Moist Eyes bid farewell to Rajesh Khanna

This blog is intended for students studying Hindi 6 at La Trobe University in semester 2 of 2012. The main content will be a number of articles from the Hindi press and elsewhere to translated. In some cases vocabularies will be provided, in others students from the subject are asked to post their own vocabularies.

This week's first article is on the death of Rajesh Khanna from the Dainik Jagran: http://www.jagran.com/news/national-salute-to-rajesh-khanna-9488078.html

Vocabulary

नम		moist
अंतिम		last
विदाई		farewell
संस्कार		rites (as in last rites)
प्रशंसक		well wisher (literally ‘praiser’)
नाती		grand daughter (daughter’s daughter)
शोहरत	nf.	fame (Arabic)
हासिल करना		to obtain
चेहते बनने वाले		from चेहता nm. desired, so ‘desired one’
पंचतत्त्व		five elements
विलीन होना		to merge into
संक्रमण	nm.	infection
निधन		death
प्रत्यक्षदर्शी		eye witness
गले से लगाना		to embrace
सांत्वना देना		to console
उन्माद	nm.	frenzy, passion
निवास		residence
पार्थिव	adj.	earthly
पारदर्शी	adj.	transparent
ताबूत	nm.	coffin, (Arabic, also found as - ताबुत)
भारी भीड़		great crowd
बिरादारी	nf.	community
योजना	nf.	plan, scheme
दामाद		son-in-law
खासी		particular
गर्भवती होना		to be pregnant
उद्योग		industry
हस्ती	nf.	worth, merit, an important person
उपस्थित रहना		to be present