Oglá
A kind of grain grown in the hills, called mandwā in the plains.
Oh, ohū
Ah, alas!
Ojr
The stomach.
Ojrú
Curls.
Okhal, ukhal
A mortar.
Olā
Hail.
pl. -é.
Olaṇ
Soup or cooked pulse or other vegetables with which to take bread or rice.
Olé
Hail.
-paṛné, v.s. re. To have a fall of hail. (Syn. shaṛū).
Etymology: (H.)
Olé
On the other side.
Oliwá
A piece of twine used to hold up a pot, etc. with.
-lāṇā, v.v. re. To tie the twine to a pot, etc. -banāwṇī, v.t. re. To make twine for an earthen pot, etc.
Oprá
Unacquainted, unknown, foreign.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Opré-rā-ilāj
The treatment or cure of magical acts (witchcraft).
Or-rā, -u
Near, nigh, this side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Orā, -u
Here, at this place, hither.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Orhāwṇu
To cause or allow to wear.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Orhṇī
A woman's scarf.
Oṛhṇu
To wear, to put on.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Oṛī
The wife of a carpenter.
Syn. bādhaṇ.
Orkā, -u
To this side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ó
Ód
Moisture, dampness.
Ór
A carpenter.
(Bashahr). In the Simla Hills he is called Bādhī.
P
Pā'l
Frost.
-paṛnā, v.s. ir. To be frosty.
Etymology: (S. Pāla)
Pā'ng
Mud of the foul water kept in a field for sowing rice during the rainy season.
Pa'ṛj
A bow string.
-chuṭnī, v.s. re. To break, of the string of a bow. -lānī, v.i. re. To put a string to a bow.
Pāch
A leaf.
-ṇu, v.t. re. To shave with an adze.
Etymology: (S. Patra)
Pachar
A wedge.
Etymology: (H. pachchar)
Pāchar
Backbiting, injuring one's interests.
Pachāwṇu
To cause or allow to digest.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pacherṇu
To smash against.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāchh
A cut in a limb or body.
-deṇā, v.i. ir. To inflict a cut on a limb.
Pāchhé or -ā
Backwards.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pachhé-fa
Afterwards.
Pachhéṭ, -ī
Late in ripening, of the harvest.
Pāchhī
By the back way.
Pāchhká
Behind, backwards.
n.m. f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāchhlá, -u
Former, previous, of late.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pachhu-ṭīṭī-ro
Having turned back.
Pachī
Twenty-five.
Pachī-no-rauṇu
To try with utmost care.
Pachkā
A hold, a grasp.
-pāṇā, v.i. re. To have a hold of. -deṇā, v.f. ir. To lay hands on.
Pachṇu
To be digested.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pachṇu
To be engaged attentively.
Pāchnu
To work with an adze.
Pad
One only.
In calculation when only one remains it is called 'pad' and is esteemed very lucky.
Pādā
The buttocks.
Pādhā
A learned Brahman who discharges religious duties.
f. -ī, n.f. The wife of a Pādhā.
Pāelāga
A term used for saluting a Brahman by the three castes: Rājpūt, Baniyā and Kanet.
Among Kanets the saluting term is pāopoṇḍe or pairi-pé - 'I bow down to your feet.'
Pāetá
Preparations for a journey.
Etymology: (S. Prasthāna)
Paetlā, -u
Polluted, unclean, left off.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāg
A turban.
Etymology: (H. pagṛī)
Pagṛā, -u
Perceptible, present.
-é-hoṇu, v.s. ir. To be present or perceptible. -karnā, v.t. ir. To make present or perceptible.
Pāgṛū, pāgṛiyé
Those who wear turbans.
Pagṛwā
Verandah.
Pāhāṛ
(1) A mountain. (2) A hill.
Etymology: (H.)
Paharā
A watch.
-deṇā, v.t. ir. To watch.
Pāhāṛī
An inhabitant of a mountain.
adj. Mountainous.
Pahāṛū
See Pāhāṛī.
Paij
A vow, an oath.
-karnī, v.t. ir. To take an oath.
Paijar
Shoes.
(Also paijār).
Paijār
See Paijar.
Pailá or -u
(1) The first. (2) Formerly.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Painā
(1) A goad. (2) A sharp-pointed instrument for driving cattle.
Paiṅtī
35.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Thirty-fifth.
Paisā
(1) Money. (2) A pice.
Etymology: (H.)
Pākhā
A side, a party.
-lenu, v.t. re. To side with.
Pākhar
A saddle.
Pakhé'rū
A bird.
Etymology: (S. Pakṣī)
Pākhī
A small saddle.
Pākhṇu
To recognise, to know.
Pākhṛū
A small saddle.
Pāl
A measure of capacity of 2 or 2.5 chhiṭāks.
Pālak
Spinach.
Etymology: (H.)
Pālak
A preserver, a cherisher.
Etymology: (H.)
Pālak-putr
An adopted son.
Pālki
A palanquin.
Etymology: (H.)
Pālṇu
To preserve, to cherish.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. pālnā)
Paltan
A regiment of soldiers.
Etymology: (E. battalion)
Pālyā
One who works at the bellows of an iron-smelting furnace (Mandi State).
Pamāṇ
(1) An oath. (2) Proof.
Etymology: (S. Pramāṇa)
Pān
A betel leaf.
Etymology: (H.)
Panālī
A spout.
Pañch
An arbitrator.
-karm, v.i. ir. To arbitrate.
Pāṇch
Five.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Fifth.
Etymology: (S. Pañcha)
Pañchhī
Birds in general.
(Also pakhérū).
Pañchmī
The fifth day of the bright or dark half of a month.
Etymology: (S. Pañchamī)
Pañḍā
A Brāhman who receives a donation at an eclipse.
Pāṇḍe
Across.
m., f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāṇḍe
Upon.
Proverb: 'Ju nhāndā muchāṅ, muṅhoṅ pāṇḍe papaṇ hāṭh, tesuṅ kā pāpī?' - 'How can he, who makes water in his bath, or tells a lie, face to face, be caught.' Meaning, how can he be punished?
Pāṇḍé
Above, upon.
Pāṇḍkā or -u
Across there.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāṇḍlā or -u
Of above, upper.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Pāṇḍlé, -u
Of across, trans-river or ridge.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Paṇḍrā
15.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Fifteenth.
Paṇḍra-hazār
A term for the Keoṇṭhal State, as its net revenue at one time was only Rs. 15,000.
Pāṇḍūé
A festival observed on the 15th of the month of Pūh.
(Jubbal, Kotgaṛh and Kotkhāī).
Pāṅgā
A branch, a bough.
Etymology: (H. pāṅgā)
Paṇhār
A rainbow.
-paṛnī, v.i. re. To appear, of the rainbow.
Panhāur
The water-place of a village.
Paṇhyāṛ
See Panhyāṛ.
Paṇī
A shoe or shoes.
Paṇihār
See Panhyāṛ.
Pānj
5.
-wāň, f. -wīň, m. -weň, pl. The fifth.
Etymology: (H. pāṅch)
Pañjā-jūns
The right of the State to buy up grain at harvest at fixed rates.
(Kuṭhār).
Pañjak
The nakshatras called Dhaniṣṭhā, Shatabhikhā, Pūrvābhādrapadā, Uttarābhādrapadā and Revatī.
