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

ڪتاب جو نالو A HAND- BOOK OF SINDHI IDIOMS (With English renderings & equivalents)
ليکڪ M.J. Shahani
ڇپائيندڙ سنڌي ٻوليءَ جو بااختيار ادارو
ISBN 978-969-9098-90-1
قيمت 250    روپيا
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10 September 2018    تي اپلوڊ ڪيو ويو    |     58152   ڀيرا پڙهيو ويو

A Hand Book of Sindhi Idioms.


آباد هجين!

May you prosper!

اُبتا پير کڻڻ

or         

اُبتا ٽوپا ڏيڻ

To act contrary to practice; to have peculiar ways; to misbehave.

اَبدو ابدو ٿيڻ

To quarrel and separate; to be at daggers drawn.

آبديدو ٿيڻ

To shed tears.

آبروُ ڏيڻ

To treat with respect.

آبروُ وٺڻ or  لاهڻ

To dishonour.

 آبروُ ئي ڌوپي ويس

or               

 آبرو ئي خاڪ ٿيس

or              

 آبروُ مٽيءَ سان ملي ويس

 

 

He lost his honour, became disgraced.

آبرُوءَ تي ٽڪو لڳڻ

To be disgraced, to have a blot on one’s character.

اَبوُ بحر

Long tale, fuss; tall story.

اُٻاسيُون ڏيڻ

To remain idle. (lit: to yawn.)

اُڀ ۾ تراروُن هڻڻ

To be puffed up with pride.

اُڀ ڦاڙڻ

To brag, to boast.

اُڀ اکئين پيو ڏسجي

It is as clear as day.

اُڀامنديون چٽڻ

To do things off- hand  (See اُٿامار تي هلڻ)

اُڀ (يا آسمان) مان تارا لاهڻ

To succeed in a difficult matter; to do a Herculean task.

اَڀَر ڀَرڻ

To make a false accusation.

اُڀري وٺڻ

To come down upon (one) suddenly; to accuse.

(نياڻي يا ڌيءُ) اُٿارڻ

To dispase of (a daughter in marriage)

اُٿل پٿل

Tossing about, disordering.

اُٿلي پوڻ

To overflow, to become fat or bloated; to re-open (as a wound).

اُٿ ويهه

Manners, etiquette.(lit. rising up and sitting).

اُٿامار تي هلڻ

To do things off-hand.

c.f. اِلهو ٻلهو ڪرڻ،

اُڀامنديون چٽڻ، ادرگدر ڪرڻ.

اِٽ هڻي بيهڻ

To insist obstinately.

اِٽيوُن هڻڻ

To kick with the hind legs, (like a donkey); to spurn, to reject with disdain.

بخت کي اٽيون  هڻڻ

To kick fortune.

اٽي ۾ لُوڻ

A very small proportion.

اٽي پاءُ هر ڪو ٿو کائي

Every one has common sense.

اٽو اَٽڻ ٿيڻ

To be pulverized.

اٽي جو ڏيو

Timid.

اُٽي ڪرڻ

To break friendship (among children).

اڄ سڀان

In a day or two, in the near future; soon.

اڄ سڀان ڪرڻ

To procrastinate, to put off from day to day.

اڄ ڪلهه

Now-a-days.

اِجها ڪي ڪجها

Presently, soon.

اُچائي کڻڻ

To make it hot (for some one), to annoy.

اچ وڃ

Communication (lit: coming and going).

اچرج لڳڻ

To be astonished.

اچرج جهڙو

Wonderful.

اڇا

Grey hair, (lit: white).

اڇا ڪڍڻ

To become grey, to grow old.

اڇا ڪارا پڌرا ٿيڻ

Truth, to become known.

(منهنجن) اڇن ڏي ڏس

Have regard for (my) old age.

اڇي تي ڪارو لکڻ

To put any thing in black and white (generally said of a false entry made in an account book, etc).

اُس ۾ اڇا ڪڍڻ

To become old without acquiring any experience.

(اُس ۾) اڇا ڪين ڪڍيا اٿم.

i.e. I have experience.

دل جو اڇو

Pure of heart.

من اُڇل

An impulse of the mind.

اُڇلُون ڏيڻ

To leap, to spout up (as water in a fountain).

احسان فراموش

Ungrateful.

