Lets learn Bambaiya Hindi

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hello everybody,

in the recent times, there has been a lot of shero shayari going on on our

Egroups, which is a welcome trend... and I must appreciate the talents of

the 1976 batch trio in this manner. I admire it as I dont possess any

shayari or Urdu language skills in me.... since I grew up in suburban

Bombay. As a kid, growing up, along with my mother tongue Marathi, I learnt

the " lingua franca " of Bombay, called as " Bambaiya Hindi " or " Bhindi " .. I

grew up listening to my mother tell our watchman " Gurkhaji, udhar ek motha

ZHURAL hai.... usko jaldi jaldi maro " and the gurkha would understand every

word my mother would tell him and promptly kill the cockroach, or my

grandmother tell the aata chakkiwala that " Bhaiya, yeh thalipeeth ka Bhajani

hai... isko jaada dalneka " and the chakkiwala would understand what that

was... even though the language was not remotely connected to Hindi....

therefore somewhere deep inside, when I think about " love songs " I think

more in terms of " aati kya khandala " rather than the assorted workds of

Jagjit Singh, Pankaj Udhas and company....

Anyways, I looked up some resources from the net and I came up with the key

words in Bambaiya hindi.. also called as " Bhindi " ...so, the next time you

are in the metropolis, you can use these words on the locals and impress

them....

cheers

Ameet 1993

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Bus kya : The meaning of it is that com'on don't take me for granted. usage:

" Bas kya, faltu mein apun ko shendi lagata hai "

Apun : It's actual meaning is WE but in B-hindi it means I or me...usage

like : apun ko kya samjha tu ne, apne haath ka ek padega.. (plural for apun

is " apan " )

Chava / Chavi - Actual meaning of a chava is a lion's cub.However, in Bhindi

it would mean a Boyfriend/GirlFriend (normally the one that's steady).

Chava, is also used to describe to a good looking chap or the normal stud in

the locality. No, Chavi would still mean the steady one.

Chikna - Stands for any good looking fellow. Chikna actually means smooth.

Chikni is the female version of the same word.

Saala : literal meaning wife's brother....but in Mumbai it is used in every

context...when friends meet and greet then it is kya saala kaisa

hai.....when angry " abey saale....phoot na " ... in fact this is the most

common used word in mumbai.... and can be used when you are happy / sad /

depressed / angry / shy / vulgar / teasing / and when there is nothing else

to say then use a saala....

Dhapnya / Battery / double battery - Refers to a person wearing prescription

glasses. Dhapnya is a marathi word (at least I think so... we spent a

lifetime using the word of geeky bespectacled boys in school) . The Ghati

way of saying this would be " bya-tree " .

Chaayla - The original meaning is quiet demeaning. The contemporary meaning

is so flexible that " Chaayla " can be used anywhere in a casual conversation.

agmatically speaking this word doesnt have any meaning.

Haila - This originated from " Hai Allah " but I don't think 99% of the

users know about this. Haila would translate to " Oh God "

Keeda - An absolute pest.

Jhakaas - Superb. Excellent.

Mandvali / Mandavli - Compromise /Negotiation usage : bhai apun ko Mandvali

karne ka hai.

Atrangi - One meaning of this word is similar to Hajaam. Atrangi also mean

something extraordinary. used in words like " Sala, tu to hajam hai... how

how can you leave the house without charging the cell phone? " note: here,

you can use atrangi instead of Hajam

Punter / Tapori - Roadside loafer. Taporiis among the most commonly used

words in B-hindi.

Shana :literal meaning in marathi means wise..but mostly used in sarcastic

way like " tu kya shana hai kya ?? "

dhid shana : The word dhid means 1 and half times the original one. that

means 1 and half times shana.

chota : when you ask a paanwala in mumbai he will give you a small Goldflake

cigarette.

Charsi / Fookya / Soootya - A smoker. Charas is exactly marijuana. Charasi

would mean any guy who smokes though.

Tapri - A road side shop.

Chotay - For any kid working in a Tapri. If the shop has more than one

kid.... all would have to be Chotays.

Ramu - see " chotay " above

Bhaiya - Anyone who originates from states north of Maharashtra and Gujrat.

Enjoy complete monopoly in Mumbai in laundry business, " aate ka chakki "

business, fruit selling business and milk selling business.

Chinese Gaadi - No this is not a Chinese make of anautomobile Its the

" Tapri " selling chinese food on the side of the road. You find one after

every 10 meters. The best part is that all these Chinese Gaadis are red in

color, have names like " Red Sun " , " Red Dragon " , " Fong's " , or anything that

sounds vaguely Chinese. The cook is normally a Nepali gurkha working as a

night watchman in some nearby apartment complex. The only criteria to get a

chef's job at a Chinese Gaadi is to have slanted eyes.

Cutting - A little_more_than_half cup of Tea is a cutting. The Cutting

concept would have been started by people who used to split a cup of tea

between 2 people... and finally the tea vendor started selling half cup of

tea and called it " cutting " . A little_more_than_half is given to increase

the patrons.

Mama / Maushi - Mama and Maushi translate to the maternal uncle and aunt.

These words are thoroughly misused to get some work done. Normally used

while speaking Marathi. Every other Marathi speaking street vendor would be

a Mama or a Maushi.Also all the traffic policemen on the streets of Mumbai

are referred to as " mama " or " pandu "

--

Ameet Chimote

BMS PhD program, Year 3

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