Etymology: (S. Pañchaka)
Pañjāllī
One who collected supplies, milk, curd, wood, etc., for the royal kitchen.
(Kullū).
Pañjīrī
A medicinal cake given to a woman who has been delivered of a child.
Paṅkh
See Pakkh.
Paṅkhṛū
A butterfly; any winged insect.
Pānkhṛu
See Pākhṛū.
Paṅsérā
A shopkeeper.
(Also pānsārī).
Etymology: (S. Paṅsārī-vāṭa)
Panth
A heap of stones kept at a cross-road and considered the deity of the way.
Everyone passing by has to put a stone on it.
Etymology: (S. Pathin, a road)
Pāntū
Children's shoes.
Pāṇu
To throw in.
Pāṅw
Foot.
Pāṅwṇā
A guest.
f. -ī, pl. -é. Also pāhuṇā.
Panyāh
See Panhyāṛī.
Pāp
(1) Sin. (2) A deceased ancestor who is supposed to cause injury if not worshipped.
-pūjṇā, v.i. re. To worship the deceased with cakes, etc.
Etymology: (S. Pāpa, sin)
Pāpī
Sinful.
Etymology: (S. Pāpin)
Pār
Across.
Pārā
Quicksilver.
Paraiṇā
A form of marriage observed among Kāneṭs.
(See Rīti-maṇḍī).
Etymology: (S. Pariṇayana)
Parāl
Rice-straw.
(Also prā'l).
Etymology: (S. Palāla)
Parāl-lāṇé
To beseech, to implore.
'Hāmu deū parālné lāé' - 'They began to beseech the village deities.'
Parāntū
A nuptial ceremony observed on a smaller scale than a paraiṇā.
Parār
The year before last.
Parāt, prāt
A large dish.
(H.).
Paréwī
The first day of the bright or dark half of a month.
Etymology: (S. Pratipadā)
Pārī
Beyond.
Pāri-go-ā-lā
Would have fallen.
Parīti
(1) Friendship, love. (2) The state of being in good terms.
Etymology: (S. Prīti 'love')
Parj
The name of a tune or rāgnī.
Parjā
Subjects.
Parmāṇ
A certificate.
Etymology: (S. Pramāṇa, a proof)
Parmésur
See Parmeśur.
Paró
Grain lent on interest.
Partishṭhā
A ceremony observed on entering a new house or temple.
-karṇī, v.t. re. To consecrate.
Etymology: (S. Pratishṭhā, consecration)
Pāṛū
An earthen pot.
Pāshá
A die.
Pashaiṇu
To speak in a dream.
Pashé
Aside.
-lāgnī, v.i. re. (1) To be un-successful. (2) To miss.
R
Rāṛnī
To be displeased, to be angry.
'Se guseḍḍ mén-ṭā rāṛī' - 'He is displeased with me.'
Rāṛṇu
To cause or allow to roast in butter.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rāṛṇu
To roast in butter.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ras
Juice.
Etymology: (S. Rasa)
Rās-karnī
To cook.
'Hāmu vi rās karnī' - 'We to be cooking.'
Rasāwṇu
To praise, to speak in favour of.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rashī
Twine.
Rāt
Night.
Etymology: (S. Rātri)
Raṭā
Red, crimson.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (S. Rakta)
Rath
A peculiar kind of ḍolī in which a village deity is made to dance.
Etymology: (S. Ratha, a chariot)
Rāṭhī
A term for a lower class Rājpūt.
(Kāṅgṛā and Simla Hills).
Rāṭhū
The name of a sept of Kāneṭs.
Rathyolī
A tune used when the village deity dances in a rath.
Rāṭī
A piece of iron.
Rāṭṛā
(1) Reddish. (2) A species of rice.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rau
And.
Proverb: 'Chhiwaṛ rau māch suhṇe ni rauṅde' - 'Women and bees never live in a good place.'
Rāu
See Rāī.
Rauṇā
A courtyard before a palace.
Rāuṇb
An agricultural implement.
(Bashāhr).
Rauṇu
To live, to remain.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rbhāwṇu
(1) To look after. (2) To beguile.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rbhyāwṇu
To cause or allow to look after.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ré
See Rā.
Reb
A kind of cut, of trousers.
Rebjāmā
A kind of trousers.
Rekh
The other.
pl. -o.
Rekhā
A line.
-deṇī, To draw a line.
Etymology: (S. Rekhā)
Rekṭā
At another place.
Rel-pel
A crowd.
-hoṇī, To be crowded.
Relā
A log of timber.
Reṭ
Sand.
Reṭāwṇu
To cause or allow to saw.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Reṭī
A small saw.
Reṭlā or -u
Sandy.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Reṭṇu
To saw.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Reūns, ryūns
A kind of tree the wood of which is used to make sticks, etc.
Rgāṇu
To dye, to colour.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. raṅgānā)
Rhāchṇu
To be lost or to be coloured.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rhāṁī
Unlawful.
Etymology: (H. harāmī)
Rhyāl
A fair at which the people practise archery, held in the monsoon.
(Madhān, Theog, Balsan and Jubbal).
Rī
See Rā.
Richh or rīkh
A bear.
(The latter form is used in Bashāhr).
Etymology: (S. Ṛiksha)
Rigṛū
An attendant, a servant, a peon.
Rijhāwṇu
To please.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rījhṇu
(1) To be satisfied, to be pleased. (2) To be cooked.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rijhyāwṇu
To cause or allow to cook.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rīkh
Livelihood.
Etymology: (S. Ṛikṣa)
Rikhī
A sage, a saint.
Etymology: (S. Ṛishi)
Rin
A debt, a loan.
-deṇī, v.t. ir. To pay a loan. -grāhṇu, v.t. re. To realize a debt.
Etymology: (S. Ṛiṇa)
Rirāwṇu
To cause or allow to slip.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rirkāwṇu
To cause or allow to roam.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rirkṇu
To roam to and fro.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Riṛkū
Rolling.
Rīṛṇu
To stumble, to slip.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rīt
Season.
Etymology: (S. Rīti)
Rīt
A custom, manners.
-lāṇu, v.t. ir. To accept the expenses of one's marriage, and abandon one's wife to another. -deṇī, v.t. ir. To pay off the marriage expenses of one's wife. -bartṇu, v.t. re. To act according to custom.
Etymology: (S. Rīti, the way)
Rjyowṇu
To cause or allow to cook or boil.
Rkhṛuṅyā
A festival held on the full moon in Sāwaṇ at which the twice-born castes don a new sacred thread after worship.
Etymology: (fr. Rākhrī, a thread, and puṇyā, full moon)
Rog
Disease.
-āwṇu, v.i. re. To appear, of a disease. -hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be diseased, to be ill.
Etymology: (S. Roga)
Roglā
Sick, ill, having a disease.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roj
Day.
-roj, adv. Every day.
Etymology: (P. roz)
Rok
(1) Prevention. (2) Cash.
Rokāwṇu
To cause or allow to prevent.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roki-deṇu
To bar, to prevent, to stand in the way.
Rokṇu
To bar, to prevent.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roṇḍe-lāgnu
To begin to weep.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roṇu, ruṇu
To weep, to bewail.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ropā
Planting (of rice).
