'Al maslu fil kulām kal milki fit taām.
A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.

A

DICTIONARY

OF

HINDUSTANI PROVERBS,

INCLUDING MANY MARWARI, PANJABI, MAGGAH, BHOJPURI
AND TIRHUTI PROVERBS, SAYINGS, EMBLEMS,
APHORISMS, MAXIMS AND SIMILES.

BY THE LATE

S., W. FALLON, Ph. D., Halle.

AUTHOR OF A HINDUSTANI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, AND A HINDUSTANI-ENGLISH, AND
ENGLISH-AINDUSTANI LAW DICTIONARY.

E. J. LAZARUS & Co., BENARES-TRÜBNER & Co., LONDON.

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1886.

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