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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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Farehanna : to divert, turn away from, mix up, satisfy, pacify. Pardhan : adj., chief, principal, Peron: a goad for driving bullocks, etc. Kangra Gloss. Pari: a slip with two knots into which a seed cane is cut. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 181. Pariband: a bracelet with a hinge and bar fastening. Parlor : a pigeon. Banria argot. Parna: a fish (Wallago altu). Karnal S. R., p. 8. Parona : to thread (a needle). Parr: an open grassy slove. Gỉ. Phật. Parren: a handful of grain. Kângra Gloss. Parsan: a ladder : see sâng. Para : an earthen pot. Jubbal.
Parwa: the cast or cold damp wind, which is the abomination of the cultivators. Karnal, 5. R., 1872-80, p. 167.
Parwa : an oblong house, with mud walls and thatched roof. Cf. chlappar. Sirsa S. R., 979-83, p. 158.
Pasel: a long low embankment. Sirsa S. R., 1879-83, p. 234. Passi: a soil in which the sand is very near the surface. Ludhiana S. R., 1878-83, p. 94. Pasu: 8. m., cattle.
Paswaj: a cotton gown of very light texture, almost approaching to muslin, and made of various gay colours. Kangra S. R. (Barnes), p. 45.
Pat: a young female goat : patlu, a young male-up to 2 years old-see under baleri.
Pat: the beam to which the oxen are fastened in a sugar press. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, ..161.
Pat: a waist-string of silk, for fastening & small cloth between the legs. Karnal S. R.. 872-80, p. 124.
Pata jan: Petranjiva roxburghii ; a tree. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 13.
Patak : the impurity till the 13th day after the death of a person, Karnal S. R., 1872-80, . 137.
Pata kna: to clean, sift anything. Kangra Gloss.
Patån: a place of ambush, in which to sit at night, to shoot game on a tree or in a pit, angra Gloss.
Patan: a stretched string which the watchers of the fields of the great millets jerk so as to xing the great plants about and frighten the birds. Karnal S.R., 1872-80, p. 172
Patan: a pair of shoes. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 124. Pațbijna : s. m., a fire-fly.
Paths: thick, round, conical-shaped continuation of the nose let into a notch in the latter. id secured by the coulter, which passes through it. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 162.
Pathan lag-gaya : "the good foundation of the well has been reached ". Ludhiana S. R., 878-83, p. 98.
Pathar: a mango fruit, supposed to be like a stone (pathar) in weight and the hardness of its kin. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 15.
Pathiali : the same as the maira land, but with a larger proportion of clay; it gives wonderful crops with good rain, but is liable to fail in dry years. It is, in fact, much the same as the rohi land. Cf. moti and rara. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 70.
Pathra kal: stony and sandy land. Cf, båti. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 70. Paththa: a weight = 4 thakuris. Jubbal. Patid na : to sooth. Kangra Gloss.