Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 52
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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NOVEMBER, 1923)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY.
SERIES IV. BY H. A. ROSE, I.C.S. (Retired.)
(Continuel from page 286.) Ghài: = Ghâri, a tenure in which the crop is equally divided between landlord and tenant : Ch., 161.
Ghaink: a small torch, made at the Khaul mela on the full moon in Mâgh, and swung round the head and thrown into a walnut-trec in the belief that if it catches in the branches the thrower will have a son: Ch., 160.
Ghala : field peas; = Kalao: S.S., Bashahr, 47. Ghâli: grass, the right to cut grass : Ch., 275-6. Ghaloti: a large earthen bin for grain : B., 196.
Ghara: a tenant who pays half the produce of his land as rent, after the seed for the next sowing has been put aside. He may also be liable for special services : Ch., 155 and 277. Cf. Ghâri.
Gharasni : fr. ghar wasni (v. Ghrasni): Gloss., I., p. 436. Cf. Diack, Kulu Dialect, p. 64, 8.v. Grâsni
Ghara-wanj: a stand for pitchers : B., 197. Ghareri : an animal kept at home (ghar) and not taken to the pastures : Ch., 279. Ghari: rinderpest: SS. Bashahr, 53. Ghâri : a tenure ; = Ghài
Ghar-jawântri : the custom of service in lieu of a money payment for a wife : Ch., 154 ; =Ghari-jowâtri in Mandi, where the term of service may extend to 9 or 10 years : Mandi, 23.
Gharthân,= Kandunda, q.o.
Ghara : lit. domestic'; ghari bachh is the revenue or rent paid by a jagirdar from his own income as distinguished from the bâchh or fixed portion paid by him out of the rent received from tenants : Ch., 280.
Gharwan : Jand mado-cultivable by pulling down houses : Mandi, 67. Ghâsan : a grass reserve: Sirmûr, 68. Ghaughatî : an inferior spirit : Sirmûr, 59. Ghernon phernon : a custom at weddings : Sirmor, 31. Gheo : =ght : B., 192. Ghin: Elaeagnus hortensis : Ch., 239. Ghiyârd : a collector of ghi payable as revenue : Ch., 264. Ghondi : a skirt and gaiters combined : SS. Kumhårsain, 13. Ghorâi: a women's dance, danced in two lines in a circle : Ch., 210. Ghorel: a poor soil, much the same as gahori : Sirmar, App. I. Ghori : a group of hamlets, smaller than the pargana : SS. Bashahr, 42-3. Ghorlåna : a money payment into which service is commuted: Ch., 171. Ghor-punâ : a game in which two girls swing round, grasping each other's hands : Ch., 212. Ghortangnan : rent for Gharâts or water-mills : SS. Bashahr, 74.
Ghrasni : Sanskr. grihapravesha, = Gorasang in Kanawar, the rite observed on the completion of a new house : SS. Bashahr, 37.
Ghukra bakra : a kind of loaf (bakrû = a square loaf); = Gurgura in Churaht: Ch., 124.
Ghunda : a cotton gown of a special pattern, worn by Gaddi women : Ch., 206; - Ichard karna, a rite at a wedding in Churâh ; lit. to lift up the ghunda 'or the veil of the bride, which is done by the boy's mother who gives her a present of a rupee or less : Ch., 153.
Ghunkare : heavy brass anklets, worn by Gaddi women: Ch., 206. Giâri : a feast held just after the Spring harvest; Kulu; Gloss., I, p. 438.
