Indian Antiquary Vol 40

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 221

JULY, 1911.]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
Chapla: foot and month disease. Cf. monkhar, rora and morkhar. Ludhiana S. R., 1888, P. 134.
Chappa mer: a game like 'pitch-and-toss,' played with rounded pieces of potsherd; each player having two, which they throw alternately, the object being to get near a mark, and the winner appropriating little bits of potsherd which are used as counters. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 206.
Chapri: a small pond. Cf. toba. Jullandur S. R., p. 58.
Chapta a fish very like the mohoo, and closely allied to it in habit: common and found all the year round, it has a habit of turning over on the surface. A small fish rarely weighing lb. Ludhiana S. R., 1888, p. 17.
Chara: a silver wristlet-taken off by a bride, and which no married woman can wear. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 128.
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Kangra Gloss.
Chara stepping-stones in a stream; also called peindi, Charak chundi: a game which is a combination of the whirl-go-round and see-saw '; a bent stick is balanced on an upright post stuck firmly in the ground, a boy gets on each end and they are whirled round by a third. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 206.
Charal: a kind of pulse, only cultivated in poor alluvial lands. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 78.
Charanghal lit: 'washing feet': an initiatory ceremony consisting in washing one or both of the initiator's big toes and drinking the water. Jullundur S. R., p. 51.
Charandh: grazing ground. Kangra Gloss.
Charetar a fuel yard or place where the stock of fire-wood is piled up. Kangra Gloss. Chari: a staff. Simla Hills.
Gloss.
Charo antelope. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 124.
Charoli: a round bamboo wicker tray deepening towards the middle. Kangra Gloss. Charoliya: a stile in the hedge of a field, called langana elsewhere. (Nûrpur). Kangra
Charrara a gelded goat-see under bakri.
Charwi: a large pot. Sirmûr Trans-Girt.
Chatra: a cook-room on either side of the tamsal (open yard in a house). Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 120.
Chatra: a small basket, holding about 8 sers, no cover: Simla S. R., 1883, p. 66.
Chatri: an open basket, syn, pirktu. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 46.
Chatru: a colt: Lahul, Kangra S. R. (Lyall), p. 111,
Chatt: a stone or wooden trough for cattle to drink out of. Kangra Gloss.
Chatur:ar.
Chaubacha: a mode of distributing the produce of land. Hissar S. R., p. 10.
Chaubara: central room.
Sirmúr.
Chaudan vidya: the 14 kinds of knowledge (all that is to be known).
Chaugandi: four times the sum of the seed corn, in Bangâhal. Cf. panchgandi. Kangra S. R. (Lyall), p. 32.
Chatera a muzzle made of nigál or nargál. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 45. Chatti: a basket holding about 2 sers. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 46.
Chauk: a yard in a private house, separated from the streets by a wall, and in which the cattle are tied up in cattlesheds, and the women sit and spin. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 120.
Chaukhat: door frame. Sirmûr.
Chauki bharna; the form of worshipping Saltân (Sakhi Sarwar) by sleeping on the ground. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 33.
Chaulai: seeds of the cockscomb; the cockscomb (Amaranthus polygonus). Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 157.
Chauntra: a square platform, either large or small.
Chaupal: a guest-house. Cf. hathái. Sirsa 8. R., 1883, p. 176.