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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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Munh-boli: a sister adopted by word of mouth': Gloss., I, p. 907.
Mûnh chhor : or Mundar chhor, a supper given to a bereaved family : Panj. Kawe. watte di roti: B., 197.
Munhanera : early dawn : Ch., 195. Munhsanf : presents inade by women to a bridegroom : Ch., 147. Munlärt: the opening from a channel into a field ; = Oniyari : Ch., 224.
Murapull: (1) the visit paid by the bride's parents to a newly wed pair, at which food is brought by them : SS. Bashahr, 13; or (2) the presents then exchanged : B., 103,
Murhe: a term used by Arorås for the ceremony which precedes a wedding. Muri: dried wheat or barley: SS., Kumhársain, 12, and Bashahr, 75. Murlari: the golden eagle, Aguila chrysaetus : Ch., 37. Musalla-nashin: a girl vowed to celibacy: Comp., 135.
Mustahabb: Ar., lit. 'approved ': deeds done in imitation of the Prophet, over and above the prescribed prayers and fasts : B., 179.
Math; the root of a kind of grass : Ch., 143. Mutth: a fistful; = Kanh. Nachhuhan : lit. 'not to be touched,' excommunicated : Suket, 12.
Nad : a figure shaped like an hour-glass and woru as a neoklet against the influence of an autar : Ch., 195.
Nad : inferior land : Mandi, 42. Nadi: a son by spiritual adoption, among Bairagis : Comp., 226. CF., Bindi, Nadt: a silver ornament shaped like a drum, offered to Shiva : Ch., 155. Nadha : bridegroom, in Talagang : Gloss., I, P, 803. (-rusna, an observance, 837).
Nag : & whitish-coloured snake, that frequents house-walls and is said to drink milk; its presence is regarded as a good omen and puja and incense are offered to it : Ch., 39.
Nahan : & sweet-smelling root : Ch., 143. .. Nahaura : = nanwati a peace-offering among Path&ns: Glogs., I, p. 906. U. Nahrt : the umbilical cord : Ch., 124. Nahun : a stone fount for water; cf. Panihar : Ch., 198. Nairat : south-west : B., 186; -kon in P.D. p. 992. Nalrved : sweets and flowers, offered to Mahateo: Suket, 23. Nakast: an octroi : SS. Koti, 11-12. Nall: wrist; pugran, to hold the wrist, a game': B., 201.
NánakshAht , in Sikh times silver used to be weighed against the Nanaksh Abf rupee which weighed 11 mäshas, I rati: Avoritsar.
Nandou :- = nandoi, husband's sister's (nand"8) husband ; nandat, the son of a rundoi ; - bhanja.
Nanhial: (1) the family of one's mother, collectively, (2) the village in which it lives. Kansal: = NanhiAl, q.v.
Naam: a holding, lit., ' a name on the reat-roll ; each nanood thus meant one ehdkar or servant to the State . Ch., 270.
Nap: an earthenware vessel of varying capacity, generally holding from 1 to 2 mans, used in Karnal for estimating or dividing produce.
Narsingha: a trumpet : 88., Jubbal, 20. Nathatel : the tree-creeper bird : Ch. 38
Hath-sard : a rito at betrothal in which visitors are foasted with choba, but nothing that has been out with a knife is served: B., 104.
