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, samdan, n.f., the relation of two women whose children 

 are married to each other. 

 **<}", samdi, n.m., the relation of two men whose children are 

 married to each other. 



, sambandlmn, n.f., as samdan (q.v.). 



" Do bdlak bin jiv, bdnjh un ki mdtd ri 



6 Un kd kar diyd bidh, be hui kaun bechdri 

 "Bin Pandit bedi rachi, panch sund nd kdn 

 i€ Bhain bhain sambandhan huin, koi chdtar kariy 



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Two lifeless children, barren their mothers; 



See they've married them! What an unnatural thing 



to think of! 

 They've spread the altar without a pandit, the old 



men never heard of such a thing ! 

 Sisters have married their children to each other, let 



some wise man think it out! 

 (Answer Two children playing with their dolls.) 



****, sambat, n.m., 1. Year. 



2. A season, especially a good one. 



**?K, sarir, n.m., body. 



" Mathd dhori, ihoth nar, Men khdri nir 



" Aur ghar kalhdri kdmni, chdron ddhen sarir. 



Slow bullocks, a fool of a man, a salt-water well, and 

 at home a shrew for wife — the four burn the body. 



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i; Ghore ki pharak, dudh ki jharak, qalm ki sark" 



The capering of the horse, the simmering of milk, the 

 scraping of a pen. 



(The fortunate man's inheritance.) 



4*« sarrak, n.f., high road. 



**rf. sarnd, v.n., to be suffic 



had enough. 



VT sarp, n.m., snake. 



I have 



" Bdwen bhald nd ddhne laid, sarp, sundr 

 "Kadi nd honge apne sau sau karo piydr." 



It's not good (to meet) the Baniya, a snake or a gold- 

 smith left or right. They'll never be your friends 

 though you try a hundred endearments. 



