Ā

ākaḷo

eager

ākhaḍe

fight

āṭā

twisted

āḍasoḍ

wearing a khes across the chest

āṭhu jām

the entire day

āṇo

bring

ātur

ready, eager

ānand-ghan

filled with joy

āp

oneself

āpadā

misery

ābharaṇ

ornaments of the body

ām

mango

āmaḷo

ego, arrogance, jealousy, obstinacy

āmāsāmī

face-to-face

āyar

shepherd

āro

shore

ālī

friend (female companion)

āvardā

lifespan

āvariyā

included

āḷ-pampāḷ

worthless time spent

i, ī

iḍā-pingalā

names of 2 nādis (conduits)

itar

impure

Īsha

God

Īshvar

God

īṣhaṇā

desire

u, ū, ṛu

uḍugaṇ

stars

uḍurāj

moon

udyot

light

udhāro

promise

uparaṇī

upahās

tease, ridicule

ur

heart, chest

ulūk

owl

ulech

a cloth used to cover a pot

ūpaḍatī chhātī

chest

ūpaḍatī tāḷī

clapping swiftly

ūrdhvarekhā

a mark on the foot

ūrmi

desires

ūlaṭī āvī

to come back, in front

ūlaṭo

worthless

ṛuṇī

indebted

e, o

ek-pāḷ

the same, similar

ekā-ekī

solely

evātaṇ

good fortune

ogh

pile, flow

ochh

lacking

ochhāḍ

sheet

oṭhīngaṇ

leaning against

opī rahī

to look beautiful

orā

near

ka

kaṭāro

kaṭilank

kaḍhelu

boiled milk

kathī

story

kadaiyā

Kamalā

Lakshmi

kamod

a type of rice

kar

hand

karamadā

karamoī

smearing

karāḷ

terrifying

karī

elephant

Karuṇākand

the source of compassion

Karuṇā-nidhi

treasure of compassion

kalangī

crown, ornament for the head

kasumbī

red colored

kahāṇī

folklore

kaḷashyo

metal pot

kaḷī

kankaṇ

jewelry worn on the wrist

kangāḷ

poor

kācharī

kāchu

raw

kāchha

celibacy

kājaḷiyu

kāju

nice

kāṭhā ghau

kāmaṇiyā

‘magically’ attractive

kāraj

task, work (usually refers to one’s task of achieving liberation)

kāḷaj

heart

kānti

luster

kīch

mud

kuṭavāī

ground (into mixture or powder)

kurang

deer

kusum

flower

kunj

garden

Kunj-vihārī

one who wanders in Vrundavan

kūḍ

deceit, thuggery, untruthful

keḍe keḍe

following behind

ketu

flag

kene

someone

kerā

koṭ

neck

koṭi (koṭī)

billions

koḍe koḍe

enthusiastically

kor

koravu

to pierce

koro khes

new waist garment

kol

promise, one’s word

koshīṭā

cocoon

krīḍā

play

kvāth

medicine

kṣhem

protection

kṣhobh

hesitancy

kha

kharva

khanjan

a listless bird

khājā

khāṭya

benefit

khāl

skin

Khāntilā

one who is eager, zealous

khānte

with enthusiasm

khalak

world

khurmā

khevaṭiyā

navigator

khevanhārā

caretaker

kheḍ

dirt

khoyalā

spanned, time that has passed

khor

anointing of chandan

khyāl

remembrance

khvār

disgraced

ga

gagan

sky

gaj

elephant

garamar

gaḷī

gājavu

gāfal

off guard, behaving waywardly

gārūḍī

snake charmer

gānṭhe

in possession

Giradhārī

one who supports a mountain (one name of Krishna)