 (syn: ڳڻچور، ڪرت گهن)

اختياريءَ وارا

The authorities.

آخر ۾ نه هئڻ

To count for nothing.

آخرين نامو

Ultimatum.

(قرض) ادا ڪرڻ

To liquidate or pay one’s debt.

آداب تسليمات

Most humble greetings;a form of address in writing.

اِدر گدر ڪرڻ

To do things superficially (see اٿامار)

اُدءِ ٿيڻ

To rise (as the sun).

اڌو گابرو

Half-finished, incomplete, imperfect.

اڌ هيوُن ڪرڻ

To quarrel and separate (as brothers). N.B. It conveys the idea of dividing the joint property in halves.

اُڌي کُٽي

Gain and loss.

آڏاڻو اڏڻ

To build a large structure; to commence to do something. (آڏاڻو a loom)

آڏو اچڻ

To come in the way of, to throw obstacles in one’s way.

آڏي پڇا

Cross-examination.

اڍ ڇڪڻ

To inherit a trait of character; atavism.

اڍائي گهرن جو زيان خور

One who instigates others to quarrel.

آرام طلب

Ease-loving, slothful.

اربعه خطا

A grievous offence.

ڀل هن جو ارٿ ٿئي

Let his need be satisfied.

آر ڪم

Waste of time, fiddling uselessly with things.

آرو کڻڻ  or آرو رکڻ

To humour (a child).

آرو ڪرڻ

To brood (as a bird).

اُرهه زورائي

High- handedness; (اُرهه chest).

آڙ ۾ وهڻ

To be entrenched, to ambush.

اَڙي وجهڻ

To bring a false claim.

اَڙي هڻڻ

To drive the heels into an animal while riding; to spur.

از غيبي

Mysteriously, suddenly.

آزي نيازي

Entreaty.

في آسامي

Per head

اِستري ڪرڻ

To iron

اسٿاپن ڪرڻ

To establish, to set up.

آسر پوٽاڻيوُن ڳالهيوُن

Absurd or nonsensical talk.

آسرو الله جو

Good-bye.

آسمان سان ڳالهيُون ڪرڻ

or

آسمان سان چوٽي گسڻ

To be very lofty (said of towers, mountains, &c.).

آسمان مان تارا لاهڻ

To succeed in a difficult matter.

آسمان سان لائڻ

To praise very much, to laud to the skies.

اُف ٿي وڃڻ

To become ruined.

آقي باقي

The more, in addition to, besides, again.

آڪاسي ورت

Subsistence not derived from any certain funds or depending on any particular person; precarious living.

آڪاس ورتي

One whose subsistence is fortuitous.

آڪڙ ڪرڻ

To be indifferent (as a trader).

اَڪ ڪَارا ڪرڻ

Lit: to convert the white milk of a swallow-wort into black; to do something miraculous (nothing grand). Used ironically e.g.

پڙهي اڪ ڪارا ڪيائين= پڙهي گهڻو سوجهرو ڪو نه ڪيائين or ڪو نه پڙهيو

اُڪلڻ

To come out (as a word from the mouth.).

ڳالهائڻ نٿو اُڪلي

Cannot speak.

اَڪن ڇڪن

Charmed, fascinated, enamored, mad with love.

اَکُ

Lit: The eye. The bud of a plant; any small indentation or spot (as on dice).

اَکُ اُٿڻ

To have a sore eye.

اَک بُري ڪرڻ

(1)   To have an evil eye.

(2)   To wish-ill

اک ٻوٽ

Connivance.

اک ٻوُٽ پوڻ.

To be dead drunk.

اَکُ ڀَڃَڻُ

 

اک ته ڏيکار

To wink; to make a gesture with the eye (generally said of an evil gesture)

Show your face (said to a friend when he turns away his face (ديدار ته ڪراءِ،.

اَک ٽيٽ ڪرڻ

To look at a person or thing unnoticed.

اکه پائڻ or  وجهڻ

To covet.

اک پٽڻ

To be alert.

اک ڦَرڻ

Throbbing of the eye (It is said to bring good luck or good news).

اَک ڦَرڙائڻ

(1)To leer (in anger).

(2)A sidelong look of a dying person (denoting loss of consciousness).

اَک ڦيرڻ

To have a look around; to cast a look at a person or thing.

