Javed Akhtar तरकश m. quiver व variant spelling for वह, here used as plural (as is the standard usage in Urdu) ज मर m. crime, offence गव लयर m. Gwalior

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1 तरकश m. quiver व variant spelling for वह, here used as plural (as is the standard usage in Urdu) ज मर m. crime, offence गव लयर m. Gwalior, city in Madhya Pradesh ह श m. consciousness, sense, senses, wits, discretion; स भ लन to attain the age of discretion, to become aware; ~ ख न to lose one s wits; ~ ठक न रहन to keep hold of one s senses भ प ल म रहकर while living in Bhopal ह शय र aware, self-aware, knowledgeable य न that is to say, in other words करद र m. character (in a literary work) बरस m. year (from Sanskrit वषर ) क़ब र f. grave आ गन m. courtyard ट य शन m. tuition, private home tutoring डर वन terrifying यह ब त र ज़ बत ई ज त थ (i.e. Javed was constantly made aware of this expense) अधन न m. a half-anna coin (there were 16 आन to the rupee before decimalization in 1957) इकन न f. a one-anna coin प स क क ई समस य नह no money problems (ironically noting that these small coins were real riches to him, he was flush with cash) ब नय m. (caste of) merchant, shopkeeper (here used as a title: Ramji Lal the shopkeeper) र ग न coloured, colourful ग ल f. round sweet, candy [& pill; bullet] ख मच m. basket; ~ लग न व ल m. hawker च ट f. a cold savoury a spicy mixture with potato, other vegetables, curd, etc ल ट न to squander, to blow ऐश m. shameless luxury, intense pleasure; ~ ह ~ the height of pleasure, very heaven द ख़ल m. admittance, enrollment, भरत f.; ~ कर न to cause to be enrolled, to get enrolled क ल वन त ल ल क़ द र क ल ज Colvin Taluqdars College (a famous school in Lucknow: motto Noblesse Oblige see Wikipedia) त ल ल क़ द र m. landowner, estate-holder, person in charge of a tālluqā or revenue district छट sixth कमज़ त adj. & m. lowborn, of low caste फ़ स f. fee (the English word, but with frozen plural, fees ; compare दर ज़ f. drawer) ज न द जए let it go; forget it (i.e. he stops himself from repeating that he was always made aware of the expense of his schooling) घड़ f. watch, wristwatch; ~ ब धन to wear a watch इन टरवल m. interval, break between classes च कल ट f. chocolate (f. gender taken from the superordinate word मठ ई f.; the use of क is reflected in Indian English of in too much of chocolate, too much of waiting ) ड ड m. Daddy use of the English word implies that Rakesh was from a westernised family कमबख त adj. & m. wretched; wretch म ट रक प स करन to pass matriculation, to matriculate (the compound कर ल न denotes a sense of achievement) ड कख़ न m. post office, ड कघर म हर m. (rubber) stamp; ~ लग न to stamp, to mark with a rubber stamp

2 बनन to be, become (as in taking up a profession) ख व ब m. dream, सपन ; (क ) ~ द खन to dream (of) फ़ सल m. decision (see below for judgment sense) ख़ ल f. maternal aunt, mother s sister, म स घरव ल m.pl. family members हस स m. share, portion अन थ adj. & m. orphaned; orphan क ई एक प रव र... नह no single family... नज़र f. glance, sight; जह तक नज़र ज त ह for as far as the eye can see म द न m. open ground; playing field; plain नव ninth सद र f. cold; winter झ ठम ठ lying, falsely (i.e. the cold is for real!) घ ट m. bell (for school) च क़ m. knife, pocket-knife ध र f. edge (of blade) न क ल pointed, sharp छ न to touch; छ कर भ even on touching च हर अपन जगह ह [my] face is where it belongs क टन to cut, cut off न क कटन the nose to be cut off, i.e. to lose face (i.e. even if the cold wind doesn t cut off his nose, the humiliations of school life will) प स ह ज न to pass (an exam, a course etc.) म ट स कर ल m. Minto Circle, a high-school attached to Aligarh Muslim University; see Wikipedia द ख़ल कर न to cause admission, seek admission, get admitted म स m. maternal uncle; husband of mother s sister (म स, ख़ ल ) ख य ल रखन to take care of, keep an eye on दल लगन to have one s heart in something, to be interested or engaged in something दल प क म र m. Dilip Kumar (b. Yusuf Khan 1922), film actor उड़न खट ल m. flying bedstead equivalent to a magic carpet title of a 1955 film (f. क agrees with the implied noun फ़ल म) र जकप र m. Raj Kapoor ( ), film actor श र च र स ब स Shri 420, a 1955 film (named after article 420 of the Indian Penal Code, on vagrancy etc; hence च रस ब स f. vagabondage) मन (inv.) forbidden र ग m. raga, the melodic mode underlying classical Indian music; पक क र ग a proper raga, i.e. a full-blown classical piece ह टल m. restaurant, cafe, chai shop भ गन to run, runa away, flee शक यत f. complaint पटन to be beaten [प टन to beat] फ़क़र m. difference; क ई ~ नह पड़ it made no difference, it had no effect दल लगन to enjoy, feel engaged; to get into न व ल f. novel, उपन य स ड ट f. scolding; ~ पड़न to get a scolding श र m. verse, poem (in Urdu) अन त क षर f. Last Syllable a game in which one player must sing a line of a song starting with the syllable that ended the previous one अपन स क ल क तरफ स representing my school इन म m. prize, प रस क र मलकर together ( having united ) ह चलन to begin to be

