Nihang language
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Nihang language uses Punjabi words, but in a different meaning.
Dictionary
- To die (Marnaa) – Charhaaee karnaa
- Sickness (Beemaaree) – Dharam Raaj di dhee seva kar rehee hai
(literal meaning is ‘daughter of the angel of death’)
- Punishment to a guilty (Kukarmee nu sazaa milann) – Shaheedi maar
- Chickpeas (Sholay) – Badaam
- Salt (Loon) – Sarab rass
- A little (Thoree) – Sawaayaa
(literal meaning is ‘one and a quarter’)
- When there is nothing/ run out (Kujh Naa hon) – 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 – 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 – Fauj
(literal meaning is ‘army’)