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U§, mudh, adj., same as baithal (q.v.). 



, murakhy n.m. or f. adj., foolish, fool. 



" Hird parid bazar men, lakh a wen lakh jdwen, 

 " Chdtar saudd kar gay a, murakh phir phir jdwen. 



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A diamond is lying in the bazar, hundreds of thou- 

 sands passing by ; the wise man has done his shop- 

 ping and gone while the fools wander round and 

 round. 



^r mul, n.m., 1. Root, used in the barbarous compound jar-o* 



mul, i.e., root and stock. 

 2. Principal (sum). 



M Pipal kdte dhan kare, kanyd bech dhdn khde, 

 " Par ndri te neh kare, jar-o-mul te jde" 



He who cuts a pipal (fious religiosa) and sells it, or 

 sells his daughter and eats rice, or loves another s 

 wife, they shall perish root and stock. 



S^IT. muld, n.m., a jdt converted to Islam. 

 ^fgPt, muli, n.f , a jdtni converted to Islam. 

 S^rar. mulnd, adv., not at all. 

 fl^T. musd, n.m., mouse, rat. 



" Andhe muse, thothe dhdn" 



Blind mice, and hollow rice stalks ! 

 (Said of a fool, i.e., when the Jat goes to the money- 

 lender). 



3N?t mendhi, n.f., plait of a girl's hair on the forehead (they are 



undone on the day of her wedding) ; mehdhi kholnd is to 

 prostitute. 



^W, mekh, n.m., Aries, see s.v. min. 



*t*, megh, n.m., clouds. 



1 ' Megh jo barse , sambat upje 





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Kheti kare kasdn 



" Sab dunyd dhande Ide ke 

 1 * Ap bhale bhagwdn * * 



If the clouds rain, the year will be a good one 

 And the farmer will ply his farming. 

 All the world doing its business. 

 It is God who is good ! 





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*▼. medh, n.f., a solid pole erected in the ground, and forming 



the pivot when bullocks are threshing. 



