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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY.
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Batar: a disease of moth, mdh, mûng and til, the first three are attacked in Asû and Katak, the last also in Bidron. It generally occurs when there has been much rain. The plant shrivels mp, and the pods do not fill. The whole field is not attacked, but scattered plants. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. viii.
Bedana: lit., seedless,' a superior kind of grape. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 94.
Beghar: a double jhalar. Multân Gr., p. 205. A double Persian wheel, with one wheel placed above the other. Mgarh, S. R., p. 8.
Bel : the second ploughing. D. G. Khan Gr., p. 106.
Bola: deep xam soil free of stones with an abundance of moisture and exceptional facilities for retaining it. Cf. cho, kun l, las, negur, lab, mal, nalla, ndri, dungi, Lachi, gujrat, and gujhuil. Hazâra S. R., 1868-74, p. 136.
Berah gori: a wedding observance, at which he barber makes a lolitk or small palanquin of kanal grass and puts in it 8 lamps inade of flour pasle. Gujrat S. R., p. 47.
Berak: a rag (tied to a tree as an offering). Shahpur Gr., p. 86. Bhe didh bhi : one share and 1 shares, i.e. (rent) ths and Aths. Multan Gr. p. 181.
Bhagar: a variety of cotton, which lasts for three years: the first year it yields a lixlf crop, and for the next two years, if watered, a full crop. D. I. Khân S. R., 1879, p. 343.
Bhagnari: a tall, expensive breed of cattle. Multen Gr., p. 283. Bhaini: a temporary encampment. Chenab Col. Gr., p. 23. Bhaira: a weed, with a lilac coloured bell-like flower. Multan Gr., p. 208. Bhairi: a kind of hawk. Mgarh, S, R., p. 38. Bhaiwal; a partner in cultivation, but not in proprietary right. Bhiwali: partnership ir horses ; sue ban l, pur, sam, tunkúlu. Jhang S. R., p. 110. Bhakal: crashed bajra cars. Maltin. Bhan: poplar. D. G. Khan Gr., p. 117: (Populus exploratia) Multán Gr., ... 14. Bhanda : () a granary. Multîn Gr., p. 911.
Bhangra: A plant of two kinds, one bears blue flowers: the other grows on the banks of water courses. Mgarb. 8. R., p. 84.
Bhar: the cylinder of a well. Multan Gr., p. 195. Bhira: fees paid to a máchhi for baking. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xxiii.
Bharatta: the wild cherry, used for buildingseleds ; a good toruing wooul, lonces used... manure on rice-fields. Cf. kálákath. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 11.
Bhargar: ravine = para. D. G. Khån Gr., p. 104. Bhattha: B. fem. : damage to a well). Multán Gr., p. 190. Bhawrian: rough spots on the coat of a horse. Jhiang . R., p. 110. Båekur: the Pukras pheasant or koklds. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 14. Baikh: a charitable contribution demanded by the proprietor. Multân S. R. 1880, p. +5. . Bhir: (?) a heap of ruins (Panj. then). Multân Gr., p. 125. Bhoang: a due paid by a cultivator to one who cleared the land. Maltan Gr., p. 17:31.
Bhocha : 'the present sent by a bride's parents to the bridegroom's family among the middle Clusses = tika. Gujrit S. R., p. 13.