guchchh

a flower bunch

guṇikā

prostitute

guṇījan

virtuous person

gurugam

wisdome attained from a guru

guru marma

gulgulā

gul-gule

gulatān

immersed, mesmerized

guldār

gunjā

gūḍho

gūnd-vaḍā

gothā

thrashing

godho

bull

gopad

cow’s hoofprint

Gopāl

‘protector of cows’, cowherder

goḷ-pāpaḍī

gaur

fair color or complexion

grahīne

holding, grasping

granthi

‘knot’, desires, stubborn understanding

gha

ghaṭ

body, mind, heart

ghaṭā

ghaṭikā

moment

ghaṭe

appropriate

ghaḍiyā

relationship

ghaḍī

24 minutes

ghan

crowded, dark, cloud

Ghanshyām

dark like rainclouds

ghāṇī

machine to extract oil (from seeds)

ghāt

world

ghīsoḍā

ghṛut

Ghee

ghelaḍā

mad, insane

ghoḷyu

cha

chakor

a type of bird

chaṭak

extremely red

chaṭkantā

making gestures or sounds

chaṭakī

putting a spell on

chaṇechī

chamakavu

to sparkle

chavāṇu/chavīnā

chahukore

all 4 directions

chaḷavu

to become detracted (from one’s spiritual endeavors)

chaḷu

cleanse one’s mouth after eating

chākaḷo

chandan-gāreshu

extracted chandan

chākaḷiyo

chākhaṇhār

one who tastes

chār divas

‘4 days’ - meaning a short lifespan

chāro

chūrmu

chokhāḷī

washed

choṭe

chompeshu

chore-chauṭe

everywhere (in all open place)

choḷ

lots, extreme

chhāy (chahāy)

to desire

chha

chhatarāyā

openly

chhabī

murti, beauty

chhānu

hidden, covert

chhāp

marks

Chhel

clever

Chhelā

clever

chhogu

end of the pagh

chhoḷyu

stream

ja

Jakta-jīvan

life of the world

Jag-ādhārā

Supporter of the world

Jagdīsh

master of the world

jaḍ

inanimate, non sentient

jaḍāu

embroidered with jewels

jaṇas

item

jatan

safeguard

jav

jangamā

a wandering renunciant

janghā

thigh

janjāḷ

trouble, worry

jantno

living beings

jambu

Jādavarāv (Jādavarāy)

jādujor

magical, attractive

jān

life

jām

jāmo

jāvantrī

jār

adulterer

jās

whose

Jāhnavī

Ganga

jīrasāī

a type of rice

Jīvan

One who is the life

jukta

method

jukti

method

jugate

jugal

pair

juvatī

young woman

jūṭ jaṭā

joṭo

joṇ

joban

youth

jorāvar

strong

jyeṣhṭha

eldest

za

zaḍī

rain

zārī

drinking utensil

zāḷ

ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa

ṭuṇā

magical, enchanting

ṭānko

ṭhām

place, residence

Ṭhākariyā

ṭhor

place, sweet

ḍoḍī

ḍoḍā

the stalks of corn

Ḍolariyā

one who wears a garland of jasmines flowers

ḍhāḷo ḍhaḷyo

ḍhig

near

ta

taṭ

shore

tatkhev

immediately

tanu

body

tam-tamā

hot (spicy)

tarkārī

talkhe

yearn for or long for

tamboḷ

tāt

father

tātā

hot

tātu

hot

tāndul

rice

tāḷī lāgī

became passionate

til

freckle-like mark

tīn

three

toy

1. to you, 2. even so, 3. water

tol

reflect thoughtfully

trikoṇ

triangle

tripuṭīne tāne

influenced by the three gunas

tribhangī

folded three way

trivaḷī

three folds

trevaḍīe

thinking it over 3 times

da

dan

day

dahī-thariyā

dahe

burn

daḷ

army

dātār

donor

dām

money

dām kīdho

amass money

dārā

wife

dāḷīdar

poverty, misery

din-reṇ

day and night

dilgīr

heart broken, melancholy

Divyamūrti

dīvāno

mad, insane

dīn

meek, helpless

Dīn-dayāḷ

compassionate to the poor

dubadhā

doubt

duve

to make miserable

duṣhkṛut

sinful deeds

durbhāṣhaṇ

bitter words

dragme

in vision

dṛuṣhṭi

wisdom

deh-darshī

one attached to the body, one who views their self as the body rather than the ātmā

