Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
mawali
English translation:
disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
Added to glossary by
Narasimhan Raghavan
Apr 27, 2007 08:07
17 yrs ago
Hindi term
mawali
Hindi to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
I've got numerous hindi words in dialogues, and this is one of them. Presumably an offensive one
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer | Narasimhan Raghavan |
4 +2 | a barbaric south-Indian tribe/boorish/barbaric/uncouth | Rajan Chopra |
Change log
May 6, 2007 05:42: Narasimhan Raghavan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+1
11 mins
Selected
disreputable character or a drifter, or work shirker, or loafer
A drifter, work shirker, loafer
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Comment: "thnx
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+2
10 mins
a barbaric south-Indian tribe/boorish/barbaric/uncouth
These are some of the possible English equivalents.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Narasimhan Raghavan
: a barbaric south-Indian tribe is not politically correct, as if saying there is no barbaric North-Indian tribe
3 mins
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agree |
georgina singh
8 hrs
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agree |
Sajjad Hamadani
19 hrs
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