Wednesday, December 14, 2011

tai, tay, तय


The word "tai" (or tay) is of Arabic origins where it is spelt as "tayy". In Urdu, it has the following meanings: covering (a distance), as in "faasilah tai karnaa" (to cover a distance)
folding/settling/deciding; folded/settled/decided;
tai shudah: settled/decided/closed (affair); yih baat tai hai kih...This matter is settled/decided that...


Is there an Hindi equivalent for "tai"?

Tai or तय is a Hindi word. Examples of Tai karna / तय करना:

रेलवे को अपनी 'सुरक्षा' प्राथमिकता तय करना जरूरी ...

अभी भी कुछ दूरियों को तय करना है: कृष्णा

भारत-पाक संबंधों की दिशा तय करना प्राथमिकता: खार

टूर्नामेंट में अब भी लंबा रास्ता तय करना है : धोनी


घोषणाओं से ज्यादा ज़रूरी है जवाबदेही तय करना ...


अभी हमें लंबा रास्ता तय करना है-सचिन


बिल पर समयसीमा तय करना सही नहीं: अभिषेक मनु ...


'पेट्रो कीमत तय करना तेल कंपनियों के हाथ में' | Zee ...


हिन्दू धर्म संदेश-शक्ति से अधिक लक्ष्य तय करना ...


In Hindi, the meanings of "tay karna" are most of the times used in the below two forms from my experience (in this sequence):

(1) To decide
(2) To cover

Here you can see the complete list of meanings of the Hindi word "tay" तय here: [
Dict.Hindikhoj]
तय करना <===> COVER[TransitiveVerb]

तय करना <===> CONTRACT[Noun]

तय करना <===> SET[Noun]

तय करना <===> TRACK[Noun]

तय करना <===> LOG[Noun]

तय करना <===> BE AGREED[Noun]

तय करना <===> FIX[Noun]

तय करना <===> DETERMINE[Noun]

तय करना <===> ARRANGE[Noun]

तय करना <===> CLINCH[Noun]

तय करना <===> MAKE[Noun]

तय करना <===> DECIDE[Noun]

तय करना <===> TRAVERSE[Noun]

तय करना <===> CONCLUDE[Noun]

तय करना <===> DO[Noun]

तय करना <===> CLEAR[Noun]

तय करना <===> ADJUST[Noun]

तय करना <===> CUT THROUGH[Noun]

तय करना <===> CUT ACROSS[Noun]

तय करना <===> THINK[Noun]

तय करना <===> SETTLE[Noun]

तय करना <===> FIX ON[Noun]

तय करना <===> BE AGREED[Noun]

तय करना <===> COME[Noun]

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Ivory, curfew, boycott

What word is most suitable to use for elephant ivory used as a material in jewelry?

Haathi-daant (हाथी दाँत) is the one.

What would the Hindi equivalents be for "curfew"?

Nishedhagyaa (निषेधाज्ञा) is the Hindi word for it. We also use the same term "curfew" (कर्फ्यू) even in Hindi, but nishedh-aagyaa (aagyaa meaning order, and nishedh means prohibitory) is also there.

What is the hindi word for Boycott?

"Bahiskaar"

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Tai karna / तय करना: meaning and usage

Tai or तय is a Hindi word. It is used most of the time as "tay karna" (with various forms of karna". 


अभी भी कुछ दूरियों को तय करना है: कृष्णा

भारत-पाक संबंधों की दिशा तय करना प्राथमिकता: खार

टूर्नामेंट में अब भी लंबा रास्ता तय करना है : धोनी


घोषणाओं से ज्यादा ज़रूरी है जवाबदेही तय करना ...


अभी हमें लंबा रास्ता तय करना है-सचिन


बिल पर समयसीमा तय करना सही नहीं: अभिषेक मनु ...


'पेट्रो कीमत तय करना तेल कंपनियों के हाथ में' | Zee ...


हिन्दू धर्म संदेश-शक्ति से अधिक लक्ष्य तय करना ...


In Hindi, the meanings of "tay karna" are most of the times used in the below two forms from my experience (in this sequence):

(1) To decide
(2) To cover

Here you can see the complete list of meanings of the Hindi word "tay" तय here: [Dict.Hindikhoj]

तय करना <===> COVER[TransitiveVerb]

तय करना <===> CONTRACT[Noun]

तय करना <===> SET[Noun]

तय करना <===> TRACK[Noun]

तय करना <===> LOG[Noun]

तय करना <===> BE AGREED[Noun]

तय करना <===> FIX[Noun]

तय करना <===> DETERMINE[Noun]

तय करना <===> ARRANGE[Noun]

तय करना <===> CLINCH[Noun]

तय करना <===> MAKE[Noun]

तय करना <===> DECIDE[Noun]

तय करना <===> TRAVERSE[Noun]

तय करना <===> CONCLUDE[Noun]

तय करना <===> DO[Noun]

तय करना <===> CLEAR[Noun]

तय करना <===> ADJUST[Noun]

तय करना <===> CUT THROUGH[Noun]

तय करना <===> CUT ACROSS[Noun]

तय करना <===> THINK[Noun]

तय करना <===> SETTLE[Noun]

तय करना <===> FIX ON[Noun]

तय करना <===> BE AGREED[Noun]

तय करना <===> COME[Noun]

Aa raha hoon palat ke

Someone asks, "Aa raha hoon palat ke - I'm coming back.

This is the title of the lyrics of a Don 2 song, written by Javed Akhtar.

There is a very nice poetic translation of the lyrics on BollyWhat.com, however leaving out “palat ke“ (probably deeming it to be redundant).

I'm aware that kar ke means having done... / after doing .., and according to my dictionary palatnaa means something like to overthrow, but I'm still puzzled about the overall meaning and would very much appreciate your help."

Aa raha hoon palat ke => Closest would be in this sense: "I'm coming, having turned back."

You are right when you say, "I'm aware that kar ke means having done... / after doing .." So please consider my translation above which would satisfy your query.

Question: The "shuddhataa" (purity) of Hindi

Someone asks if "Shuddha Hindi is possible and / What is it that constitutes "shuddhataa" if this notion is at all possible and if "English and foreign words" do intrude into a language, what quantifiable level would this unwelcome presence need to reach when the said language is no longer "shuddh"? /

I think you would be knowing some other languages apart from Hindi. Can you "quantify" at what level those languages can be called "pure"? Then why target only Hindi to attempt and ask for such quantification?

IMO, such "quantification" is impossible for any language. It is something which one would understand about his own native languages.

But for practical purposes, try to hear (1) Amitabh Bachchan speak Hindi. And some more names:

(1) Arun Jaitley
(2) Lal Krishna Advani

Of much I have heard them on TV, I have thought their Hindi are pure Hindi.

"Gotya" from the Hindi movie "Singham"

It is from the movie Singham. A man's nickname is Gotya and he doesn't like to be called like that. What does Gotya mean?

My Marathi friends confirm that it is a nickname used in Marathi (Singham movie was set in Maharashtra and has lots of Marathi words).

He says, "gotya is just another nick name, derived from goti means marble balls we play ... glass ones... "

Small kids play with small glass/marble balls, in many ways like trying to shoot a target with it or hit other small glass balls with it. Such glass balls are called "goti" in Hindi. This nick name "Gotya" has come from this game and is a nick name of kids.

Since the kid had become grownup in the movie and become an officer, he was not comfortable being called by his nick name which made a connection towards this small kids game of "goti". 

My friend at the same time said that since the guy's good name was Gautam in the movie, it was easier to twist it into the nick name "Gotya" and I agreed with him. If tomorrow there is a boy in Maharashtra with nick name Gotya, please don't consider him a "villager" which was your educated but wrong guess. Also, please don't "assume" that even his good name would be Gautam.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Manohar in Hindi

How does one use the word <manohar>? My dictionary defines it as "delighful" or "charming." Can it be said of people (i.e., a delightful fellow), or of experiences or places?
In Hindi, manohar is used for both a pleasing and nice person as well as a beautiful scenery. Examples:

वहां एक मनोहर दृश्य उपस्थित था.
कृष्ण के मनोहर रूप का दर्शन करना अपूर्व आनंददायी है.

