A Hand-Book of Sindhi Idioms

180 Pages·2012·2.129 MB·Sindhi Language Authority

by  M. J. Shahani

A HAND- BOOK
OF
SINDHI IDIOMS
(With English renderings & equivalents)

By
M.J. Shahani

Sindhi Language Authority
Hyderabad Sindh.
2012 A.D

191 ربمن باتڪ وج ءَ يٽراٿا جيئگنئل يڌنس
ظوفحم اطساو ۽ قح ڀس
تغل يج تاقلعت يماوقلاا نيب
يڻاهاش .يج .ميا :ڙدنيڙيهس
ع2012 ويٻ ،ع1937 نويرهپ :وپاڇ
ع2012 ربوٽڪآ :لاس
ڪرت ناضمر دمحم :گنزوپمڪ
وٽڀ للها دسا :لٽيئاٽ
رازه ڪه :دادعت
ايپور 250/- :تميق
ڌنس ،دابآرديح ،يٽراٿا جيئگنئل يڌنس :رشان

Catalogue Reference
M.J.Shahani

A Hand-Book of Sindhi Idioms
English and Sindhi Language
Sindhi Language Authority
ISBN: 978-969-9098-90-1

A Hand- Book of Sindhi Idioms

By: M.J. Shahani
Edition: 1st 1937, 2nd 2012
Year: October 2012
Quantity: 1000
Price: 250/-
Composed by: M. Ramzan Turk
Title: Asadullah Bhutto
Published by: Taj Joyo, Secretary,
Sindhi Language Authority,
National Highway, Hyderabad, Sindh, 71000, Pakistan.
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Website: www.sindhila.org
Printed by: Areeba Publications, Karachi.
ءَيچارڪ زنشيڪيلبپ ابيرع سرشيم ،دابآرديح ،يٽراٿا جيئگنئل يڌنس ،يرٽيرڪيس ،ييوج جات ،باتڪ ءُيه
.ويڪ ورڌپ نام ڌنس ،دابآرديح ،يو ءِاه لنشين ،سيفآ يج يرادا ،يئارپڇ نام
ناراپ رشان

نيرازه ۾ نا .يهآ يلوٻ ڪه نام نيلوٻ ميدق مامت يج ايند يڌنس
نتياور ينابز ناک نيدص وڪيج .يهآ دوجوم ونازخ وج بدا ڪول وٽاڳآ لاس
.يهآ ويآ ودنيٿ لقتنم ۾ نيهڙيپ ڙدنيا ،يٿ ظوفحم ۾ نلوٻ يج پهاڏ ڪول ۽
۽ درم گرزب اهاڏ رپ ادوس اداس ڙدنهر ۾ نيڙارهٻ يرڪ صاخ وهڻام اج ڌنس
ءَيلوٻ يجنهنپ يها .نهآ ڙدنيلاڀنس اچپ اچس اج يثرو ڪول ءَيهنا نوتروع
،نهنوس ڙدنيهوم نم دوجوم ردنا يج نفنص ڪول ،يئامس ۾ لد يک رايپ يج
يج ءَيئاڪدناو يجنهنپ ،يڍناس ۾ نم يک تسافن يج ءُناڏ ۽ تاڏ ،پهاڏ
وخرچ ۾ ڻتآ نولاز .نهآ ايهر ادنيئاجرو يدنڪ ترڪ اڪ اي ۾ تقو
يج يراهنوا ،يت نرڌپ ۽ نراتوا ،نقاطوا درم ،هت نڪ نويڻاهر يدنيروچ
نويرهچڪ يڙم يراڌوچ يج چم ليراٻ ۾ يرايس اي ۾ نيتار نيڪوڊناچ
يجنهنپ يعيرذ نلوٻ نڻگهٻ نجنهنپ ڙهگس ۽ راهجنيو اج ءَيلوٻ ۽ نهآ ادنڪ
.نهآ ايهر ادنيرڀ يلوهج يج ءَيلوٻ ءَيڙٺم
ونازخ ٽکڻا وجنهنپ وج نظفل ٽو نتروع ۽ ندرم نڻايس ڙهگس ننه
ليڪرٻ لثم نڪڻام ههلما نويڻوچ ۽ اڪاهپ ،حلاطصا ۾ نلوٻ ندنس ۽ يهآ
يج ءَيلوٻ يجنهنپ نيسا ناس ڻئلاٿا ۾ نيلوٻ نيٻ يج ايند يک نج ،نهآ ادنوه
.اٿ نوهگس يئاسپ نيک ترس ۽ نهنوس
ڀلڻا يٽاڳآ ڪه لمتشم يت نيڻوچ ۽ نڪاهپ يڌنس باتڪ يه
نافرط ءَيڻاهش .يج .ميا ۾ رود يج نزيرگنا وڪيج ،يهآ وپاڇ ويٻ وج باتڪ
ناک ءَيررقم ندنس ۾ ڌنس يڪيج ،وه ويو ويڙيهس ءِلا نرادلمع زيرگنا نهنا
۽ نڪاهپ يڌنس ۾ باتڪ نه .ائه ادنکس يڌنس روط يمزلا نارود نا اي ڳا
هت تقو نا يڪيج ،نهآ لنڏ نويڻوچ ۽ اڪاهپ يزيرگنا لدابتم اج نيڻوچ
ايند لبولگ وج ،يهآ يٿ هن اڪ يڪهج تيمها يج نهنا هب ڄا رپ ،ائه اتئاراڪ
يک نهڻام ماع ۽ ندرگاش يج ناسا ۽ يهآ لااب لوب هب ڄا وج ءَيلوٻ يزيرگنا ۾
ءَيهنا ۾ ناحتما يج يلباقم هب نهنڪ ۽ ۾ نيٽسروينوي اي نجيلاڪ ،نلوڪسا
هدوجوم باتڪ يه هت يهآ ديما يک نوم يرڪ نا .يٿ يچا شيپ ترورض يج
.ودنيٿ تباث وتئاڀلا هب ۾ رود

