Glossary | One Act Play | 2. The Song of Death | by Tawfiq al-Hakim | NEB Grade XI | Major English

 

One Act Play

2. The Song of Death

by Tawfiq al-Hakim

 

Glossary

  

aba	a cloth that is woven from camel or goat hair	कपडा
agitated	feeling troubled or nervous	परेशान, हतोत्साहित
attained	gain, achieve	प्राप्ति
clung	clutch, hang on to	टाँस्नु
condone	forgive, pardon	माफ गर्नु
copious	numerous	धेरै, प्रशस्त
disgrace	shame or dishonour	लाज वा अपमान
disparity	dissimilarity, difference	भिन्नता, असमानता
dissension	disagreement or conflict	मतभेद, विवाद
dissuade	discourage	निरुत्साहित, रोक्नु
drained away	disappearance, exhaust, to make gradually dry	बेपत्ता, निकास
flee	escape, run away	भाग्नु
futilely	fruitlessly	व्यर्थ रूपमा
gibba	cloth for head	टाउकोको लागि कपडा
gloat	show pleasure at one's own success or at other people's failure	खुशी
grinder	grinding worker	चक्की कामदार
ignominy	humiliation, disgrace, dishonour	अपमान
induce	to persuade someone to do something, inspire, incite, urge	प्रेरित गर्ने
lest	for fear that	नत्र
longingly	with desire	इच्छापूर्वक
obsessed	preoccupied with by some idea	व्यग्र, व्यस्त
orthodoxy	rigid, conventional, traditional	रूढिवादी
pitcher	a large jug	मग
Plunge	stab	छुरा, डुब्नु
prevalent	widespread	व्यापक, प्रचलित
Prosecutor	attorney	वकील
pseudonym	pen name	छद्म नाम
quench	satisfy by drinking, douse	सन्तुष्ट हुनु
rend	tear into two or more pieces	फाड्नु, च्यात्नु
rending	to remove from place by violence, wrest	हिंसा, हटाउनु
repent	feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin	पश्चात्ताप
reprisal	use of force or political pressure to retaliate against another nation without officially going to war	प्रतिशोध
resolution	resolve, a firm decision to do something	संकल्प, दृढ निणर्य
ripped apart	to pull apart	च्यातिएको
samlet	a young salmon fish	माछा
scoff	speak to someone or about something in a derisive or mocking way	उपहास
shirked	sneak, to go stealthily	लुकेर, चुपचाप जानु, टाढिएको
shrine	a location associated with sacred person and events	मन्दिर
speculation	supposition, guess	अनुमान
spurred	stimulus	प्रोत्साहन, उत्प्रेरित
squabbles	small dispute or minor fight	झगडा
squirming	wriggling or twisting the body from side to side	हल्लाउँदै
stagnant	lifeless, motionless	निर्जीव, गतिहीन
swallow	repress, take back	दबाउनु, फिर्ता लिनु, निल्नु
tumbledown	fallen into ruin, dilapidated, falling to pieces	भग्नावशेष, जीणर्
turban	a traditional headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head	पगडी
udders	a type of gland in the animals	थुन
unrelenting	relentless, pitiless, ruthless	निर्दयी, अथक
vengeance	the act of taking revenge especially in the next life	बदला
vigor	physical strength	शारीरिक शक्ति, जोश
Ward off	prevent from happening	रोक्नु