مکري mukrī :
مکري mukrī H s. f. A kind of short poem of
frequent use in the Braj
dialect, the
peculia- rities of which are
these. It
consists of four
lines, each
composed of four
trochees. In the three first the
speaker, a
female, appears to talk of her
lover; but, on the
question being put by a
friend, applies the whole to some other
object. Hence the name from
mukarnā, To deny. The
following is an
example. باٿ چلت مروانچراگہي ميري سني نه
اپني کہي ناکچهہ موسون جهگڙا جهانٿا کيون سکهي سجن ناسکهي کانٿا Bāṭ chalat miro
anchrā gahe; merī sune na apnī kahe. Nā
kachhu mo soṅ
jhagṛā jhānṭā; kyūṅ sakhī sajjan? nā
sakhī kānṭā. As I went along the road, he
seized my robe;
neither heard what I said, nor made any
reply. In short we had not the
smallest dispute. Who,
friend, your
lover? no,
friend, a
thorn. A. P.
مکري makr-ī, adj.
Deceitful.