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| bhangre |
Posted
on 25-Feb-01 03:46 AM
Hi there,
Does anyone enlighten me on the true (thet) meaning of torilaure ?
Here's my version...
Well, in the old days they folks who went to the army (Lahore) were called the laures. But the ones left back had nothing else to do than to go to the fields to cut tori(mustard).. hence the term torilaure.. (just my view...)
Let me know yours..
By the way, the discussion board is great and lively..
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| hom raj |
Posted
on 25-Feb-01 09:35 PM
As I understand the use of the term in my village, it has to do with the idea that people who couldn't be lahure to make money and buy things of their choice actually stole tori from their parents' and their neighbors' houses and sold it in the market to make some money. They could spend that money on things they desired. Lahure (by extension) basically means having access to some money. Thus, "torilahure." It means you can't do a whole lot so you destroy yourself. So "torilahure neta" is the one who doesn't really lead but pretends to do so, and "torilahure bidwan" means those who don't really have the grasp of the subject they're talking about but pretend to know about it. Great terms for modern Nepal, aren't they? (Especially with the self-destructive aspect!!)
However, different parts of Nepal might have different connotation of the term.
Homraj
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| sawid lal |
Posted
on 26-Feb-01 09:31 AM
RE: Tori_Laure
A slight variation of the term is Turi_Laure, one (esp. a male) who has nothing better to do than you know what....
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