तरजनी
Old Awadhi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit तर्जनी (tarjanī).
Noun
[edit]तरजनी (tarajanī)
- the threatening finger: forefinger
- c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa:
- इहाँ कुम्हड़बतिया कोउ नाहीं। जे तरजनी देखि मरि जाहीं॥
देखि कुठारु सरासन बाना। मैं कछु कहा सहित॥- Here there is neither any tender squash, which would wither away on the sight of pointed finger
Twas only upon witnessing thy battleaxe, bow and arrows that I spake with some measure of pride.
- Here there is neither any tender squash, which would wither away on the sight of pointed finger
- इहाँ कुम्हड़बतिया कोउ नाहीं। जे तरजनी देखि मरि जाहीं॥