Well, its that little expression people back home make when making a warning to another person about something terrible they will do to him/her.
“agar tum hay mein nay nahe marra to mera naam bhi ghalib nahi”
the above sentence is followed by the person running his fingers around his mouth and then following down the contour of the chin and down to the bottom of it.
So whats the history behind this expression?? What does running your fingers down the chin signify in terms of warning others??
yeah man i m very bored too
lol sorry i dont know where it got started but i have done this act in the past long long time ago
hmmm interesting ghalib.. one could be 'swearing by their beard'..??!!
It is the courteousness of Desis that the gesture involves squeezing one's chin, and not some other part of one’s body.
Munno Bhai once wrote that Urdu is such a polite language that people don’t take you seriously. For example, if said in Urdu “Khwateen-o-Hazrat, Barah-e-Mehrbani, Line Seedhe KaraiN” and no one will pay any attention to you. If same instructions are given in Punjabi “Oye tuhadi maaN di…layne sidhi karoo”…and see how everyone falls into line.
lol @ NYA!! You are absolutely right mate. Swearing in URDU is also very beautiful and poetic.
“Oye tuhadi maaN di…layne sidhi karoo”…
In our part that would be :
Oy, Taree mau nee ..ss, lenR sidhee banRau.
Admin : cant you consider a sub category under Corner for free speech.
Language we all do miss, especially in panjabi.
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I believe its called swearing by your beard, even though you may not have one:)
Since beard is more of a religious symbol, swearing by it is considered big.....like saying, saun darhi di, I really am gonna beat you up.
Akif, ay tay waisay minnooN lagda ay tukka ee maariya ay tooN.
Roman....jay chal jaye, tey tukka nai hoonda.
Re: The Orgins of That Hand Slide Off the Chin
hey cooooooooooooooooolllllllll :k: we should have that as an emoticon in GS 
that and the
‘dono haathon se shirt kee collar ko pakkar kar oopar jhatkana’
that would be just :k: :k: :k:
This remind me of the Orientals (old) movie when they portray the Arab dude massaging his beard and exclaiming something in this line " ...by the Beard of Allah…"
Any similarity?