An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri
Chapter 6
Chapter 6: A conversation with a boatman
A conversation with a boatman
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Notes
  • (ba:g) is one of the Mughal Gardens. It is located about eight miles from Srinagar, the summer capital of the Jammu and Kashmir State.
  • hokum karun means 'to command', or 'What can I do for you?'. It is a socially polite expression, and is used just as that.
  • bu:n' (china:r, Platanus Orientalis):  Knowles (1885) claims thatthe china:r "was introduced by the Muhammadans from the West, and under the fostering attention of royalty this splendid tree with its palmate leaves and spreading branches has reached the greatest age and attention in Kashmir." (See J.H. Knowles, A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs and Sayings, Bombay, 1885, p.7.)
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