Ashram / Aashram: Is it related to Hinduism?

Is "Ashram" is related to Hinduism and does it have any religious connotations? 

From ancient times, sages and rishis used to establish ashrams to impart education to their disciples. I don't know if there was any other term for their establishment.

"Ashray" best means a house, but it is closer to being a "refuge". The term "aashrit" would come close to it, meaning one who is seeking or got a refuge.

The terms like vriddhashram perhaps came up because old people spend their remaining years of life remembering God or practicing piousness.

For terms like Sudhar Grih (for jail) or for many other related terms, "grih" or "ashray" are used and not "ashram"..

Even the right term is "grihastha ashram", for married life, and brahmcharya ashram for unmarried student life. Because the four phases of life are seen as in connected with ideal life as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. So I think the word ashram has a connection (and hence connotation) of association with Hinduism...

I will list the dictionary meanings of ashram:

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ash·ram    [ahsh-ruhm]
noun
1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
2. the persons instructed there.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ashram

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Definition of ASHRAM

1 : a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage; also : the group of disciples instructed there
2 : a religious retreat

Origin of ASHRAM

Sanskrit āśrama, from śrama religious exercise

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashram

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ashram [ˈæʃrəm ˈɑːʃ-]
n

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives

2. a house that provides accommodation for destitute people
[from Sanskrit āśrama, from ā- near + śrama religious exertion]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ashram

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ASHRAM<===> प्रार्थना स्थल (pr. \\prarthana sthal \\ )[Noun]

Example:The saint had an ashram on teh hill top.

http://dict.hinkhoj.com/words/meanin...-in-hindi.html

Friday, November 4, 2011

smell and taste

How to say in Hindi: It tastes/ smells good. (as vi.) and Please taste/ smell it.(as vt.)

It tastes good. (as vi.) Yah swadist hai. यह स्वादिस्ट है.
and
Please taste it.(as vt.) Kripaya ise chakhen. कृपया इसे चखें.

It smells good. (as vi.) Yah sugandhit hai. यह सुगन्धित है.
and
Please smell it.(as vt.) Kripaya ise mahak kar dekhen. कृपया इसे महक कर देखें.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Chuhaa / Chuha

Does chuuhaa mean mouse or rat? I have always thought of it as mouse, but maybe it can mean both? I also know it can mean a snitch or tattletale (mukhbir), like "rat" in English. Are there separate common words for mouse and rat...? I have also heard muushak.

I can tell only for Hindi:

In Hindi, Chooha चूहा is meant for both mouse and rat.

Mushak मूषक is the Sanskrit word for rat/mouse. It is used in Hindi too.

Very small size rats or mouse are often called "chuhiyaa" चुहिया in Hindi, to differentiate it from bigger size rats. "Chuhiyaa" चुहिया I think is actually a feminine word for "chuhaa" चूहा , but one can use it to mean a small size mouse. But in general the word is same "chuhaa" चूहा for both rat/mouse. Mushak / मूषक is Sanskrit word which is also used as it is in Hindi.

मूषक
चूहा
चुहिया

Ravaiyya / Vyavhaar

This question is strictly referring to common Hindi, not in Urdu where this word's meaning may be closer to its original Persian meaning. Would rawaiyaa be better translated as a custom or a stance/attitude?

In Hindi, रवैय्या is taken as an attitude or a behavior. It is almost never used to mean "custom" in Hindi, for which there are other words like paramparaa परंपरा .

When spoken for a collective set of people to indicate their custom there are other words like paramparaa परंपरा. But when spoken for an individual or a even a set of people to indicate their behavior or attitude, "ravaiyaa" रवैय्या is used, along with some words like "vyavhaar" व्यवहार which means the same and both words are used for the same in Hindi.

रवैय्या / व्यवहार - bahaviour / attitude
परंपरा - custom

It is our custom to offer food to the visitors. यह हमारी परंपरा है कि हम अतिथियों को भोजन पर आमंत्रित करते हैं.

If they don't change their attitude, we would have to do something about them. अगर उन्होंने अपना रवैया / व्यवहार नहीं बदला तो हमें कुछ करना होगा.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Haldi, hardi, haridra

Question in Red Font:
I learnt the pronunciations chaawar (uncooked rice) and hardii (turmeric) instead of chaaval and haldii. How common is this merger of <l> and <r> in India?

I have heard that Bhojpuri-speakers do this as well. Is it done in Awadhi?

My family originally came from a village in the district of Allahabad, but this may have been something that was picked up from others after coming to Jamaica...

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You are right that chaawar and hardi are spoken by many in India. You are right about Bhojpuri for sure. I am not sure about Awadhi though.

It appears that even in Sindhi language it is spoken as chawar. See these pages on Sindhi cuisine mention the word "chawar" for "chaawal":

Sabu dal chawar ( yellow daal with rice) [Link] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_cuisine

Sabu dal chawar & Bugha Chawar http://www.indianetzone.com/53/sindhi_cuisine.htm

Also, there is a hotel Kailash Parbat in Singapore which has on its menu:

SEYAL CHAWAR (Rice flavoured with caramelized onion, tomatoes & fresh coriander) [Ref]

Thank you!

It is interesting that you mention Sindhi, and Panjabigator mentions both Sindhi and Gujarati. Those languages have their heartlands quite a distance from the Bhojpuri heartland, yet all three may exhibit the same tendency to use an <r> in words that have an <l> in their cognates in most dialects of Hindi. I wonder if the underlying reason is the same for all three languages.

One another not, I see chaaval used to refered to what people eat all the time. Is it safe to assume that our use of chaawar only for uncooked rice, and bhaat for cooked rice, is a regional usage? Would bhaat be understood by all Hindi- and Urdu-speakers?

"bhaat" is used for boiled rice by all Hindi speakers, but in the cities they use more of "chaawal" than "bhaat". Ideally, "bhaat" should be used for cooked/bolied rice and "chaawal" for uncooked, but "chaawal" is now used for both. So to be safe if one is new to the language, one can say "chaawal" for both and it would look more natural... If you notice someone saying "bhaat" then you can use it in conversation with that person...

I checked Platts', and he lists hardii as a variant of haldii, as well as giving this etymology for haldii: [Prk. हलद्दी, or हलद्दा; S. हरिद्रा]. The original Sanskrit word had an <r>, which shifted to an <l> in Prakrit. Perhaps some Prakrit dialects retained the <r>, and that may explain the hardii (though it doesn't explain chaawar). IIRC, Gujarati, Sindhi, and Bhojpuri are descended from different Prakrits dialects than Khariboli is. I believe Bhojpuri is descended from the same Prakrit as Bengali.

I looked up the words in Bengali to see if they are similar.

হরিদ্রা (p. 1047) [ haridrā ] n turmeric. ̃বর্ণ n. & a. yellow. ˜ভ a. yellowish.
হলদি (p. 1047) [ haladi ] n (dial.) turmeric.

Bengali has both an <r>-version and an <l>-version, though the <r>-version seems to be the more standard one.

You are right that the root word for haldi or hardi is Haridra हरिद्रा from Sanskrit. All these languages are sister-languages coming out ultimately from Sanskrit and hence while their words carry a certain distinctions, those can be traced back to the original word.

हरिद्रा

हरिद्रा , की परिभाषा हरिद्रा , का अर्थ हरिद्रा - हरिद्रासंज्ञा स्त्री० [सं०] १. हलदी । २. एक नदी का नाम । ३. वन । जंगल ।—अनेकार्थ (शब्द०)। ४. मंगल ।—अनेकार्थ (शब्द०)। ५. सीसा धातु ।—अनेकार्थ (शब्द०)। ६. निशा । उ०—कहत हरिद्रा बनथली, निशा हरिद्रा होइ । बहुरि हरिद्रा मंगली, हरद हरिद्रा सोइ ।—अनेकार्थ०, पृ० १६१ । [Ref]

There are some related words coming out of the word Haridra:

हरिद्राभ वि० [सं०] पीतवर्ण का । पीला ।

It is so since Haldi/Hardi/Haridra is yellow in color.

