Urdu-English Glossary
This glossary lists all the words and compounds which occur in the U
passages other than the simple vocabulary which should be known to users
of the book, proper nouns and adjectives, and those words whose unique
occurrence is thought to have been adequately glossed in the notes to the
relevant passage.
Although artificially skewed by these criteria, the etymological
distribution of the 778 head-words included here reflects quite accurately
the preponderant influence of PA vocabulary, especially of A itself, upon U
prose of all types. This may be seen from the following word-counts and
percentages under each of the assigned etymological source-languages:
A 417 (54%) HU 105 (13%)
P 186 (24%) s 13 ( 2%)
PA 51 ( 6%) E 6( 1%)
These figures are, of course, to be regarded with the same caution as that
indicated for the numerous ‘S’ items in the preceding Hindi-English
glossary, i.e. many items marked as ‘A’ may be Persianisms transferred to
U, while others marked as ‘A’ and ‘P’ are intrinsic U coinages from these
historic loan-languages.
The glossary is arranged in U alphabetical order, with the necessary
addition of the transcription of all head-words, and the provision of the s.
forms of all A p. nouns. Abbreviations follow the usual conventions with
the following additions in the citation of phrase-verbs:
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A 2 ald m. tool, instrument
PA wt — Gla-e kar m. effective instrument
P wit — @madé adj. ready, prepared
P wt ~~ Gmad f. coming, arrival
P Gmad o raft f. coming and going, intercourse
P Gmezis f. mixture
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A » — asar m. effect, influence; asar parna vi. effect to be
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A <1 asarat (s. asar) mp. effects, influences
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ijtihadi adj. innovative, creative
ijra m. carrying out, performance
acambha m. wonder, miracle
ihtiyat f. care, careful provision
ihsasat (s. ihsas) mp. feelings
ixtiyar m. power, influence; ixtiyar r. vt. to have the
power
ada k, vt. to express
adab m. literature; respect, courtesy
adabi adj. literary
irtigad m. evolution, development
irtigai adj. evolutionary
irsad m. guidance, direction; irsad farmand vt. to
direct
az prepn. from; than; az sar-e nau adv. afresh
istad adj. erected
ustad m. teacher, ustad
isti‘dad f. ability, command
ustuvar adj. strong, firm
asma (s. ism) mp. nouns
isd‘at f. publishing
asl f. basis; adj. basic, actual, original
asli adj. original, real
asliyat f. basic identity
usul m. principle
izafat f. izafat, genitive
izafa m. addition, increase
izhar m. expression
i‘lan k, vt. to announce
a‘la adj. high, senior
a‘mal (s. ‘amal) mp. actions, deeds
afsand m. story
afsurdé adj. cooled, extinguished
afsos m. regret; intj. alas!
af al (s. fi‘l) mp. verbs
igdam m. move
aksariyat f. majority
akhara m. wrestling-ground
ugat f. inventive power
illa cj. otherwise, moreover
ilzam m. charge, accusation
alfaz (s. lafz) mp. words
alam-naki f. tragedy
ulla m. owl
imtihan m. examination
amr m. thing, matter
intixabi adj. electoral
intizam m. arrangement, organization
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imi adj. organizational
a f. limit
anjuman f. society
andaz m. manner
infiradi adj. individual
ungli f. finger
avaxir (s. axir) mp. last days
augat (s. vaqt) mp. times
ahi-e pref. people of
ahl-e zaban mp. native speakers
ahl-kar m. official, clerk
ahl-e magrib mp. Westerners, Europeans
aham adj. importance
ahammiyat f. importance
‘ijad k. vt. to create, to make up
ek sath adv. together
ek-giina adj. a certain, some
badsahat f. reign
bard m. respect, regard
baz-gast f. return
-basi adj. suf. -smelling
ke ba‘is ppn. because of
bag m. garden
bit-taxsis adv. especially, particularly
biz-zat adv. essentially
ba-murad adj. successful, as one would wish
bavan-gaz m. giant
ba-pa h. vi. to be afoot, to arise
batasa m. hard sugar-puff
bithana vt. to establish
ki(ke) ba-jae ppn. instead of
bahr f. sea; metre
ba-xitbi adv. well, perfectly
bad-tar adj. worse
bad-tamiz adj. rude
ba-dastur adv. as usual, as before
