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768 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal [Extra No 



f«r*T 



: ' Jeth mas jo tape nirdsd, to jdno barkhd hi dsd. ' ' 



If Jeth stokes up with a vengeance, then know there 

 is hope of rain. 



f«l*, nirk 



frnfa, nir 

 flW, ni 





used adverbially. 



adj., with empty stomach, hungry; also 



Kallar 



li Sab se wok nirbhdg, jiskd biswd kdr." ' 



In a hard field the villager dies of his toil. He's the 

 most unfortunate of all whose land is sour. 



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<* Bhdi, bhainoi, bhdnjd, bhaydn aur bhonpdl. 



" Pdnchon bhambe chhor ke, nirbhai Jcaro beopdr." 



Brother, brother-in-law, nephew, lord and king (W. 

 the tutelary gods of a village), avoid these five bh's 



and tr»fta wifhrkiif f^r»T» 



and trade without fear. 

 (The last two 



reasons. 



*-*■ *-J v* v lv/Clll » 



ivo are apparently added for alliterative 

 Avoid your own relations in trade!) 



J- J ..-"Uiwg, UrtU. 



TWW*.ni8df, n.m., justice (corr. of Urdu insdf). 

 ^TT, mV, n.m., water, particularly in the eye. 



•< Gujar godd, jdnd jar, bar pvpai sikhrant. 

 J at hared jab jdnye , jab dnkhen nir dhalant. 



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Know a Gujar beaten when his knees (are on the 

 ground), a jand tree when its roots (are dry), apipal 

 tree when its top (is drv), and a Jat when tears 

 trickle from his eyes. 



"Nvgr& rndnas mat milo, aur pdpi milo liazdr. 

 k JLk nugre ke sis par, sau pdpi kd bar: ' 



Don't meet an ingrate, though you meet a thousand 

 other sinners. One ingrate bears on his head the 

 load of a hundred sinners 



(Ingratitude the worst of crimes) 



