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Kumodini Babu mused awhile before answering. "I know Shaibalini well by reputation, and she is all you describe her. Shám Babu, too, comes of excellent lineage, though he is not a Zemindar, and depends on service. I should not object to marrying Nalini with his daughter. "I believe he is a Dakhin Rárhi," answered Kanto Babu. "But I am an Uttar Rárhi," remarked Kumodini Babu.
Uttar is north in Hindustani, and Utar is west in Rommany. As it was explained to me, I was told that "Utar means west and wet too, because the west wind is wet." Shimal is also north in Hindu; and on asking a Gipsy what it meant, he promptly replied, "It's where the snow comes from." Poorub is the east in Hindustani; in Gipsy it is changed to porus, and means the west.
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