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Source Glossary [KM09]



A


1.  abdhā abadh eternally, infinitely, forever 
2.  abhyāgat guest, representative; beggar 
3.  achhḍā clean, pure, good, white 
4.  adhīrā impatient 
5.  ahonis day and night 
6.  ajar eternal, imperishable, one who does not get old 
7.  amdāvād ahmadabad 
8.  amūlakh invaluable, precious, very costly 
9.  anant infinite, limitless 
10.  ant limit, end, finish 
11.  anāth orphan, destitute, helpless  
12.  aparam day of judgment, final moment (although this word or its translation is not available in gujarati dictionary, this meaning seems to be the nearest in the light of the context another word close to it in gujarati is uparam which means sadness, separat 
13.  arath garath wealth, capital, asset 
14.  auṭh three and half, three and half times 
15.  avar others, alien; mean, inferior 
16.  aḍhār bhār of eighteen types, all types of plants 

Ā


17.  ābū name of a city, name of a mountain 
18.  ād beginning, primordial, original 
19.  āghā far, distant, away 
20.  ārādho remember, follow, obey, worship 
21.  āshā hope, aspiration, wish 
22.  āyūdh a weapon; age 
23.  āṅch fire, flame 
24.  āṅkḍā a type of sapling; anger; counting; sting; to bite 

B


25.  bagāḍ tiger, cheetah 
26.  balvantā powerful, strong 
27.  bandhāṇ bond, discipline, restriction, control 
28.  barūḍā cold 
29.  beḍā boat 
30.  bhamarle the bumblebee 
31.  bhamaṇ (bhūvan) world, universe 
32.  bhangāṇ stampede, commotion, chaos 
33.  bhanjan one who breaks, one who removes 
34.  bhanḍār treasure,aheap,acollection, accumulation 
35.  bharam brahm, god; illusion 
36.  bharaṇ wish, ambition; satisfaction; rearing, nurturing  
37.  bharaṇ bharāe fulfill the wishes 
38.  bhav life, time, world; birth; purpose, reason 
39.  bhav bhanjan remover of the life’s difficulties 
40.  bher a kind of military musical instrument; shehnāī 
41.  bhoj (bhojan) food, meal, feast 
42.  bhom dāg to bury, burying 
43.  bhom/bhūmī land, ground 
44.  bhorā/bhoḷā simple, innocent 
45.  bhrānt/bhrāntī doubt, illusion, misunderstanding, wrong thought 
46.  bhāg fate, fortune; run 
47.  bhāmo greed, illusion, infatuation 
48.  bhītar in, inside; in the heart 
49.  blelā bhel together, mixed 
50.  bohoḍ again 
51.  bumb noise 
52.  bāie burn, lit 
53.  bāl eagle; child 
54.  bāvā brother, father; saint, hermit 

C


55.  chaiṅe in all four yugas 
56.  chalatra play, game 
57.  chalaṇ deeds, actions 
58.  chandan vīr name of a murid at the time of sayyid imam shah (ra) 
59.  chhal fraud, deceit, treachery 
60.  chhande/chhānde fraud, deceit, treachery 
61.  chhaḍeā thrashed, beaten, whipped 
62.  chhedie kill, finish 
63.  chhel beloved, beautiful, loveable, lovely, well dressed 
64.  chhāeḍo shade, shadow 
65.  chhāndo fraud, deceit; grudge 
66.  chhīṅkā a net hung from the ceiling used for keeping food a net put on the mouth of the animals 
67.  chint thought, heart 
68.  chokhā pure, clean; rice 
69.  chorī an awning set up for marriage, a canopy; stealing 
70.  chorī chitrāvo an awning set up for marriage its four corners are decorated by a pile of seven utensils 
71.  chukīrā the ones who have gone astray 
72.  chākarī service,atoaworkaasaaaservant, servitude 
73.  chīṇab chinab, a river in the punjab, name of a place 

D


74.  dav fire, blaze 
75.  dehī body 
76.  delam desh a place in iran 
77.  devārath/devārth name of a disciple of pir sadardin (ra) 
78.  devūṅ debt, what is due to return 
79.  dhandh riot, discord, fight; fog 
80.  dhaḍbaḍī sound of horse beats 
81.  dhingāi riot, shamelessness, malicious 
82.  dhingāṇā riot, fight, discord, chaos 
83.  dhorīḍā lord, owner, leader, guide; a bull, an ox 
84.  dhutārā fraud, cheat, liar 
85.  dhāvan following; path; skirt 
86.  dhāṇī dry grain, roasted grain 
87.  dhīr give, to give; patience, forbearance 
88.  dhūṅkaḍī near, well nigh 
89.  dit to give, sharing, charity 
90.  doelī difficult, arduous 
91.  dovādasī pomp and show, grandeur 
92.  dut unhappiness, pain, difficulties 
93.  dāg to burn, to cremate 
94.  dākhie understand, recognize 
95.  dālidra/dāridra poverty, unhappiness; dirt, filth 
96.  dāṇav the enemies of religion 
97.  dīs direction 
98.  dīvāriyā servant; highest amongst the intelligent 

