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Test your understanding:<br />
1. What is ‘अलमार�’?<br />
a. Vase<br />
b. Mat<br />
c. Wardrobe<br />
d. Rug<br />
2. What is meant by ‘गुलदान’?<br />
a. Mattress<br />
b. Curtain<br />
c. Cushion<br />
d. Vase<br />
3. What is a doormat called?<br />
a. galicha<br />
b. paaydaan<br />
c. phooldaan<br />
न�क़ाशीदार �ला�ा ला�ा / लाख<br />
/लाह 23 फू लदान देखा ।<br />
इ�गुल and �ह�गुलक is the Sanskrit for the Indian Almond or Umbrella<br />
tree, whose leaves turn a bright vermilion, thus lending their name <strong>to</strong> the<br />
metallic compound]. [Names for cinnabar in Sanskrit are र�तपारद, सुगर,<br />
कु ��व�द and चमा�नुर�जन (for white cinnabar).] �ह�गुलक , र�त, र�जक,<br />
र�जन, रस�थान were names given <strong>to</strong> both the color and the sulphide as<br />
well as <strong>to</strong> objects of similar color.<br />
23 Another word is रोग़न or रौग़न, a term from the Persian indicating any<br />
oily, greasy, shiny substance from fat and oil <strong>to</strong> varnish and lacquer.
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