Nagpuri vocabulary fantastic

[Ramanuj Asawa]

From: Ajay Deoras <ajayd...@gmail.com>

Nagpuri Vocabulary!

Chal chhod, yeh padh; tera knowledge badhega:
 
Hats off to the person/persons who have compiled these Nagpuri words, which
you would never find in use anywhere.

*kya bolte: *How r you ? Howz life?.......Answer should be Maje Me Bawa
means everything is fine. Bure Haal Hai Bawa means you are going thru some
bad phase

*aage building girengi: *There is a building ahead. If you ask for an
address to a rickshawala, he will say aagge ek building giregi. Phir ek pool
girega. A newbie at Nagpur will get shocked to hear that so many things are
going to fall soon.

*aav dekha na taav: *do not sense/realize right or wrong (loose ones sense
of logic) eg.Aav dekha na taav us sale ko fod dala (I did not sense/realize
right or wrong...and hit him very hard/won the fight.

*abe*

*agar bagar joginagar: *phrase is used for a girl who is very fashionable
and talk of the area.

*agau: *Meaning = One who takes the inititative or tries to lead (in a
derogatory way) Jyada agau mat chal.

*aisi ki taisi: *Aisi ki taisi is typically used in engg coll. it means
something bad happens to you, i don`t care.. Bey, ye T-shirt Burdi mein 300
ka milta hai.. tu 500.. Nahi na yaar, 500 ka hi hai.. lelo Ja re teri aisi
ki taisi...

*allag sallag: *Ekdum Khopache mein ! or for that matter Sumadi mein !

*angaar: *Abe kal tendulkar ne bahut angaar machaya. Angaar machana(verb.)
To steal the show

*antana: *to steal something. e.g. salla usne samosa antaya tapri se.

*apan: *Meaning = Us Chalo apan chalte hai.
*ayyar: *Used in Indora / Nari area it means a person who is always telling
lies or dosre ko topi pahnane wala badmas goon or something like that

*bail or sand: *bail (a bull) or sand (a buffalo)- a person who is big in
built and slow in activities. e.g apna bail nahi aara khalsa ko.

*bailya: *A girlish behaviour of Man/Boy.A very laidback and sedate in
approach. E.x Bailya ke tarh kaam mat kar.....

*bhaitad: *A moron

*baja diya: *to put a person to shame/ to win a fight or argument eg. maine
to uski baja diya, bajau kya kaan ke niche

U can get this if u r a nagpuri

*bakar, bakar panti: *bakar means stupid talks that doesn`t have any
conclusions. Bey yede, kya kar raha tha.. padha nahi kya..
Nahi yaar, bakar mein time nahi mila (means those talks are more imp than
studies)

*bas kya: *Abe bas kya.If any friend denied to lend some help, one can
reply, abe bas kya

*bavaji: *old person, guy who is slow in his moments

*bavan bavan: *an indecisive person if asked to do a slightly challenging
task will do bavan bavan. e.g...abe kya bavan bavan kar raha hai theek se
kar na..

*bawle, bawla panti: *bawle means stupid. bawla pan means stupidity...Abe
bawle, red signal hai, gaadi ruka..Bawla panti mat kar, yeda hai kya.

*Bey: *Means `abey` of normal spoken Hindi which is already explained by a
fellow Nagpurian in this URL, but Nagpurians can create a deadly combination
with other slangs. for example, hau kya bey, chop bey saale (i.e., chup be),
or, simply bey-bey-bey, hut na bey

*bhaadya cha baayil: *Honestly don`t know the meaning exactly. Heard this
gaali during my childhood in Nagpur, around Bharat talkies, Gaddigodam,
Kamptee Road and Sadar area. The bullocks pulling heavy carts and going
uphill used to face this barrage, apart from getting a big stick poking
their bums, but this choicest abuse is ritually used against fellow
Nagpurians too!

*bhasak gaya: *It means something unexpectedly went horribly wrong...
Typically i`ve heard programmers say this....Abe ye code Bhasak Gaya...