Ḍ


99.  ḍambar/ḍammar cloud; group 
100.  ḍelā place, residence, centre 
101.  ḍhaḍhuḍiyā shakenawithanoise,ashakenawith sound 
102.  ḍhilḍī the city of delhi 
103.  ḍhāḍī to hoard and hide 

E


104.  endhāṇ address, sign, indication 
105.  eḷe waste, useless 

G


106.  galgā dip, dive, roam about 
107.  ganj treasure, accumulation of wealth 
108.  ganjāe will be afraid, will be defeated, will be mislead, will be controlled 
109.  garās portion, share, property, inheritance, wealth 
110.  girahiyā caught, eclipsed  
111.  gorakh shepherd 
112.  goḍ noise; group; too many, too much 
113.  gunj secret 

H


114.  hem gold; a kind of poisonous plant 
115.  humbhā animals, herd 
116.  hāṅk dilāve will challenge, will threaten, will terrify 

J


117.  jal water, liquid 
118.  jalī balī burned down, razed 
119.  jamvāro life, time, age, span of lifetime 
120.  jare die, perish 
121.  jarūkhe on the window, swing 
122.  jog/yog yoga, technique of meditation, intense prayer 
123.  jojan distance of four villages 
124.  jomo sipāriyo passed away, departed from this mortal world 
125.  jomū dress 
126.  jomū sipārvū to change dress, symbolically means to leave the mortal body, to pass away, to depart from this mortal world 
127.  joshīḍā astronomer, sage, hermit, pundit 
128.  jugesar yogi, sage, hermit, ascetic 
129.  jugtī/yugtī method (of meditation) 
130.  juā juā separate 
131.  jājā much, many 
132.  jān marriage procession 
133.  jātrā/yātrā pilgrimage, visit to the holy places 
134.  jītelā that which has to be conquered 
135.  jītiyā won, conquered 
136.  jūlo acquire, get 

K


137.  kalap jug name of a yuga which was in the beginning 
138.  kalap virakh/vraksh an imaginary wish-tree the largest tree in the world which has an age of between 100 and 50000 years also known as kalap tarū and considered as one of the 14 jewels 
139.  kalā qualities; light 
140.  kampkampshe will shiver, will tremble 
141.  karpī miser 
142.  kasmase jumping, unrest, uneasy 
143.  kastar garbage, waste 
144.  kasumbā safflower, red dye of safflower, a kind of plant from which red dye is prepared 
145.  kasṇī test, trial, tribulation 
146.  kaṭak forces, army, troops 
147.  khamiyā patience, forbearance, forgiveness 
148.  khanā sword 
149.  khanḍ piece, part; continent 
150.  khanḍat to break, to reduce 
151.  khapar lethal, fatal, a weapon which overwhelms the enemies  
152.  khaḍag/khaṇang sword 
153.  khaṇ/kshaṇ moment 
154.  kheh/khehḍī dust, soil 
155.  khetar field, farm 
156.  kheḍā village 
157.  khojī dharo keep buried 
158.  khoṇ a figure, land 
159.  khoṇī/kshoṇī an army consisting of 21870 elephants, 21871 mounted men, 65610 horses and 109350 infantry 
160.  khān emir, leader, notable 
161.  khūḍī hoofs 
162.  kiyārā a flower bed, a portion of tilled ground 
163.  kosīsā an ornamental structure on a parapet or rampart 
164.  koṭ fort, citadel 
165.  krodh anger 
166.  kāhel/kāer coward, weak hearted 
167.  kām lust, carnal desires; work 
168.  kārmī beautiful, lovely; horrible 
169.  kāṅkaṇ bay’at, oath of allegiance, ritual to become a murid of the imam, a thread worn by the murid 

L


170.  lakhmī/lakshmī wealth 
171.  lohī blood, family, blood relations 
172.  lūpe to finish, to eliminate 

M


173.  maḷ mutra filth 
174.  mukirā one who has gone astray, one who denied the truth 
175.  muslo prayer rug; muslim 
176.  mūrat face, form, statue 
177.  mūratḍā groom 

N


178.  namaskārī humble, polite, respectful 
179.  narabh/nir bhae fearless, courageous, intrepid 
180.  nav kūḍ nine types of snakes 
181.  navlā wonderful, beautiful, amazing; new 
182.  navāṇū ninety-nine (99) 
183.  nichhoyā left hung, left suspended 
184.  nilāḍ forehead 
185.  nirat engrossed, busy, concentrated 
186.  nirinjan unseen, beyond, which cannot be touched 
187.  nirvansh issueless, without progeny 
188.  nisijal pure, clean 
189.  nivāraṇ result, judgment, freedom 
190.  nās run, flee 
191.  nīl sky blue; ten thousand billion 
192.  nīl varaṇī dark blue, black 
193.  nīndāmaṇ wild grass 

O


194.  odrāvā worry, concern, difficulties 
195.  otareā/utareā left, abandoned, fled 

