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Upright, sudhd, adj. 



Uproar. See Noise. 



Upside down, mundd, adj. 



Up to, lug, postp. (of time and place). 



Urge, to. See Press, to. 



Urine, heat in urine, chinghwd, n.m. 



Useless, nedu, adj.; nirsd, adj.; dth nd sdth, adj. See Bad; 



anything useless or beyond one's capacity, ilhdn, n.f. 

 Uselessly, saihm, adv. 



V 



Vegetable, (1) a small plot of vegetables, palej or phalej, n.m. ; 



(2) cooked vegetables or lentils, Idn, n.m.; (3) vegetables 

 generally, blidji, n.f.; (4) vegetable-selling tribe, and vege- 

 table sellers generally, kunjrd, n.m. 



Veil, (1) woman's head-covering, orhnd, n.m. See under Shawl ; 



(2) fringe or ornament covering the forehead, ghunghat, 

 n.m.; (3) tinsel veil worn by the bride, mauri, n.f. 



Ventilator, (1) large ventilators in the roof of zamindars' houses, 



jhdnkhd, n.m., chaunk, n.m. ; (2) small hole in the roof for 



smoke to escape, mokh, n.m. (sometimes, as in Panjab, 

 rnogh) . 



Verandah, sal, n.f. 



Verse, dohd, n.m. 



Very, Htpat, adj. and adv.; ghankhare, adj. pi. 



Vessel, (1) earthen vessel, bdsan, n.m. ; (2) metal vessel, kdsan, 



n.m. ; (3) broken vessels of either kind, dhobrd, n.m.; (4) a 

 set of earthen vessels supplied by the potter at a wedding, 

 Uk f n.f. 



Vest, the vest or shirt worn by zamindars, kamri, n.f. 

 Vicinity. See Neighbourhood. 

 Vigorous, dhdri, adj. 



Village, gam, n.m. ; a small village, gdmri, n.f., mdjrd, n.m. See 



also Hamlet; an outside village other than one's own, pas- 

 yd man, n.m. 



Villager, gowdr, n.m. 

 Violently, gaddesi, adv. 

 Virtue, gun, n.m. 

 Visit, meht, n.f. 



Vitex, v. negundo, shimdlii, n.m. (the bannd of the Panjab : used 



in fomentations and poultices, and popularly supposed to 

 thrive in villages with masculine names, and not in those 

 of a feminine form). 



Voice, bol, n.m. 



W 



Wage earner. See Labourer. 



Waif, pdlputr, n.m (a waif brought up in one's own honu 



angherd baehha. n.m. 



