Dakhni Maza: Hissa-4

Dakhni Slang / Lingo  (Dakhni  Deliciousness)

DUDU(noun)
It means milk or breast. This is a slang used by Dakhnees in baby talk. Probably onomatopoeic, based on the movement of mouth and lips to make a show of drinking to persuade a baby to drink. Munna dudu piya? Root -unknown

MUMMOO(noun)
Baby talk for cooked rice, widely used by Dakhni/Urdu speaking families of South india. Probably onomatopoeic, based on the movement of mouth and lips to make a show of eating to persuade a baby to eat. Root - Tamil

SHERVA (noun)
Gravy. Served in non-veg hotels with the available Indian bread varieties- Generally given free to customers ordering something else. Root - Multiple

SHEERA (noun)
Sweet gravy, available with sweets like Bengali/ Guajarati mithayi. It is mainly made boiling sugar and water, essence and ingredients.Root - Urdu

SHORBA ( noun)
Soup , a liquid dish, typically savoury and made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables etc. in stock or water. Root - Urdu

CHIKNA / CHIKNI (noun)
A slang word used to refer to a light-skinned/fair complexioned person. Can also be used to describe someone with very little to no facial hair, meaning that they have smooth or 'oily' skin. Root –Urdu/ Panjabi

CHIPKELA (adjective)
Someone who sticks to you like glue. And you just can't stand it. Cause great irritation Root - Urdu

CHIPKU (noun)
Annoying person who attaches himself to someone and refuses to part company under any circumstances. This person is to be avoided at all cost. Zara muhn ulta kar le, udhar chipku khada hai, gale lag gaya toh musibat ho jaayegi. Root -Urdu

CHOKRA/ CHOKRI (noun)
Literally from the Hindi, meaning scrappy street kid. Root - Urdu

CHUDAYAL (adjective)
A bad woman, a witch Root – Urdu / bhojpuri

NAKHREBAAZ(adjective) s
omeone who throws a lot of tantrums kya nakhrebaaz ho tum yaar. sirf car main chalna hai , bus main nahee ! Root - Urdu

SADAK CHAP(noun)
Loafer on the street, dawdler, idler, perhaps passing comments on passing women Root -Urdu

NAUKER (noun)
Servant.Root- Urdu

BISCOOT(noun)
In English Biscuit. Root - Urdu

NASHTA (noun)
breakfast; snack Root – Urdu)

GHAAS PHOOS (noun)
Literally, grass, hay, plants and the like.A person who eats only ghaas phoos is a vegetarian. Root -Urdu

SUKKA (Adjective)
Dry, Neat, Straight, It is the corrupted form of Hindi/Urdu term 'Sookha' (dry). This usage is widespread in Dakhni families of south India. Used in Karnataka by those who take drinks with no water, ice or other diluting fluids added. Root -Multiple

PAKAO(Adjective)
Literally - to cook. Used in the context of getting one's brain fried by something boring, annoying, or repetitive. Root- Urdu

CHATAR PATAR(phrase)
Talk that no attention is paid to. Root - Bambai Urdu

KHARA ZEHR (adjective)
Unique mix of two words from two different dialects combined to form Khara (Marwari = Bitter) & Zehr (Urdu = Poison)Means something that is unique and different. It is an adverb but used mostly as adjective. Root - Multiple

LADDU (Noun)
Laddu comes from the Sanskrit word transliterated as ladduka or lattika meaning a small ball. One of the earliest mentions of laddu is in a twelfth-century Gujarati manuscript. Laddu is consumed in large quantities among Dakhni families at major life events such as related to weddings, births etc..Root - Hindi/Urdu

TAMBAKU (noun)
Tobacco. Root – urdu

BAIGAN KE……… (phrase)
It is one of the common vegetable at the market with various verities and not to mention the shapes....frankly speaking, the long brinjal usually refers to the human tool, dick or in simple words penis, which is again common to all the male species on earth.....so, its the most common slang too....hence the baigan becomes the dick and so does all the dick talk.... so when someone says “baigan …..”, adding with unfamiliar or unknown usage, he is actually referring to the dick and the words or vocabulary associated with it...
baigan ke baal........Meaning penis/dick hair
baigan ke baatan......Unmannerly, impolite , uncivil, vulgar, obscenity talk.
baigan ke kaama.......Act or work related to sex or sexual activities.
baigan ki cheez.........Like a penis (referring to a thing)
baigan mein mila diya.... Matters mixed up or fixed up vulgarly or in a smutty/obscenity manner.
Root - Urdu

SAADEY SAATH (adjective)
A person with erectile dysfunction. Useless bugger.The word is derived from the clock-hands' relative position at 7.30(saadey saath baje) when the hour hand is pointing down at a slight angle akin to the testes and the longer minute hand, which is like the penis lifelessly hanging down vertically. Root- Urdu

SATKELA (adjective)
A crazy person; someone who is talking about nonsensical tasks that are not feasible to perform Root – Urdu

DEDH (noun)
Literary meaning One and a half. Usually used by north Indian in witty conversation. Dedh jaisa bakwaas mat karna (don't talk nonsense like a dedh) Root – Urdu/Hindi

PAR KATI (noun) usually referred to a girl/ lady with short hair
where par means hair, kat= cut and 'i' denotes that the subject is female. Root - Urdu

CHIPKALI (noun)
A wall gecko commonly found in Indian homes. This term comes from the sound the gecko makes. Root -Urdu

KOKKA (noun)
Speakers of Konkani language. Residents of the region of Konkan. Called 'Kokke' in Kannada which means 'Hook' which is the shape of number '7' .Root - Kannada

DHOTI(noun)
A loin cloth worn by Indians. Root - Nepali

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Collected and Edited by S.A.Jabbar, Kozhikode