हरिद्रागणपतिसंज्ञा पुं० [सं०] गणपति या गणेश जी की एक मूर्ति जिनपर मंत्र पढ़कर हलदी चढ़ाई जाती है ।

There is another interesting fact: While हरिद्रा or Haldi/Hardi is yellow, हरि, which is Lord Vishnu's name, has also got the color associated with Him as yellow. Lord Vishnu is represented wearing yellow clothes. As this page says, "The color yellow is associated with earthly existence and the yellow clothes of the Lord signify that He incarnates Himself on this earth to uphold righteousness and destroy evil and unrighteousness." [Ref] And Hari is a name of Vishnu himself! Hari, as in Haridra! Or Hardi which came from it! It is so interesting to see how things are related to each other...

Another interesting quote. This one is from the immensely respected Guru Granth Sahib taken from here [Link]

ਕਬੀਰ ਹਰਦੀ ਪੀਰਤਨੁ ਹਰੈ ਚੂਨ ਚਿਹਨੁ ਰਹਾਇ
कबीर हरदी पीरतनु हरै चून चिहनु न रहाइ ॥
Kabīr harḏī pīrṯan harai cẖūn cẖihan na rahā▫e.
Kabeer, turmeric has lost its yellow color, and no trace of lime's whiteness remains.

Here also, turmeric is called "hardi"... 

 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

ज़िन्दगी


"भागते वक़्त से पिछड़ती, पतंग की डोर सी उलझती-सुलझती ज़िन्दगी..
कभी दबती इमारतों में कहीं, कभी आकाश में उड़ान भरती ज़िन्दगी..

गहरे पानी में अथाह खजाने सी तो.. कभी किनारे पे मिट्टी सी होती ज़िन्दगी..
बड़ी अजीब सी फिर भी आकर्षक लगती, मुझे कभी अपनी, कभी तुम्हारी ज़िन्दगी.. "
 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

chhalla (game)


What is Chhalla (game)?

Shabdkosh gives the following meanings of Hindi word छल्ला:

1) lock (noun)
2) bush (noun)
3) chain (noun)
4) curl (noun)
5) hoop (noun)
6) ringlet (noun)
7) ring (noun)
8) sleeper (noun)
9) swirl (noun)
10) tress (noun)

छल्ला के लिये पर्यायवाची शब्द (Synonym words for chhalla)...


1) छल्ला कड़ा

Most of the times I have heard it being used in the meaning of (1) कड़ा, which is worn in the wrist mostly by males and (2) चाभियों का गुच्छा ya छल्ला, a bunch of keys in the key-ring.

In the meaning of (1), it is often made of peetal or brass metal. E.g. कर्क राशि के लिए दाहिने हाथ में सोने या पीतल का छल्ला धारण करें। It is also meant for the ring that is worn in the nose in India e.g. नाक के छल्ले और झुमके अक्सर माणिक, नीलम और पन्ना के कीमती पत्थरों से सजाया जाता है.

I think it can be used to mean ring - or anguthi too, but that anguthi won't have a pearl or a stone mounted in it. Chhalla as it is meant most of the time is of circular shape without any attachment like a stone mounting.

But it is more indicative towards "shape" and not the material making it. E.g., it can be used to tell a "chhalla of smoke" (as puffed out of cigaret) E.g. मनाली माल पर धुएं के छल्ले उड़ाना पड़ सकता है महंगा.

Also, a "curl of hair" is also called "chhalla" [
Ref], indicating that it is more about the round shape.

For the game in the same name, I don't remember it with the same name of "chhalla", but as same/similar popular chindren games are played in different parts of the country in different name, may be I would be able to guess after someone explains what kind of game it is...

"Chhalla" / छल्ला

छल्ला
Shabdkosh gives the following meanings of Hindi word छल्ला:

1) lock (noun)
2) bush (noun)
3) chain (noun)
4) curl (noun)
5) hoop (noun)
6) ringlet (noun)
7) ring (noun)
8) sleeper (noun)
9) swirl (noun)
10) tress (noun)

छल्ला के लिये पर्यायवाची शब्द (Synonym words for chhalla)...
1) छल्ला कड़ा

Most of the times I have heard it being used in the meaning of (1) कड़ा, which is worn in the wrist mostly by males and (2) चाभियों का गुच्छा ya छल्ला, a bunch of keys in the key-ring.

In the meaning of (1), it is often made of peetal or brass metal. E.g. कर्क राशि के लिए दाहिने हाथ में सोने या पीतल का छल्ला धारण करें। It is also meant for the ring that is worn in the nose in India e.g. नाक के छल्ले और झुमके अक्सर माणिक, नीलम और पन्ना के कीमती पत्थरों से सजाया जाता है.

I think it can be used to mean ring - or anguthi too, but that anguthi won't have a pearl or a stone mounted in it. Chhalla as it is meant most of the time is of circular shape without any attachment like a stone mounting.

But it is more indicative towards "shape" and not the material making it. E.g., it can be used to tell a "chhalla of smoke" (as puffed out of cigaret) E.g. मनाली माल पर धुएं के छल्ले उड़ाना पड़ सकता है महंगा.

Also, a "curl of hair" is also called "chhalla" [Ref], indicating that it is more about the round shape. e from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind »

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

स्वयंवर for males

Can we say Swayamvar for males?

Very interesting question

This concept of स्वयंवर is an ancient custom in the lands of Bharat (India), where a gathering was organized from prospective males interested to marry the lady, and there was also some kind of an elimination-process - a challenge - given to prove their strength and capability. The girl was open to choose any males she wishes, but if there was a competition, she had to accept the winner no matter who he was. Our mythologies would tell about many swayamvars being organized, e.g. for Sita during Ramayana time, for Rukmini and for Draupadi during Mahabharata time.

I think this concept was more applicable for women, because they in general had to marry the boy her parents chose. Since, this concept of "choosing one's groom oneself" was so unique that it got a name like Swayamvar. I think it also got a name because it was "an organized event with a process and a set of rules". If a competition was organized as part of Swayamvar and the girl rejected the male who won it - then a fighting would break out. Therefore, not all kings decided to organize a Swayamvar for their daughters, fearing that may be some poor fellow or someone from their enemies may win the contest. As it happened during most Swayamvars, a lot of ill-intentioned males went to take part with the sole intention to "win" the contest and show-off their strength - without truely appreciating the merits of the girl. For example, even Duryodhana went to take part in Draupadi's Swayamvar, with intention to exert his power.

One can say स्वयंवधू for a process of a man selecting his bride, but this won't have anything to do with the ancient Aryan custom of स्वयंवर...

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lyric: Mein Chhup Kar Mujhi Se Duur

Question: Hi, everyone! I´m trying to find a beautiful song lyrics in hindi; would anyone be able to help me? The title is "Man ki Ankhon Se". I got the title´s translation, which is "With the heart´s eyes", but I would like to also have the lyrics and teh translation into English. Thanks!

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If this is the correct song, you can read the full lyrics here: [Link]

http://www.hindilyrix.com/songs/get_song_Mujhi Mein Chhup Kar Mujhi Se Duur.html

Here is a portion:

mujhi mein chhup kar mujhi se duur

ye kaisa dastuur re maalik ye kaisa dastuur

maine man ki aankhon se to dekha hai sau baar tujhe

lekin tan ki aankhon se bhi de darshan ik baar mujhe

darshan de phir chhin le ankhiyaan ye mujhako manjuur

re maalik ye mujhako manjuur

mujhi mein chhup kar

--

chali hava jab tan ko chhu kar maine tujhe pahachaan liya

tujh bin komal haath ye kisaka hoga maine jaan liya

dhuup hava sab ruup hain tere sab mein tera nuur

re maalik sab mein tera nuur

mujhi mein chhup kar

--

sachche dil se naam luun tera nirdhan ki yahi puuja hai

andhiyaare mein saathi koyi aur na tum bin duuja hai

teri kushi mein kush hain daata ham bande majabuur

re maalik ham bande majabuur

mujhi mein chhup kar


mujhi mein chhup kar mujhi se duur => Hiding inside me but away from me

ye kaisa dastuur re maalik ye kaisa dastuur => Oh God, what kind of fate is this?

maine man ki aankhon se to dekha hai sau baar tujhe => I see You hundred times through the eyes of my heart.

lekin tan ki aankhon se bhi de darshan ik baar mujhe => But once let me see You through the bodily eyes too.

darshan de phir chhin le ankhiyaan ye mujhako manjuur => Let me see You once and then I would accept even if I lose my eyes forever.

re maalik ye mujhako manjuur => Yes God, it is acceptable to me (to lose my eyes after seeing you once through them)

mujhi mein chhup kar => Hiding inside me...

