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Hindi to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Hindi term		English translation
"Kem che?" "Chalta hai, chalta hai," "Baap re," ... "Chalo," "Ja Yah,"		"Kem Chhe?"=How is it?, "Chalta Hai"=It's going on, "Chalo!"=Come on!=Let's move!	Vimal Panchal
Entered by: Vimal Panchal
संध्या-सुंदरी (Sandhya-Sund		night queen, evening beauty
a:gha:r		आघार
achha , pranam guruji, phone rakhta hun.		OK, Greetings teacher, I'll hang up	Ashutosh Mitra
Entered by: Ashutosh Mitra
Are		Hey	Balasubramaniam L.
Entered by: Balasubramaniam L.
तोहे		तुम्हे
दिल जो धड़के ऐसे धड़के		Oh! The heart beats as if....
फटेबाज़		a nosy person / an overly inquisitive person	acetran
Entered by: acetran
बगल मे छोरा, शहर मे ढींढोरा !		what you are looking for is right under your nose
जागी रात को नींद सुहानी सुहानी		to be awakened from one's pleasant sleep	Lalit Sati
Entered by: Lalit Sati
विदंगम/बिदंगम/भिदंगम		विहंगम	Lalit Sati
Entered by: Lalit Sati
करुण		touching, pathetic
कइयों ने		कई लोगों ने
अधीर		restive, impatient , fidgety, restless, apprehensive
अपने ललाट की लालिमा चमकाना		to realize that we are blessed with good fortune
Ba-saro chashm (ब-सरो चश्म)		most gladly	Tejinder Soodan
Entered by: Tejinder Soodan
bai		It is used for a lady to show respect.
besharam		shameless
beta		"son"	satish krishna itikela
Entered by: satish krishna itikela
bootlegger, daru		Bootlegger in Indian terms is a person who produces and sells illicit liquor cheaply-
chalo		"Let us go"	satish krishna itikela
Entered by: satish krishna itikela
datta		1.given 2. bengali surname	keshab
Entered by: keshab
deekra		son
Ek chota peg		एक छोटा पेग
EKA-DO		One-two
Gangodak		Ganges water
goonda		One who cheats people of their valuables or one who bullies a weaker person.
Huzoor		My lord	keshab
Entered by: keshab
kArnis---कार्निस		cornice	Tejinder Soodan
Entered by: Tejinder Soodan
Mastam		(literally) I am drunken : meaningless words of exuberance to introduce the song	Quamrul Islam
Entered by: Quamrul Islam
mawali		disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
PAnii -kal (पानी-कल)		Steam Engine OR Steam Ship
poras		fries	keshab
Entered by: keshab
salwar-khamez		Traditional dress of Punjabis, Gujarathis or for that matter Northern India.
Shopping ke liye jaenge, bhel puri khaenge . . . dollars me kamaenge, pum pum pu		We will go for the shopping, eat bhel-puri (Indian spicy foodstuff).. earn in dollars, phew...
surabanhu		greatest among gods	keshab
Entered by: keshab
Swachhand		self-willed	Quamrul Islam
Entered by: Quamrul Islam
Wah		wow or great
yaar		friend