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Tonchara : an inoculator : Gloss., I, p. 356. Bikaner. Tong : & round basket ; see Pit&r.
Topa : corresponds to the English gallon. A hath-rakh topa is the topa measured with the help of one hand. The charra topa is measured without any aid : D.I. K: the standard measure of capacity in Shahpur, containing almost exactly 2 standard sers of wheat or bajra :
4 paropisi - 1 to pa - 2 sers. 4 topas - 1 pai
- 8 sers. 10 pais - Iman -2 standard mans.
* 4 mang - 1 khalwdr - 8 standard mans. But on the Chen ab:-1 topa contains only 5 sers of wheat, and 4 pais make 1 man
- 264 standard sers; about Bhera and Miâni 1 topa contains only 14 standard sers; but in the Tappa ilaga of the Salt Range 1 topa contains 3 sers of wheat and 5 pais make 1 man-13 standard mans.
In Muzaffargarh the topa varies in weight from 11 to 67 sers, but its usual weight is about 5 or 6 sers. In Ferozepur the topa equals 3 sere pakkd or, among the Dogars, 4 ser8 pakka.
In Hazera it-4 chobas, but is now rerely used. In Gujarat 4 paropis - 1 topa by measure.
16 topas = 1 man. 50 , - l pand. 4 pands -l mani.
1 mání - 91 English mans. The topa however varies in weight from 14 to 3 English sers. Topl: cap; topi-lani, a form of widow remarriage : Ch., 127. Topu : a cap, worn by women : SS., Bashahr, 42. Tor: Euphorbia Nivulia: Ch., 239. Torang : & porridge made of bathu, in Kanawar : SS., Bashahr. 41. Tore pl.: hollow foot-bangles : B., 112. CH. Tarora, and P. D. 1147. Totru : a kind of peas : Simla, S. R., xli.
Totu : a cone, made of parched four, about.a cubit in height and used in the janji form of marriage. The maternal uncle of the bride makes 7 of these cones, cuts the tops off with his right hand, and with it touches the back of the fireplace on the north), the east, south, west and north of the room in that order, and the top of the door frame : Cb., 157.
Trakar : a pasture, at a distance from the village but whence the cattle can be brought home at night : Ch., 27.
Trangarl: a bridge, temporary or permanent, made of two beams with cross-pieces; of., Gururu : Ch., 12.
Trebhanj : a threefold exchange of brides : Comp., 2. Cf. Chobhanj. Trimbal : a wild fig, Ficus glomerata : Ch. 240. Tritu : pepper, Euonymus fimbriatus : Ch., 237. Tu'am-i-walima: marriage feast, in Multan: Glossary, 1, 833. Tukma : silken thread, worn as an ornament: B., 195.
Tukri : a measure containing 4 kassas, in some villages, and in others 5, of the Boi ildqa in Hazára : 10 tukris-1 chhat.
1 In the Shahpur Thal the parop is called thuilla, and the topa appears to be called paropt.
