Nihang language
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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 |
| Tea | Chah | Dil Fookni |
| 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’) |
| Spice | Mirch | Ladaki |
| Mill | Dudh | Samundar |
| 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’) |
