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Ginanic Term Meaning  

abadhū ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ sadhu
abadhūtā ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ sadhu
alā a word used in sindhi poetic literature for ālāp ◆ allah ◆ lord ◆ brother ◆ a word used in sindhi poetry to maintain rhythm
anal pankhī a type of bird about which it is said that it always flies in the sky it lays eggs in the sky which fall down and cracks or the baby comes out of it and starts flying and meets its parents another belief is that it is an allusion to an imaginary bird
aorā other
arath garath treasure ◆ wealth and riches ◆ property ◆ inheritance ◆ wealth ◆ capital ◆ asset
avar anyone else ◆ other ◆ another ◆ others ◆ alien ◆ mean ◆ inferior
avra others ◆ aliens
avrath another
avrā others
avrāne to others
bahiengo will meet ◆ will gather ◆ will flow
baiūṅ (for) others
bandhav relatives ◆ brother
bandhvā friends ◆ brother
bhabhūt ashes ◆ dust ◆ ash ◆ dust used by the hermits to rub on the body
bhagat worshipper ◆ believer ◆ devotee ◆ hermit ◆ ascetic ◆ devout ◆ beloved ◆ follower
bhagvā hermits's garment ◆ the dress of a saint ◆ pale yellow or yellowish-brown coloured dress which ascetics wear ◆ dress of ascetic ◆ dress of a hermit
bhaiyā brother
bhaiā brother
bhalere bhāi o good brother
bharpūr full ◆ complete ◆ with full splendour ◆ present everywhere ◆ brimful
bhayolā brother
bhege together
bher gather ◆ unite ◆ a musical instrument played in the battlefield ◆ a kind of military musical instrument ◆ shehnāī
bheḷā/ bheḷo with ◆ together
bhirāve brothers ◆ friends and relatives
bhojāī elder brother’s wife
bhāi brother
bhāiyamjī my brother
bhāiyar brothers
bhāiḍam brothers
bhāiḍā brother
bhāvare brothers
biji other ◆ second
bijo second ◆ another
bijā others
birānā belonging to others ◆ stranger ◆ things that belong to others
blelā bhel together ◆ mixed
brahmchāri abstainer ◆ worshipper ◆ hermit ◆ confirmed bachelor
bābu lord ◆ brother
bānā brother ◆ servant ◆ man ◆ friend
bāvā brother ◆ used to address someone ◆ also used for a respected person ◆ man ◆ father ◆ saint ◆ hermit
bījī second ◆ other
būṭīyā herb ◆ root
charāchar everywhere
chaturdesh everywhere ◆ all four sides
chau dīse in four sides ◆ everywhere ◆ all around ◆ in all four directions
chaū dīse all four sides ◆ everywhere
chhal deceit ◆ fraud ◆ treachery
chhande/chhānde fraud ◆ deceit ◆ treachery
chodhār all four sides ◆ everywhere ◆ around
chopher everywhere ◆ all four sides
chānd sūraj the moon and the sun the rise and the fall of inglā and pinglā the breathing from one nostril is called inglā and from the other nostril is called pinglā and the unison of the both called sukhmaṇā (shushumnā) in view of their effects they are also ca
dhar dhast putting one hand on the other
dharam jug name of a yug (era) in which religion will prevail everywhere
dilbhar sweetheart ◆ beloved ◆ dear ◆ heart ravisher
dādā elder ◆ grand father ◆ heed
dūje others
dūjā another ◆ more ◆ other ◆ someone else ◆ anyone else ◆ second
e mu allā o my lord ◆ o my brother
ek bijāne to each other
ek nāle together
ekār together
ekṭhā together ◆ united
endhāṇ sign ◆ information ◆ whereabouts ◆ address ◆ trace ◆ indication
endhāṇ/endhāṇī address ◆ sign ◆ symbol ◆ whereabouts
endhāṇī place ◆ address ◆ sign ◆ whereabouts
eṇe/eni his/her
eṭhūṅ food tasted or licked by others ◆ left-overs
garbī a kind of ginān ◆ a dance in which men and women sing and dance together
garās morsel ◆ gift ◆ offering ◆ money or land given for sustenance ◆ portion ◆ share ◆ property ◆ inheritance ◆ wealth
ghaḍulā pitcher ◆ vessel
ghaḍūlo pitcher
ghaḍūlā pitcher ◆ pot made of clay
girbhāsthān mother’s womb
girbhāvās womb of mother ◆ period spent in mother’s womb ◆ time spent in the womb of mother
gorakh cow-keeper ◆ shepherd (according to some it is a corrupt form of a persian word “gurg” which means a wolf) ◆ shepherd
goṭhe with ◆ together ◆ in companion
halkārā proclaimer ◆ one who heralds ◆ call ◆ invitation
harohar in all sides ◆ everywhere ◆ brimful
hel pitcher ◆ (allegorically used for a symbol of hope)
hit here ◆ in this world
hite here
hite here