ki ba-daulat ppn. thanks to
ba-rah-e rast adv. directly
bar-pa k. vt. to set afoot, to cause
bartan m. pot, vessel
baratna vt. to use
ke bar-xilaf ppn. against
baras m. year; baras-ha baras adv. for years and
years
barr-e sagir m. subcontinent
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buzurg adj. old, senior; m. elder, senior
ba‘z adj. some; ba‘z augat adv. sometimes
ba‘ze adj. some
ba-taur prepn. by way of, as
balki cj. but also, indeed
buland adj. high, lofty, raised
buland-ahang adj. high-sounding
buland-bang adj. loftily announced
bind f. foundation, basis
bandé m. slave, creature; pr. I
bunydd f. foundation, basis
bojh m. burden
boli f. speech, spoken language, language
bahar f. spring
bhaia f. language, Hindi
bhakha f. local language, vernacular
bhagna vi. to run
bahana vt. to make flow, to shed
bihtarin adj. best, finest
bhadda-pan m. clumsiness
bharosa m. reliance, trust
ba-ham pahuncana vt. to acquire, to get
bhit m. evil spirit
bhonkna vt. to thrust in, to stab
bayan k. vt. to explain, to express oneself
be-bak adj. shameless, brazen
be-tamizi adj. indiscriminate
be-cin o cird adv. without question
berini adj. from outside, external, foreign
be-kar adj. unemployed
beganagi f. estrangement
bail m. ox, bullock
bainal-aqvami adj. international
paji m. uneducated person, low type
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pa-mal adj. trampled
paindé adj. enduring
pattha m. young of bird or animal
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parja f. people, subjects
Pas cj. so, therefore
past adj. low; humble, subdued
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pakarna vt. to seize, to grasp
paggar m. large turban
pilana vt. to give to drink, to serve water
paltan f. regiment
pau f. drinking-stand
posak f. dress
Phaina phiina vi. to flourish
pahlvan m. wrestler
pahunca m. wrist
Phansana vt. to cause to be caught, to involve
Pher m. alteration, variation
phailnda vi. to spread, to extend
payya m. wheel
pec m. wrestling-throw
paida adj. born; paidd k. vt. to create, to produce;
paida h. vi. to be born, to be produced
Pirhi f. generation; pirhi ba-pirhi adv. from
generation to generation
se pes ppn. in advance of; pes and vi. to occur,
to present itself
pe3-e nazar adv. before one’s eyes
paigam-bar m. message-bearer
paivast adj. joined, connected
tarix f. history
tassuf m. regret
tan m. pull, draw
tatabbu‘ m. following, imitation
tajviz f. decision
tahrir f. writing, composition
tahrik f. movement
tahqig f, research; tahqig k. vt. to investigate, to
research into
tahqiqi adj. research-
taxt m. throne
taxligat (s. taxlig) fp. creations, creative works
tadbir f. plan, contrivance
tarazii f. balance, scales
tarjuman m. interpreter, interpretation
tarjumani f. representation, interpreting
tarjumé m. translation
taraqqi f. development, progress; promotion; taraqqi
k, vt. to develop, to progress
taraqqi-pazir adj. developing
tark k. vt. to abandon, to give up
tarkib f. construction, compound
tarkibi adj. ‘synthetic’
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tashih f. correction
tasnif f. composition; tasnif k. vt. to compose, to
compile
tasavvur m. imagination, conception
ta‘rif f. praise; ta‘rif k. vt. to praise
ta‘assub m. prejudice, bigotry
ta‘assubat (s. ta‘assub) mp. prejudices
ta‘zim f. respect
ta‘alluq m. connexion
ta‘lim f. education
ta‘mir f. building, construction
ta‘ayyun k. vt. to determine, to fix
tagaful m. neglect, inattention
tafavut m. difference
tafsir f. Quranic commentary
tafsili adj. ‘analytic’
taqarir (s. tagrir) f. speeches
taqaza (-G) m. demand
taqrir f. speech; tagrir k. vt. to make a speech
taklif f. trouble, distress
talasi f. search
talaffuz m. pronunciation
talak ppn. until
tamam adj. all
tamaddun m. civilization
tamiz f. proper behaviour, good manners
tamiz-dari f. discretion
tang adj. narrow, restricted
tobra m. bag, sack
than m. bolt of cloth
tahzib f. culture
tahzibi adj. cultural
takkar khand vt. to vie with
thikana m. place
thoth adj. dense, stupid
theina vt. to push along
sani adj. second
saqafat f. culture
sagafati adj. cultural
Jari adj. continuing
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