________________
BEPTEMBER, 1024]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY
Sidiant : & present (Rs. 12) given to the bride's father by the bridegroom : Ch., 157. Sigrl : boiled cakes: SS., Bashahr, 41. Sihal : land cultivated direct by the State. Cf., Shahl : SS., Kunhi&r, 10. Sijj : (Cf., Sijh: P. D., 1051), the sun; siji jianda, 'the sun lives,' in Ar. ash-Shamsu
hayyalun, i.e., 'twilight'; choffte sijj, 'the sun is above the top-knot,' i.e., at its
zenith : B., 192. Sijj Karakka: ? sunset: ib., 197. Sikandra : a cess, levied for purchase of sugar, etc., in the palace : SS., Kumharsain, 19. Sil: or sil apparently a néther mill-stone : Ch., 141. C., Sil, a brick or flat stone:
P. D. s.v. Simal : Bombar malabaricum : Sirmar, App. IV, iii : Simbal in Chamba, 236. Singia the ordinary earthen dewa or 'lamp': Suket, 27. Sirala : blue-black: B., 111. Sir-mel: a rite performed at or after marriage when the bride attains puberty : B. Sirtora i Sirtola: a bastard, or the issue of a wife of another caste : Mandi, 27-8. Sir warna : a form of lustration used by courtiers and at weddings : B., 109. Siun : shisham, Dalbergia si8800 : Ch., 238. Slyán : ? first ; see under Puchhiyan. Smosa: a kind of sweetmeat: B., 99. Sog: land set apart in the name of a news and never cultivated : SS., Bashahr, 33. Soh: the level space in front of a temple ; Kulu : Glou., I, p. 436. Sobag-rat: a ceremony at marriages : Mandi, 24. Sohar: a god of evil spirits : Sirmur, 51. Sol: those who come with the bridegroom: Ch., 147. Soja : a cess, included in the Mel, q.v. Solhå: & weight-lt sera kham, 40 tolas or 32 ; -Thakri and Thola : Sirmûr, App. III.
Songl, dawan-watra-Panj. Ichodalend; the dawan-watras are balls of sugar a big as apples, and at a wedding the bridegroom tries to pick them up out of a dish while his sisters-inlaw hinder him: B., 110.
Sota: a lower form of betrothal, -Sagdi: SS., Bashahr, 13.
Sotar: 'Bynake, uniform in thickness, and believed to have a mouth at each end; hence callod domunhd ; not very poisonous, it is believed that anyone bitten by it will be bitten again once every year : Ch., 39.
Staujua : Moringa pterogosperma : Sirm hr, App. IV, iv. Sthâpan : 1 setting-up,' worship (of Ganesh) at betrothals : Comp., 2. Suara : land close to dwellings, on which vegetables are generally grown : Mandi, 68. Subal : moss: Ch., 150. Subha : Pasni, q.v.
Suhag-patari: a bride's paraphernalia ; consisting of the same articles as the Bersahi: Ch., 143.
shell (? Sahell): a sister by mutual adoption ; ' lit. companion': Gloss., I, p. 907, 901 :: the 4th form of marriage : SS., Kumb Arsain, 8. Sall:: Amaranthus anardana : Ch., 204. sukorl: sukrl, the dried' wild apricot; - Kishta : Ch., 226. Sungar : a kind of snall pig : Simla Hills: Gloss., 1, p. 846. Sunh laina : to take an oath of compurgation ; v. Rah den&: Glou., I, p. 906. Suni maruri : Jasminum humile: Ch., 239.
