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means want, poverty : the particular sense can be judged 

 from the context. 



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" Sel hi ani, hal hi ani, sui hi ani, halm hi ani, 

 " pkale harm se." 



The spear's point, the plough's, the needle's, the 

 pen's prosper by fate, i.e., success in these profes- 

 sions depends on fate. 



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spinning wheel ; (2) a similar band round the base of the 

 plough clamping the phdli and panihdri (q.v.). 



^^, atkddshi, n.f., eleventh day of either half of the 

 lunar month. 



ci Sdwan badi atkddshi gan garje ddhi rat, 

 66 Piyd tun jd so 31 dive, ham jdn sdn Gujrdt. 



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" If the clouds thunder at midnight on the eleventh 

 of the dark half of Sawan , my husband you go to 

 Malwa, I'm off to Gujrat." 



A sure sign of famine. 



^JWIT^, adhhdran, n.f., half-sharer (of a woman). 

 v*1T€l\ adhkdri, n.m., half-sharer (of a man). 



, adhl, adj., clear, distinctive, used with pahchdn. 



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, anek, adj., many, too many. 



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business, loafing, angherd dyd, came unasked, angher<t 

 bachhd, a waif. 

 , ant 9 n.m., end, aim. 



" Roti ant, roti panth, 

 f< Rotiydn ne gdwen sant. 



Bread is man's aim, 

 Bread his path. 

 The saints (fakirs) hymn bread. 



<SF?rc:, antar 9 n.m., difference. The root idea of the word w 



space. 

 ^T^WT, anthd, adj., too much, excessive. 



€t Ghana nd anthd bolnd, ghani nd antki chup: 

 f< Ghana nd anthd barsnd, nd ghani antki dhup. 



Cl Nor speech nor silence to excess. " 

 c< Nor rain nor sunshine to excess. 5 ' 

 Moderation in all things. 