*bhau: *It is generally used for elderly people. It's meaning is "brother".
For example, Kya Bhau? Kya bolte? …or Hau Bhau…Kaam ho jayenga…etc
*bhaw mat kha: *Don`t act superior


*BHMB: *This I use to hear from my friends in my school days
(1975-76)without knowing the meaning of it. Now a days I do not know
wheather it is used or not.Once we had gone for a picnic (if I remember
correctly it was a place called Pipla)my friends started calling BHMB when
an adolescent girl was passing by. Our Maths teacher started smiling and
virtually told us what BHMB means by which we got dumb stuck!The long form
of BHMB is Badi Hoke Maal Banegi meaning the girl will become very beautiful
(Maal) when she grows up.Even today when BHMB comes into my mind I remember
those innocent student pure days...Ah how I
long for it!!

*bhok main jaa: *Go to Hell !!! Bhok main jaa...sir mat kha bevde !!!

*bhokan tiklya*..A slang .. no literal meaning. Generally used while
swearing !!!! Bhokan tiklya...du kya do-chaar !!!!

*bhokna: *Abuse used in traffic jams, meaning `having holes instead of eyes`
Bey bhokne, kai ko beech beech mein aaraa

*bhosak dena: *To Stab somebody.. Kal mominpura main kisne to bi .. uske
bhai ko `bhosak diya`....

*born zhawi: *The phrase taken from the famous pop singer`s name Bon Jovi...
But here its meaning is, a person who is a sexmeniac by birth.. lol

*buhari: *Bad Omen Abe teri shakal dekhi `buari lag gayi` .. abe kaheka kaam
hone wala hain !!!

*bum: *plenty. e.g kal bum daru suta usne.

*chaka chak: *something which smartly done. e.g. if one ask,kay bhau kaam
kasha chalu aahe? then other may answer,ekdum chaka chak.

*chamaka dena: *to warn/threat somebody for doing a task. Ex: Are wo
Prajakta ne abhitak mail nahi bheja, Saturday Intv conf.
ka. Thoda chamaka dena bhai.

*chaman: *bewakuf...example = chaman chutya

*chapter: *A foolish/idiot person or a person having less intelligence.
eg.woh to pura chapter hai!

*chengad: *Meaning: Foil the act or create nuisance example: abe chengad mat
kar

*chindi chor: *Kanjus..

*chipaka de: *to submit... usko documents chipka de. or can also be used as
`to push' eg. `mere naam pe usne dialogue chipka diya'.

*chivtya: *the one who is not up to the mark like- kya chivtya pana kar raha
hai be or are wo to chivtya hai re bawa

*chaman chindhi: *pagal or mad

*chuttya: *Stupid..Chuttya he kya bey tu?????

*daav: *Daav means someone on whom you have crush or you find itence.e.g. Wo
dekh apna Daav ja raha hai

*dabana or thosna: *to eat a lot. ex. kal Tanvir mein mast dabaya (or thosa)
murg-musllam.

*darangya: *A weird and irritating fellow

*dhaar marna: *(the most enjoyable thing in Nagpur since there are plenty of
open spaces) to pee, eg "ruk jara, dhaar mar lene de"

*dhakkan: *Literal Meaning: bottle stopper, lid Slang Meaning: Stupid,
unintelligent, brain-less, slow, dim-witted

Example: 1) Abe dhakkan, tujhe agar Liberty me movie dekhni hain toh
Amravati Road pe kya hila raha hain.
Translated: Stupid, if you want to watch movie at Liberty, what the
hell you are doing at Amravati Road (how boring)

*dhapna: *Steal something and thinking(most probably) that an act of bravery
has been done. eg:abe maine uska chasma dhap diya. (This is what the meaning
which I could make out during one of the conversion which I heard;Any body
can give the correct meaning if known)

*dhepat: *A Fat Person, also name of large kancha/kanche

*dhor: *An ugly animal... Ex: Kya re kale Dhor kidhar jaraa...
*dimag ka dahi karana: *if someone is already tensed and u try to make him
angry with your talk then he say, Pehalech khopadi out hai, dimag ka dahi
mat kar or Dimag ka dahi ho gaya lekin ye problem solve nahi ho raha

*dosti ke naam pe do-do boond: *to go to pee.e.g chal anya, dosti ke naam
par do-do boond

*DP: *Dharam peth, a busy street in Nagpur, fav. hangout place of the youth.