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chali hava jab tan ko chhu kar maine tujhe pahachaan liya => When the wind blows touching my body, I can recognize You.

tujh bin komal haath ye kisaka hoga maine jaan liya => Without you, I have recognized whose soft hand this can be...

dhuup hava sab ruup hain tere sab mein tera nuur => Be it sunlight or the wind - all are Your forms and Your beauty is in all things.

re maalik sab mein tera nuur => Yes God, Your beauty is in everything...

mujhi mein chhup kar => Hiding inside me...

--

sachche dil se naam luun tera nirdhan ki yahi puuja hai => I take Your name with the truest heart; and this is the worship of this poor person.

andhiyaare mein saathi koyi aur na tum bin duuja hai => In this darkness, I have no other friend than You.

teri kushi mein kush hain daata ham bande majabuur => We helpless people are happy in whatever is Your happiness, O Giver!

re maalik ham bande majabuur => Oh God, we are helpess people...

mujhi mein chhup kar => Hiding inside me...

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If you have any specific queries you can plz let me know. To me this song indicates towards the Advaita philosophy...

"Murchchdhana" in Sanskrit

Someone asked what is the meaning of "Murchchdhana"?

"murchha" is मूर्छा meaning "unconsciousness".

The later part seems to come from the Sanskrit word Sādhanā साधना literally meaning "a means of accomplishing something".

So this
weapon seems to be the one which was used to make a person unconscious. It appears to me that it is indicating towards the same weapon which is called by the name of Shakti at many places.

Here is a narrative of how this weapon worked during the Ram-Ravana war in Ramayana:

[QUOTE]He combined his skills of sorcery and deceptive warfare, repeatedly vanishing and reappearing behind Lakshmana's back to catch him off-guard, when used his fiercest and deadliest weapon, Shakti. On being impaled in the back by the weapon, Lakshmana fell unconscious, poised to die precisely at the following sunrise. His life was saved by Lord Hanuman, who kidnapped the Rajvaidya (royal physician) Sushena from the Lankan fortress and brought the whole mountain of Dronagiri from the Himalayas to Lanka overnight to find the remedy (the magical herb - Sanjivani) for the weapon used by Indrajit. [Ref]
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So we can guess about the weapon and the root words : मूर्छा and साधन...

Jootha as different from Jhootha in Hindi

In Hindi:

jhootha झूठा - one who tells lies, or a liar
jootha जूठा - a food or an item which has been partially eaten or touched by mouth by someone else.

Both words are very different. At times people misspell "jootha" with "jhootha" (or any word with "J" as starting with "Jh") and it is wrong to do so.

You will not find this concept of "jootha" in many other cultures and this is unique to the culture of Hindus. Hindus avoid eating someone else's "jootha" making it a point of hygiene. (this concept may also be applicable to even those who are not exactly Hindus in India; because of culture impacts society and is not exactly binding on a religion alone). But in general this concept came from Hindu culture and Hinduism.

In fact there is no exact translation available for this word in many languages, because in their culture it was not considered wrong to eat from someone else's partially-taken food and hence they never had such a word.

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In general, Hindi speakers don't care much about the "j" or "z" sound and most of the time they speak "j" sound only.

On the issue of so called "correct" pronunciation of words from Urdu, here you can read a very interesting article and viewpoint [Link]

Friday, October 7, 2011

Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao.

Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao. I have heard this phrase used to mean I want daal and bhaat to eat. The person I heard this from said that he wasn't sure if the correct way to say it Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao or Daal and bhaat ka chaar ke khao

The breakup of the sentence given by you is correct. More:

1) If one wants to say "I want daal and bhaat to eat", one can say, "Mujhe daal-bhaat khane ko deejiye/do". मुझे दाल-भात खाने को दीजिये. ("deejiye" to an elder person and "do" to a younger person)

2) "Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao." is an unusual sentence if not wrong. People seldom say it to mean "I want to eat daal-bhaat".

3) "Daal aur bhaat maang kar khao". (दाल और भात माँग कर खाओ.) => Means "Please ask for daal-bhaat to eat."

4) "Daal aur bhaat ka chaar ke khao" => This doesn't have any proper meaning.

5) "Daal aur bhaat kachar ke khao" => Some times people say "khachar ke" to mean "to eat voraciously". Though I am not sure if it was said here.

My guess is that the person meant to say #3 from above? "maangna" means "to want" while "chaahna" means "to wish", and "maangna" seems to be more apt here than "chaahna".

Hindi: Merger of and : Chaawar and Hardi for "Chawal" and "Haldi"

Someone asked in which regional languages in India, are "chaawal" and "Haldi" are spoken as "chawar" and "hardi"? Is it spoken like this in Bhojpuri and Awadhi?

I think the person is right that chaawar and hardi are spoken by many in India. It is true about Bhojpuri for sure. I am not sure about Awadhi though.

It appears that even in Sindhi language it is spoken as chawar. See these pages on Sindhi cuisine mention the word "chawar" for "chaawal":

Sabu dal chawar ( yellow daal with rice) [Link] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi_cuisine

Sabu dal chawar & Bugha Chawar http://www.indianetzone.com/53/sindhi_cuisine.htm

Also, there is a hotel Kailash Parbat in Singapore which has on its menu:

SEYAL CHAWAR (Rice flavoured with caramelized onion, tomatoes & fresh coriander) [Ref]

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Use of double adjectives in Hindi

Someone asked if double-adjectives are used in Hindi.

In my opinion (IMO) it depends on the style of the writer/speaker whether he wants to use two adjectives or not. For example, let us see this poem from the great poet Nagarjun:

अमल धवल गिरि के शिखरों पर,
बादल को घिरते देखा है।
छोटे-छोटे मोती जैसे
उसके शीतल तुहिन कणों को,
मानसरोवर के उन स्वर्णिम
कमलों पर गिरते देखा है,
बादल को घिरते देखा है। [Ref]

In the first line, the poet uses two adjectives for the mountain (giri), i.e. "amal dhawal". "Amal" means "pure" or "without any impurity" and "dhawal" means "white".

So you can say that even in this Hindi poem, the word "amal" is emphasizing the other color adjective "dhawal"...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Alternate words for "white" or "safed" in Hindi

There are many words in Hindi for "white" and all are in day to day use. For example, I can think of these (apart from "safed"):

1) shwet श्वेत

2) dhawal धवल

3) gaur गौर


It appears that the word "gora" has come from this Sanskrit word "gaur".

More than this, here is a very good document which tries to trace the history of the word "white". [Ref] It tells:

The word "white" can be traced back all the way to Sanskrit through the word "cvit" (Oxford English Dictionary 263). "White" then came into Proto Indo-European as the word "kweid" or "kwid" and as the Indo-European languages divided and evolved the Proto-Germanic form of "white" became "hwitaz" (Barnhart 1233) and eventually the word came into Old English as "hwaIt" (Oxford English Dictionary 263). Through the evolution of the English language, the word became "whit" in Middle English.

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/365520/the_word_white_and_its_many_meanings.html

The word "whit" became ultimately the present day "white".

The word "shwet" is used in Hindi, coming directly from Sanskrit. For example:

बहेगा सरिता में जल श्वेत,
समुज्ज्वल दर्पण के अनुरूप,
देखकर जिसमें अपना रूप,
पीत कुसुम की चादर ओढ़ेंगे सरसों के खेत। [Ref] (here the poet uses the word shwet for water, meaning clear/pure)

and:

देखतीं आकाश आँखें!

