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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY.
SERIES IV. BY H. A. ROSE, I.C.S. (Retired).
(Continued from page 112.) Pabain : a kind of chukri, rhubarb ': Ch., 222. Pachbån: to-night ; as in Juma-rdt kadan' ? Pachhan.'
Pachsera : a weight of 5 sers used for buying, but of 4 sers when used for selling : SS., Bashahr, 60.
Pada : the 2nd rite of the 1st char at a wedding. It resembles the puhla bishtar or 1st chdr, but in this repetition of it blades of grass, saffron, sarvdn shadhe and flowers are cast into the water, and while the priest recites mantras the father of the bride sprinkles water on the feet of the pair : Ch., 143.
Paduka : a foot-print pillar, consisting of a pile of stones, covered by a flat slab on which is carved a trident with a foot-print on each side, in front of a temple or by the road-side : Oh., 49.
Pag-bbat :-Dharm-bh Al; a brother made by Pagwat : Glose., I, p. 905.
Pagran: 'to hold,' see Nali. Danda pagran, a gaine in which each player holds a club (danda) between his feet and endeavours to wrest the other's dandd from him with his hands : B.
Pag wat : exchange of turbans, offecting a tie like kinship : Gloss., I, p. 905. Pahrall : a machan or platforin erected for watching crops : Ch., 225. Pagtt: a sort of gown : SS., Bashahr, 41.
Pahrl: a guardian of the records in a State office, also of revenue in cash or kind; a temple attendant : Ch. 264 and 131.
Palrihan : & gown for everyday use : Ch., 205. PAI: in Tank :- 4 topde l pat,
2 país = 1 mond. 20 pdis - I chaut in Kulachi). 2 monás - I anda. 2 andas - l chatti, or ox-load of 2 sacks; also used as a land.
measure : D. I. K. in Hazêra :- 1 pai - 16 chohás or odis. Measures of capacity only in use . I adhpái - 8 chohas or odis. anong the Dhunds of the Dannah
ildga. See also under Topa. Pliye jins : a system by which the cultivator was compelled to sell bis grain to the State at reducerl prices : SS., Kuthår : C1., Páyå.
Paja padam: a tree : Sirmûr, 26 : P. D., P. 939, 8.v., Paddam. Paju : a piece of muslin tied round the bridegrooms' caps : SS., Bashahr, 17. Palag : greens ; also a tree : Simla, S. R. xliii. Palat: fr. pala, 'frost'; land frequently visited by frost and cold : Sirm ür, App. I. Palak: a boy brought up but not adopted : comp. 88. ? - bdlak. Palakh : a wild fig, Ficus Rumphu : Ch., 259. Palasta : an official, below the spazir, now abolished : Ch. 264 : C., Palsar& in III. Palola : a tax on oil presses : Suket, 42.
Pallo : the border of a shawl ;-pawan, to spread out the end of one's shawl,' to invoke blonding, to break off a loud ; Gloss., I, p. 906.
