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DECEMBER, 1909.] CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY.
Sari: a disease of kine extremely contagious, the principal symptom being a swelling of the whole body. Hazara S. R., 1874, p. 98.
Sarihan: a fish (labeo cursa). Mgarh. S. R., p. 40.
Sarobah higher-lying, with reference to water-supply. Bannû S. R.,. xl.
Saroba-paina: lit., head (and) tail,' the general rule by which the lands at the head of a stream or channel are first entitled to be watered and after them the lower lands in succession. D. I. Khan S. R., 1879, p. 7.
Sarop the first year's crop of indigo. Multân Gr., p. 213.
Saropa: see jhûrî.
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Saropa: head of a torrent or distributary. Cf. mund piana, D. G. Khân Gr., p. 103. Saropah: bundles of clóth, forming part of a dowry. Gujrat S. R, p. 48.
Sarrafi: abwdb (extra cesses) levied in cash. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xxii.
Sartor: bareheaded, a title of the Mullâh Mastan or Mad Mullah, who is commonly known as the Sartor Faqir.
Sarwah the autumn crop: savanni is perhaps the widest known term. Bannû S. R., p. xv. Sat: a disease of camels. Monty. S. R. Gloss., p. xv.
Satan pawan: or 'seven quarters of a rupee,' i. e., Re. 1 as. 12; a specific rate of haqq amindari. Cf. adh-sera man.
Sathra: (i) common red rice. (Cf. Jukes' Dicty. of W. P., p. 188). Multân Gr., p. 216; (ii) a kind of wheat which yields a large out-turn of grain, but inferior straw, p. 218.
a brand on camels.
Satthi: the sixth day after the birth of a child. Multân Gr., p. 90.
Satthritoria: an oil seed. (Cf. Jukes' Dicty. of W. P., p. 188). Multân Gr., p 221.
Satuvara: the seven days during which a bride remains in her husband's house. Mgarh. S. R., p. 70.
Satluba:
Satwara: an observance in which sweetmeats are taken to the bridegroom's house by the bride's people, 3 to 7 days after marriage. Multân G. R., p. 96.
Saunfia: a kind of late-growing rice.
Multân Gr., p. 216.
Saure: a plant, a mere weed, but used for fodder. Mgarh. S. R., p. 33.
Sawri: wild sawanh. D. G. Khân Gr., p. 16.
Sawwar rough home-spun cotton-quilt. Cf. leph, khindi. Multân Gr., p. 82.
Sef: a good fodder grass. D. G. Khân Gr., p. 16.
Sept: a sweeper, who works for several families each in turn, and twice a year at harvest-time -opp. to athari. Gujrat S. R., p. 40.
Seri: a grant, generally used of lands granted in ownership to religious characters; but also applied to grants to a chief in excess of his mirasat (tribal share) and to other service grants. Hazar. S. R., 1874, p. 155.