humbhā animals ◆ herd
hun pār the other shore
ithai here
itkā of here ◆ belonging here
iyāṅ here
jagan watchful ◆ vigilant ◆ a congregation where worship ◆ meditation and music are conducted
jangam living beings ◆ animate ◆ mobile ◆ a type of ascetics ◆ moving ◆ wanderer ◆ wandering mendicant ◆ ascetic ◆ a hermit who roams from place to place
jati ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ celibate ◆ monastic ◆ acetic ◆ momin ◆ believer
jeṇethi whereby
jeṭh 3rd month of vikram calendar which falls between may and june ◆ husband’s elder brother
jhado jhad (jado jad) in quick sequence ◆ one after another
jindā a type of hermit
jite where
jiyāṅ where ◆ there
jogi ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ saint
joshīḍā astronomer ◆ sage ◆ hermit ◆ pundit
jug meḍo jio meḍo get together
jugesar primordial saint ◆ great saint ◆ worshipper ◆ ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ yogi ◆ primordial yogi ◆ great yogi ◆ one who attained the highest status in yoga ◆ sage
jāgeā/jagiyā place ◆ residence ◆ whereabouts
jāri net ◆ trap ◆ snare ◆ pitcher ◆ burns
jāṅ as long as ◆ where ◆ who
jāṅhi where
kachārī law court ◆ crowd ◆ gathering
kahek name of a city in iran where the imam of the time used to reside
kalimāh profession of faith ◆ to declare lā ilāha illallāhu muhammadur rasūlullāh (there is no deity except allāh and muhammad is the messenger of allāh)
kandkhaḍi medicinal herbs
karaṇ ear ◆ a period of 30 yugas ◆ there are 30 yugas in a karaṇ
karmāe will wither ◆ will be faded
kasha (kasa) a cup ◆ goblet ◆ bowl ◆ a plate ◆ a trencher
kede behind ◆ after ◆ one after another
khanḍ vikhanḍ from one area to another area
khanḍo bother ◆ harass ◆ torture
khāṭkī butcher
kit (kat) rust ◆ incrustation on iron or any other metal
koṇ who? where?
kumbh vessel ◆ pitcher ◆ utensil
kumlāi got withered
kumlāvā wither
kyāeṅ where
kyāṅ where
kāsāī butcher ◆ beef vendor
langeā reached across to the other shore
langije will reach across ◆ will reach the other side
langsho will go across ◆ will reach the other shore
malie to get together ◆ meet
malī together
malī karī all together
malīyo have gathered ◆ have met
man chindeyūṅ cherished desires
manḍal jamat khana ◆ congregation ◆ prayer place ◆ gathering ◆ meeting ◆ group
maḍhi house ◆ hindu hermit’s cell
melo leave ◆ shun ◆ concourse ◆ gathering ◆ dirty ◆ let go ◆ abandon ◆ quit
melāvo gathering ◆ concourse
meḍe my ◆ mine ◆ in the concourse ◆ in the gathering
meḍvī together ◆ having gathered together
meḍā gathering ◆ crowd ◆ happiness ◆ prosperity ◆ concourse ◆ union ◆ meeting
meḍā milo meet ◆ gather
meḷā gathering ◆ happiness ◆ meeting
mijlas/majlis meeting ◆ gathering ◆ company
milī together
māchhī fisherman
māi mother
māt mother
māt pitā parents ◆ mother and father
māt pītā mother and father ◆ parents
mātā mother ◆ intoxicated
māḍi jāyā real brother/sister ◆ born of the same mother
māḍī palace ◆ building ◆ mother
māḍī jāyā born of the same mother
na ko neither ◆ nor
nahīn ka otherwise
nahīṅkā otherwise
nakā not ◆ neither
nikar otherwise
nābhī kamaḷ place where the navel is situated ◆ the lotus of navel
nāgā muni naked hermit
nānā small ◆ humble ◆ maternal grandfather ◆ young
nāt par nāt own and other
orar the other side
orar na par neither this side nor the other side
orār na pār neither here nor there
palatra the next world ◆ the hereafter ◆ the other world ◆ hereafter ◆ next world ◆ the day of judgment
par other ◆ of others
par dhan wealth of others ◆ wealth that belong to others
par ghar other's house ◆ stranger's house ◆ house of others
par gher house of others
par nār other women
par nāri a woman belonging to another ◆ someone else’s woman
par nārī someone else's woman ◆ not one's own wife ◆ other’s woman
par nīndā back-biting of others
par strī women of others ◆ someone else’s wife ◆ other’s woman
par vednā difficulties of others ◆ miseries of others ◆ sufferings of others
parke of others
parnāt another caste ◆ out of caste
parnāt other jamat ◆ outside the jamat
parvasū in the control of another ◆ infatuated
parāyo belonging to someone else ◆ that belongs to others
patal (patal) nether world
pele pār the other side ◆ the other shore ◆ across