-ṇī, n.f. The act of planting.
Ropāwṇu
To cause or allow to plant (of rice).
Roṛ
(1) A small stone. (2) A stirring about.
Roṛā-deṇā
To stir about.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roṛāwṇu
To cause or allow to stir.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roṛṇu
To stir.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rosh
Anger, indignation.
-āwṇā, v.i. re. To be angry. -hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be displeased.
Etymology: (S. Roṣa)
Roshāwṇu
To cause or allow to displease.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roshṇu
To be angry, to be displeased.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Roṭ
A cake for a deity.
-praich, n.m. A present of cooked and uncooked food to a village deity.
Roṭṭ
Entirely.
(Also rapaṭṭ).
Rowāṇu
See Rasāwṇu.
Rsóī
See Rasóī.
Rsóṭār
A chief's cook.
Ru
See Rā.
Rūdhṇu
To detain.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (S. Ruddha)
Ruhākārī
Pleading.
-karnī, v.i. ir. To plead. -hoṇī, v.i. ir. To be pleaded.
Ruī
See Rūň.
Rūkāwṇu
To cause or allow to prevent.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūkh
Side.
-dekhṇā, v.i. re. To betray one's intention. -paltṇā, v.i. re. To be against.
Rūkh
A tree.
(S. Bhūruha).
Rūkhā
Rough, unproductive.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Also rukkhā).
Rukhaṇī
A kind of chisel.
Rukhṛā
A small tree.
Rukṇu
To stop, to be detained.
Etymology: (H. ruknā)
Rulāwṇu
To cause or allow to roam.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ruli-jāṇu
To be roaming.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rulṇu
(1) To roam to and fro. (2) To be without a guardian.
Rūm
(1) The act of handling. (2) Hair on the body.
Rumāwṇu
To cause or allow to plant.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūň
Cotton.
Rūṇḍā
Weeping, bewailing.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūṇṇu
To plant.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūṇu-de-lāgnu
To weep, to bewail.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūpaṛyā
A rupee.
Etymology: (H. rupayā)
Rūpmātrāṇī
A kind of tree which bears bright red flowers in the monsoon.
Rūshāwṇu
See Roshāwṇu.
Rushṇi-jāṇu
To be displeased or angry.
Rushṇu
To be angry or displeased.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Rūṭī-maṇḍī
A kind of marriage ceremony; a cap from the bridegroom's to the bride's house, dresses her, and brings her home to the bridegroom.
(Kāṅgṛā). In the Simla hills (Syn. Praiṇā).
Ruwāṇī
(1) Pleasant. (2) Strong.
S
S-hyārī-rā
Of equal age.
-re, pl.
Sabālā or -u
In favour.
-hoṇā, v.s. ir. To be favourable.
Sabhā
An assembly, a court.
Etymology: (S.)
Sabhāw
Temper, disposition.
Etymology: (S. Svabhāva, disposition)
Sach
Truth.
-ā or -u, adj. m., f. -ī, pl. -é. True, truthful.
Etymology: (S. Satya)
Sadā
Always, ever.
Etymology: (S.)
Sadkā
Original, constant.
Sāer, sāer sānjī
The first day of the month of Asoj.
Saitālis
47.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Forty-seventh.
Sajāltṇu
To make fit.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sājaṇ
A term for a husband.
(Also sājaṇ).
Etymology: (S. Sajjana)
Sājaṇī
The actual passage of the sun from one sign of the zodiac into another.
Sājṇu
To skin a sacrificed goat or sheep.
Sājrā
Fresh.
f. -ī, pl. -é. Sājrā dūdh, Fresh milk. Sājrā chopar, Fresh butter. Sājrā pāṇī, Fresh water.
Sakārā
Readiness.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be ready.
Sākh
Relation.
(Also shākh).
Sālag-misrī
A kind of herb used as a medicine.
Shā'h
60.
-wāň, adj. m.; -wīň, pl. -weň. The sixtieth.
Shā'l
Shingle, a piece of wood.
Shā'ī, pl. Shā'é.
Shā's
See Sā's.
Shaikāwṇu
To cause or allow to escape.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shaikṇu
To escape, to run away.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shālā
Brother-in-law.
Shālá, -u
Cold, chilly.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shālāwṇu
To make cool.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shāléwṇu
See Shāléwṇu.
Shālh
Sister-in-law.
Shalk
A heavy shower (of rain).
Proverb: 'Bádlī páke bhalkó; Pāṇī rī lāgī shalkó' - 'When the clouds are red at morn, Then there will be a heavy shower of rain.'
Shalnī
Pain, aches.
-paṛnī, v.i. re. To feel pain.
Shālṇu
To become cold.
Shaló
Locusts.
Shalwṇu
To be cool or cold.
Shāmá
A kind of grass that grows in fields in the autumn.
(Also shāṅī).
Shamáṇa, samáṇu
To die.
Shaṇáṇ
Bathing, a bath.
Etymology: (S. Snāna)
Shanchar
Saturn or Saturday.
Etymology: (S. Shanishchara)
Shāṇḍ
Barren (of a cow or buffalo).
Shāṇḍṇu
To fatigue.
Shāṇgal
The chain of a door.
(S. Shriṅkhalā).
Shāṅgī
The throat.
Shānnī
A small room in a house to keep sheep in.
Shānt
A religious observance in honour of a deity.
Etymology: (S. Shānti, peace)
Shāpṛ
A rock.
Sharam
Shame.
-āwṇī, v.i. re. To feel ashamed.
Etymology: (H. Sharm)
Shārdā
A kind of tax.
Shāṛh
The third Hindū month, corresponding to June.
Etymology: (S. Āṣāṛha)
Shāṛhī
The autumnal harvest.
Shariṇ, shriṇ
The smell of anything rotting.
Shaṛū
Hail.
-paṛné, v.i. re. To fall, of hail.
Shashā
A hare.
(Syn. faṛ-ṛū).
Shāshṇu
To rub oil or butter on the body.
Shāshwṇu
To cause or allow to rub oil or butter on the body.
Shāṭā
A bark (of a tree).
pl. -é.
Shāṭh
The straw of the crop called koḍā, or used as fodder for cattle.
Shaṭkā
Soon, instantly, immediately.
-chāṛé, adv. At once.
Shau
A porcupine.
(Also shāī).
Shaun
A rival wife.
Shauṅ
A swearing.
-deṇī, v.t. ir. To put on oath. 'Tere shauṅ, āň ni dewaṅḍā.' - 'I swear on you, I am not going.'
Etymology: (H. saugand)
Shāuṇī
A term for land that may be under direct cultivation by a chief.
Syn. bāshā.
Shauṅkaṇ
A rival.
Shauṇlāwṇu
To cause or allow to shear wool (of sheep).
Shauṇlṇu
To shear wool (of sheep).
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shekhṛā
See Saurā.
Shekhṛā
See Shékṛ.
Shekhū
A garland to be worn at a wedding.
Etymology: (H.)
Shékṛ, shekṛā
Bark or shell.
-mārnī, v.s. re. To boast of.
Shél
Fibre used to make ropes. It is produced from the bark of a tree called byoṅl which is also used to feed cattle.
Shél, shelī
The root of an esculent plant called kachālá.
Sher, sheṛī
A long field, generally of rice.
