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Grammar of the Panjdbi Language. 



[Aug. 



Kaj 



marriage 



Langri 



butler 



Sultana 



Sultan Muham- 



Langar 



cookroom 





mad Khan 



Dalle 



pieces of flesh 



Pima 



Pir Muhammad 



Las 



soup 





Khkn 



Karna 



to cook (not pa- 



Phatta 



Wazir Fatteh 





kavna) 





Khkn 



Warjna 



to stop one's own 



Tambura 



Timaur Shah 





dinner, i e. to 



Pendhya 



Penda Kh&n 





accept an invi- 





(Tanauli) 





tation 



Gadwai 



cup-bearer 







Maharaj Ranjit Singh has the following peculiar Vocabulary of his own. 

 Band hast, opening of the bowels, Dast in Persian. 

 Thirmili, a check or curtain, cheeM in Panjabi. 



Khismati, a ewer, chilamchi in Persian, because chilams (pipes are not 

 lawful in the Granth.) 



Sugda (clever) a stool, instead of Moda because this word means a fool. 

 Kanga Sagar, a goglet, Aftaba in Persian. 



Sentences. 

 War ji (properly Wa Guruji) ka The Sikh salutation. 

 hhatek 



Tuhada nan ki,e 



Tusi kiddar jande,o 



Tun kiddar janna en 



Is pindda nan M,e 



Tuhanu thand lagi,e 



Oh pind kinna dur,e 



Tuhadi umur kitni e 



Tusi sadde bhiranu jande o 



Isda mul ki loge 



Tuhadiyan trimatan kitniyan 



Tusi ghodyanu ki dende,o 



Tuhade ghodyandi ki khurak e 



Tusi kis waste mere utte ghusse o 



Tuhada peo juvnda e 



Nah tre vare huen jo pura hogaya e 



or (margaya e) 

 Tusi kadin Turkisthannu ga,e,o 

 Din vich kitni veil khande,o 

 Ki, ki. khande,o 

 Nazar aonda e jo aj min wasega 

 Ki kar nazar aonde 

 Asade kul hek paredi kikmat,e 



Ek man bi wichon kitna hasal hun- 



da,e 

 Aj kal thon (nalon) bahut thand,e 



Je tuhanu vel nehinta apne gumash- 



tenu ghal dena 

 Aj bazar wich hundida ki bha,e 



Hundi mathi 

 Plundi chaddi,e 

 Koi sathtan nehin lagi 

 Tusi odaretan nehin 



What is your name ? 



Where are you going ? 



Ditto, ditto, ditto, to an inferior. 



What is the name of this village? 



You have caught a cold. 



How far is that village ? 



What is your age ? 



Do you know my brother? 



What will you take for this ? 



How many wives have you ? 



What do you feed horses on ? 



What is your horses' food ? 



Why are you angry with me ? 



Is your father alive ? 



No, these three years since he died. 



Have you ever been to Turkistan ? 



How many meals do you make a day? 



What do you eat ? 



It seems as if it would rain to-day. 



How do you know ? 



I have an instrument containing 

 quicksilver. 



What is the produce of a maund of 

 seed ? 



To-day is much colder than yester- 

 day. 



If you have not leisure send your 

 agent. 



What is the exchange of a bill to- 

 day in the bazar ? 



The rate has fallen.. 



The rate has risen. 



You are not hurt are you ? 



You are not uncomfortable are you ? 