اک ڇِنڀ ۾

In the twinkling of an eye.

اک ڇِنڀڻ

To twinkle, to blink, to wink rapidly.

اک ڏيکارڻ

To threaten; scowl (lit; to show one’s eye), to harass, to torment.

اَک ڊيگهه ڪرڻ

To watch anything unnoticed, to be unmindful.

اک ڪڍڻ

(1) To rise (sun). (2) To bud. (3) To harm a person; e.g.

ڪنهنجي اکه ڪڍڻ سٿري، پر وجهڻ ڏکي

اَک ڪڙڻ

To repeat an incantation for the cure of sore eyes.

اَک کان ٻاهر هئڻ

To be out of sight or away e.g.

ٻار اکه کان ٻاهر ٿيو، ته کريو

اَک کولڻ

To open one’s eyes; to be vigilant and careful or to look carefully at; e.g.

اکه کولي ڏس ته ڪهڙا لفظ لکيل آهن

اَک لڳڻ

To fall asleep.

اک ميري ڪرڻ

(1) To have an evil eye (on a person). (2) To show a little anger e.g.

پڻس اُتس ڪڏهن به اَکه ميري نه ڪئي

اک ۾ رکڻ

To have an eye on; to keep watch (upon a person); to have in view.

اَک وِچڙائڻ or  وَيڙهائڻ

To gaze, lovingly at each other.

اَکين سان

With great pleasure, willingly.

اَکيون چرخ ٿيڻ

To become astonished.

اکين تي رکڻ

To accept with pleasure.

اَکين تي پردا چڙهڻ

To become blind; to have no due regard or consideration for elders etc., to have no sense of shame.

اَکين اڳيان ڦِرڻ

To have ever before one’s eyes (in recollection).

اک نه ٻڏڻ

To take no notice of; to consider as of no consequence.

اک ۾ ٿيڻ

To covet.

اکين کان وڏو

Blind.

اکين ۾ دِيد ڪونهيس

He is shameless; has no regard for others.

اکين ۾ ڌَوڙ وجهڻ

To throw dust in the eyes; to deceive.

اکين ۾ سُرمو پائي وڃڻ

To pilfer anything unnoticed.

اکين تي رات ڪاٽڻ

To keep awake all night.

اَکيون پائي وهڻ

To wait expectantly for some dear one.

اَکيون پوُري ڪم ڪرڻ

To do a thing carelessly; without thought or anxiety.

اَکيون رت ڇڏڻ

To become enraged.

اَکيون ڪَڍي نهارڻ

To stare (at).

اَکيون هيٺ ڪرڻ

To become abashed; to hang down the head in shame.

اکيون جاءِ ڪر!

Take care!.

اَکيون ڏَرا ڏيئي آيون اٿس

He has become very weak.

اکيون وٺي ويٺو

He became blind.

اکيون ڪاپار ۾ اٿس

He is indifferent or proud.

(منهنجوُن) اکيون ٿڌيون

I shall be pleased.

(هڪڙيءَ) اک سان سڀني کي ڏسڻ

To have an equal regard for all, to be impartial.

اَکڙي ڪڍڻ

To lave an opening for one eye, when veiling the face.

اکو ڦُلو

A small offering to a mendicant, etc.

اکو ڦُلو ڪرڻ

To waste.

آگَ ڏيڻ

To win a game.

اَگَ لاهڻ

To do things off-hand; to do a thing reluctantly or superficially.

اگر تگر

All belongings (Reduplicated form of اگر a money bowl in a shop; a till).

اگر تگر چٽ

Lost all belongings

اُگر پاپ

A heinous crime.

اڳ ٻڌڻ or  اڳ وٺڻ

To deceive by pretending acquaintance and so drawing out disclosures.

اڳ پوڻ

To curry favour.

اڳ ڦرڻ

To come in the way of, to go against, to put obstacles.

آڳت ڪرڻ

To enter in the credit side of an account, to credit.

اڳٺ جو سڱ

Connection through wife.

اڳپوءِ جاچڻ

To exercise forethought.

اڳرائي ڪرڻ

To become aggressive.

اڳرو پوڻ

To curry favour.

اڳوتر واچڻ

To predict.

آڳو پيڇو ڳڻڻ

To weigh the consequences or the pros and cons.

اڳو پوءِ

For good, at the same time, as well.

