Chapter : | Brief Introduction to the Herati Dialect |
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čak: pitchfork for winnowing grain
čakε: clapping
čakki [Fikrat 1976, 60]: wholesale purchase; purchase without measuring the quantity of goods
čekčeki: small metal plates attached to dancers' legs for sound effects
čelâfsöufi, cf. Kb čelawsâf: colander
čelâġ [Fikrat 1976, 60; Afghani Nawis 1985, 198]: cripple
čιng [Fikrat 1976, 61]: edge, corner
čoġuk/čaġuk [Fikrat 1976, 59]: sparrow
čokε: piece, small part
čongi [Fikrat 1976, 61; Afghani Nawis 1985, 193]: a kind of flatbread
ču/čuy (< čub): wood
čučan(g), cf. čučang kandan [Fikrat 1976, 62]: nipping
čul [cf. Afghani Nawis 1985, 198]: desert
dây: layer of clay (when a wall is erected)
dâus [Fikrat 1976, 74]: mean, base person
dastomâyε [Afghani Nawis 1985, 261]: savings, means
dašlamε [Fikrat 1976, 80]: sugar-candy
doxtaramu: paternal female cousin
doxtarxunä [Fikrat 1976, 75]: young unmarried woman, damsel
dubotε, cf. Kb dupata: wrapping cloth, cloak, shawl
dulaxt/dulaxbâd: whirlwind
ebrat [cf. Afghani Nawis 1985, 403]: disgustful, ugly, repelling
engε (< hengε) [Fikrat 1976, 177]: a boy riding on the bridal horseback at a wedding ceremony (procession)
faršunε: lamentation, crying
föur: shrunk, cringed
ganj [Fikrat 1976, 144]: cattle market
godâm: storehouse
gomâr: watch, supervision, care
gorjε [Fikrat 1976, 142]: kind of damson (plum)
gušəfil: kind of cookies
ġâlε: untwisted bundle of cotton fibers
ġačang: big vessel resembling a pitcher