Word-power, Navy Ship Navigation terminology vocabulary

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Peculiar Words in diff languages

1. abstemity = sayam, to live in least means, needs. Shalpahari/mitahari

2. chaste = sayam se shudh hua hua. Full sayami. Pavitar

3. abnegate= to give up

4. rue= regret

5. abstemious= temperate in one’s diet. Full diet control

6. continent/continence= self-restrain, sayami. who’s one over his senses. celibate. One who has conqured his worldly pleasures.

7. forbear/forebear, temperance= inhibit, tolerate, abide.

8. lunge: झपट्टा

9. Arsenic poison Sankhiya (संखिया)

10. Complainant/Victim= मुद्दई

There is no word in Enlgish for tapasaya, yogi, muni

Peculiar Construction Sentences:

जितनी देर भी मेरी बहन रहेगी: Howsoever long my sister stays (would stay), I guess.

जलेबी : ?

समोसा : ?

गोल गप्पे : Water balls?

Aeroplane and Ship Vocabulary/parts:

fin : A paddle-shaped appendage on fish and other aquatic animals that is used for propulsion, balance, and guidance. Or/Also, a fixed vertical, inclined, or adjustable airfoil or vane attached longitudinally to the rear portion of an airplane to provide a stabilizing effect.

Helmsman: The one who is responsible for steering the ship.

Gondola: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice
#Bow Stern, Moor, hull. Words Vocabulary. Word Power. Navigational terminology

Astern: back. ‘Half astern both’ means run both engines backwards at half speed

Bridge: The bridge of a ship is the room or platform from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is under way, the bridge is manned by an officer of the watch aided usually by an able seaman acting as lookout.

Hull: The body or shell of a ship.

Bow: (sometimes only the outline of) forward extremity of a ship.

Stem = T he foremost part of a ship’s hull (or main upright timber or structure at the front of a vessel)

Stern= aft end/The rear of a ship/Vessel (opposite of the bow or stem. Thus the phrase from stem to stern).

Midship: What’s wedged in between the forward and the aft of a ship is commonly dubbed midship.

Port Side: Left side of the vessel

Starboard Side: Right side of the vessel.

In modern usage., Hard to starboard means:

Ship turns to the RIGHT (starboard side), Because the rudder goes left (port), the stern (rear of the ship) swings left, and the bow (forward part of the ship) turns right.

In historical naval context (pre-20th century), with Tillers fitted directly to rudders:

“Hard to starboard” meant Ship turns to the LEFT (port side). This was because old sailing ships had a tiller system, where turning the tiller right moved the rudder left, turning the ship left (port side).

Tiller: a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat’s rudder post and used for steering (जो बंदे के हाथ में हैन्डल सा होता है).

Rudder: a vertical flat piece hinged near the foremost of a boat or ship for steering (नीचे पानी में डूब हुआ पैडल)

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