اگهه پوڻ

To be sold; disposed of (in marriage.

اگهه مُدا پائڻ

To argue to one’s face, to higgle-haggle, to be impudent.

آڱرين تي نچائڻ

To make one dance (as a puppet); to pull the strings.

الله واهي

Good-bye.

اِلاهي ڪڪر

A Godsend.

الله تُهار

May God guard or speed you! Farewell

آلو نوُر

Anything worthless, useless.

اَلوُپ ٿيڻ

To be lost to sight, to disappear.

اَلوليُون ماڻڻ

To enjoy oneself.

اِلهو ٻِلهو ڪرڻ

To do a thing in a offhand manner; to do something in the matter.

امرت ويلو

Early morning.(when deities are supposed to distribute nectar among their devotees).

اِمڪو ڍِمڪو

A person of little estimation; every Tom, Dick and Harry.

اَمڻا نه گُمڻا

Not the ghost of a notion

اميد ڀڃڻ

To disappoint.

اُميدواري آهي

She is pregnant.

اَن جَلُ

Food and drink; fate (lit. grain or food and water).

آن ڪرڻ

To say ‘yes’.

اَنبوڇي هڻڻ

To gloat, to exult.

اِنتقال ڪرڻ

To die; to transfer, to alienate.

اِنتهاپسند

An extremist.

اَنجامي ڪوڙو

One breaking promises.

(آءٌ هن جي) اندران پيهي نڪتو آهيان.

I know his intentions.

اَندر ٻهريو or اندر ٻهرو

Double-faced, deceitful, a dissembler. Mr. facing-both ways.

اندر سڙئي کي اڳڙيون وجهڻ

To hide one’s grief or failure.

اندر ڪارو آهي or  اندر ۾ ڇڙيون اٿس.

He is evil-intentioned.

آندي نيندي تي آهن

They are of moderate means. They live from hand to mouth.

اَنڌ پنڌ

As you are going; at the same time.

اَنڌ جي گهوڙي تي چڙهڻ

To be totally blind to consequences, etc.

اُنڊ گنڊ

In a bad manner; in a mess.

آنڊا ڪلوُس ڪلوُس ٿا ڪن

I am very hungry.

آنڊو

(=اولاد) offspring.

آنڊا گجيون

The interior, secret, (lit. trail of a fowl, etc.).

آنڊي جي ڄَر

Paternal or maternal feeling.

آنڊي ۾ ٽانڊو

Friction among near relations.

آنڊي گوُنڊي گڏيل

A near relation; kith and kin.

آنڙيءَ مان ڪانڙي ڪرڻ.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill. (آنڙي  a sty; ڪانڙي a small arrow).

انصاف وٺڻ

To appreciate, admire.

اِنعام اِڪرام

An honourable gift; rewards and dignities.

اِنعامي جلسو

Prize distribution ceremony.

اَنگ اُگهاڙو پَيٽ بُکيو

Naked and starving; one in a wretched condition.

اَنگ پَيٽُ

Clothes and food

اَنگين اَکرين

In figures and words, chapter and verse.

اَنگ سَنگ

Inseparably together, ever at hand.

اَن۫گشت نُمائي

Act of pointing the finger of scorn at one, jeering.

اَنگل آرا

Coquetry. Endearments.

(of a child).

انگيڪار ڪرڻ

To accept, to agree, to receive.

اَنوُمان ڪڍڻ

To conclude, to infer.

اَڻ ٽر or اڻ ٽل

Inevitable, obstinate.

اَڻ پڇو

Certainly; undoubtedly, unasked, without permission.

اَڻ گهڙيو ڪاٺ آهي.

He is totally inexperienced or foolish

آڻڻ ۽ چاڙهڻ

To live from hand to mouth.

اوبر سوبر

Remnants or leavings of food.

اَوڀاريون لَهواريون ڳالهيون ڪرڻ

To talk about different matters.

اوٿ پويئي!

May a rock fall upon you; may you be ruined (used as a curse).

اوت پوت

Thoroughly (Lit. warp and woof).

اوٽ موٽ

Going and returning.

اوڏو وَڃڻ

To go near, to approach, to use.

(هوُ) اوڙي چَڱو نه پاڙي چَڱو.

(He is) not wanted anywhere (said of a perfectly useless fellow).

