s. m, n old and rotten cloth; an embankment made to hold up rain; a stock of wheat chaff the outside of which is plastered over with clay;—s. m. (M.) A foundation:—jihíṇ má tihíṇ másí; kaṇdh aire te ásí. As is the mother so is the aunt; the wall will return to its foundation.—Proverb:—airá or airá gairá or air gair, a. Other, foreign, strange.