Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
PAnii -kal (पानी-कल)
English translation:
Steam Engine OR Steam Ship
Added to glossary by
Arun Singh
Oct 9, 2005 14:34
18 yrs ago
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PAnii -kal (पानी-कल)
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Poetry & Literature
DekhA to pAnii-kal kA dhuA(n) poorva kay AkAsh mein ajgar kii tarah phel rahA thA.
देखा तो पानी-कल का धुआँ पूर्व के आकाश में अजगर की तरह फैल रहा था।
I could not make a sense of PAnii -kal (पानी-कल. Have you got any idea about the same?
Thanks in anticipation.
देखा तो पानी-कल का धुआँ पूर्व के आकाश में अजगर की तरह फैल रहा था।
I could not make a sense of PAnii -kal (पानी-कल. Have you got any idea about the same?
Thanks in anticipation.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 +3 | Steam Engine OR Steam Ship |
Arun Singh
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| 5 | boiler / steam boiler |
keshab
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| 2 | Name of a place? Waterfall? |
Anil Goyal
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| 1 | vapor or steam |
Harinder Dhillon
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Proposed translations
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Steam Engine OR Steam Ship
Here I feel 'Kal' may be used for machine, Pani kee machine. Some indication about, 'Larka bhaag gaya' yani rail se yaa panee ke jahaj (reference of ghaat) se?
OF course a wild guess!
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Note added at 2 hrs 51 mins (2005-10-09 17:25:19 GMT)
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Steam Engine was called 'Bhaap ka Injan'Here it may be termed as 'Pani kal'. Dhuan may be related with Steam Engine, which generated huge black clouds of smoke.
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Note added at 2 hrs 55 mins (2005-10-09 17:30:09 GMT)
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Steam Engine was called 'Bhaap ka Injan'Here it may be termed as 'Pani kal'. Dhuan may be related with Steam Engine, which generated huge black clouds of smoke.
OF course a wild guess!
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Note added at 2 hrs 51 mins (2005-10-09 17:25:19 GMT)
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Steam Engine was called 'Bhaap ka Injan'Here it may be termed as 'Pani kal'. Dhuan may be related with Steam Engine, which generated huge black clouds of smoke.
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Note added at 2 hrs 55 mins (2005-10-09 17:30:09 GMT)
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Steam Engine was called 'Bhaap ka Injan'Here it may be termed as 'Pani kal'. Dhuan may be related with Steam Engine, which generated huge black clouds of smoke.
Peer comment(s):
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Seema Ugrankar
: seems to be the most logical solution
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Asghar Bhatti
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satish krishna itikela
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Comment: "Thanks to all of you. This appears to be the most probable."
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Harinder Dhillon
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vapor or steam
It is just a guess.
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Anil Goyal
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Name of a place? Waterfall?
Could it be the name of a place? a village?
I also remember a yatra vritant by Beni Prasad where he describes the scattering of water droplets at the Chachai waterfall as "rupahala dhuan" (रुपहला धुआँ).
I also remember a yatra vritant by Beni Prasad where he describes the scattering of water droplets at the Chachai waterfall as "rupahala dhuan" (रुपहला धुआँ).
4 hrs
boiler / steam boiler
पानी कल का धुआं= Smoke of boiler
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Note added at 4 hrs 11 mins (2005-10-09 18:45:21 GMT)
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And obviously it is boiler of a factory which we can see anywhere of the world.we should not take 'Pani-kal' literary.the concept of steam power used in factories running.the dense smoke ejected from chimnies of factories popularly known as पानी कल का धुआं.
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Note added at 4 hrs 11 mins (2005-10-09 18:45:21 GMT)
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And obviously it is boiler of a factory which we can see anywhere of the world.we should not take 'Pani-kal' literary.the concept of steam power used in factories running.the dense smoke ejected from chimnies of factories popularly known as पानी कल का धुआं.
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