اول فول بڪڻ

To talk rubbish.

اِهو ماس اِها پياس

The very same.

اهڙو جهڙو

So so.

(هن جو) اهو به ويو سهو به ويو.

He lost both games (opportunities)

آهو کڻڻ

To risk, to sacrifice.

اِهو اِهو ڪرڻ

To hoot.

اِهينئين

So, just as before, in vain, gratis; for nothing, without any ostensible cause.

اُوئين جو اُوئين

In the same condition.

آئيءَ ويل

In time of need.

اَيامن کان

From times immemorial from of old.

ايچُون پيچُون

Shortcomings of another’s ancestors.

ايڪڙ ٻيڪڙ

Very few, here and there.

اِيمان آڻڻ

To believe, to be converted to the faith.

اِيندو

Income (opp. ويندو expense)

آيو پايو

For good, as a gift.

آيو رام!

Commence eating (Hindu custom)

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بادشاهه گڙدي

Anarchy.

بَاز اچڻ

To come round (to rectitude); to abandon (a bad action); to refrain from

باز آڻڻ

To dissuade.

بازار آڪري يا چاڪ آهي

or

بازار تيز آهي

 

 

Rates have gone up.

 

بازار چِٽڻ

To purchase things on loan from different shopkeepers; to borrow money from different persons.

 بازار ڪِريل آهي

or

 بازار گهٽ آهي

 

Rates have gone down.

واپار جي بازار گرم آهي

Trade is brisk.

بازار لائڻ

To make a loud noise.

 بازار ماٺي آهي.

or

 بازار موڳي آهي

 

Market in dull

بازاري ٻولي

Slang.

تون ڪهڙي باغ جي موري آهين؟

You are of no conesequence.

باغ باغ  ٿيڻ

To be overjoyed.

باغين توتين لڳڻ

To attend to one’s duties (Horticultural phrase).

بَالائي

Over and above; extra.

بال گوپال

Family, offspring.

بالم ٿي وهڻ

To be indifferent or free from care or anxiety.

بان ڀرڻ

To repent, to relinquish any work, through weariness or disgust.

بانبڙو هلڻ

To walk on all fours.

باه ٿي وڃڻ

To become enraged.

باه ڏيانس

Hang it! I don’t want it.

باه لڳڻ

To be enraged; to become dear; to catch fire.

بِبَ اوُنداه

Deep darkness.

(بطال)بتال ٿيڻ

To lose one’s way; to go astray.

(وايوُن) بتال ٿيڻ

To get confounded.

بَٺ پوڻ

To fall into the fire (used in cursing)

بجاءِ آڻڻ

To execute, to fulfil, perform

بحر ڦاڙڻ

To talk tall.

بخت کي اٽيون هڻڻ

To kick fortune.

بخيلي وڃڻ

To be offended.

بِدا ٿيڻ (وِداع ٿيڻ)

To bid adieu! Not procurable, e.g.

پٽاٽا شهر مان بدا ٿي ويا آهن، يعني موڪلائي ويا آهن يا نٿا ملن.

بدرُ پاڙڻ

To retaliate.

بَدران پوڻ

To defend; to take up the cudgels on one’s behalf.

بَرميچڻ

To measure sword with a person; to rub shoulders with any one.

بَرابري ڪرڻ

To try to be equal, to cope with, vie, compete.

بَراجمان ٿيڻ

To grace, to preside, to dwell, to be present.

بر اورد ڀڃڻ

To multiply; to reckon up.

برباد ڪرڻ

To give to the winds, to ruin, destroy, waste.

بُربلا ٽڪا

Ill-gotten money

بَرپا ڪرڻ

To set on foot, establish.

بَرخاست ڪرڻ

To dismiss (an assembly), give leave, break up (a court).

بَرخوردار

A son (lit. an eater of fruit); happy.

برداشت ڪرڻ

To bear, endure with patience.

برزبان

By heart, by rote.

بَرطرف ڪرڻ

To dismiss.

بُرو ڀانئڻ

To take ill or amiss.

بَروقت

At the right time.

بريز بريز

Help! Help! (colloq) Haste (imperative of ريختن to scatter& c., hence “put flight”, “overcome by an enemy or by a misfortune” “crying for quarter or mercy”)

بُزدل

Timid (lit. Goat hearted).

