YOCABULATIY. 
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fanlY, a door-bolt: a wedge. 
faf^^T^, a sprout, a shoot : a tendril. 
fapTR\ a cultivator : a field labourer. 
sfY, far, or faR, (1) interrogative pro¬ 
noun, adjectival substantival. 
As a substantive, it has a declen¬ 
sional or oblique form ^^whence 
are forms like the instrumental 
s?rsff , arid ablative strft #. With 
7 . f , _ 
the preposition ^H, or pro- 
perly the indeclinable participle 
of #, to take, it forms a dative 
faf^TT, favt?T*I, €farr, 
or 
meaning why ? which is the usual 
form of this adverb in MaithiU: 
What P 
or far, faR, (2) ffanr, or fafw, 
q. v., adv. why ? also used as a 
simple particle giving an interro¬ 
gative force to a sentence. E. g. 
?T far rffaf^T 31*r ^R, are therefore 
his good qualities lost P Vid. 
XLII, 4. 
€Y, or far, (3) conj. either: or. far 
... far, either . or, cTf^ . 
far *rft, neither . nor. 
€Y or far, (4) conj. that: often used 
after a vocative expectantly, intro¬ 
ducing a direct statement; the 
words “ I say” being understood. 
In this sense usually not translat¬ 
ed. E. g. X far tf^ff 
TTR wr, 0 wayfarer, you are my 
brother, Vid. LXXIX, 9. 
e&Y^T, (1) adv. why ? 
:Jfasr, (2) a box for holding vermi¬ 
lion. 
SfiYfa, affaf, mud, filth = <PT^ 
q- v. 
r, a worm. 
3 T]cr, v. a. to buy, to purchase. Vid. 
LXXIX, 11 qftJTSJ = (tell 
him) to buy. 
Pray . for see ^ (!)• 
a worm ; a parrot. 
4rfa<T, fame, glory. 
^flTT = r, q. v. 
= *rk?r, q. v. 
a well. 
a pot: (Letter) oil and 
pots, hence means of subsistence, 
necessaries of life. 
f\3R, a dog: Prov. €Y ^ 
■qfa, ghi will not digest in a dog’s 
stomach, (but is thrown up), i. e., 
never trust a secret to a fool. 
a hollow globe of Sealing-wax 
filled with red powder, which 
Hindus throw at each other during 
the Holi festival. On striking any 
one they burst, & cover him with 
red powder. A woman's breasts 
are frequently compared to them. 
a woman’s bosom or breasts, 
compared frequently to cocoa-nuts , 
golden mountains , or the Kunkurn , 
see ff*- 
^faj, an arbour, a bower : hence (Vid. 
LX, 1) a lonely place : (a woman 
in her courses abstains from any 
kind of intercourse with men , being 
unclean). 
a key. 
or fT^, v. a. to pound, grind ; 
Prov. ek 3 «fNY 
