Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 53
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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SEPTEMBER, 1924)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
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R&m chakru : the wood-partridge, arboricola Torquedla : Ch., 36.
Ram: a custom whereby property is conveyed to the bride's father to the father of the boy, or by a man to his father in law, as a condition of the betrothal : Comp., 153.
Rand put : 'the son of a widow'; fem. rand dhid; begotten and born in her deceased husband's house, and ranking as his children, provided she has continued to live in it: Ch., 154 : Cf. Riondba.
Randi: a widow ; ---rakhi lái, the only ceremony observed when a stranger marries & widow by obtaining her parents' consent and paying & sum of money : Ch., 158.
Rangán: a pulse, Dolichos sinensis, generally sown in poppy fields : SS., Bashahr, 48. Ranhu : & barony : Ch., 61.
Ranhui: the period during which the Rinas and Thakurs ruled ;=Thakuri or -ain : Ch., 171.
Rank: Cotoneaster microphylla : Ch., 239. Rasalkl: a religious impost for the teinple at Sarahan : SS., Bashahr, 72 Rasol : midday meal; Dopai: Ch., 204. Rasaunt: berberry : Suket, 36. Rashi: the second distillation from barley spirit: SS., Bashahr, 77. Rasalla: a boy born naturally circumcised: B., 97. Rat; a bundle of grass tied together by a rope 7 hath (34 yds.) in length : Kagan. Ratinl: a red grain : Ch., 123. Ratir: a snake : Ch., 39. Ratnal: the munal pheasant : Sirmûr, 7. Raug: young plants (of rice): Simla, S.R., xl : Ct., rumnd, to plant out: 15. Raung: an autumn crop : Ch., 226. Raush: Cotonaster obtusa : Sirmûr, App. IV, v. (Not reush as in III). Razal: Viburnum colinifolium : Ch., 239. Rehrl: (red), a kind of rice : SS., Bashahr, 48. Rekhti: doggerel verses written in women's language : Gloss., I, p. 907. Relmi: Mysore thorn, Caesalpina sepiaria : Ch., 238. Reora: red : Simla, S. R., xl. Also Reri: ib., and SS., Kumharsain, 14 : V. Rehri. Rheuns: Raush: Ch., 238.
Riharu: bragg anklets, worn by Gaddi women, to avert the evil eye and prevent children crying ; made by Reh Aras, a menial caste: Ch., 206.
Rina, & squint: Ch.138.
Rit: a fee payable to the State by the man who marries the widlow or widows of a land. holder who died without immediate hoirs : SS., Kuthar, 8; (2) the compensation paid to a husband for the surrender of his wife to another man; ib., Kumharsain, 8; (3) the expense incurred by a husband on his inarriage, including his gifts to the bride, the marriage being annulled by the husband's acceptance of the amount go spent : ill., Bashahr, 14. Cr., also Bilaspur, 10. Also Bhora, in Panjabi, q.v.
Riondha : lit., son of a randha () widow,' Gabhra, q. v. and Rand put.
Rishot: fr., rishi, a sage; the term for a ghost from the end of the 1st year after death to the 4th. : Simla Hills : Gloss., I, p. 470.
Rohalla : noisy: Ch., 139.
Rollyan: powder of red colour, used for marking the tiku : Ch., 141 : C4. P.D., p. 972, 8. v. Rola,