श्वेत अक्षर पृष्ठ काला,
तारकों की वर्णमाला,
पढ़ रहीं हैं एक जीवन का जटिल इतिहास आँखें!
देखतीं आकाश आँखें! [Ref] (here the noted poet Harivansh Rai Bahchchan is expressing a dark sky with twinkling stars as a black paper and white (shwet) letters on it)


Even the word "dhawal" धवल is used many a time (now a days more often in literature). E.g. in his poem "बादल को घिरते देखा है।", the great poet Nagarjun writes:

अमल धवल गिरि के शिखरों पर,
बादल को घिरते देखा है।
छोटे-छोटे मोती जैसे
उसके शीतल तुहिन कणों को,
मानसरोवर के उन स्वर्णिम
कमलों पर गिरते देखा है,
बादल को घिरते देखा है। [Ref]

In the above lines, the poet uses the word "dhawal" धवल for "white" mountains. He even calls it "amal dhawal" where "amal" means "pure" or "without any impurity" and "dhawal" means "white". So the word "dhawal" indicates both the "color" white as well as the qualities of white depending on the way we want to use it.

It appears that the word "safed" सफ़ेद also came from the Sanskrit word "shwet" श्वेत: Here is the reference for this:

Wilford was quite right, as anyone might know who had the slightest acquaintance with the Persian and Hindustani, in which languages the word "safed", "sufet", "white", is clearly derived from the Sanskrit "Shwet".
Source: The Cambrian journal, Volume 3; By Cambrian Institute, Tenby, Wales [Ref]

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Random Seltences in Hindi - 10/2017

देशी ब्रीड के कुत्तों को कोई ये सब कहे तो बात अलग है - पालतू कुत्ते विदेशी नस्ल के होने चाहिए तभी उनपर मॉडर्निस्टों को प्यार आता है.

हेलीकॉप्टर या छोटे जहाज होते हैं जो उतना ऊपर नहीं उड़ते - बाढ़ की विभीषिका नजर आ जाती है अच्छे से. वो कोई रेस्क्यू मिशन पर हर एक फंसे आदमी को नहीं खोज रहे होते .

:) किसी भी विदेश के - विदेश मतलब हमारे से ज्यादा विकसित देश

गाय खेती से जुड़ी है - खेती ऐतिहासिक व्यवसाय होने के कारण "पिछड़ा" है. कुत्ता मॉडर्न एकाकी परिवारों का सदस्य होने के कारण विशेष स्टेटस रखता है. दोनों में कोई तुलना नहीं

शरणार्थिओं को वहाँ बसाना चाहिए जहाँ वो घुल मिल जाएँ. घुल मिल नहीं पाएंगे तो सामाजिक समस्या
लोकल स्तर पर होते हैं - चोरी हत्या से लेकर स्मगलिंग जैसे अपराध करते हैं गलत

रणवीर सिंह की फिल्म आई थी - "गुंडे" - इसमें उसके बचपन की मानसिकता का अच्छा उदाहरण है समझने के लिए.

अगला चुनाव भविष्यवादी और परिवारवादी लोगों के बीच लड़ा जाएगा

हिन्दू धर्म में जीवन 'साइक्लिक' है

दोनों एक दूसरे की गलतियों से सीखें

एक समय था जब आज के २ वालों के पूर्वज भी दस रखते थे.

क्या करें - दुनिया विचारों से संकुचित होती जा रही है

दो से ज्यादा रखने में "असुविधा" होती है

२ तो फिर भी बहुत हैं, आजकल तो १ भी ज्यादा लगता है उन्हें

दुनिया का सारा सुख हमें एक ही जीवन में ले लेना है - असुविधाएँ अखरती हैं


ये जो शोरूम में बिकने वाले जूतों की कम्पनियाँ हैं

ऑनलाइन शॉपिंग में दोनों बिकते हैं

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Jugat

What does jugat mean? As in jugat lagaanaa, jugat-baaz, etc...

This is a very interesting word IMO. It is "jugat" जुगत as well as called "jugaad" जुगाड़.

The dictionary meanings are as follows:
जुगत (noun) GADGET, CONTRAPTION, GADGETRY
जुगाड़: (noun) CONTRAPTION, CREATIVE IMPROVISATION, MAKESHIFT
Contraption n. A mechanical device; a gadget; Informal - a device or contrivance, esp one considered strange, unnecessarily intricate, or improvised

"Jugat karna" जुगत करना is used as a verb
जुगत करना - to scheme

I would say that it is used most of the time to mean "to scheme", to try all it takes to do something, or "to make some creative improvisation". (the last one is the interesting aspect I was referring to)

Examples:

सत्ता पर काबिज होने को
जुगत भिड़ाते दल [
Ref]
जेब बचाने की जुगत में कई घाव खा बैठा ब्रिटेन
सेंसर से बचने को एकता की जुगत
भू माफियों पर लगाम की जुगत [
Ref]
जॉब की जुगत [
Ref]

In the examples above, "jugat" means "to scheme".

Now here is a poem on the festival of colors - Holi:

नटखट नये नवेले रंग,
होली के अलबेले रंग.

मस्ती करते, उत्साह जगाते,
होली मिलकर सभी मनाते,
रंगों से कोई बच न पाये,
ऐसी जुगत सदैव लगाते.

करते नये झमेले रंग,
होली के अलबेले रंग. [
Ref]

(It is telling that everyone is trying to "jugat lagaanaa" to save oneself from the colors of Holi.

क्या करेंगे
यदि सचमुच कुछ हो गया
महान हिमालय को
कैसे न कैसे कीजिये जुगत
इन सदानीरा पवित्र नदियों को बचाने की
उजड़ते आदिवासियों, बहुरंगी भाषाओं
और सजीली वनस्पतियों के बिना नहीं फलेगा
सभ्यता का बहुवचन

[
Ref]

(Here the poet is asking us to do something (jugat keejiye) to avoid destruction of forests and the nature.

Now I will move to the interesting meaning where "jugat" or "jugaad" means creative improvisation. I would refer an article where Darren Gest, an MBA student, recollects his experience with an India based NGO working in the social sector. He comes out to realize how the members of the NGO or people in India make things work in unusual ways or methods, and it is called "jugaad" / "jugaar" (same as "jugat")

I will take out three lines from his article:

"Jugaar is a Hindi term that loosely translates as “things will work out, somehow.” Is a man attempting to fix your car by sucking gas out of a hose? - Jugaar. Or perhaps a shopkeeper does not have 7 rupees in change, so he offers you 5 rupees and a piece of chocolate instead? - Jugaar."

Ref: Someway, Somehow: The valuable lesson I learned in India
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/...meway-somehow/

The title of his article, "Someway, Somehow" itself tells us the meaning of "jugat" or "jugaar"

Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao

Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao.*
I have heard this phrase used to mean I want daal and bhaat to eat. The person I heard it from, learnt it from a message sent to the speaker's wife via a relative. It is from Caribbean Hindustani. Can anyone help me break this down?

I have this so far:
dal = Daal (lentils)
and =
and
bhaat =
bhaat (cooked rice)
chaah =
root for want
kar =
root for do???
ke =
that perhaps???
khaao =
Form of eat. It has an -o ending which as far as I know suggests either imperative or subjunctive second-person. Imperative wouldn't make sense. I don't know what subjunctive means, nor why this would be second person.

*The person I heard this from said that he wasn't sure if the correct way to say it Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao or Daal and bhaat ka chaar ke khao. (He was sure about everything except the placement of the ch and first k​.) The former seems more logical to me as it contains the root for want. I have made assumptions about spelling and word breaks in my transliteration based on my highly untrained ear.

The breakup of the sentence given by you is correct. More:

1) If one wants to say "I want daal and bhaat to eat", one can say, "Mujhe daal-bhaat khane ko deejiye/do". मुझे दाल-भात खाने को दीजिये. ("deejiye" to an elder person and "do" to a younger person)

2) "Daal and bhaat chaah kar ke khaao." is an unusual sentence if not wrong. People seldom say it to mean "I want to eat daal-bhaat".

3) "Daal aur bhaat maang kar khao". (दाल और भात माँग कर खाओ.) => Means "Please ask for daal-bhaat to eat."

4) "Daal aur bhaat ka chaar ke khao" => This doesn't have any proper meaning.

5) "Daal aur bhaat kachar ke khao" => Some times people say "khachar ke" to mean "to eat voraciously". Though I am not sure if it was said here.

My guess is that the person meant to say #3 from above? "maangna" means "to want" while "chaahna" means "to wish", and "maangna" seems to be more apt here than "chaahna".

