Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 41
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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JUNE, 1912.]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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Phakku : threshing floor; the word is also applied to the fees of the chariddr, carpenter or blacksmith given thence. · Phala: the frame-work drawn by bullocks treading out corn, Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 72. Phali: door panel. Sirmûr cis-Giri. Phalia : a path or passage through the hedge round a horse. Phalna: to give a he-buffalo to a she-buffalo. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 195. Phalsa : & village-gate. Sirsa S. R., 1879-83, p. 169. Phalur: a stack of straw. Cf. kundali.
Phaman: a very tall variety of wheat growing to a height of 4 or 5 feet in good well land The grain is large but said to be hard and not good for flour. Cf. balkanak. Ludhiana S. R. 1878-82, p. 113.
Phant: gowing the seed broadcast. Cl. khindana. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 169. Pharkal: a stone step. Sirmûr trans-Giri. Pharkion : wooden floor of the first storey. Sirmûr trans-Giri. Pharna : to catch, seize. Pharoja na: to go away. Bauria argot. Pharraru : a hare. Kangra Gloss. Phaffha : adj. twisted by warping (of wood). Phat, parr: an open grassy slope on the side of a big mountain. Phatti: a knife used in threshing sugar-cane. Cf. tukkal. Jullandur S. R., p. 108.
Phera : a handful of corn in the ear, which a blacksmith gets every time he goes out to the fields at harvest time to sharpen the sickle. Hogbiarpur S. R., p. 61.
Phera-ghora : bringing home the bride for good and all to her husband's house (the muillau of the plains). Kangra S. R. (Lyall), p. 70.
Phisst : a snake (Echis carinata). Jullundur S. R, p. 12. Phitora : evil eye. Sirsa S. R., 1879-83, p. 165. Phoglu : a lot, cast with marked goat's droppings. Kangra S. R. (Lynll), p. 32. Phraggara : light, (adj.) as of dawn, or of a candle in a dark room. Kangra Gloss, Phuglu : & species of bamboo. P. Dicty., p. 898. Kangra S. R., p. 20.
Phak-phold: a tenant, probably so-called because his tenancy only afforded livelihood for a single soul : Palam, = atholu, Kangra S, R. (Lyall), p. 44.
Phal: the knuckle-bones and other small fragments of bone of a burnt person. Karna S. R., 1872-80, p. 137.
Phulam : a kind of grain Churah.
Phulgir: lit. king of flowers, the pheasant, commonly known as the argns. In Kila he is called the jijurana, lit. prince of animals.
Siul: a kind of grain and some other grains. The grain is roasted and eaten on fast days by Hindus. Churah. Pbalri: consent or assent, to betrothal. Phalli diti=has given a promise. Pangwil. Phulseri : a variety of cobra snake. Jullundur S. R, p. 12.
Phurakna: the first mouthful of rice milk, spit on the field of cotton towards the west by the women who go round it for picking. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 183.
Piazi: a tree (Asphodelus fistulosus). Karnal S. R., p. 9. Pichwara : the back of a house : opposed to channa.
Pida: a small stool made of wooden frame, and covered with netted string. Cf. khatola, Karnal S, R., 1872-80, p. 121.
Phulnar
Indian corn
