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[[Punjabi]] | |||
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Revision as of 11:47, 14 May 2008
Nihang language uses Punjabi words, but in a different meaning.
Vocabulary
English | Punjabi | Nihang language |
To die | Marnaa | Charhaaee karnaa |
Sickness | Beemaaree | Dharam Raaj di dhee seva kar rehee hai |
Punishment to a guilty | Kukarmee nu sazaa milan | Shaheedi maar |
Chickpeas | Sholay | Badaam |
Salt | Loon | Sarab rass |
A little | Thora | Sawaayaa (literal meaning is ‘one and a quarter’) |
When there is nothing/run out | Kujh Ni hona | Mast |
Grass | Ghaah | Haraa pallaa |
Shanty | Tuttee hoyee chhann | Sheesh Mahal (literal meaning is a ‘glass palace’) |
Calamity | Museebat | Swarag (literal meaning ‘heaven’) |
Worn out scarf | Godrree | Hazaar mekhee |
Coarse grain | Mottaa Ann | Gurmukhi Parshaad |
Rupees | Rupaiyye | Chhillar (literal meaning is ‘bark of a tree’) |
Someone loose on Sikh conduct | Rehat vich Dhiley | Dabrroo Ghusrooh |
One | Ek | Savaa lakh (literal meaning is ‘one hundred twenty five thousand’) |
Sleep | Neend | Dharam Raaj di dhee |
Oneself | Apna aap | Fauj (literal meaning is ‘army’) |