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'I go to drink water. Keep my place. He blundered out almost into the Englishman's arms, and was bad-worded in clumsy Urdu. 'Tum mut? You drunk? You mustn't bang about as though Delhi station belonged to you, my friend. E23, not moving a muscle of his countenance, answered with a stream of the filthiest abuse, at which Kim naturally rejoiced.
Its two divisions are the Hindi and Urdu, which represent the popular side of the national culture, and are almost exclusively used at the present day; the first chiefly by writers not belonging to the Brahminical order, while those of the Urdu dialect follow Persian models. The writings in each, though numerous, and not without pretension, have little interest for the European reader.
As has so often happened, and is still happening in India to-day in the struggle between Urdu and Hindi, the battle of religious and political supremacy was largely one of languages. During the centuries of Brahmanical depression that preceded the Gupta dynasty, the more vulgar tongue spoken of the people prevailed.
But he understood enough to convince him that he was at last on the track of the missing ladies; and when, shortly afterwards, Hossain gave him in Urdu the whole of the story, he determined at once to act on the information. Then, Hossain having reassured the fugitive, he himself landed and made his way up to the house. It was closed. There was no sign of its being inhabited. He sauntered up.
These elegant effusions are of the "Non hominies, non Dî, &c." description. That is to say, he has introduced the elegance and correctness of the Urdu language, or that of the Upper Provinces, into Bengal. The Muhammadans believe that the body of their prophet cast no shadow. Mustafa means "The Chosen," "The Elected," one of Muhammad's titles.
From his coming and stay, the bazar of his camp was settled in the city; for which reason the bazar of the city was called Urdu. When King Akbar ascended the throne, then all tribes of people, from all the surrounding countries, hearing of the goodness and liberality of this unequalled family, flocked to his court, but the speech and dialect of each was different.
Wilt thou follow me?" He motioned toward the arched entrance to the passageway. "Follow thee?" Amber at length dropped into Urdu, unconsciously adopting the easier form of communication now that, he felt, the issue between them was plain, that the Rajput laboured under no further misunderstanding as to the reason of his presence in Khandawar. "Whither?" "There is that which I must show thee."
With a certain awe Iris surveyed the intricacies of the Urdu compound verb, but, about her fourth lesson, she broke out into exclamations of extravagant joy. "What on earth is the matter now?" demanded her surprised mentor. "Don't you see?" she exclaimed, delightedly. "Of course you don't! People who know a lot about a thing often miss its obvious points. I have discovered how to write Kiplingese.
"They told me the Colonel Sahib would be passing through this week," he said, "and I have met all the trains that I might look upon his face. I am weary of my furlough and would rejoin but for my law-suit. Praise be to Allah that I have met my Colonel Sahib," and the man who had five war decorations was utterly unashamed of the tear that trickled. "How does my son, Sahib?" he asked in Urdu.
"And what do you say, Surendra Nath?" "The key, sahib," whispered the Babu in English; "what of the key?" "Speak in Urdu, Babu," said Desmond quickly. "Don't agree at once." Surendra Nath was quick witted; he perceived that Desmond did not wish the others to suspect that there had been any confidences between them. "I am a coward, the sahib knows," he said in Urdu.
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