Sheṛū
A kind of mustard (Sinapis dichotoma).
(pl. See Sheṛ).
Etymology: (S. Sharṣapa)
Sheṭāwṇu
To cause or allow to throw away.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sheṭṇu
To cast away.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sheṭuwṇu
To be cast away.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shīghrá
Soon, immediately.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (S. Shīghra)
Shikhṇu
To give good advice, to instruct, to bring up.
Shikṛā
A small bird of prey.
Shil
A large stone.
Shīlā
Not sunny. A place where the sun shines but for a short time.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shīm
Mucus.
Shimāwṇu
To cause or allow to give off mucus.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shīmṇu
To excrete mucus.
Shīṅg
A horn.
-o, pl. Horns.
Etymology: (S. Shriṅga)
Shīṅgāwṇu
To cause or allow to smell.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shīṅghṇu
To smell.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shir
Head.
-nāmā, n.m. Heading.
Etymology: (S. Shiras)
Shīsh
See Shīr.
Etymology: (H.)
Shkoṇā
The act of drying in the sun.
Shkoṇu
To dry (grain in the sun).
Shkoṭhā, śkoṭhā
A gift of grain given to menials for their services at each harvest.
Shlákhṛā
A kind of green wood-pecker.
Shlauṇ
A kind of intestinal worm for which sweet medicine is the best remedy.
Shléh
Peace of mind.
-paṛnī, v.i. re. To be pleased or content.
Shloṭṛī
One versed in the treatment of horses.
Etymology: (S. Shlihotrin)
Shnāī
A beam or timber in a room for keeping sheep.
Sho'g
Mourning, sadness.
-kholṇā, v.i. re. A ceremony in which a goat is sacrificed to remove mourning. -mānāṇā, v.i. re. To observe the mourning ceremony.
Sho't
A small quantity of tobacco, to be smoked at one time.
Shobā
A sharp point (of anything).
Shobhā, shobh'ā or -u
Handsome, pretty.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shobhṭā, shobṭā
Pretty, fine, of good quality.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shohṛū
The wild carrot.
Shojā
Swelling.
-āwṇā or -hoṇā, v.i. re. To swell.
Etymology: (S. Shotha)
Shoshāwṇu
To cause or allow to suck.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shóshl
A hole.
Syn. ol.
Shoshṇu
To suck.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shóṭā
A sharp piece of wood.
-lāgnā, v.i. ir. To be pierced with a sharp bit of wood.
Shoṭāwṇu
To cause or allow to smoke.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shoṭuṇu
To smoke.
(Bashāhr).
Shrā
,Headache.,-lā'nī, v.i. re. To feel headache.
Etymology: n.f.
Shrā'd
A religious ceremony in which food is offered in the names of ancestors.
-khāṇu, v.i. re. To open the mouth. 'Poṛā shrād khāi-o?'
Etymology: (S. Shrāddha)
Shrī
(1) The head of a sacrificed goat or sheep. (2) The queen. 'Sāre paṅdro rī shrī' - 'The queen of all the hills.'
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Shuchā or -u
Pure, unpolluted, clean.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shudhī
Purity, cleanliness, purification.
Etymology: (S. Shuddhi, purity)
Shujāwṇu
To show, to cause to witness.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shujhṇu, shujhṇu
(1) To see, to witness. (2) To swell.
Shukr
Friday.
Etymology: (S. Shukra)
Shūl
An ache or pain in the stomach or ribs.
Shūṅdh
Asafoetida.
-hoī-jāṇā, v.i. ir. To get rid of mourning.
Shūṅgā
A hog, a boar.
Etymology: (S. Shūkara)
Shuṅhāwṇu
To cause or allow to sweep.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shuṅhṇī
A broom.
-deṇī, v.i. ir. To sweep.
Shuṅhṇu
To sweep.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shuṅhṭā
A broom.
Shuṅhṭā
To hear, to listen.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shuṇṇu
To be heard.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shuṅṭh
Dried ginger.
Etymology: (S. Shuṇṭhī)
Shuṅwṇu
To be swept.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shūr
Valiant, brave.
Etymology: (H.)
Shwāgā
A great cry.
-deṇā, v.t. ir. To cry out loud.
Shwār
A rider, a horseman.
Etymology: (H. sawār)
Shwāṛ
Conveyance.
Etymology: (H. sawārī)
Shwāṛī
A small plot of land in front of a house, used for cultivating vegetables, etc.
Shwāṛṇu
To rule.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shwāṛuwṇu
To be ridden.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Shyālī
A contemporary (of equal age).
Shyāṛ
A jackal.
Etymology: (S. Shriṅgāla)
Shyārā
A kind of tree.
Sidh-biṇāyak
The deity Ganesh.
Etymology: (S. Siddhagaṇāyaka)
Sīdhā
A kind of bread.
-de-bākhṭé, adv. in old age.
Sījāwṇu
To cause or allow to repair or irrigate.
Sījṇu
(1) To repair. (2) To irrigate or sprinkle.
Sījuwṇu
To be repaired or irrigated.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sīkwā
To cause or allow to sew.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Simrṇu
To bear in mind, to remember, to keep in mind.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (S. Smaraṇa).
Sīñch
Sprinkling.
Sīñchāwṇu
To cause or allow to irrigate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Siñchṇu
To irrigate, to sprinkle.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Siñchuwṇu
To be irrigated or sprinkled.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sīñj
The joint of a metal vessel.
Sīṅwṇ, sīṅwṇī
A needle.
Sīṅwṇī
See Sīṅwṇ.
Sīṅwṇu
To sew.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sioṇ
A boundary line, a boundary made by stones.
Sīr
A line made by combing the hair on the head.
Siuṅd
See Shūṅdh or Sīṅwṇī.
Sīwuwṇu
To be sewn.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sjeṛṇu
To make wet, to moisten.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Skerṇu
To repair, to mend.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Skóp
The impurity in a woman's delivery of a child.
The impurity lasts for ten days. -hoṇī, v.i. re. To become impure for ten days on the birth of a child.
Skoṭhā
See Shkoṭhā.
Soch
Thinking or a thought.
-paṛnā, v.i. re. To be thoughtful.
Etymology: (S. Shocha)
Sochāwṇu
To cause or allow to think.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sochṇu
To think, to consider.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sochuwṇu
To be thought of, considered.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Soeṇā
Gold.
-rā or -u, adj. m., f. -ī, pl. -é. Golden.
Etymology: (H. sonā, S. Suvarṇa)
Soī
A kind of plant, used as a vegetable.
Sojh
Remembrance.
-rāṇī, v.t. ir. To remember, to recollect.
Solā
(1) A ceremony performed 16 days after a death. (2) A small grain measure = 5 chiṭāks.
Soḷo
16.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The sixteenth.
Soṅf
Anise seed.
Etymology: (H.)
Soṅwār
(H. soṅwār),A term used for the compensation paid for taking another man's wife,on her going to another man on payment of the marriage expenses,of which one rupee is paid as earnest money.,121
Etymology: n.m.
Spājlī
A goldsmith.
Etymology: (S. Svarṇakāra)
Spānjlī
The slough or skin of a snake.
Spārī
Nut.
Etymology: (H. supārī)
Srāfāwṇu
To cause or allow to scrutinise.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Srāfṇu
To praise.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Srol
A term for a chief's servants, who are authorised to enter the female apartments.