*ek number: *Meaning: Ultimate, perfect, of best quality Example: 1) Poragi
kay Ek Number aahe yaar! 2) VRCE sumorcha chaha ek number asato bhidu.

*fate tak: *Literally `till you burst` e.g., fate tak khaaya, etc.. heard in
the campus of VRCE mostly

*fek mat: *Don`t exaggerate or Don`t lie. eg:jyada mat fek;mujhe sab pata
hai(do not exaggerate/lie,I know every thing!)

*fight: *a kick or punch, used to say this when we were kids e.g. ekich
fight maroonga na to mahal pohonch jaayenga.

*fitna: *It means to pass through some bad phase or an uwanted incident . eg
.. abe vaha pe meri gadi kharab hui aaur koi puncturewala bhi nahi tha aas
pas isliye mai purra fit gaya .

*fittas: *to equalize....another nagpuri term for this is muddal

*fod dala: *to hit so hard that it breaks-specially used during quarrel
between two persons. eg.Sale ko maine use fod dala
or od dalunga sale!
*galang: *galang is the word typically used in hospitals...Kya galang
patient tha yaar, chutiya panti kar raha tha...

*Bhok mein jaane de: *F*** off

*ganga jamuna: *I won`t tell meaning of this.. please understand from the
sentence...Bey thak gaya tha mein, isiliye lecture attend nahi kiya...Thaka
kaise, ganga jamuna gaya tha kya...

*gelya: *means very loose person. e.g. kya gelya aadmi hai yaar!!

*ghaape: *illegal thing

*ghanta: *A very strong denial or completely disagreeing with the other
person..Could be used in various forms like...1) Abe ekdum sahi picture hain
baap !! Ghanta ..kaika ka sahi hain be....2) Sala main usko ekdum fod
daluga… !!! Ghanta …..aukat hain kya be teri…. !!! `Ghanta` could also be
replaced with "Babakji ka Ghanta" for similar effect

*ghapa: *A blunder, a mistake. Ex.. Ghpa kiya sale ne.

*gheun ghe: *take gheun ghya, deun dya. These are marathi words, but typical
Nagpurian. Gheun Ghya(Ghya in pure marathi), take it take it.. don`t shy..
Deun Dya(dya in pure marathi), give it.. don`t act to smart.. Bhau, i want
to go to Ajni only na.. 30 Rs gheun ghya. Yaar, meko bhi to rickshow chalana
hai ki nahi, 40 Rs deun dya..

*ghot lena: *From Nagpurian Hindi `ghot` means `grind on grindstone`,
meaning `mugging up fully all the lessons` e.g., `Abey, main to poora
chapter ghot daala`

*ghus jana: *Ghus gana matlab it`s guaranteed that you will fail. typically
used in engg coll. Kya re tapori, kaisa gaya? Ghus gaya paper

*gote fekna: *A bowler who chucks, specially a tennis ball bowler. eg. unki
puri team gote fekti hai.

*goti fit karana: *Ex: Meine aisi Goti Fit Kiya, Tera kaam ho gaya samaz.

*hai ki nai re bawa: *Means `Am I not correct?`

*hao: *Meaning = Yes

*Hao kya?: *hao yes. its not ho it is hao. hau na bawa, hau na...Yes, I
agree, I do! Example: Nagpuri people don`t say just Yes (`Ho` in marathi, or
`Ha` in Hindi), they would put more stress on the word, and say `Hau`
instead.

*hawa nahin lagi: *No Clue at all or complete tangent. Abe kal ka paper
kaisa gaya...ekdum bhankas `kuch bhi hawa nahin lagi` ..

