Bombay Bol: Brinda Miller explains
Updated On: 30 September, 2021 08:45 AM IST | The Guide Team
Later, we heard this being used a lot in Bollywood movies and then I noticed there were similar sounding words that described other routine activities – sorey lay (sleeping), khare lay (eating) and peere lay (drinking).
Brinda Miller
Jaare lay and Aare lay
This typical Mumbai slang for “going” and “coming”. I heard this for the first time over 30 years ago, when I met my husband who grew up in mohalla where it was commonly used. Later, we heard this being used a lot in Bollywood movies and then I noticed there were similar sounding words that described other routine activities – sorey lay (sleeping), khare lay (eating) and peere lay (drinking).
Brinda Miller is an artist and education consultant
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