doy

two

dohyalu

rare

dvibhuj

one with 2 arms

dha

dhaḍak

fear

dhar

burden

dharmadvār

‘gateway to narak’, narak

dhāgo toḍyo

to break a relationship

dhāyo

ran

dhūp

smoke

dhūm

smoke

na

nakhmaṇi

nails resembling gems

nakh-shikh

from toe nail to top of head

najarā

glances

Naṭnāgar

clever illusionist

namaṇī

curved

narasu

inferior, bad

nar-nāṭak

human body, to mimic a man

naramāṭī

brave man

nav chaḷe

does not sway

nav-nidhi

the nine treasures

nāgar

clever

nābhi

navel, belly button

Nārāyaṇ

One who resides in water

nikharv

one hundred million

Nigam

Dharma-shastras, Vedas, Ishwar, Shruti (scripture)

nīt

daily

nirabhe

without fear

nirmālya

worthless, insignificant, cheap

nirvāṇ

liberation

nish-din

day and night

nihāl

fulfilled

neṇā

eyes

neti

without limits, limitless, not that… not that

netra-kamaḷ

lotus-like eyes

nepur

anklets

nem

niyams, vows

naiyā

nautam

new, novel

nyārī

different, unique

pa

pakhāḷu

to wash

pag paraṭhe

to set foot

pach-rangī

five-colored, various colored

paṭakī

paṇ

resolve, vow

pathī

traveler

pad

1. feet, 2. verse, 3. place

pad-raj

dirt touched by the feet (referring to dirt sanctified by the touch of God’s feet)

pad-rāj

padma

lotus

papanas

a citrus fruit

pay

water, milk

parat

return

paravā, apprehension

worry

paravīṇpaṇu

cleverness, expertise

parahar

to give up, abandon

parātpar

transcendental

parā paḷyā

go further away

paryank

bed

palāṇā

left

pasārā

spread

pankti

garland

pankhāḷī

a type of rice

panḍ

physical body

pākhe

to know, understand, or recognize

pāgī

foot(ing), place

pāj

pāṭ

pāḍ

value, gratitude

pātak

sin

pānī

heel

pānu

to become related to

pāmar

insignificant

pāmarīe

pāras

a stone or gem that turns metal into gold

pāve

to obtain

pāsh/pās

bond, snare

pāsang

weight used to balance a scale

pāḷā

barefoot, by foot

Pānchāḷī (Pānchālī)

Draupadi (wife of the Pandavas)

pānpaṇ

eyelashes

pāpaḷā

worthless

piyu

beloved

pinḍī

calf of the leg

pīchhāṇavā

to recognize

pīḍ

misery, suffering

pītpaṇe

yellowish

Puruṣhottam

superior among men

pushtā

heap

Pūraṇkām

one who has reached the state of fulfillment

pūnjī

wealth

pere

like

potī

a thin or finely woven dhoti

poḷī

ponchī

jewelry worn on the wrist

pyārī

dear

pyās

thirst

Pratipāḷ

protector, provider

prapanch

maya, the spread of maya

pramāṇī

having recognized, having known

prīchhat

to know

prou

to become engrossed in (literally means to thread the eye of a needle)

fa

fagavā

items distributed during Holi (usually popcorn or chickpeas)

farasā

food item that is bland or lacking sweetness

faḷiyu

street, narrow paths

faḷīo

fand

1. snares, 2. misery, 3. hardship, 4. flaws

fīdī

fīratā sant

traveling sadhus

fulel

fragrance, perfume

fūl-sej

bed of flowers

fore

to give off fragrance

ba

bakāl

vegetable seller

bagīo

garden

baḍbhāgī

extremely fortunate

barās

a type of camphor (fragrance prepared from camphor)

barjantī

food item prepared from fried rice

balihārī

Bahunāmī

one with many names

Baḷvantā

one who is strong

bāju, bājubandh

jewelry worn on the biceps area - part of arm above the elbow

bāṭī

bā’re

outside

bāye

hand

bigoī

bichhāno

birud

promise

bimb-lāl

red like tīnḍolā (a kind of vegetable)