3 हम मत करन to be brave, gather one s courage प र म-पत र m. love-letter च प कर न to quieten (someone) न न neither...nor अन गनत uncountable, numerous [ गनन to count] म हरब न kind, compassionate [म हरब न f. kindness] य (य ) like this; ~ क हए put it like this... आध र स त म halfway there, in the middle of nowhere स त ल half-, step- [स त f. co-wife]; स त ल म f. stepmother छ टन to be left behind, lost; वह भ छ ट गय I lost that [home] too स फय क ल ज m. Saifiya College, Bhopal सह र m. support, help, encouragement; क सह र with the support of लस ट f. list, स च f., फ़ ह रस त f. इय र m. year ग जर करन to get by, subsist, to make a living झगड़ m. quarrel, argument ट गन to be hung प ट m. pant, pants, trousers बग़ र without, बन (followed by perfective participle: बग़ र ब त कए without saying anything ) सरह न m. head of the bed द -एक one or two (a prefixed -एक yields an approximation: दस-एक about ten ) ब. ए. फ़ ईनल m. B.A. Final कम प ड m. compound म फ त free, gratis बस तर m. bedding बछ न to spread ब क़ adj. & f. remaining; the remainder, everything else खटमल m. bedbug उध र m. loan, credit; ~ ख न to live on credit; ~ खल न to give credit; ~ खल - खल कर by constantly giving credit म फ तख़ र m. sponger, parasite ज त क द क न f. shoe-shop म म ल ordinary, not special ज न पहच न f. acquaintance ट फ़न m. tiffin, a light snack; here used to refer to the metal canister that holds it, the tiffin carrier ब वक़ फ़ adj. & m. foolish, fool च ल क smart, cunning, watchful पत लगन द न to let (someone) become aware

4 श क़ m. fondness, pleasure (for/in doing something) र टर क लब m. Rotary Club ज तन to win ट र फ़ (ट र फ़ ) f. trophy वक रम य नव सर ट f. Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh हस स ल न to take part, भ ग ल न अपन तरफ़ स on/for their behalf मतलब m. object, intention, concern; म झ X स मतलब ह I m interested in X, concerned with X तक़र र f. speech ज त रहन to be gone for good, to disappear सद र (सदर) adj. & m. main; leader, head नभ न ( नब हन ) to support, maintain सलव न to get sewn (by a tailor) [स न to sew] सरद र m. (lit. leader, chief ; respectful term of address or reference for) a Sikh ज़म म द र f. responsibility प रट शन m. partition ज़म न m. time, period (of history) द ग m. riot क़स स m. story, tale, account कर ल ब ग़ m. Karol Bagh, a residential & business district in central Delhi त रक ल m. tar-coal, coal tar, tar ड रम m. drum, barrel म स लम ल ग adj. m. relating to, or member of, the Muslim League (a party supporting Muslim interests and the establishment of Pakistan) ज़ ल म m. tyrannical act, atrocity त ल f. clapping; ~ बजन to clap; द न ह थ स त ल बजन to clap with both hands (it takes two hands to clap); ज़ ल म क यह त ल त द न ह थ स बज थ i.e. these atrocities were done by both sides, both communities द सर तरफ़ क of the other side व रद त f. event, incident जग ब त happened to/in the world, i.e. events of the world आप ब त happened to the self, i.e. personal events; f. autobiography ख़ नद न m. family क़त ल (क़तल) करन to slaughter भल good, honest, decent ज़ त f. community; caste महज़ब m. religion स ल f. stake; ~ (पर) चढ़ न to impale, to put to death

5 ग ल सग m. Glasgow (city in Scotland) अलग ह न to separate, part company कड़ m. metal bangle (one of the Sikh five Ks, the others being क श m. (uncut) hair, क घ m. comb, कच छ m. undershorts, क प ण / करप न m. sword न क म f. failure न ज़ m. conceit, airs; ~ करन to put on airs द श मन m. enemy उतरन to get down, alight (from train etc.) अद लत f, court (of law) फ़ सल m. judgment नय प स m. new paisā, in the post-1957 decimal coinage फ़ यद m. profit; ~ म in profit द नय f. the world; the attitudes of people in the world; life at large घ ट m. deficit, loss; ~ म at deficit बम बई म [म झ ] द बरस ह न क आए I have been in Bombay for nearly two years ठक न m. abode, habitat, whereabouts द दर m. Dadar, a district in central Mumbai ब दर m. Bandra, a district in northern Mumbai प दल on foot चन m. chickpea भरन to put in, stuff, fill क ह न र फ़ल ज m. Kohinoor Film Company, one of the oldest-established studios in Bombay ग ज़रन to pass, go past, pass by अन न स (also अनन न स) m. pineapple तपन to burn, blaze ध प f. sunshine आ स m. tear प छन to wipe