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गुम-कोश (Lost-arry)

अनुवाद में खो गए शब्दों का कोष| A glossary of words lost in translation.

रेकी (Reki) - Recce

British informal shorthand for reconnaissance, used in context of planning. In the north indian context it’s usually used to describe the act of checking out a flat or plot of land before you buy it.

Example:

आज फ्लैट की रेकी कर के आये

Today we went for a recce of the flat

कलेश (Kalesh) - Clash

माचिस (Machis) - Matches

अस्पताल (Aspatal/Haspatal) - Hospital

आइसपाइस (isepyse) - I spy

बिरादरी* (biraadri) - biraadar - brother

गलियारा* (galiaara) - gallereia

तारपीन (taarpeen) - turpentine

तिरपाल (tirpal) - tarpaulin

कनस्तर (kanastar) - canister

लैस (lais) - laced

त्रासदी (traasdi) - tragedy

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*probably wrong.