bīlā

berakhaḍā

behāl

misfortune, tragic state

bovu

to plant

boḷ kerī

Bhakta-vatsal

one to whom devotees are dear

Bhaktinandan

the son of Bhakti

bhaṇaj

a type of sweet item

bhaṇe

to speak

bhame

to wander

bharam

delusion, doubt

bhav

cycle of births and deaths

bhasma

ashes

bhākhe

to speak

bhājan

vessel or worthy

bhāṇe

a served dish

bhāt

various types

bhātu

food taken on a journey

bhān

remember

bhāme

path, delusion, infatuation

bhāvu

to like

bhāse

to appear like, to see

bhītar

internal

bhurāyo

bhūko

Earth’s

Bhūdhar

one who supports the earth

bhoya

ground

ma

makarākār

like the shape of an alligator

magdaḷ

majiyāro

partnership

maṇā

deficiency, flaw, drawback

maṇidhar

Shesh-nag

matvālā

one who is ecstatic

matiyā

mathī maravu

to labor extensively

madzar

elephant

madmātā

egotistical

madhukar

bee

man-vānchhit

desired by the mind

mar

so what if

marakī

marjīvā

divers that dive for pearls

marḍāī

obstinacy, doing the contrary to what is proper

marmāḷī

marāl

swan

maroḍ

grudge, obstinacy, grudge

marma

secret

malaptā

walking slowly with pomp and enthusiasm

masāṇī

impure, inauspicious, miserable

masur

mastān

absorbed

mahārathī

one who can fight against 10,000 soldiers

Mahārājā

King of kings, emperor

maher

grace

maḷiyāgar

a type of sandalwood

mangaḷ

auspicious

Mangaḷkārī

one who liberates

māṭī

1. flesh, 2. brave

māṇī

experienced

Māṇīgar

master, husband

māthu ghoḷyu

to sacrifice one’s head

mānanī

proud woman

mā’lo

to travel

māḷā toḍe

break from turning the māḷā

misarī

sugar crystals

Mīṭhaḍā

One who speaks pleasantly

mīn

fish

muktāfaḷ

pearl

mukhnu pāṇī

reputation

mukhiyā

main, major

Munirāy

the greatest muni

Murāri (Murārī)

enemy to a demon named Mur

Mūlatān

the name of a district in Punjab

mṛug-tṛuṣhṇā

water of a mirage, to get entangled in false objects

meṭake

having abandoned or destroyed something

me’ṇu

derision, sarcastic speech

meh

rain

meḷ

contact

mengaḷ

elephant

moj

grace

motaiyā

moya

to me

morache

in battle

Morārī

enemy to a demon named Mur

Mohanvar

the greatest in causing infatuation

moḷiyu

turban

moḷīḍā

turban

ya

yū hi

in this way

ra

rajiyā

to like

rasāyaṇ

medicine

Rasiyārāj

raḷiyāt

pleased state, delight

raḷī raḷī

having earned

rangchoḷ

extremely happy

Rang-rel

one who is extremely happy

Rang-laherī

One who is extremely happy

rang sahit

ecstatic, with joy

rāg

love

rāchavu

to become happy, to become pleased

rājīv

lotus

Rājīv-neṇ

one with lotus eyes

rāḍ

shout

rāḍ vajāḍī

to cause havoc

rāy

king

rāshi

heap

rāh

path

rūṭhe

to become wrathful

rūpu

silver

rūm-zūm

sweet sound

rekhāvaḷī

reṇ

night

renan

night

renṭo

rom

pore or hair on the body

la

lagaḍu

the load carried by a donkey

lajjā

embarrassed

lath-bathī

layu

to obtain

lalit

nice, pleasant

lahat

to obtain

laherī

joyful

lākhaṇsāī

lāg lāge

perfectly set up

Lāl

son, endearing name for God

lā’v

benefit

lāvaṇtā

pleasantness, magnanimous speech

līlavā

peas

luchāv

desire

lekhā

accounting

lerakhaḍā

joyful

leryā

to become fragrant

lesh

slight, a trace amount

lhāvo

benefit, opportunity

va

vaktā

speaker

vagovyu

to blaspheme

vajra

weapon of Indra (resembling lightning)

