398 G. N. Dutt —Notes on the Vernacular dialects of Saran. [No. 3, 
Siarmarwds :—A wandering tribe of robbers settled by the Govern¬ 
ment of tbe North-Western Provinces on the borders of Gorakhpur. 
Their profession is to hunt jackals, hiding themselves in ambush and 
imitating their yells which makes the whole pack around come 
near the hunters yelling. They eat their flesh and prepare an oily 
substance from their fat and extract from them a substance called 
“ Siar SinghI ” which is used as a charm amulet for fever and ague. 
They are sometimes found wandering in Saran, like the Ma ah aiwa 
Doms or other tribes following a nomadic life. 
I now conclude my note by one more dialectical difference. There 
are certain words, phrases and idioms peculiar to the fair sex and never 
used by males, as will be seen from the following examples 
Nouns. 
Males. 
Females. 
1. 
Cloth worn round the waist 
and between the legs 
C\ 
2. 
Eatable vegetables 
rr^rfx 
frf^iTT 
3. 
Son • * • • • • 
tar 
4. 
Daughter 
tit 
ftfe^T 
5. 
Forehead 
fwnc 
6. 
Maid servant ... 
7. 
Plastered consecrated ground 
for keeping cooked food ... 
Z^X 
8. 
Husband ... ... 
- 
MrTTC 
9. 
Complaint 
Pronouns. 
10. 
My or mine 
^X\ 
or ifTTT 
11. 
Yours or your... 
W\^X T 
cfft 
or rfTTT 
(a) ( h ) ^ <TTT w (0 «ri? %, and abusive 
languages such as (d) <sffPJrTT, (e) 3T^Wr, (/) Wltf, ( g ) 
• • ' 
*iltf are phrases used exclusively by females. The peasants call 
the breeding bull with a peculiar sound “ (He H a Ha Ho)” and, 
as obedient as a dog to his master’s whistle, the bull comes runniug from 
a distance to cover the cow. 
■0 ' , , 
(a) Very strange, (b) Away, be good to thee (an exclamation when any impro¬ 
per action is done), (c) O mother, (d) An abbreviation of an indecent abuse, 
(e) Eater of ordure, (/) I burn your turban, ( g) I beat you with black cooking-pot. 
