{"id":5908,"date":"2017-03-02T04:28:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T04:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2017-03-02T04:28:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T04:28:57","slug":"onomatopoeias-through-bollywood-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/onomatopoeias-through-bollywood-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Onomatopoeias through Bollywood Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I was at grocery store today, buying bitter gourd \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0932\u093e (karela)<\/i>, green bell peppers \u0936\u093f\u092e\u0932\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a (Shimla mirch)<\/i>, and carrots \u0917\u093e\u091c\u0930 (gaajar<\/i>) the popular Bollywood number (from the movie Mohra featuring Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar, was sizzling over the speakers. …\u00a0“Tip-tip barsa paani<\/em> \u091f\u093f\u092a \u091f\u093f\u092a \u092c\u0930\u0938\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940<\/a> … .” (Tip-tip<\/em>\u00a0denotes the sound of the rain water.)<\/p>\n

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“Rain on my Window”
Image on Flickr by Melissa Mathies<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I could imagine the rain-drenched Raveena Tandon wildly swinging her hair as droplets of water dripped from her sharply chiseled face. The song was all the rave when the movie released in 1994.<\/div>\n
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\u091f\u093f\u092a \u091f\u093f\u092a sparked the idea for my next blog–words that denote sounds. \u091f\u093f\u092a \u091f\u093f\u092a describes the sound made by dripping water.\u00a0Even between Indian languages, these terms vary greatly, and they certainly do so between world languages.<\/div>\n
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Here are some other words\/terms that describe or stand for sounds.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

This next example is from the movie Lagaan<\/a>. Listen for ghanan-ghanan<\/em> \u0918\u0928\u0928 \u0918\u0928\u0928, dhamak-dhamak<\/em> \u0927\u092e\u0915 \u0927\u092e\u0915, and chamak-chamak<\/em> \u091a\u092e\u0915 \u091a\u092e\u0915.<\/p>\n

Villagers sing this song when thunder rumbles and dark clouds seize the sky before rainfall. This song has several terms that denote sounds:<\/p>\n

ghanan-ghanan \u0918\u0928\u0928 \u0918\u0928\u0928 = the rumbling of thunder as rain clouds envelope the skies
\ndhamak-dhamak \u0927\u092e\u0915 \u0927\u092e\u0915 = the clap of thunder
\nchamak-chamak \u091a\u092e\u0915 \u091a\u092e\u0915 = the crackle of lightning<\/p>\n

Here is an interpretation of the first few lines:<\/p>\n

\u0918\u0928\u0928 \u0918\u0928\u0928 \u0918\u093f\u0930 \u0918\u093f\u0930 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0926\u0930\u093e, \u0918\u0928 \u0918\u0928 \u0918\u094b\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u091b\u093e\u090f \u092c\u0926\u0930\u093e
\nThe clouds\/skies rumble (ghanan-ghanan<\/em>) overhead as the dark clouds \u092c\u0926\u0930\u093e (badra<\/em>)\u00a0envelope the skies<\/p>\n

\u0927\u092e\u0915 \u0927\u092e\u0915 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c\u0947 \u092c\u0926\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0921\u0902\u0915\u0940
\nThe clap of thunder (dhamak-dhamak)\u00a0<\/em>is likened to a drum\u00a0\u0921\u0902\u0915\u0940 (dunky<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u091a\u092e\u0915 \u091a\u092e\u0915 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b \u092c\u093f\u091c\u0941\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091a\u092e\u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b \u092c\u093f\u091c\u0941\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091a\u092e\u0915\u0947
\nThe lightning \u092c\u093f\u091c\u0941\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e (bijuriya)\u00a0<\/em>crackles\u00a0(chamak-chamak)<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Anklets”
Image by Oliver Hammond on Flickr.com<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

In another beautiful song from Bollywood, musical great, the late Manna Dey, sings of the melodious tinkling sound of anklets\/ankle bells worn while dancing.<\/p>\n

\u091b\u092e \u091b\u092e \u092c\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e<\/a>
\nThe ankle bells\u00a0\u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e (payuliya<\/em>) go \u091b\u092e \u091b\u092e\u00a0(chham-chham)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bollywood’s attempt at recreating Bonnie and Clyde resulted in\u00a0Bunty aur Babli<\/a>, which\u00a0has several catchy songs, including \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 (dhadak-dhadak<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>… .<\/p>\n

\u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 = the rhythmic sound made when a train thunders down on its tracks<\/p>\n

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Image by Belur Ashok on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

\u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u0941\u0901\u0906 \u0909\u095c\u093e\u090f \u0930\u0947
\nThe train rolls past\u00a0\u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 and blows steam\u00a0\u0927\u0941\u0901\u0906 \u0909\u095c\u093e\u090f (dhooaan udaaye<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u090f \u0930\u0947
\nThe train rolls past\u00a0\u0927\u095c\u0915 \u0927\u095c\u0915 and whistles \u0938\u0940\u091f\u0940 \u092c\u091c\u093e\u090f\u00a0(seetee bajaaye<\/em>).
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\nThe list of onomatopoeias is long, however I would be remiss to not include these two:<\/p>\n

\u0927\u0915 \u0927\u0915 (dhuk-dhuk)<\/em>\u00a0=\u00a0<\/em>the sound of the heart beating
\n\u0927\u0915 \u0927\u0915 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e<\/a>\u00a0(which means, my heart is beating)… an immensely popular song featuring the star duo, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit.<\/p>\n

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To end on a sweet and mellifluous note, listen to \u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u092f\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e<\/a>.\u00a0This song describes the beautiful song of the \u0915\u094b\u092f\u0932\u00a0koyal<\/em>\u00a0bird.<\/p>\n

\u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942\u00a0= the cooing sound of the\u00a0\u0915\u094b\u092f\u0932 (koyal)
\n<\/em>\u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u092f\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e =\u00a0The\u00a0\u0915\u094b\u092f\u0932 sings\u00a0\u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942 \u0915\u0941\u0939\u0942.
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When I was at grocery store today, buying bitter gourd \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0932\u093e (karela), green bell peppers \u0936\u093f\u092e\u0932\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a (Shimla mirch), and carrots \u0917\u093e\u091c\u0930 (gaajar) the popular Bollywood number (from the movie Mohra featuring Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar, was sizzling over the speakers. …\u00a0“Tip-tip barsa paani \u091f\u093f\u092a \u091f\u093f\u092a \u092c\u0930\u0938\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 … .” (Tip-tip\u00a0denotes the sound of…<\/p>\n

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