*hepallatya ke jawai: *A person who is useless or who always ask other
person to do his work

*hepalna: *It means Bragging abt something.. e.g. Saala khup hepal raha tha
Meaning: was bragging a lot

*illi: *big worm

*item: *item - moron. kya item hai be woh?

*itrana: *show off kya itra raha tha wo...

*jama le: *eat properly , agrah eg: savji jama ra kya ?? ladki jam le {try
to impress a girl}

*jana be: *rehane de. bakwas mat kar.

*jugaad: *To have an arrangement eg 1: Arey liberty mein apna jugaad hain.
Tu bol dena kitni tickets chahiye. eg 2: Aur tera jugad kya bolta? (Now this
example conveys altogether a different meaning. A true nagpurian will surely
understand it.)

*kaadya: *to create trouble.e.g abe kaadya mat kar na be.

*kaata (kaatna- verb): *To make someone pay for your expenses (movie ticket,
petrol, food, drinks etc) eg: Paise to mere paas bhi nahin hain, chal aaj
samya ko kaattein hain.

*kachipura ka hai: *that means he is a gangstar or has criminal past

*kai karun rahilas?: *Meaning.. kya kar raha hai? in hindi.. this is used in
nagpuri marathi .. simple translation of hindi to marahi..
*kaka: *Kaka...In actual means Uncle....Example..Can be easily heard on
Nagpur roads when somebody not driving carefully....Eh Kaka Kai karat hai

*kamptee ramtek: *Means cockeyed eg.,`abey wohich na..jo senjanischool
(means St John`s High School) meain padta tha... aur kamthi ramtek tha..`

*kanche: *Marbles used by kids (gotya in marathi). e.g. chalra kya kanche
khelne?

*kanpatana: *To beat someone. e.g kya kanpata re bawa mote ko kal..

*kantala: *Meaning = Feeling lazy, not inclined to the work at hand. Padhie
karne mein kantala arra mere ko.

*katle: *Just get lost or go away

*kavoon: *Heard around Mohan Nagar and Gaddigudam... meaning `what`s your
problem, man?`

*khaavdi: *A person who eats a lot, especially with others` money. e.g. woh
milya khavadi ko leke mat ja re bawa.

*khangarya: *A bankrupted person

*kharra: *Pronounce `r` twice. It is available in Nagpur paan shops. If you
don`t want to eat the betel leaf. but want only the masala that goes inside,
ask for kharra confidently. Way back in 1982, I was quite surprised to find
this word in Bhilai, but it might have floated from Nagpur..

*kharra: *everything that goes in a tobacco paan, except the paan, this is
served on a paper chit by the local paanwaala

*khatra or khatarnak: *In hindi khatra means danger, but in Nagpuri context
it means it`s cool. e.g. abe woh picture ekdum khatra sahi hai.

*khilav or khilvile: *used in context of food, it`s funny that it`s not a
marathi word still it`s used in marathi. ex ek samosa khilav na, Nilesh.

*khunnas: *strife.

*konteme: *In the corner

*lamcha: *that (foolish)person probably(I used to hear this word more often
in conversation during my childhood-now a days less used) eg.tya lamchyane
mala ghevoonach nahi gela!(that foolish person did not take me along with
him at all!) or
Lamcha aalach nahi

*lang lang: *means na idhar ka na udhar ka, abe ekto GRE de ya CAt lang lang
mat kar
*lapet: *to agree half heartedly or disagree while listening to a
person.(lapetna is an act carried out during kite flying by wounding
the kite thread on the chakri) eg.bol bol mai lapet raha hun!
*Katkat: *something that keeps on troubling you. Iski to katkat khatam hi
nahi hoti ....

*Phitiyaali: *This is what many of us love to do. Spending time worthlessly

*Mahol: *Well, is there any way to describe this word? You just have to
feel the word! (Meaning - Ambience)

Last, but not the least - "Mamoo?!" (Or Mama) made famous by the Munnabhai MBBS flick

Meaning - Dost / Friend.

Toh, kaisa laga Mamoo?!

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Ramanuj Asawa
Company Secretary
cell 094228-03662