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

paTak(h)a and aatish baazi

Are the words paTak(h)a and aatish baazi synonymous?

I noticed some (Hindi) dictionaries give paTaka and others paTakha. My husband says it is paTaxa.


"Patakha" पटाखा (t as spoken in tomato) is a noun which is same as "aatishbazi" आतिशबाजी . "Pataka" पताका (t as spoken in 'totaa") means a flag or dhwaj.

Orientalism

How to say "Orientalism" in Hindi?

Shabdkosh tells about the word "oriental":
oriental
adjective

पूर्वी

Definitions

adjective

denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia

noun

a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
http://www.shabdkosh.com/s?e=oriental&f=0&t=0&l=hi

"Orientalism" or any "ism" should be a latter construct - we can make anything into an "ism" for our own pleasure also. I am not sure if there is an exact Hindi equivalent. This term "orientalism" was invented by the Western countries.

The term is controversial too.

A central idea of Orientalism is that Western knowledge about the East is not generated from facts or reality, but from preconceived archetypes that envision all "Eastern" societies as fundamentally similar to one another, and fundamentally dissimilar to "Western" societies. This discourse establishes "the East" as antithetical to "the West".
Edward Said and The Production of Knowledge, by Sethi,Arjun (University of Maryland).

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Green

What is the word for color green in Hindi?

It is called "haraa" in Hindi. हरा in Devnagri.

Greenery is called हरियाली, coming from the same word.

If you need example, here is the famous song विजयी विश्व तिरंगा प्यारा which sings:

" केसरिया बल भरने वाला
स्वेत रंग सच्चाई
हरा रंग है हरी हमारी
धरती की अंगड़ाई"

Which tells about the colors in Indian national flag. Green color represents greenery of the land...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Reluctant

Shabdkosh gives the Hindi words and I agree with it:

Words for "Reluctant" in Hindi:

1) अनिच्छुक (anichchhuk)

2) प्रतिकूल (pratikul, pratikool)

3) विमुख (vimukh, wimukh)

4) अनिच्छु
(anichchhu)

Source:
http://shabdkosh.raftaar.in/Hindi-Dictionary/Meaning/reluctant

IMO, अनिच्छुक is most commonly used.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Kitab vs Pustak

Has Sanskrit/Hindi word Pustak anything to do with Animal Skin? I think Urdu word Kitab has some relation to its meaning as animal skin. Is "pustak" also somehow similar?

There is no reference pointing the meaning of "pustak" towards "animal skin." Pustak means book.

I referred to Monier-Williams and here is what is written there:

पुस्त Pusta, m.n. working in clay, modelling, Kathaas.; a manuscript, book, Var. (cf. below); Hcat.; mfn. covered, filled, W. - karman, n. plastering, painting, W. - maya, mf(i)n. formed of metal or wood, wrought in clay, modelled, Susr. - vaartta, m. one who loves by books or makes books, VarBrS.

पुस्तक Pustaka, m. or n. a protuberant ornament, boss (see below); mf(ikaa)n. a manuscript, book, booklet, Hariv.; Kaav.; Var.&c. - kara, m. an embosser, VarBrS., Sch. Pustakagara,n. 'book-room', a library, MW. Pustakastarana,n. the wrapper of a manuscript,Hcat.

[Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0640]


I think the confusion would have happened because of the meaning of the word "Kitab".

The word kitab means to collect and its root is Katb. Words like kitabat and kitab are derived from the same root. Raghib Isfahani, the renowned scholar of Isfahan of the fifth century Hijra and the author of Mufradiitu Alfaz al-Qur’an writes “katb means to stitch two pieces of skins or bring those two pieces together.” [Ref]

More:

Al-Jafr is a mystical Shia holy book [Link]. The material of al-Jafr is parchment for writing made from animals skin [Link
]

In the same connection here comes this verse [
Link]:

Abu al- 'AlA' (a poet) pointed to this jafr (divination) and said:
"Verily, they became astonished at the family of
Mohammed when their knowledge came to them
written on the skin of a full grown he- goat."

It seems there is connection of "kitab" किताब with "animal skin", or to be specific "skin of a full grown he-goat" as is evident from numerous references...

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Adjective emphasis

Are there instances of usage of double adjectives for emphasis?

IMO it depends on the style of the writer/speaker. For example, let us see this poem from the great poet Nagarjun:

अमल धवल गिरि के शिखरों पर,
बादल को घिरते देखा है।
छोटे-छोटे मोती जैसे
उसके शीतल तुहिन कणों को,
मानसरोवर के उन स्वर्णिम
कमलों पर गिरते देखा है,
बादल को घिरते देखा है। [
Ref]

In the first line, the poet uses two adjectives for the mountain (giri), i.e. "amal dhawal". "Amal" means "pure" or "without any impurity" and "dhawal" means "white".

So you can say that even in this Hindi poem, the word "amal" is emphasizing the other color adjective "dhawal"...

In the poem above, "amal" and "dhawal" have complementary meanings; we can't say the meanings are very different...

If I think for examples from Hindi in day-to-day use: we would have

नंग धडंग
आडा तिरछा
सुन्दर सलोना

The meanings of the two words are the same and yet both are used together.

Monday, July 11, 2011

How to thank or praise a talented musician in Hindi?

It can be "नतमस्तक होना", as in - मै आपके सम्मुख नतमस्तक होता हूँ. आपका प्रदर्शन देख कर मै प्रभावित हुआ.
Or one can use बहुत अच्छा/सुन्दर प्रदर्शन! , वाह वाह! or बहुत खूब!
I am not sure if I got the one you were looking for. I guess the first would be closest in Hindi.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Marathi: Mangeshkar

How does the famous surname "Mangeshkar" come?

A common custom of Maharashtrians (natives of Maharashtra state in India) is that they take surnames after their ancestral villages' names. Typically a lot of communities add a "kar" at the end of the village's name, to form their parental surname. The famous singer Lata Mangeshkar's surname is no exception. The surname "Mangeshkar" comes from "Mangeshi" town in Goa where her family originally belonged to.

The name "Mangeshi" itself has been derived from Goddess Mangeshi Temple in Goa - goddess Mangeshi who is a form of Durga or Shakti (ref: concept of Power in Hinduism) is considered the deity there and hence the name of the village/town was after this deity. Lord Shiva has also been named as "Mangesh" and his female counterpart is "Mangeshi".

'Lata' is a Sanskrit word meaning creeper in reference to a plant that spreads by means of stems that creep. Many Indian languages use this word, meaning the same.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

My pleasure/With pleasure in


How to say "My pleasure" or "with pleasure: in Hindi? Is it "Khushi se"?

You can say "मुझे प्रसन्नता हुई.", meaning "its my pleasure". (mujhe prasannata hui)

If you want to use it as a reply when someone says "thanks" or धन्यवाद to you, then you can use "यह मेरा सौभाग्य है." (yah mera saubhagya hai) as a better term, as it means and indicates that the speaker feels it was his सौभाग्य / good-luck that s/he was able to help the person - it is a humble gesture to express.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Alternate words for "white" or "safed" in Hindi:

There are many words in Hindi for "white" and all are in day to day use. For example, I can think of these (apart from "safed"):
1) shwet श्वेत

2) dhawal धवल

3) gaur गौर


It appears that the word "gora" has come from this Sanskrit word "gaur".

More than this, here is a very good document which tries to trace the history of the word "white". [
Ref] It tells:

The word "white" can be traced back all the way to Sanskrit through the word "cvit" (Oxford English Dictionary 263). "White" then came into Proto Indo-European as the word "kweid" or "kwid" and as the Indo-European languages divided and evolved the Proto-Germanic form of "white" became "hwitaz" (Barnhart 1233) and eventually the word came into Old English as "hwaIt" (Oxford English Dictionary 263). Through the evolution of the English language, the word became "whit" in Middle English.

Source:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art..._meanings.html

The word "whit" became ultimately the present day "white".

The word "shwet" is used in Hindi, coming directly from Sanskrit. For example:

बहेगा सरिता में जल श्वेत,
समुज्ज्वल दर्पण के अनुरूप,
देखकर जिसमें अपना रूप,
पीत कुसुम की चादर ओढ़ेंगे सरसों के खेत। [
Ref] (here the poet uses the word shwet for water, meaning clear/pure)

and:

देखतीं आकाश आँखें!