بستري داخل ٿيڻ

To be confined to bed

بَسرو چَشم

Cheerfully (lit. with head and eye)

بُسڙ ۾ پير هڻڻ.

To evade, to shirk, to give an evasive reply.

بُز نه بُز جي بها

Flat refusal; total denial.

بِستري داخل ٿيڻ

To be confined to bed; to be bed-ridden.

بصر ڇلڻ

To find fault with

بغل ۾

Near.

بُک مرڻ

To starve, famish

بُک مارڻ

To starve (one), to repress hunger.

بُک ۾ پاهه ٿيڻ

To become distressed from starvation. (lit: to be marrow-thus denoting loss of bones and flesh owing to starvation).

بَگلو ڀڳت

A hypocrite, a deceiver, a false devotee (whose acts or observances are like those of a crane) syn: مَڪريلي، ڪُپٽي

بُل ڏيڻ

To fly a kite.

بُل کائڻ

To toss about (in sickness); to be uneasy in sickness.

بُلند اختر

Of a good fortune.

بلو ڀيڻي

Arrangement, remedy.

بِلو ملائڻ

To make debit and credit sides tally with each other; to square up accounts.

بِلي لائڻ

To make use of, to use.

بَم جهلڻ

To pretend, to show as if nothing had happened.

بَندُ ٻَڌڻ

To adopt preventive measures.

بُنڊ ٻڌڻ

To stick to one’s guns; not to budge an inch.

بوتو بنائڻ

To trump up a story.

بوڇڻ ڇنڊي اٿڻ

(1) To wash one’s hands of any affair; to sever connection with. (2) To depart in disgust.

بُود ڪڍڻ

To fag, to cause to drudge.

بودِ اچڻ

To recover from sickness, faint, etc, to be elated with joy.

بَهار بَهار ٿيڻ

To be overjoyed.

بَيانو

Earnest money.

بيٺ ٻڌڻ

To gird up the loins; to tie on a girdle.

بِيٺل or بيٺل ڪار

Influential, having power and position.

بهه کل ڀرائڻ

To inflict heavy punishment (lit: to fill up the skin of a person with chaff of wheat).

بيءَ ۾ رکڻ

To hold in abeyance.

(حساب) بيباڪ ڪرڻ

To settle an account; to square up an account.

بي زر خريد

(Obtaining) without purchase.

بي مزي

Unwell, sick.

بيخ ڪڍڻ

To uproot, to tire out, to fag (a person).

بيگر جو ڪم

A careless work.

(بيگر impressments).

بِيمار پُرسي

Visiting the sick, or enquiring about them.

بيمارداري

nursing of a sick person, attendance on the sick.

بِينو چاڙهڻ

To knit the brow.

بِيهڪ وٺڻ

To take shape.

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ٻاٿوُن کائڻ

To endure pushes or suffer indignities (spoken of one going about vainly in search of bread); to wait in enforced idleness or infinitely long. (lit: to strain-as a woman in labour).

ٻاڦ ڪڍڻ

To whisper out to disclose, (lit: to emit vapour).

ٻار ڪيرائڻ

To bring about miscarriage; to induce abortion.

(پنهنجي) ٻارڻ

To do something creditable by oneself.

ٻارڻ چاڙهڻ

To earn oneself.

ٻه به وڃڻ ڇهه به وڃڻ

To be taken aback; to be surprised; to lose one’s wits.

ٻه گهر ٻارڻ

To excite, a quarrel between two parties; to set (two persons) by the ears.

ٻارڻ ٻارڻ

To create a quarrel by

back-biting.

ٻَارهن ماهو ڏينهن

A holiday, festival.

ٻاڙو ٻولڻ

To be rough; to give an unpleasant reply.

ٻِه اَکيائي

Partiality. ٻه اکيو Partial.

ٻڪر ڪُٽو

(Lit. slaughter of goats); dealing blows right and left; outcry, bawling.

ٻالو ڀولو

Credulous, artless, a simpleton.

ٻانڊِ وجهڻ

To throw into the river; not to require, to waste. (ٻانڊ river, water).

ٻانهن ٻيلي

A help-mate

ٻانهن ڏيڻ

To give help, to give a lady in marriage.

ٻانهوُون کنجڻ

To tuck up the sleeves; to prepare (for work or fight).