vaṭāṇe

vaḍavānaḷ

geological fire found deep in the ocean vents

vaḍī

vanmāḷā

a garland that reaches the knees

Vanmāḷī

one who wears a garland

varatīne

having recognized

valkal

tree bark (referring to garment made from bark of a tree)

vantāk

eggplant

vāch

speech

vājā

harmonium

vāṭ

path

vāṭaḍī

narrow path

vāḍ karavī

to prohibit

vātnī vāte

easily, effortlessly

vātā

while playing (a musical instrument)

vādī

one who debates

vādhe

to grow

vān vāḷe

to change color

vānā

(food) items

vām

1. woman, 2. nice, 3. left (side)

vām-karaṇ

left ear

vāme

to be destroyed

vāraṇā

vāri

water

vārī

nice

vārī nānkhavu

to offer everything

vāvarvā

to spend

vāl

a small measurement (of weight)

vānchhanā

desire

vikarāḷ

terrifying, frightful

vikh

poison

vigrah

body

viṇaguṇ hār

garland made without a string

vidārī

destroyed

vipate

trouble

virakti

detachment

Vishvambhar

provider of the whole world

Vṛuṣhbhān

Radhaji’s father

vṛund

group

veḍh

ring that has more than two turns of wire

vyom

sky

sha

shaṭhatā

deceit

shashiyar

moon

shashī

moon

shankā

fear, doubt

shāṇe

with cleverness

shikṣhā

advice, guidance

shikhā

shirpāv

turban

shiramoḍ

crown

shiromaṇi

jewel of the (fore)head

shīsh

head

sheraḍiyo

street, alley

shravaṇ

ear

shrotā

listener

Shrīmukhe

‘from God’s own mouth’

shreya

Shyām

one who is dark skinned

sa

saī

female companion

sakal

all

sadan

abode, residence, palace

sadya

immediately

sab-vidhi

all types

samī

true

saravāṇī

stream

sarasu

nice

sarāye

sahasra-mukh

1000 mouths

sanche

to gather

santāp

misery, the 3 types of miseries

sākhya

witness

sāj

useful items

sādh

desire

sādhavu

to achieve

sān

tacit glance

sār

care

Sārangpāṇi

one who holds a bow (and arrow)

sāre

sāl

obstruction, hindrance

sāhyo

held

sānkaḷī

chain (jewelry) worn on the waist

Sānvariyā

sindhu

ocean

sīje

to become successful

sīmā

border, limit

sukān

helm, steering for a boat

sukānī

navigator of a ship

Sukhdhām

abode of happiness

Sukh-sāgar

ocean of happiness

sughaḍpaṇu

cleverness

sudhāras

amrut

sur

deities

suratā

a state of being absorbed into something

surate

in a nice way

surangī

nice colored

Sundarvar

a great husband (usually referring to God as being a master)

sūkar

boar, pig

sūnthaṇalī

sūdh

awareness, consciousness, presence of mind

sej

bed

seṇ

friend

sevaiyā

saiyar

female companion

soto

with

soy

that

soyalu

easily attained

sohāg

great fortune

sohāgī

one who has great fortune

sohāmaṇo

nice

srot

flow

svastik

ha

haḍakalāve

to chase away

haradam

each second, always

Harajī

God

harāṇu

pulled

harīso

haḷāhaḷ

strong poison

hāk

loud cry

hāṭ

shop

hāṇ-varadh

loss and gain

hām

courage

hānsī

ridicule

hinse

to become happy

hullās

happiness

hunkāro na devo

not answer back

hūbā-hūb

with pleasure

hetu-rahit

without any desires or motives

hem-kaḍā

gold bracelets

hem-chandra

golden moon

helī

1. constant rain, 2. female companion, friend

haiyānā fūṭyā

unfortunate, bad luck