138 
J. Hinton Knowles —Kashmiri Biddles. 
[No. 3, 
58, Bath tali tsalan , lat tsat gdv. 
A cow with its tail cut runs away under the bank. 
Ans. Nav, a (Kashmiri) boat. 
59, Sheyih trail ddrih tah slieyih trah bar chhis , 
Sheyih trah gaz bar panali chhus , 
Bajas phirayo ruts wdsand , 
Tajas petli sonah manah clihus. 
It has thirty-six windows and thirty-six doors, 
It is thirty-six yards in width. 
It was a good thought of the Raja, (lit. turned over a good thought). 
On its crown is a maund of gold. 
Ans. Juma mashid (yd bad masliid ) the great mosque in 
Srinagar city which was commenced by Zainu’ 1 abadin and finished by 
Shah Jahan. It is a very large four-sided building with an open square 
in the centre. There must be nearly one hundred windows in the 
place, while there are only four doors; and its width is not thirty-six 
yards any way—the north and south sides are about 20 yards wide, 
the east side is sixteen yards and the west 22 yards. 
Wdsand is old Kashmiri, not used or generally known now-a-days. 
Khiydl is now used. 
The gold on the crown refers to the gilding of the domes of the 
mosque. 
60, Larah lazam taralidar; 
Nah unmas chlian tah nah unmas khar. 
I built a splendid house ; 
I brought neither a carpenter nor a blacksmith (to help mo in 
building it). 
Ans. Manchh gan ) a bcc-hive. Cf. No. 56. 
61, Alah, alah wav has ? 
Bislituk bayih kas ? 
Kdnah kdnah latah kas ? 
Who shakes with the wind ? 
Who fears bislitah t 
Who receives kicks in his sides ? 
Ans. Kul, a tree— bror } a cat—and ISwan, a spado. 
Bislitah is an exclamation used to drive away cats. 
62, Akhd pakdn tah thakdn nah zah ; 
Bydkhd bihit tah wuthdn nah zah ; 
Jlydkhd wudanih tah bihdn nah zah. 