ٻانهون ڊگهيون اٿس

He is an influential person.

ٻاڻ لڳڻ

To be successful, to attain one’s object.

ٻاهتريو

A dotard.

ٻاهتر ۾ اچڻ

To be in one’s dotage, to have weakness of mind through age.

ٻاهريون ماڻهو

A stranger.

ٻاهريون ٻَنو رکڻ

To keep outward show.

ٻائي نڪا ٻٽي اٿس

He is a bachelor or a widower.

ٻٻيونُ منجهڻ

To be confused, perplexed; to be at sixes and sevens.

سَڀني سان ٻَٻُر پوکيا اٿس

He has ill-treated all; or misbehaved towards all.

ٻٻيوُن مُنجهائڻ

To confound.

ٻَٻرن کان ٻَير گهرڻ

To wish for something impossible.

ٻِت ٻِت ڪرڻ

To stammer, to falter in speaking.

ٻُٽ ٻَڌڻ

To tie a cloth round the head, ears and chin.

ٻُٽَ ڏيڻ

To check, to silence.

ٻِٽَ ڪرڻ

To couple.

ٻُٽي ٻَڪري در تي نه هئڻ

To be a pauper or penniless.

ٻِٽِڻ مچڻ

To have profits coming in at once from two sources.

ٻُچَڙِ ڪرڻ

To make bare (ears of corn, as birds do).

ٻَڌو or ٻَڌو مُٽو

Wholesale, in a lump.

ٻَڌو ٻَانهو

Obedient servant.

ٻُڏڻ تَرڻ

To waver and fancy.

ٻُڏل رقم

To bad debt.

(شَرم ۾) ٻڏي وڃڻ

To be overwhelmed with shame.

ٻر حال

Wretched condition.

ٻري اچڻ

To fall upon (a calamity).

ٻُڙي ڏيڻ

To cancel; to strike off an item.

ٻَڪر ٻُوساٽ

High-handedness.

ٻَک وجهڻ

To embrace, grapple.

ٻَري ٺري ڪرڻ

Throwing the ashes into a river immediately the corpse is burnt.

ٻَلُ چاڙهڻ

To offer a sacrifice.

ٻَلهار وڃڻ

To be ready to sacrifice oneself for another.

ٻَنڀو اورانگهيائين

He cancelled the betrothal.

ٻَنڀو پٽيس

He is blest with son and heir.

ٻَنڀو پوريس

He lost his only son; he has no survivor or heir.

ٻَنِ پوڻ

To be lost in the wild woods. (ٻَنُ = a forest, wood).

ٻَنِ پوي

Hang it!

ٻِن باهين ۾ آهيان or  ٻن ٻيڙين ۾ آهيان

I am between the devil and the deep sea.

ٻُنجو ڏيڻ

To stop, check. (ٻُنجو a large cork, a plug).

ٻَنڌ ڀڄڻ

To frequent a place, to come frequently or one after another.

ٻُوٽو ٻارڻ

To do something creditable or praiseworthy; to be active, to show courage.

ٻَوڙ ٻوڙان

A deluge, a general inundation.

ٻَوڙو   گهل

Stone-deaf.

ٻوهي ۾ وجهڻ

To involve one in misfortune. (ٻوُهو a calamity, a misfortune).

ٻئي تال مارڻ

To have both ways; to play a double-game.

ٻئي ليکي

From another point of view; moreover, besides.

ٻَئي اکيون برابر ڪرڻ

To have an equal regard for, to be impartial.

ٻَئي جهان ويس

(Lit. he lost both the worlds) derived no benefit whatsoever.

ٻِيٽَ پوڻ

To understand, realise. (ٻيِٽَ  idea).

ٻيجاري ڏيڻ

To put one to trouble, by not fulfilling one’s promise.

ٻيڙا ٻَني لڳڻ

Object to be fulfilled, desire to be gratified, to succeed.

(ڪنهنجي) ٻيڙي ٻوڙڻ

To ruin one.

ٻيڙيءَ چاڙهي ڦڙهو لاهڻ.

To deceive one by false promises.

ٻيگهي مچڻ

To gain on both sides with little labour; to have a capital opportunity.

ٻيلو ٻه ٻرانگهون

Said of a short distance.

ٻيو وري

Besides, what then? of course.