نيسح هديمھف رٽڪاڊ
ڌنس ،دابآرديح

نسرپرئيچ ع2012 ،ربوٽڪآ 03
PREFACE

The want of a book of Sindhi Idioms rendered into
English has long been felt and was prominently brought to
my notice by some highly-placed officers, to whom, I have
had the pleasure of teaching the Sindhi Language. The
present compilation is offered in the absence of any other
adequate work of the kind and is meant to supply an
immediate want. It contains no less than 3000 Sindhi idioms
and it must be owned that it is by no means as exhaustive
and comprehensive as might be desired. Idioms that are not
fairly common have been omitted. I owe a deep debt of
gratitude to Principal H. I. Robertson, A. C. P. (London), F.
R. G. S., and Mr. A. B. Advani, M. A., LL. B., S. T. C. for
the invaluable and ungrudging help they have given me in
the preparation of this book.
I am grateful, especially, to Mr. Bherumal
Mahirchand Advani, Lecturer in Sindhi, D. J. Sind College,
Karachi, who has kindly taken the trouble to go through the
MMs and enlarge the scope of the book.

M. J. S
Publisher’s note

Sindhi is one of the oldest languages of the world. It
has a treasure of folk lore having a history of thousands of
years, which has survived through the ages, in oral traditions
and folk wisdom, in the speech of the elderly wise people, in
the form of idioms, proverbs and sayings. The people of
Sindh especially the rustic folks of rural areas are the true
custodians of this heritage. They cherish the beauty of the
language and enjoy the subtlety of different genres of the
folk lore, rendered in their traditional ‘kachahries’ held in
their leisure time after the day’s hard work and toil in fields
and farms. They gather at the ‘aatan’ )ڻتآ((gathering place
for women folks, where they spin and speak) ‘otaque’
)قاطوا( )gathering place for men where they entertain guests
and hold indoor kachahries) and also ‘padhar’ )رڌپ( and
‘otaro’ )وراتوا( ( where men gather to hold outdoor kachahries)
in the villages in moonlit nights in summer or around
bonefires in the winters.
These people, both men and women, speak a
language which has a distinct vocabulary, beautiful diction
full of quotable quotes having gems of wisdom.
The present book “A Hand Book of Sindhi Idioms”
is a reprint of a rare book compiled by Mr. M.J. Shahani, for
the benefit of those British officers, who had to learn Sindhi
language before or during their posting in Sindh during the
British rule.
This is an interesting collection of Sindhi idioms and
proverbs with their equivalents in English language. I hope
the readers will like the book as it presents a fascinating
quality of our language, in the form of idioms and proverbs,
which have been rendered in English for a wider audience.

Dr. Fahmida Hussain Hyderabad- Sindh
Chairperson
October 03, 2012

PREFACE

The want of a book of Sindhi Idioms rendered into
English has long been felt and was prominently brought to
my notice by some highly-placed officers, to whom, I have
had the pleasure of teaching the Sindhi Language. The
present compilation is offered in the absence of any other
adequate work of the kind and is meant to supply an
immediate want. It contains no less than 3000 Sindhi idioms
and it must be owned that it is by no means as exhaustive
and comprehensive as might be desired. Idioms that are not
fairly common have been omitted. I owe a deep debt of
gratitude to Principal H. I. Robertson, A. C. P. (London), F.
R. G. S., and Mr. A. B. Advani, M. A., LL. B., S. T. C. for
the invaluable and ungrudging help they have given me in
the preparation of this book.
I am grateful, especially, to Mr. Bherumal
Mahirchand Advani, Lecturer in Sindhi, D. J. Sind College,
Karachi, who has kindly taken the trouble to go through the
MMs and enlarge the scope of the book.

M. J. S