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*ft^. gdh, n.m., L Poetic license for ghdo, q.v. 



2. An alligator or crocodile. 

 UTTT, gdhd, n.m., riddle. 



" Bin sisan dant anek bane, bin kanthan gdwe rag sutd. 

 " Pan ki phik ne dur kare, kyd siahi ki rekh pe man 



chaltd. 

 cc Bhaj le alekh Narinjan ne, is gdhe ne khole mdnus 



sutd. ' ' 



Sans head and teeth too many : sans throat and sings 



a good song. 

 Throws away the betel spittings : see how it follows the 



black line. Praise the invisible God — good man is 



he who solves this riddle. 

 (Answer ' a saw '). 



irrw. gdhtd, n.m., threshing by driving four to six bullocks over 



the crop. 

 firaT^jj, gitwdr, n.m., an enclosure, for stocking fodder, etc. 

 ftmTfT, gitwdrd, n.m., same as gitivdr, q.v. 

 fa^TO, giyds, n.m., the 11th day of either half of the lunar 



month, 

 ftrsr girj, n.m., a kind of crane or stork, 

 fjprf. girri, n.f., a small round clod-crusher drawn by two 



bullocks. 

 ftr# nfe, gin <jdnth, n.f., a round closed bundle. 

 *I^ 9 u 44is n.f., small uprights, resting on the pdt, q.v., in 



which the axle-bar of the well- wheel is fixed. 

 Vfft gudri, n.f., two uprights supporting the spindle of a 



spinning-wheel. 

 JW f gun, n.m., goodness, virtue, kindness. 



1 ■ J at nd jane gun kared, chand nd jdne bah. 

 u Ghandan rukh katdeke kahdn ghisdon gdh." 



The Jat does not appreciate good done him, the gratn 

 knows not the plough. When the Jat had the 

 sandal tree cut, how could I salve my wound 1 



(A pig used to plough for a Jat, and heal the wounds 

 the Jat gave him for taking some gram as guerdon o 

 his labours by recourse to the sandal tree. So t ne 

 ungrateful Jat cut down the tree— thereby " ~ '^J 

 the goose that laid the golden eggs." A Ja 

 requites kindness as little as gram does labou 

 spent on it). 



