JustAnotherSingh Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Hi all, Where does the "Kurehit" word come from? I'm guessing that Tankhiya comes from Nand Lal's tanakhnama, but no clue where Kurehit comes from. In fact, in my quick combing of some puratan rehits, I can't find the term used anywhere (even though it certainly was at that time vocally). My educated guess is that it's a compound word: Ku-rehit, with "ku" meaning violation of some sort. But does anyone know the specific meaning? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 I think i've seen the word kurehit in an old rahitnama. I'll have to look it up. The Bhai Chaupa Singh rahitnama uses the word tankhaya quite alot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 9 hours ago, JustAnotherSingh said: My educated guess is that it's a compound word: Ku-rehit, with "ku" meaning violation of some sort. But does anyone know the specific meaning? Bro, your point makes sense. It is a compound word. Like, Ku-Karam, which means bad deeds. "Ku" might negate the meaning of the word like "ਅ" does in Sanskrit and "ਬ" does in Persian. Bhul chuk maaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherSingh Posted June 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 @amardeep I don't have the Punjabi manuscript at the time, but how is it used? From some cursory googling it seems like "tankhiya" within Chaupa Rehitnama is used as a lesser infraction than those which make you patit (e.g., breaking kurehit). This is interesting as I've always considered tankhiya to be the utmost offense on a political level, much higher than patit; for example, Ala Singh's relationship with Abdali. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 ਕੁਸਤਿ - means falsehood, opposite of ਸਤਿ, which means truth. Bhul chuk maaf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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