phari furthermore ◆ again ◆ return
pinḍat/pinḍatā pundit ◆ brahmin ◆ teacher
pitā father ◆ after drinking
piyarū/piyar father’s house (of a daughter)
pānḍe on the leaves ◆ pundit ◆ brahmin ◆ teacher
pārku of others
pārkī of others ◆ not one’s own ◆ belonging to another
pārkū of others
pārkū/pārki belonging to another
pāsang make-weight ◆ something placed in one scale to balance the other
pātāl the world below the earth ◆ nether regions ◆ the nether world
ral together
rut season ◆ weather
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 occur when the sun and the moon are at one of these points gives rise to the myth of the swallowing of the sun and the moon by the demon snake
sabhā gathering ◆ meeting ◆ court
sahbha an assembly ◆ council ◆ public gathering
sahit together
sancho accumulate ◆ collect ◆ gather ◆ amass
sang with ◆ together ◆ company
sangat together ◆ with ◆ company
sangāth with ◆ together
sangāth together ◆ accompany ◆ company
sanjogi ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ dervish
sant saint ◆ hermit ◆ pir
sant/santan saint ◆ hermit ◆ ascetic
sasrā father-in-law ◆ father in law
satī pious ◆ believer ◆ a truthful woman ◆ a chaste woman ◆ a faithful woman ◆ a woman who burns herself on her husband’s funeral pile ◆ true momin ◆ virtuous ◆ beloved ◆ devotee ◆ momin
sehej/sohoj together
shāh mil together with the lord
sura brave ◆ valiant ◆ heroic ◆ intrepid ◆ bold
sādh ascetic ◆ hermit ◆ virtuous people ◆ saint ◆ best ◆ dervish ◆ virtuous person
sādhi hermit ◆ ascetic
sāmā sāmā face to face ◆ facing each other
sāsu mother in law
sāsū mother-in-law ◆ mother in law
sūkā dried up ◆ withered ◆ dry
sūrsathān the place where the sun rises ◆ paradise
tareā/tariyā saved ◆ reached the other shore ◆ obtained salvation
tarūā a type of jewelery (from the context of the ginan it seems that this word is a distorted form of “tora” which means silver or gold chain worn in the neck or on the feet or ankles ◆ a number of chains linked together and worn around the neck or ankles)
tatva gināni philosopher ◆ wise ◆ gnostic
teni his ◆ her
tenjo/tenji his/her
tenā his ◆ its ◆ her
tenī his/her
tethī so that ◆ rather ◆ from those
thaiengo will give forth a sound ◆ will knock against each other
tinkū to him/her
tiskā his/her
tite there
tiyāṅ there
traṇ lok three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions)
tribhovan three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions)
tribhovar lord of three worlds ◆ lord of the three worlds ◆ three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions) ◆ lord of the three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions)
tribhovar rāe lord of the three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions)
trībhovar three worlds (heavenly, earthly, and the nether regions)
tyāṅ there
tāsūṅ from it ◆ with him ◆ with them ◆ with him/her ◆ to him/her
tāt father
tāṅ hi to him ◆ there
tāṅhā there
undhiyūṅ bad ◆ evil ◆ other way round ◆ upside down
upgari one who does good to others ◆ one who helps others
uprā uprī one after another ◆ repeatedly ◆ incessantly
uthai there
utrat/utran to reach across ◆ to reach other side
uttar khand the land of north ◆ iran and iraq (where imams used to reside)
uvāṅ there
uṅch high ◆ uch sharif ◆ (a village in the punjab where the tombs of pir sadardin and pir hasan kabirdin are located)
varoḍi barren land ◆ the land where only grass grows
vaḷi again ◆ and ◆ furthermore
vides foreign ◆ another country
virā brother ◆ friend
virānā deserted ◆ belonging to others
visvāsghāt treachery ◆ perfidy ◆ disloyalty ◆ breach of trust ◆ betrayal
vyāpak manifest ◆ spread ◆ encompassed ◆ present everywhere
vāgh leopard ◆ cheetah ◆ panther
vīr brave ◆ brother ◆ ebb and flow of tide ◆ wave ◆ flux and reflux ◆ courageous
vīr / vīrā brother ◆ brave ◆ momin
vīrā brother ◆ friend
āgal in front of ◆ in the next world ◆ ahead ◆ leading ◆ there
āgaḷ ahead ◆ in the future ◆ in the next world ◆ later ◆ in front ◆ up ahead ◆ in the hereafter ◆ before
āḷ to bother ◆ to torment ◆ to accuse ◆ accusation ◆ allegation ◆ blame ◆ slander

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