Sroliyā
One who is authorised to enter the female apartments.
Stāj
See Astāj.
Su
A tale.
(Bashahr).
Sūā, -u
Red, crimson.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sūgr
Wise, handsome, good.
Suhéṛ
The sight of one who is disliked.
Proverb: 'Dukhné choṛ, kanauḍué suhéṛ' - 'A painful limb is often hurt again and he who is disliked is often seen.'
Sujāṇu
To see, to witness, to notice.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sujāwṇu
(1) To foretell. (2) To show.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sujhṇu
(1) To be seen. (2) To be successful in an ordeal.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sukhī
A desire.
Sukhṇu
To like, to appreciate.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sukhṛā
See Skoṭhā.
Sukl
(1) Wisdom. (2) An ache in the belly or ribs.
-o-lā, -u, adj. m., f. -ī, pl. -é. Of good quality.
Sukoṇī
A palanquin, of a chief.
Sule
Slowly.
'Sulé kyoṅ ni japdā?' - 'Why don't you speak slowly?'
Sūṇu, sūwṇu
To bring forth.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Supṇā
A dream.
-dekhṇā, v.i. re. To dream.
Etymology: (S. Svapna, H. supnā)
Sūr
The deity.
Etymology: (S. Sura)
Sur-huṇḍī
One who has been delivered of a child.
[calf].
Surg, sūrg
(1) A tunnel. (2) Paradise.
(From S. Svarga).
Surk
See Skor.
Sūtā
A customary present of clarified butter and wheat flour to a woman who has given birth to a child.
Sutāwṇu
To send to sleep.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Sūthan
Trousers.
Sutṇu
To be asleep.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Suwāṇu
To shave.
Swād
Tasteful, sweet.
-hoṇu, v.s. ir. To be tasteful. -onā-ṇu, v.i. re. To cook tastefully.
Etymology: (S. Svāda)
Swāh
Ashes.
Swar
See Soṅwār.
Swāṛṇu
To shave.
Swāṛuwṇu
To be shaved.
T
Ta'rī
See Ta'rī.
Tabākhu
Tobacco.
-pīṇā, v.i. re. To smoke.
Etymology: (H. tamākhū)
Tabé
Then.
Tadī
At that time.
Tādkā, -u
Then, of that time.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tāga
(Fr. H. Dhāgā).
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Etymology: (1) A thread. (2) The sacred thread.
Tāgat
Strength, might, power.
-kar-nī, v.s. ir. To become weak.
Etymology: (P. ṭāqat)
Taggar
A plant the root of which is used as a medicine (Tabernaemontana coronaria).
Etymology: (S. Tagara)
Tahāir, tehor or tyahāṛ
A feast day.
Etymology: (H. tyohār)
Taī
Then.
(Bashāhrī).
Tāī
A large iron vessel for cooking māl-pūṛās.
lārū, v.t. ir. To cook a rich cake or māl-pūṛā.
Takāṇā
A limit.
-karṇā, v.i. ir. To make a limit, to go beyond a limit.
Etymology: (H. ṭhikānā)
Tākhā, tākhṭu
A kind of flat spoon used to turn bread, etc.
Tākhlā
A small wooden spindle used for spinning wool.
Talab
(1) Food for a chief. (2) Salary.
Tamāchā
A slap.
-bāhṇā, v.i. re. To slap or to strike with the open hand.
Tamak
A large kettledrum, such as is seen at the Śipī Fair.
Tāmaṛ
A grain measure.
(Also tāmaṛ).
Tāmbo
On that day.
(From S. Tad-divasa).
Tāmbṛā
A kind of fig tree with a large fruit.
Tāṇu
To stretch, to spread.
Proverb: 'Jetnā chādarī hó, tetnī ṭāṅgeṇ tāṇnī.' - 'one ought to stretch one's feet out in proportion to one's quilt (one ought to spend according to one's means)'.
Tāo
Burning.
(2) A sheet.
Tāo'ā, tāwlā or -u
Of hot temper.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tap
Majestic influence.
pl. -o.
Etymology: (S. Tapas, penance)
Tāp
(1) Heat. (2) Fever.
-āwṇā or chaṛṇā, v.s. re. and ir. To suffer from fever.
Etymology: (S. Tāpa)
Tapṇu
To bask.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tapoṇu
To make warm, to heat in the fire.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tapuwṇu
To be surmounted.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tāṛ
Then, at that time.
Tār, taṛ
A place where a river is crossed in a boat.
Tarāī
A poll-tax on chamārs.
(Kuṭhār).
Tarāwṇu
To cause or allow to cross (a river).
Tarṇu
To be crossed.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tārṇu
(1) To cause or allow to cross. (2) To do one's best.
Tauṅḍī
Summer, the hot weather.
Taur
See Tār.
Tegā
A kind of sword.
Tehāṛ
See Tahāir.
Téī
23.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The twenty-third.
Tél
Oil.
-pārṇī v.i. re. To persuade.
Etymology: (H. tel)
Telgṛū
See Tél.
Telo-ru-lo'kā
An oil pot.
Telṛ
A young one (of a bird).
pl. Teṛū.
Telṛú
See Telṛ.
Tém
Time.
Etymology: (E.)
Ténh
On that day.
Tenu
See Tishu.
(Bashāhr).
Terā
See Tishu.
(Bāghal, Nālāgarh, Kuniār).
Terā
Thy, thine.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Terā
13.,-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The thirteenth.,
Terash
The thirteenth day of the upper or dark half of a month.
Etymology: (S. Trayodashī)
Téru
Him, to him.
(Balsan and Madhan).
Tes
Him, to him.
Tes-rā
His, of him.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tesé
Her, to her.
(Agentive).
Teso
He, of her.
Tétālī
43.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The forty-third.
Téṭé
There.
-dewā phrase. 'Let him go.'
Tétīh
33.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The thirty-third.
Tetiyā
At the very spot.
Tetṇu
So much.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Bhajjī).
Tgāḍā
(1) Dunning. (2) a loan due from the clothes given to a tailor to sew.
-kar-nā, v.t. ir. To dun.
Etymology: (P. taqāzā)
Thā'ā
(1) A kind of grasshopper. (2) A boundary pillar.
pl. -é.
Thagāṇā
Wise, clever.,-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be wise.,f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thahātar
78.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The seventy-eighth.
Thāhṛi-jāṇu
To cease raining.
Thakā-huṇḍā
Ill, indisposed, sick.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thakāwṇu
To tire.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thambhā
A beam of timber.
Etymology: (H. khambhā)
Thambhawṇu
To cause or allow to hold.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thambhāwṇu, thāmbhāwṇu
Ceasing, the act of being quiet.
-deṇā, v.i. ir. To be quiet.
Thāmbhṇu
To hold, to cease.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thāmo
Beams of timber.
Thathā
A customary gift, given to menials such as the nāī, chamār, ḍhobī, etc., on feast days.
Thechā-ṭhechī
Beating down.
-hoṇī, v.i. ir. To be beaten.
Thechāwṇu
To cause or allow to beat or strike.
Thechṇu
To beat, to strike, to hit.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thekṛāwṇu
See Ṭhé'k.
