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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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Jhabtâlpu : daybreak : Mandi, 31. Jhaggi : a long woollen garment reaching to the knees, worn by women : Mandi, 32. Jhajra : & form of marriage : Sirinûr, 30. Jhalla : lit. idiot'; the Guru's deputy: Sirmûr, 40. Cf. P.D., p. 491. Jhallar: a large jar; dim. jhânwala : B., 197. Jhanjhoţi: a song ; Kulu : Gloss., I, p. 424. Jhamb: a mattock used for repairing canals: Mandi, 43.
Jhanjrârâ: a form of widow re-marriage, ranking below the byák. In it the bride dons ornaments, especially the nose-ring (ndth), with a red ribbon (dorf) to bind her hair, and a bodice (cholt). Syns are Cholf-dori and Sargudhi, 99.v. Ch., 126-7.
Jhanki : (?). Jharga (): a kind of greens : Simla, S. R., xxxix. Jhâta: a child by a purely adulterous connection : SS. Bashahr, 17. Jhata, Jhatogra, Chaukhandû; in Sirmûr : Comp., 116. Jherâ (beta): = Chaukhanda ; in Saraj.
Jhind-phuk : = Man-Inarzî; lit. bush-burning,' a form of marriage among the Caddis : Ch., 127.
Jhish : dawn : SS. Bashahr, 40. Jhinjni : rod : Simla, S. R., xl.; and SS. Kumhårsain, 14. Jhol; buttermilk boiled with salt, ghi and spices : Mandi, 32. Jhonta : an axe : Ch., 229.
Jhulkå: a fire-rite observed just before a wedding; the best man kindles a fire under a pan of water while the bridegroom's family endeavour to extinguish it: B., 102.
Jhamar: v. P. D., p. 502; 8.v. jhumar.
Jhumriala : a tenant of land, said to mean family servant,' but applied to a man of any caste who subrents land; the first class of jhumriálú subrent from State tenants, the second or anwasîdar hold land in lieu of service, and the third are farm servants, but also hold some land : Ch., 165 and 277.
Jhanga : interest : B., 203 (where a proverb is cited). Cf. P.D., 503. Jhutiyâr : a servant under the Batwal : Ch., 264. Jharnå: to idle or meditate; cf. jhurján, idle : Ch., 138. Jiali: a man who is sacrificed ; Bashahr : Gloss., I, p. 347. Jiageota : Putranjiva retusa : Sirmur, App. IV, vii. Jija: a sister's husband : Gloss., I, p. 903. Jiji: = Bebe, q.v. Jil butâra : the pied kingfisher : Ch., 38. Jind rori : - Chhoti chung, q.v.: B., 109. Jingban : Odina Wodier: Sirmûr, App. IV, iv.
Jinsål : a contract by which the State sells the skins of dead cattle, all of which are claimed by it : Suket, 42 and 33.
Jinsâli: an official, now abolished, who was in charge of the nagazine of a pargana : Ch., 264. Cf. Jinsål in III.
Jira : white; = Kallû : Simla, S. R., xl. Jirda: a screen : Mandi, 53. Jiringar : dumb : Ch., 138.
Jithong : the eldest son's extra share on inheritance amounting to 4 pathas of land : Sirmar, 37.
Jogan: a demon ; Kulu : Gloss., I, p. 437. Joji: a small cloth cap, worn by women in Churáh: Ch., 206.
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