श्वेत अक्षर पृष्ठ काला,
तारकों की वर्णमाला,
पढ़ रहीं हैं एक जीवन का जटिल इतिहास आँखें!
देखतीं आकाश आँखें! [
Ref] (here the noted poet Harivansh Rai Bahchchan is expressing a dark sky with twinkling stars as a black paper and white (shwet) letters on it)


Even the word "dhawal" धवल is used many a time (now a days more often in literature). E.g. in his poem "बादल को घिरते देखा है।", the great poet Nagarjun writes:

अमल धवल गिरि के शिखरों पर,
बादल को घिरते देखा है।
छोटे-छोटे मोती जैसे
उसके शीतल तुहिन कणों को,
मानसरोवर के उन स्वर्णिम
कमलों पर गिरते देखा है,
बादल को घिरते देखा है। [
Ref]

In the above lines, the poet uses the word "dhawal" धवल for "white" mountains. He even calls it "amal dhawal" where "amal" means "pure" or "without any impurity" and "dhawal" means "white". So the word "dhawal" indicates both the "color" white as well as the qualities of white depending on the way we want to use it.

It appears that the word "safed" सफ़ेद also came from the Sanskrit word "shwet" श्वेत: Here is the reference for this:
Wilford was quite right, as anyone might know who had the slightest acquaintance with the Persian and Hindustani, in which languages the word "safed", "sufet", "white", is clearly derived from the Sanskrit "Shwet".

Source: The Cambrian journal, Volume 3; By Cambrian Institute, Tenby, Wales [Ref]

Friday, April 1, 2011

Random Sentences in Hindi

माफ़ कीजिये पर जो भगवान से सीधे संपर्क में रहता है वो फेसबुक पर मनोरंजन के लिए ये कहता नहीं फिरता कि "हम बजरंगी से सीधे संपर्क मे रॅहते हैं". धर्म और भगवान मनोरंजन का साधन नहीं हैं और न ही पोलिटिकल रिवेंज के माध्यम।

हाँ, ये हमपर निर्भर करता है कि हम उनके साथ क्या करें. लक्ष्मी रूप हिन्दू नारियां सोना शरीर पर धारण करती हैं - कोई आज की नारी पैर में कर ले - धारण करने का कार्य तो समान लगता है पर अंतर अनन्त है...

नाम पर नहीं बनाया काम पर बनाया - हनुमान जी राक्षसों का नाश करने प्रभु का काम करने आये थे - जो भी प्रभु का कार्य करेगा वो भगवान का नाम ले सकता है

प्रॉब्लम ये है कि मन चंगा तो कठौती में गंगा पर मन नहीं चंगा पर फिर भी कठौती में पानी लेकर घूमने वालों को इज्जत नहीं

नाम पर नहीं बनाया काम पर बनाया - हनुमान जी राक्षसों का नाश करने प्रभु का काम करने आये थे - जो भी प्रभु का कार्य करेगा वो भगवान का नाम ले सकता है

अच्छा आपलोग भगवान से "सीधे संपर्क" में रहते हैं शायद इसीलिए दुखी गरीबों की सुनने में इतना वक़्त लगता है उन्हें :) थोड़ा फ्री छोड़ा कीजिये उन्हें और भी काम करने हैं आपके मनोरंजन के अलावा :) और भगवान से मिलने हाजी अली जाने की क्या जरुरत जब "सीधा संपर्क" २४/७ है ही तो!

सॉरी, भूल गया - हाजी अली भी "मनोरंजन" के लिए जाना है - वरना भगवान से संपर्क तो हमेशा रहता ही है, डगर डगर भटकने की जरुरत नहीं।

हाँ, साल में ९ महीने हाजी अली के पास का गन्दा सड़ा पानी बहुत सुगंध देता है - बस जब पानी ज्यादा होता है तो सफाई हो जाती है.

और नहीं, सीरियसली मत लीजिए - मैं भी सिर्फ मनोरंजन ही कर रहा था - निंदा सुख सबके लिए है

बस भगवान के विपक्ष में नहीं पक्ष में था. भगवान को घसीट कर नहीं

नहीं भाई, आप भगवान के लिए कुछ अच्छा बोलिए तो मैं 'लाइक' ही करूँगा। पिछले पोस्ट में हनुमानजी को छोड़ने की बात - इस पोस्ट में भगवान को एक दल  के विरुद्द प्रयोग करके अपना मनोरंजन करना - ये सब ठीक नहीं। कोई बात नहीं, अब मैं दूसरा कुछ पढता हूँ.

ये मैंने डिलीट कर दिया - पर सिर्फ बता दूंगा कि मुझे ये पोस्ट पसंद नहीं आया - भगवान से मजाक मुझे पसंद नहीं

आप कुछ भी करें व्यक्तिगत लेवल पर वो ठीक है पर आप फेसबुक पर "ग्लोबली" शेयर करके इस तरह मजाक उड़ा रहे हैं वो आपका "व्यक्तिगत" व्यवहार नहीं बल्कि हनुमान जी का मजाक उड़ाना है. हनुमान जी को जो बोलिए अपने घर में या मंदिर में पर फेसबुक पर सबके सामने नहीं

जबसे आमिर खान ने कहा - मेरी फिल्म पसंद नहीं है तो मत देखो, बीड़ी वालों ने कहा - मेरा धुआँ पसंद नहीं है तो मत पियो। अब सिर्फ इसलिए कि बीड़ी पीने वाले आमिर खान नहीं उनका कहना गलत नहीं बोल सकते क्योंकि क़ानून सबके लिए एक होना चाहिए।

पुराना जमाना ईमानदारी का था - कोई बिना देखे विश्वास नहीं करता तो दिखाना पड़ता था. अब जो बोलो फर्क नहीं - जिसे विश्वास करना है करेगा और जिसे नहीं वो फिर भी नहीं करेगा। और तो और अब तो भाई किसी को किसी की न पड़ी है - किसे कितना मिला या नहीं उससे किसी को कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता - समाज समाज नहीं रहा

अभी देखिये सपना जी ने ऊपर क्या लिखा "ग़रीब परिवार की लडकी ब्याह कर लाए (मजबूरी में)". लड़की "गरीब परिवार" की थी तो उसे कैसी तुच्छ दृष्टि से देखा गया यहाँ भी - एक और नारी द्वारा भी! यही तो समाज की विडम्बना है - हमसब अपने आप को सही साबित करने के पीछे पड़े हैं न कि कुछ और.

बात "मज़बूरी" की नहीं, बात "गरीब परिवार की" थी. अगर आपने लिखा होता कि अपाहिज या अनपढ़ से शादी करनी पड़ी तो वो समझ में आता - गरीब परिवार की बात कुछ और है. आशा है आप समझ सकती हैं. धन्यवाद

पर उसके लिए अनफ्रेंड नहीं किया करते - आजकल अनफॉलो किया करते हैं लोग. अनफ्रेंड करने के लिए कोई सीरियस फाइट या कुछ तो दुर्घटना होनी चाहिए। पर जाने वाले को जाने देना चाहिए - नेगेटिव एनर्जी कम होगी तो पॉजिटिव को मौका मिलेगा

ये कौन से घोस्ट्स से लड़ते हो तुम बीच-बीच में कुछ समझ नहीं आता. एक बार बचपन में मैंने सपना देखा कि मैं बाल राम हूँ राक्षसों से लड़ता रहा पूरी रात सपने में - उसके बाद कभी नहीं लड़ा

ऐसे, कट्टर लोगों को सीरियसली नहीं लेते तो किन्हें लेते हैं सीरियसली - मनोरंजन करने वालों को? ये क्या बात हुई? या फिर किसी को सीरियसली नहीं लेते? फिर तो

ऐसे दूसरों को कट्टर बोलने से आपके सर के आस पास एक दिव्य ज्योति दिखाई देने लगती है क्या?