Thekṛuwṇu
To be prohibited or restricted.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thetr
Foolish.
Thewā
See Nāg.
Thī's
A boast.
-mārnī, v.i. re. To be boasted of.
Thīṅḍā
A youth.
Thīṅḍā, -u
Greasy, oily.
-hoṇu, v.i. re. To be greasy or oily.
Thiṇḍṇu
To play a trick.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thīṅgā, -u
One who pretends.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thīṅgṇu
To be pretended.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thīū
Was. Also thīā,m.; f. -ī,pl. -é.,127
Tho-ṛā
The male organ.
Thokuwṇu
To be threatened or thrown.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thoṛ-rā-bhaliā
More or less.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thoṛā, -u
(1) A little. (2) Less.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Thosṇu
To throw in, to thrust in.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tīj
The third day of the bright or dark half of a month.
Etymology: (S. Tritīyā)
Tīṇū
See Tishu.
(Bashāhr).
Tīrth
A sacred place, a holy shrine.
Etymology: (S. Tīrtha)
Tishkā, -u
To that side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tishkā, tisā
Such, so.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tiūṛī
A stern look.
-badalnī, v.t. re. To be angry or displeased.
Tlāṛu
See Ṭalāṛu.
Toḍī
(1) A small corner of a field. (2) Name of a tune.
Syn. thūṛā.
Tokā
Pain (in the belly or waist).
-lāgnī, v.i. re. To suffer from pain. (Also -āwṇī).
Tokā
A taunt.
-deṇā, v.i. ir. To speak ironically.
Tokṇī
A brass pot for water or cooking purposes.
Tokṇu
(1) To look at with an evil eye, to accost, to hinder, to stop. (2) A small brass vessel.
Tol
The act of weighing.
Etymology: (H.)
Tol-mol-karṇā
To settle the price after weighing.
Tolā
Twelve māśās make one tolā.
-o, pl. weigh.
Etymology: (H.)
Tolāwṇu
To cause or allow to weigh.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tolṇu
To weigh in the scales.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Toluwṇu
(1) To be weighed. (2) To come uppermost.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tómat
False accusation, calumny.
-lāṇī, v.t. re. To accuse falsely.
Etymology: (P. tuhmat)
Toṁpā
See Tuṁpā.
Toṅpṇā, -u
Deaf.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be deaf.
Top
A hat.
Topī
(1) A cap. (2) A gun-cap.
Toṛī
A long kind of pumpkin.
Trahā'tar
73.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The seventy-third.
Trāj
Objection.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be objected. -karṇā, v.t. re. To object.
Etymology: (P. i'tirāz)
Trājī
Scales.
Trāk
A swimmer.
(H. tairāk).
Trākṛī
A weighing machine.
Trāl
A sword.
Etymology: (H. talwār)
Trāṇwé
93.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The ninety-third.
Trāṛ
See Trāl, pl. Trāṛī.
Trāss
Fear, terror.
-hoṇé, v.i. ir. To be afraid. -lāgṇe, v.s. re. To pine in trouble. -karṇé, v.s. ir. To be in trouble.
Etymology: (S. Trāsa)
Trāwṇu
To cause or allow to ford.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Trehaṭ
63.
-wāň, m. -weň, pl. -wīň, f. The sixty-third.
Treñshī
Three tuṇsīs make one treñshī.
(Kullū).
Truñjā
53.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The fifty-third.
Tū
Thou, thyself.
Tuju
Thee or to thee.
(Kāṅgṛā). (Also tuyhó).
Tulā-dāṇ
A gift of gold, valuables, grain, etc., of the donor's weight.
Etymology: (S.)
Tulṇo
To slumber, to doze.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Tuméh
Ye, you.
Syn. tusé or ture.
Tumṛā
The pumpkin used as a vegetable.
Etymology: (S. Tumbī)
Tumṛī
The gourd, used as a vegetable.
Tusé-ṭushé
See Tuméh.
Tuwéh
Thou or by thee.
(Agentive).
Tuwṇu
To be ready.
'Sé kā mardā tuwā?' - 'Is he ready to die?'
Tyahāṛ
See Tahāir.
Tyālé
A stove or oven made of stones.
-lāṇā, v.i. re. To make an oven of stones.
Tyār
Ready.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To be ready.
Etymology: (H. taiyār)
Tyārī
Readiness.
-karṇī, v.t. ir. To make ready.
Etymology: (H. taiyārī)
U
U
Am and are, first person singular and plural of the regular verb Hoṇu, to be.
'āūṅ' is second per singular.
Ubbhā, -u
Up.
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be up.
Uch
Of high caste.
Uchhab
A festival, a jubilee.
Etymology: (S. Utsava)
Uchhaké
Of pleasure, in jest.
Uḍāwṇu
To cause or allow to fly.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Uḍḍṇu
To fly; ad. Flying.
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Etymology: (H. uṛnā)
Ujāṛnu
To ruin, to destroy.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ujkāwṇu
To startle.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ujkṇu
To be startled.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ujr
Objection.
-karṇā, v.i. ir. To object.
Ujṛā
Uncultivated, unsown.
Ujṛāwṇu
To cause or allow to ruin.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ujṛṇu
To be ruined.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ukhaṛ-jāṇu
To get rooted up.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ukhaṛṇu
To root up.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. ukhāṛnā)
Ukhṛṇu
To be rooted up.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Umar
Age.
-bītnī, v.i. re. To pass, as a period.
Etymology: (umar)
Umró-khé
For life.
Uṇ
Wool.
-kātṇī, v.i. re. To spin wool.
Uṇḍā, -u
Down.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Uṇḍkā, -u
Downwards.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Uṇḍlā, -u
Of below, lower.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Uṇī
Of wool.
Upāī, upāw
Treatment, a remedy.
-karṇā, v.i. ir. To treat.
Upāw
See Ugāī.
Upr
Up.
-bol-karṇā, v.i. ir. To make one prosperous.
Uṛn
Free from obligation.
-hoṇu, v.i. ir. To be free from obligation.
Etymology: (S. Anṛiṇī)
Uṛṇ-karṇā
To set free from one's obligation.
Uṭ
A camel.
Etymology: (H. ūṅṭh)
Uṭā
Ignorant, foolish.
Uṭarṇu
To descend, to come down.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Utké, -u
Upset, reverse.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Utlā, -ā
Not very deep.
f. -ī, pl. -é. Proverb: 'Halāi utlū, Moīé gāḍu' - 'Not very deep with a plough, But very deep with a smoothing plough.' (To express inconsistency).
Utrāī
Down-hill, a descent.
Syn. dhwālī.
Etymology: (H. utārāī)
Uwābāī
Nonsense.
-hoṇī, v.i. ir. To become nonsense.
Ú
Úé
Down.
(Balsan, Jubbal, Pūnar, and Rāṅwīň).
W
Wāḍṇu
To mutter charms and wave a plant over a patient to cure him.
Wāṅḍā
,Hither, this side.,f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: adj. m.
Wāṅḍkā, -u
To this side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Wāṅg
A plant (Achyranthes aspera). Its ashes are used in washing linen.
Wāṅglā, -u
Of this side.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Wāṅs, wāṅsī
The day of conjunction or new moon.
Etymology: (S. Amāvāsyā)
Wāṅsī
See the preceding.
