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Munniwala gah: threshing a crop by fixing & stake in the middle and tying cne or more roke of cattle by & rope to it and driving them round and round over the crop. Multân Gr., p. 210.
Mars : a small present of money received by the boy's relations from those of the girl to complete the betrothal. Multân Gr. p. 93.
Murkhai= bunga. Mushk paint: to infect. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xvii. Mustajiri ; the lease of land. Multan .Gr., p. 179. Mustaki: a permanent inám. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 285. Mutai: a share : Cf. muthi. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 156.
Mathaiya: a peglet fastened into the upright shaft of the handle of a plough, which the ploughman grasps. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. iii.
Muthi: a share. Cf. mutai.
Nagarai : an iron tripod on which the cooking pot is placed over the fire. Kohat S. R. 1884, p. 74.
Nagha: the fine or commutation charged for absence at the time of a canal clearance Bannû S. R., p. xl.
Naghan : x wheaten cake. Kohật S. R., 1884, p. 73. Nain : a large torrent; (Diack's S.R., p. 8). Of. Ihaur. D.G. Khan Gr., p. 3.
Allhel: a drill plough. Monty. 8: R. Gloss., p. iii. Nali nal: to sow with the drill. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. vi. Nalla: a deep loam soil free of stones. See bela. Nallt: a variety of date : Moltán Gr., p. 228.. Namashan : evening. Multan Gr., p. 256.
Namdabana: lit., pressing in the damp': the process of ploughing land again and again and thus enabling it to absorb the rainfall and economise moisture. Kohật 8. R., 1884, p. 121.
Nandap : a cotton-cleaner. Peshawar S. R., 1878, p. 86. Nangni: kudr or mandwa. D.G. Khin Gr. p. 112. Nar: a name of the Satlej River. Multân Gr., p. 6. Nark: a variety of barley. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. ix. Nardor : the bittern. Mgarh. S. R., p. 38. Nart : a common kind of barley. Jhang S. R., p. 88. Nari: See bela.
Nari jowar: the lesser millet; the ordinary jowdr of the Panjab. Kohat S. R., 1884, p. 122.
Nashi: a necklet. D. G. Kan Gr., p. 42.