इसी लिए पुराने ज़माने में भगवान के नाम पर लोग नाम रखते थे - नाम लेने से भी पुण्य मिलता था. अब समझ में आया कि बजरंग दल ने ऐसा नाम क्यों रखा - ताकि जब भी कोई उनका नाम ले तो उसे पुण्य मिले। :)

करीम'स (दिल्ली) - सिर्फ नॉन-वेज ही फेमस है वहाँ - वेज वाले भूल कर भी न जाएँ। और गन्दगी, भीड़-भाड़, तंग गालियां, पीड़ादायी शोर-गुल, इन सबके लिए तैयार रहिए। आर्डर देने पर परोसने में भारी देरी एक्सपेक्टेड है तो शोर गुल में चिल्ला-चिल्ला कर साथिओं से बात करते-करते गला ख़राब होने का डर है। और हाँ इतने कष्ट के बावजूद लोग वहाँ जाते हैं वो खाने के स्वाद के लिए नहीं बल्कि किसी न किसी व्यक्ति के सजेशन पर जाते हैं - ताकि "हम भी देखें - कोई ये न कहे कि यहाँ अभी तक नहीं गए"। ये ऐसी जगहों में से एक है जहाँ से प्रताड़ित होकर लौटने के बाद भी कोई "लोक लाज" के डर से ये नहीं कहता कि "परेशानी हुई" या "उतना मजा नहीं आया" :) और लोग क्यों ऐसी गन्दी जगहें सजेस्ट करते हैं? क्योंकि जो भी बाहर से आता है वो ऐसी कुछ "लोकल खासियतों" के बारे में पूछता है और अगर आप ना बताएं तो सोचेगा कि आप अपने शहर को ज्यादा नहीं जानते। बस सब चल रहा है इसी तरह और हमारे स्टूपीडिटी के कारण वहां का खाना इतना ज्यादा महँगा है - नॉट वर्थ द प्राइस।

सबसे ज्यादा जिद्दी स्वाभाव दिखाता है - बचपन में दीदी से झगड़ा हुआ तो छोटी से छोटी चीज को "नहीं करूँगा" या "नहीं दूंगा" लेकर बैठ जाओ और मत मानो चाहे दुनिया बर्बाद हो जाये। ऐसे मामलों में दोनों पक्ष दोषी होते हैं इसलिए हमारी मम्मी दोनों को सजा देती थी :)

जब से टेलीविज़न न्यूज़ चैनल्स पॉपुलर हुए हैं, ऐसी बकवास चीजें ज्यादा फैली हैं

सब डिपेंड करता है कि हम जिंदगी में कहाँ हैं

जॉन अब्राहम की तरह जो लोग दिनों में नहीं बल्कि पलों में जीते हैं, उन्हें कोई चिंता नहीं

ऐसे ये बात व्यंग्य बिल्कुल नहीं, बहुतों के लिए सोलह आने सही बात है :)

मेरा मानना है कि भौतिकता में वो हमेशा आगे रहेंगे जैसे आध्यात्म में हम - अनलेस कि तृतीय विश्व युद्ध हो जाये और पता नहीं फिर क्या हो

एक मैच या एक ओवर में तो गधा भी पहलवान बन जाता है - मुझे लगता है फाइनल मैच ३ मैचों में जो २ जीते वो कप ले जाये - ऐसे ही होना चाहिए। एक मैच जीतने या हारने से कुछ साबित नहीं होता

डिस्क्लेमर देना भूल गए आप! आज के समय में ईमानदारी से बोली गई बातें १० में ८ बार खतरनाक और नुकसानदेह साबित हो सकती है - और जो इतने मच्योर हैं उन्हें एक्सप्लेनेशन की जरुरत नहीं पड़ती

जिन्हे उसका लाभ मिलता है वो आपके जैसे सत्य वचनों को इग्नोर करना कभी का सीख चुके हैं :) भाई इंसानियत में अगर कुछ शाश्वत है तो वो इंसान की सेल्फिशनेस है, बाकी सब कुछ डायल्यूट  हो चुका है

अब कोई सूरज को सूरज मान जाये तो

विजय माल्या या सारे ब्लैक मनी वाले उद्योगपति पढ़े लिखे ही तो थे! तो सिर्फ पढ़े लिखे होने से क्या होता है?

वाह - ऐसी उम्र में इतना ज्ञान - कौन सी चक्की का आटा खाते हो? :) बहुत बढ़िया लिखा है...

मैं उनका आटा नूडल्स खाता हूँ - शायद यही अंतर है :)

इसी लिए कहा गया है कि हर चीज का एक सही 'वक़्त' होता है. बच्चों को हड्डी में वैक्सीन (टीका) लगते देखा तो सोचा कि अगर अब बड़े में लगना होता तो दुनिआ की आधी आबादी लगवाती ही नहीं

ऐसे जब मेरी बेटी को छिदवाना होगा तब पता चलेगा :) आजकल तो हॉस्पिटल्स में होता है ये - बोलते हैं दर्द काम होता है और सेफली होता है. मैंने सोचा है कान तक ठीक है नाक जरुरी नहीं :)

ऐसे इसे नारीवाद समझ कर आँसू बहाना ठीक नहीं -

टैलेंटेड और ईमानदार जरूरतमंद लोगों की मदद करनी चाहिए जहाँ तक हो सके - चाहे पुरुष हो या महिला।

मैंने उसी समय देखी थी और पसंद आई - बर्नआउट

तो आपकी बुक पब्लिश हो गई - मैंने अभी जाना। बहुत बहुत बधाई!!! बहुत मजा आया :) ऑल द बेस्ट! :)

कभी एक कली की फोटो लीजिए और जिस दिन से वो खिले तो फिर हर सुबह उसकी फोटो लीजिए जबतक वो है और कोलाज बनाइये देखिये कैसा लगता है उसके डेवलपमेंट का साइकिल। ऐसे बच्चों का प्रोजेक्ट लगता है :) बस ये आईडिया आया आपका पोस्ट देखकर - मैंने कभी नहीं किया ऐसा

क्या लिखते हैं आप :) दुनिया हिला देते हैं :)

जब लोगों को डराकर कोई बात समझाने की कोशिश होती है, जैसे आपने कहा कि समझाया जाता है, जैसे उड़ जाओगे, भूगर्भित होजाओगे, इत्यादि तो मुझे अच्छा नहीं लगता - गुस्सा आता है :)

ऐसे मुझे लगता है कि आईआईटी की फीस बढ़ा देने से आईआईटियंस के पास होते ही विदेश भागने की टेंडेंसी में बढ़ोत्तरी होगी। जिस तरह मेडिकल की पढाई महँगी होने से लुटेरे डॉक्टरों की संख्या हमेशा ज्यादा रही है.

एक लाख

फीस की समस्या अपने आप में बड़ी नहीं है पर इसके पीछे सरकार की जो "मंशा" है वो डराती है।

ऐसे एक बात और - असली चिंता उन्हें नहीं है जिनके बच्चों ने आईआईटी जेईई पास कर रखा है - उन्हें लोन मिलेगा और आसानी से चुकेगा भी. असली चिंता हमारे जैसे लोगों को है 'खाली-पीली' :)

आप अकसर ऐसा देखेंगे कि विषयों की तथ्यपरक विवेचना एक सामान्य जन के बस की बात नहीं होती।

एक सामान्य मस्तिष्क को "सही गलत" की बहुत 'ओवर सिम्प्लिफायड' जानकारी ही समझ में आ सकती है उससे ज्यादा नहीं।

तो "द्रोण गलत - एकलव्य सही", "लक्ष्मण गलत - सूर्पणखा सही", "सीता गलत - लक्ष्मण सही", "विभीषण गलत - रावण सही" जैसी अवधारणाएं प्रचलित होने के पीछे यही कारण हैं।

सोशल मीडिया आने से एक अव्वल दर्जे के मस्तिष्क का एक अति साधारण मस्तिष्क से मिलान होता है।

नतीजा अक्सर ये होता है कि प्रतिभासम्पन्न हतोत्साहित होता है और जड़बुद्धि तो उटले घड़े पर जल पड़ने से जैसे अलग हो जाता है वैसे ही वह "सूखा" ही रह जाता है।

आप अपनी विवेचना जारी रखिए और हतोत्साहित न हों।

भैंसा हरी घास के  को दूर से सिर्फ घूर रहा है - खाता क्यों नहीं?