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- aag = fire
- budhiman = intelligent person
- chaaran = spy (lang - malayalam) a member of the secret police who
typically do not put on a uniform and there fore are difficult to identify.
synonyms- plain clothes men; mr. javert
- e_man = master
- eecha = house fly
- fool = in hindi phool means a flower; i have slightly modified the
pronounciation to suit the occassion.
- gaavai = singing
- godi = lap
- godi mein = on the lap
- hum = me, i
- jhompadiya = hut ( lang - bhojpuri a dialect of bihar in north india)
- jyothi = is a sanskrit word and like all sanskrit words it is
difficult to translate. the only equivalent i can find
is noor in urdu.
it is one of the favourite names for a boy child
especially in bengal. the senior most jyothi is almost ninety;
dada is still going strong.
in kerala it is mostly a girls name.
- malayalam = a language spoken in south india in the province kerala.
it is closely related to or i might even say derived from
tamil a dravidian language spoken by the tamils
all over the world.
- malhar = a hindustani "raag" - a musical note in north indian
classical music.
- pavangal = poor fellows (pavangal policekaranmar = poor policemen!)
- shriman = equivalent to mr. in english . the feminine gender is shrimathi (mrs.)
shri. is the short form and in case of women smt.
- thechi = is a wild flowering herb. not exactly colourful but the
hindus use it for their prayers and it is supposed to have some
medicinal values as well
- theettam = shit
- vijayan o v = a famous malayalam writer who died recently.
- yaaar = literally means friend and is a common north indian exclamation.
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