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ba�vārā [cf. H bā��nā] m. partition. a��lāq [A pl. of �ulq] m. morality, ethics. a��lāqī [AP] adj. motral i.e. criminal (prisoner). tabādla [A tabādul] m. transfer. maʻqūl [A cf. ʻaql] adj. reasonable; proper. kānfarans [E] f. conference. bāʼl-ā��ir [A] adv. eventually. muqarrar [A] adj. appointed. lavā iq [A pl. of lā�iq(a)] m. pl. relatives. sar- ad [P] m. border. ci-mīgūī [P ʻwhat is he sayingʼ] f. speculation, conjecture. usturā [P] m. razor. — "Hind usturā" the company started with the name of HIND

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mut̤maʼinn [A] adj. content. aka$nā [cf. S a?ka- x vakra-] v.i. to be or become crooked; to be affected, to strut. hindūsato$ pej. = hindūstānī (probabaly a conflation of the pejorative Panjabi pronunciation: "hindūstāD" and of Hind Usturā). naʻra [AP] m. shout, roar. phisalnā [cf *phiss-] v.i. to slip. daʼe/day [S dāyā-] ?f. gift. taqsīm [A] f. partition. (a ī [A] adj. true, real. jāhil [A] adj. ignorant. ʻalai da/ʻala da [A ʻalā + �idat ʻbeing aloneʼ] adj. separate, distinct. ma al(l) [A] m. place, position. wuqūʻ [A] m. happening, occurrence. māʼūf [A] adj. ? destroyed, eliminated. ma��ma(a [A cf. �ama� ʻ(the belly) to become emptyʼ] m. 1. hunger; 2. difficulty. �ahnī [H] f. small branch. masalsal [A] adj. ʻchainedʼ consecutive. taqrīr [A ʻto pour (words into anotherʼs ear)ʼ] f. discourse. masla [PA] m. question, matter. daura [P] m. going round. sard pa$nā idiom. to be calmed down. raviś [P] f. path. namūdār [P namūd ʻdisplayʼ + P dār] adj. apparent, visible.

dafʻadār [P cf. A dafʻa ʻtime; collective body, sectionʼ] m. officer commanding a small body. nang(ā)-dha$ang(ā) [S nagna-] adj. stark naked. dha$ang adj. 1. stalwart, strapping; 2. naked. caniyo� m. Chaniot - a town on the Chenab in an area called Sandal Bar (an exotic place at the foot of a series of hillocks). sargarm [P] adj. active. kār-kun [P] m. activist. yak-la��t [P] adv. ʻof one pieceʼ all at once, entirely. qāʼid [A] m. leader. aʻz̤am [A compar. and superl. of ʻaz̤īm] adj. very great. janglā [cf. jangal] m. 1. railing, fence; 2. here: cell.. qarār [A inf. n. of qarr ʻto dwellʼ] m. 1. dwelling; 2. settlement, determination. qarār denā idiom. to determine, to declare. nākām [P] adj. disappointed, unsuccessful. �hukrānā [] v.t. to kick against, to trample upon; 2. gere: to turn down. (adma [PA] m. shock, calamity. ais̤īyat [AP] f. status. zahr-mār karnā idiom. ʻto swallow as poisonʼ to do with great repugnance. sūjnā [H] vi. to swell. pi/0alī [cf. piDKa-] f. calf of the leg. jismānī [P jism ʻbodyʼ] adj. bodily. takālīf [A pl. of taklīf] f. pl. difficulties. sanjīdagī [P cf. sanjīda] f. seriousness, graveness. uljhāv [cf. H ulajhnā ʻto be entangledʼ] m. entanglement. sirā [śiras-] m. head. sire se idiom. from the beginning, completely. kes [S keśa-] m. pl. hair. chidrā [S chidra-] adj. ʻcontaining gapsʼ thin; sparse. mu��ta(ar [A] adj. curtailed, small. 1arar [A] m. harm. fasād [A] m. 1. wickedness; 2. conflict, disturbance. ��air [A] f. prosperity, welfare. aqārab [A pl. of aqrab] m. pl. near relatives. ghisnā/ghasnā [ghMNyate] vt. to rub. itmīnān [A] m. satisfaction, surety. itmīnān-ba��ś [AP] adj. satisfactory. kured ? [cf. H kurednā ʻto srap, to scratchʼ] f. concern. asb [A] adv. according to. asb-i aʻdat [P] adv. as usual. minnat [PA] f. entreaty. samājat [AP] f. solicitation, flattery. ma(rūf [A] adj. busy. nihāl adj. 1. prosperous; 2. happy. ba$ba$ānā [*baKabaKa-] v.i. to mutter, to grumble., to babble (nonsenssically).

rā1ī-��2u( [AP] adj. pleased and happy. bhūrā [*bhrūra-] adj. brown. ka��ā [] m. calf. marūn0ā m. puffed rice candy. qadre [P fr. A qadr] 1. m. a (small) quantity; somewhat (of); 2. adv. to some extent. bokhlānā [? cf. H bhoOknā 'to bark', 'to talk nonesensically'] v.i. ? to be perplexed. fi�e mu3h [H phaQe muOh] adj. pej. "burst-faced" disgraced. fěhrist [P] f. list. dasta [P] m. division of an army, squadron. mutaʻliqa [A] adj. related. vāhga m. Vahga (Name of a Pakistani border town). 5au5a [P] m. uproar, commotion. ka$āke kī sardī idiom. biting cold. (ke) aqq me3 honā idiom. to approve (sg.) fasād [A] m. violence. t̤aiś [A] m. anger, rage. bāqī mānda [AP] adj. ? remaining. �āng [Qa?gā-] m. leg. be1arar [P+A Sarar 'harm'] adj. harmles. mazīd [A] m. increase. sākit [A AP of sakt ʻto be silentʼ] adj. silent. (āmit [A AP of �amt ʻto be silentʼ] adj. silent. alq [A] m. throat. falak [A v.n. fr. falk ʻto be roundʼ] m. sky. śigāf [P =śuguft AP of śigāftan] adj. splitting. aundhā [S adho-mukh] adj. with the face down. ��ār-dār tār [PH] m. barbed wire.