Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 52
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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OCTOBER, 1923)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PANJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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Chinolti: chapatis made from china : Simla S. R., xxxix. Chira: mixed crop, = barra : SS. Jubbal, 16. Chirara : Litsaea zeylanica : Sirmûr, App. IV, vii. Chirauli : Buchanania latifolia : Sirmûr, App. IV, iv. Chiri: the breaking of jasmine (muut) twigs under the bridegroom's foot : Ch. 143. Chirindi : Litegea zeylanica : Ch., 239. Cf. Chirara. Chirna: a trance; Simla Hills : Gloss., I, p. 456.
Chirya ka bârat: a fast in which no food cooked on a hearth is eaten by women: Suket, 22.
Chitra : snake-wood; Staphylea Emodi : Ch. 237.
Chlankal :'a game in which a plank is balanced on an upright support and swung round by two boys, one leaning on each end : Ch., 212.
Choah: three : SS. Bashahr, 73. Choba: rice or bread with ghi and sugar : B., 104. Chobhanj: an exchange of brides in which four are involved : Comp. 2. Cf. Trebhanj.
Choha : 2 chohas =1 odt. But in the Dannah (?) ildgn the Dhunds use a choha containing 4 kurras, so that it =l odi, i.e., it is twice the usual size.
Ciaoharta: a kind of rice : SS. Bashahr, 48.
Chola : lit. bodice' (dim. -i); chola is the ceremony on the 13th day after a birth, when the child is clothed in a chola ; cf. Dasothan: B., 99.
Chola i : amaranthus : Sirmûr, 58. Choli-dori, = Gudani, q.v. Cholu mang : & cess levied to pay for the Raja's wardrobe : SS. Bashahr, 75. Cholti: a cess levied for officials : SS. Bashahr, 75. Chopri roti: bread spread with ghi: B., 192. Chorpith : damages for breach of a contract not to take a second wife : Comp., 59. Chothai : nee under Lap and Bohni. Chuba: a woman's frook : SS. Bashahr, 41.
Chudda : buttocks; cf. Chadha ; also chut, debauchee ; chutanhru and chutrainya, debauched : Ch., 138-9.
Chukka: a half handful : D. I. K. Chukri : rhubarb : Ch., 222. Chuli: apricots; -ki phand, stewed apricots : SS. Bashahr, 41.
Chulian lenâ : lit. ' to take handfuls of water,' to drink water from the Ganges from each other's hands and so become brothers oz sisters: Gloss., I, p. 903. .
Chane (pl.): long hair ; vingre chúne, long curling hair : B., 195.
Chung: a rite to preserve the bride from ever becoming a widow. Flour is ground by sat-suhagans and distributed, probably in handfuls (chúng). A repetition of the rite is the chhoti chung, also called jind rorí: B., 108-9.
Chunta : & goad; Cheunta. Chupta, = chapkan, a frock; cf. Chuba: SS. Bashahr, 42. Chur: wild apple (Pångi); Pyrus malus : Ch., 238. Chari : probably a kind of sweet: B., 106.
Chut: Chutânhru and Chutrainya, see under Chudda. Chut chipat, 'impure'; Simla Hills : Gloss., I, p. 456.
Dachhna, -dakhna, - dakhshna : Gloss., I, p. 360. Dadasrå : husband's grandfather.
