is a rare form in Bhojpūrī. It is probably here the Hindī accusative plural, 
is Hindī pres. part, fem., agreeing with 
, used in the sense of the pres. ind.
, which means ‘place.’ He is a great traveller. Hence, by tradition, a crow is always supposed to know the whereabouts of a beloved.
is Hindī pres. part. fern.
I do not know the meaning of, nor is the word known in Bihār. It may be a corruption of 
‘a necklace worn by mendicants,’ and in this case 
would mean ‘having put on such a necklace.’
and 
are Braj for 
and 
.
is not the Hindī present participle, but is the Bihārī 1 pl. pres. conj. used in its original indicative sense.
altered for metre from 
. The five holy Sundays are the first Sundays of the bright halves of Ag'han, Pūs (omitting Māgh), Phāgun, Chait, and Baĭsākh.
Hindī for 
.
, lit. a going, is often specialized to mean the procession which goes to fetch the bride from her father's house. The root 
in Bihārī means ‘bring.’
= Hindī 
.
is the silver spot worn on a woman's forehead.
is an inundated piece of ground. 
is an old oblique form of 
(like 
in Hindī). The phrase is hence literally ‘an inundation on an inundation,’ just as 
is ‘a beating on a beating,’ ‘a mutual beating.’
, as a sign of the genitive, is rare in Bhojpūrī, but is common in the other dialects of Bihārī.
is regular 3 sing, imperat. of root 
, ‘go.’
is shortened from 
for the sake of metre. It is 3 sg. fut.
= the Arabic 
Cf. 
or 
is a rare form of the indeclinable participle of root 
‘go.’
is Braj 1 sg. fut.
in 
is the old Apabhramsha sign of the locative.
in this líne is superfluous as regards the metre.
or 
‘fight,’ is optional. It is used generally to mean ‘be killed in combat.’
Hindī for 
.
means to ‘glitter,’ hence to ‘do a thing suddenly.’ 
or 
is given in Hindī dictionaries as meaning a continued rain, but it means rather a sudden burst of rain.
in 
is the old Apabhramsha Prākrit termination of the locative.
is always short. In this verse, however, it must be read long to save the metre. The mark a over s consonant is the native way of making a long syllable.
is Braj
is the regular Bhojpūrï present indicative. 
being the second person plural, always has the inherent final a pronounced; thus tejĕla. This final a of the 2nd pl., moreover, is always pronounced long with a peculiar drawl like the English word ‘awe,’ thus tejĕl ‘awe.’ This tense sometimes has the force of the future. An example is 
in v. 5.
literally ‘a simpleton,’ ‘a novice.’
is oblique of 
‘an eye.’
is long form of 
, lit. ‘a darling,’ is used in Birth-Odes like the present as a simple expletive.
is simply a rhyming repetition of 
.
= Hindī 
.
, used by men. Women in the same sense would use 
.
pronounced baraha with the final a sonant, is an old oblique form of 
, ‘twelve.’
means ‘pebbles.’
is a rare instance of the Bihārī genitive suffix 
taking a fern. form. 
, itself, is rare in Rhojpūrī.
is for 
the instrumental of 
.
.
is 2nd person plural future. In the 2nd person plural the final inherent vowel is always pronounced, thus jaiba, and not jaib, even in prose. The first person singular would be 
jāib.
is oblique of 
‘a woman's bodycloth.’
In this word the penultimate is always pronounced long, though generally written short. In the Western Bhojpūrī, illustrated by Hoernle's Grammar, it is written 
(see § 516).
is an interjection used only to something contemptible, like a dog, cat, or a discovered villain.
is the locative of the verbal noun 
Crossref Citations
This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.
KUMAR, AISHWARJ
2013.
A Marginalized Voice in the History of ‘Hindi’.
Modern Asian Studies,
Vol. 47,
Issue. 5,
p.
1706.