Nihang language

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’)