P


196.  pachham west 
197.  pad status, position 
198.  pake ready, ripe 
199.  palṭe will turn around, will change 
200.  parab/parva stock of food and water for the ravelers; a type of diamond; festival; an auspicious day 
201.  parchhand echo, resonance 
202.  parharī melo shun, leave, abandon 
203.  parmāṇiyā recognized, accepted, believed in 
204.  parvese/pravese beginning, entry point 
205.  parvārā a type of a precious stone found in the oceans, small pearl, coral 
206.  pasrā to spread quickly 
207.  pavan wind, air 
208.  phaḍphaḍiyā swung, trembled, danced 
209.  pherā cycle of coming and going; birth and rebirth 
210.  pinḍhat pundit, scholar, sage 
211.  piyāṇā/pariyāṇ to set out, depart; to appear, to mount on a horse; advance of the troops 
212.  pop morning; flower 
213.  prasar to spread, to overtake quickly 
214.  pustak book, scripture 
215.  pāki became ready, became ripe, became strong 
216.  pālkhī palanquin 
217.  pātak sin, bad deeds 
218.  pāvāgaḍh name of a mountain, (pāvā is also name of a city) 
219.  pāṅtī share, portion, part 
220.  pāṭ small table, seat 
221.  pīrāṅ sandhā of pirs 
222.  pūnam full-moon 
223.  pūr flood, deluge 
224.  pūraṇ complete, full 

R


225.  rachnā creation; purpose; work; idea, form, beauty; organization 
226.  rav scream, shriek, noise; heat 
227.  ravī bhāṇ sun 
228.  roḍ vartāeshe will punish, will torture, will terrify 
229.  rut season 
230.  rāhū astronomically, rāhū and ketū denote the points of intersection of the paths of the sun and the moon as they move on the celestial sphere therefore, rāhū and ketū are respectively called the north and the south lunar nodes the fact that eclipses occ 
231.  rūndhiyūṅ stopped, surrounded, sealed, blockaded 

S


232.  samo time, opportunity 
233.  sanch accumulated, hoarded; wealth 
234.  sancharse will roam, will overwhelm 
235.  saraṇāgat/sharaṇāgat refuge, under protection; on the feet 
236.  sarūpī in the guise of, in the form of 
237.  sen/sehen army, troops 
238.  sentar dīp iran 
239.  sipāriyo surrendered, handed over 
240.  sudāmā name of childhood friend of sri krishna 
241.  sukhmaṇā/shushumnā name of a nerve 
242.  surat thought, concentration, focus 
243.  sureg/udbhoj name of a mine, a stage of creation 
244.  suriyā gallows 
245.  sābdāi preparation, decorated with cloths and things 
246.  sādhī lio obtain; attach; practise intense prayers 
247.  sāher ocean, sea 
248.  sākar sugar, lump sugar 
249.  sīngaṇī horn 
250.  sīsh nāg python, a type of snake 
251.  sūtak impurity 

T


252.  tale under, beneath 
253.  tape will become hot, will be heated 
254.  tarṇā straw, dry grass 
255.  tej light, heat; rage, anger 
256.  thal land 
257.  thambh pillar 
258.  thir/thar stable, strong 
259.  thān centre, place, residence, seat, headquarters 
260.  thānak centre, residence, seat, headquarters 
261.  trambake to play (a drum) loudly 
262.  trasnā/trashnā thirst; love for world 
263.  trās agony, unbearable torture, fear 
264.  trāṭī matted shutter 
265.  trūṭho pleased; became happy 
266.  tumbhā/tumbā a gourd 
267.  tājṇū whip 
268.  tāḍī love, affection, inclination; colour 
269.  tīrath/tirth holy places of hindus 
270.  tūrī horse 

Ṭ


271.  ṭhelo remove 
272.  ṭhālā empty, deserted 
273.  ṭāḍhā cold 
274.  ṭāṇū time, occasion 

U


275.  uchhav/utsav celebration, festival 
276.  uchhrang extreme joy and happiness 
277.  ujāḍshe will destroy, will demolish 
278.  ulṭengo will turn upside down 
279.  umrā emirs, kings 
280.  umāvo remembrance, fondness; humility 
281.  unāḍe in the season of extreme heat, on a sunny day  
282.  utput creation, beginning 
283.  utrat/utran to reach across, to reach other side 
284.  utārā accommodation, temporary stay 
285.  utāvlā quick in response, in a hurry, restless 
286.  uvāṭe on the wrong path 
287.  uṇād beginning, primordial, original 
288.  uṭhaḍā truṭhaḍā weak and feeble 

V


289.  vajiyā/vajiye success 
290.  vardāi the giver of word, the giver of promise, one who bestows 
291.  varsandā will fall, will pour 
292.  vaselā populated, inhabited 
293.  vichhāṇā bed 
294.  vimras discussion on knowledge; name of a disciple of pir shams (ra) also known as chardrabhāṇ 
295.  vinj chalo be wounded, be injured 
296.  vār/vārā time, turn, period 
297.  vāḍī garden 
298.  vāṇiyā businessman, trader 

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