Project ZAAN
Gems of Kashmiri Verse

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Peculiar Kashmiri Words & Phrases - 3

(speaking in such a way as to confuse a person with the object of deceiving or swindling him)

(one who finds fault with or pinpoints other’s shortcomings)

(to achieve nothing after a hard work)

(to pester ~ to speak persistently thereby annoying a person)

(one who utters ill words)

(the end of a Yuga or age ~ great calamity or agony)

(to get something at exorbitantly high price)

(a man of the Khas tribe, described as a bugaboo to frighten children)

(diversion of attention from some work)

(whisking off insects, flies etc. by employing the bushy tail of the yak as a chowry)

(diarrhoea of cattle ~ this word is generally used for cursing)