Etymology: (S. Amāvāsyā)
Wāṛ
This and that side.
-pār, adv. To this and that side.
Wāṛ
A fence.
-deṇā, v.t. re. To fence, to enclose.
Wārḍā
,A custom of waving some money over the head of a chief and giving it to his servants.,This custom is generally observed when two chiefs meet together.
Etymology: n.m.
Wāṛṇu
To enclose, to fence.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Wārsī
Hereditary estate.
Wāṛuwṇu
To be fenced or enclosed.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Wāsā
A sleeping room.
-khé-dewṇu, v.i. re. To go to sleep.
Waspī
(1) The ceremony observed on a bride's entering her husband's house (S. Grihapravesha). (2) The consecration of a house (S. Grihapratiṣṭhā).
Wāz
Sound, voice.
-hoṇī, v.i. ir. To sound.
Etymology: (H. āwāz)
Wazīr
A minister, a prime-minister.
-aṇ, n.f. The wife of a minister.
Etymology: (P.)
Wazīrī
A wazīr or collector of revenue subordinate to the shī wazīr or chauṅtrā wazīr or chief minister.
(Kullū and Bashahr) Ministry.
Y
Yād
Memory.
-āwṇī, v.i. re. To remember. -karṇī, v.t. ir. To remember, to recollect.
Yār
A friend.
-hoṇā, v.i. ir. To be friendly. Syn. A'ṛ.
Z
Zaiṇḍ
Dumb, foolish, ignorant.
Zakāṭ
An octroi tax.
(Kuṭhār and Bashahr).
Etymology: (P. zakāt)
Zarbé
Trouble, pain.
Etymology: (P. zarb)
Zwād
Existence, living.
(fr. Zindagī).
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Ḍák
The mail
Etymology: H. ḍāk
Ḍákḍhar
A doctor
Etymology: E. doctor
Ḍákghar
Post office
Etymology: H. ḍākghar
Ḍákiyá
A postman
Etymology: H. ḍākiyā
Ḍál
A tree
f. -í, A small tree or plant; pl. -o
Ḍálá
Cooked corn for cattle
Ḍálṇu
To break, to cut in two
f. -í, pl. -é
Ḍáltá
A small tree; (2) A kind of tree
f. -í, pl. -é
Ḍaltí
Torch-wood
Ḍam
A box made of bamboo and covered with leather, used for travelling (Bashahr)
Ḍaňḍá
(1) A pole; (2) A bachelor
Ḍáňḍí
(1) A small palanquin; (2) Earrings
Ḍár
A flock of birds, such as wild pigeons
Ḍár
Grinding the teeth
-ḍukáṇe, v.a. re. To feel that longing
Ḍgáňḍiá
See Dagáňdrá
Ḍhábṇu
To mix water in watery curds
Ḍher
A heap, a mass
-lágnu, v.i. re. To be heaped
Ḍherá
Wait a little
Etymology: S. Dhairya
Ḍho'l
A drum,-bajáwṇu, v.t. re. To beat a drum,-chí, n.m. A drummer; -kí, n.f. A small drum; One who beats a drum.
Etymology: H. ḍhol
Ḍhoh or -á
A place
Ḍhoṇu
To carry
f. -í, pl. -é
Ḍibr
A pond
-í, n.f. A small tank
Ḍibrú
A small vessel used to cook in
f. -í
Ḍiňg
A stick, a bar
-é, adv. With a stick
Ḍiňglí
A small stick
Also ḍiňgṭá
Ḍláňgá
A pine or cedar tree having two long branches
f. -í, pl. -é
Ḍlícha
A rug, a carpet
Etymology: P. gālīchā
Ḍlúchá
A torch (of torch-wood)
Ḍṇáu
A kind of wild cat
Ḍól
A bucket.
-ar or -é, With a bucket
Etymology: H. ḍol
Ṭakā, ṭakkā
(1) An obsolete term for a rupee. (2) One anna. (3) Six pies.
pl. -é.
Ṭakāwul
A term for the money presented to a village deity.
Ṭākhṭu
A small wooden spindle used for spinning wool.
Ṭākṇu
(1) To wait for. (2) To stir.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭākṛū
A kind of wild tree.
Ṭāl
A pond, a lake or tank.
pl. -o.
Etymology: (H.)
Ṭālā
An evasion, putting aside.
-karṇā, v.t. ir. To put aside.
Etymology: (H.)
Ṭalā, -u
Sunny.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Syn. rapāṛā).
Ṭālāwṇu
To cause or allow to put aside or evade.
Ṭālī
A bit of cloth.
-lāṇī, v.i. re. To repair.
Etymology: (H. ṭālī)
Ṭālnī
To roast in clarified butter.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭālnu
To clean grain, etc.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭālṇu
To be put aside, to evade.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭalpī, ṭau-ṛī
A kind of esculent root, called raṭālū in the plains.
Ṭāmsū
A vessel.
(Bashāhr).
Ṭāṅ
Thee.
'Āṅ ṭāṅ ghā'deṇḍā.' - 'I'll give thee the grass.'
Ṭāṅ-kṇe
To you or to thee.
Ṭāṇ-nu
To spread, to stretch.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭāñ-uň
So long, or until.
Ṭāṇā
A loom.
Ṭāṇḍ
An ironical speech.
Ṭaṇó-maṇó-rā
Welcome, agreeable, desirable.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭāñyīň
More.
'Tū ṭāñyīň bī chāṅyiṅ?' - 'Do you want more?'
Ṭapā-jāṇu
To be angry.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapaṭ
Heat.
Etymology: (S. Tapta)
Ṭapāw
The act of entangling into a difficulty.
-ḍé-fāshṇu, v.t. re. To fall into a difficulty.
Ṭapāwṇu
To cause or allow to stretch.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapāwṇu
To cause or allow to escape.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapi-jāṇu
To get entangled.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapṇu
To cause or allow to do-fasten.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapṇu
To overcome, to surmount, to conquer.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapówṇu
To be heated.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭapṛí
A hut, a small dwelling.
Ṭaṛkāwṇu
To cause or allow to move.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭaṛkṇu
To be off, to go away, to mute.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭarpgar
A constable.
(Once used in Kullū).
Ṭāṭ-lāgnī
To be in trouble.
Ṭāṭā or -u
Dumb, mute.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭauṛī
A plant, whose leaves are used for making leaf dishes. Its bark is used to make ropes.
Ṭāw
See Tāo.
Ṭāyā
Bough of a tree.
Ṭayiṅ
Again.
(2) prep. For, for the sake of.
Etymology: conj.
Ṭāyiṅyéň
Again.
Ṭék
Fir trees.
-rauṇī v.i. re. To be firm.
Ṭekā
A prop, a support, a stay.
-deṇā, v.t. ir. To support.
Ṭekāwṇu
To cause or allow to prop or support.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭekṇu
To support to prop.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭethī
There.
Ṭhā-rā
Your or yours.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhā'l
A large dish, especially of a chief or his wife.
Ṭhāhaṭ
68.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. Sixty-eighth.
Ṭhāhṛṇu
(1) To cease, to stop raining. (2) To halt.
Ṭhāīs
28.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The twenty-eighth.
Ṭhakāī
Fatigue.
Ṭhākar
The title of a petty Hill chief.
