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FEBRUARY, 1933]
KASHMIRI RIDDLES
23. Kachyan, katshan, kohan gayi zir, Kábul, Qandahár, Dihli, Kashmir. Grass, twigs (and) hills received a shaking Throughout Kabul, Qandahar, Delhi (and) Kashmir. Answer:-Earthquake.
24. Khâm metal pup hả ? Odur mewah mudur kya ? Which fruit, while raw, is ripe? Which fruit, while wet, is sweet? Answer -The cucumber and the mulberry.
25. Khyun, cyun, trukun, wari wawun la gav kyut khurâk. Entable, drinkable, crushable, seed for garden and food for the cow. Answer :-A water-melon.
26. Kuchihana dsam tathi dsam tsoray khar wdidn. I had a little godown, which contained only four kharwars. Answer -A walnut with its four segments of kernel.
27.
Lam tal tham sat. Seven pillars underneath a mound. Answer :-The udders of a bitch.
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Lam tol tham tsor. Four pillars underneath a mound. Answer The udders of a cow.
29. Manz maidanas Haidar Hájí, Kami janan begári laji? In the middle of the plain is Haidar Haji, Which person imposed forced labour upon him? Answer :-A husking mill.
30. Múmalsi hastini zinda andram. Live intestines in a dead female elephant. Answer -The inmates of a house.
31. Pántsav Pandavar pal tul, Dituk darit Lukhari Yar, Bitsi maji dhakka ditus, Pěv wátit Khadan Yar. Five Pandavas lifted up a rock [and]
Hurled it to Lukhari Yar; 4 Lukhari Yar (a corruption of Lauki Sri Yår) is the name of a ghaf on the right bank of the Jhelum, near the sixth bridge at Srinagar, where a fair is held on the 13th of the bright fortnight of Bhadon (August-September). Khadan Yar is the name of a ghde at the north-western end of the Kashmir Valley, where a fair is held on the same dato.