Ṭhākar-dwārā
A deity temple, especially Vishnu.
Ṭhākṇu
To become ill, to fall sick.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhakrāī
A term for the petty Hill States, governed by Ṭhākurs.
Ṭhākur
The deities in general.
-dhwāī, n.f. An oath on a god. 'Ṭhākur-di-dhwār, āň jār dyā teyār.' - 'I say on oath that I have been there.'
Etymology: (H.)
Ṭhāl
An oath of prohibition.
-deṇī, v.t. ir. To prohibit by an oath.
Ṭhālā
Bottom.
Proverb: 'Chīso dā pāthar pāyā ṭhālé-khe dewā.' - 'If a stone is cast into the water it goes down to the bottom.'
Etymology: (H. ṭhāli)
Ṭhālāwṇu
To cause or allow to prohibit by an oath.
Ṭhālnu
To prohibit by an oath.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāluwṇu
To be prohibited by an oath.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāṇā
Police post.
Etymology: (H. ṭhāṇḍ)
Ṭhanāk
A tap, a shooting.
Proverb: 'Snāro n ṭhanāk thakāk, Lhwāro rī chkū.' - 'The goldsmith's many taps are equal to a ironsmith's single blow.'
Ṭhāṇḍ
Cold.
-hoṇī, v.s. ir. To become cold.
Ṭhāṇḍā
Cold.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāṇī
The front place of a house.
Etymology: (S. Sthāna)
Ṭhānsawé
98.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The ninety-eighth.
Ṭhāṇu
To settle, to get right, to amend.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāpṛā
A basin for water round the root of a tree.
Ṭhaprī
A slap.
-deṇā, v.i. ir. To slap.
Ṭhār
See Tahāir.
Ṭhārā
See Tahāir.
Ṭhārī
A handle of wood of a sickle etc.
Ṭhārnu
To bury.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāro
18.
-wāň, m. -wīň, f. -weň, pl. The eighteen.
Ṭharol
A customary cash payment made on certain feast days to a daughter or sister.
Ṭhāuṇu
To become ill.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāwṇu
To cause or allow to settle.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhāwṇu
To cause or allow to bury.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhé'k
Prohibition, restriction.
-paṛnī, v.i. re. To be prohibited.
Ṭhekāwṇu
To cause or allow to prohibit.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhekṇu
To prohibit, to restrict.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhó
Was.
pl. Ṭhé.
Ṭho-usṇu
To be rooted up.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭho'el
A mistake, an error, a blunder.
-jāṇī, v.i. ir. To make a mistake. -paṛnī, v.s. re. To make a mistake.
Ṭhokāwṇu
To cause or allow to threaten or throw.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhokṇu
(1) To threaten or to throw in. (2) To cohabit.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Bashāhr).
Ṭhokr
A stumble.
-khāṇī, v.i. re. To stumble.
Etymology: (H.)
Ṭhoku
Sexual connection.
(Bashāhr). -lāṇā, v.i. re. To have sexual connection.
Ṭhosāwṇu
To cause or allow to root up.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhrāwṇu
To cause or allow to untie.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭhūhar
A plant (Bignonia Indica).
Etymology: (S. Sthūvara)
Ṭhukṇu
To spit.
(H.).
Ṭhuṅgné
A kind of tree.
Ṭhūṅṭhā
The water in a cow's footstep.
Ṭhwāṛā
A corvée of 8 days free work in a State.
(Simla Hill States).
Ṭhwāṛū
A man who has to work on corvée for 8 days.
Ṭīkā
The heir apparent of a chief.
Ṭīkā-lāṇā
To mark any one's forehead with sandal and pay him some cash.
This custom is observed at a wedding or investiture with the sacred thread.
Ṭīkāwṇu
(1) To cause or allow to stay. (2) To mark on the forehead.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭil
Sesamum seeds.
Ṭilāru, tlāru
An earthen pot to keep oil in.
Ṭilowé
A kind of sweetmeat made of sesamum.
Ṭimbā-ṭu, ṭimṛāī
A thorny shrub, called téjbal in Hindī.
Ṭiméň
He or by him.
(Agentive). 'Ṭiméň bolu.' - 'He said.'
Ṭin-dā
In it or in that.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭīṇḍā
The fruit of the opium plant.
(Also tīṇḍlū).
Ṭiné
They or by them.
(Agentive).
Ṭino
Them.
-khé, For them or to them. -rā or -ru, m. -rī, f. -re, pl. Of them or their. -lā, From them. -dā or -du, m. -dī, f. -de, pl. In them.
Ṭīp
(1) A peak of a hill. (2) A rim.
Ṭipā
A drop.
-lāgnā, v.i. re. To leak.
Ṭipe-ṭārné
To repair a roof, to prevent leaking.
Ṭiprā
See Ṭīp.
Ṭir
-āwṇī,v.i. re. To crack. (2) n.f. The top of a hill.,128
Etymology: (1) A crack.
Ṭirī
By way of the hill.
Ṭiṛī
A narrow window.
Ṭirṇu
To swim.
Ṭishkaṇ
The act of slipping or tumbling.
Ṭishkāwṇu
To cause or allow to slip or tumble.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭishkṇu
To tumble, to slip.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭīṭr
A partridge.
Etymology: (H. tītar)
Ṭiṭṭar
A mendicant, a devotee.
Etymology: (S. Atithi, a guest)
Ṭiṭṭr-biṭṭr-hoṇu
To be dispersed.
Ṭiṭu, tisū
So, such.
Ṭlāwṇu
To cause or allow to weigh.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭmāchā
See Tamāchā.
Ṭmāhā-rā
Your or yours.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭmāṛū or -ā
Your or yours.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭmāshā
A pastime.
Ṭokṛā
A basket.
Ṭokṛū
A grain reserver in a store-house.
(Kullū).
Ṭokuwṇu
To be hindered or stopped.
Ṭol
Down, under.
-iyé, adv. Downwards.
Ṭoṇā
To see by hand or touch.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭoṭlā
Lisping.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭuikā
The act of seasoning cooked pulse.
Ṭukṇā
(1) To bite. (2) To cut.
(Kāṅgṛā).
Ṭukṛā
A bit, a piece.
Etymology: (H.)
Ṭuṇḍā
One who has no hands.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭuṛī
Musicians.
Syn. bājgī, maṅglāmukhī.
Ṭurkṇu
To season or give relish to cooked pulse.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ṭurṇī
Wives of musicians.
Ṭurṭ-furṭ
Instantly.
Ṭūṭ
The act of falling short.
-paṛnī, v.s. re. To fall short.
Ṭuṭā-huṇḍā, -u
Broken.
f. -ī, pl. -é. (Also chāṭā huṇḍā).
Ṭuṭṇu
See Chuṭṇu.
Ṭwāṇā
Supine, sleeping on the back.
(S. Uttāna).
Ṭwār
(1) Sunday (H. itwār). (2) Incarnation.
-lāṇā, v.i. ir. To be incarnated.
Ūchā
Lofty, high.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Etymology: (H. ūṅchā)
Ūchhā
Higher, loftier.
f. -ī, pl. -é.
Ūlū
An owl.
Etymology: (H. ullū)
Ūmī
Wheat, roasted as a food.
-bhujnī, v.i. re. To roast wheat.