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GLOSSABYt 



CHIRVI 



CHI RAN 



OR 



CHHOHARA 



DANG 



From " chlrna " to cut. Date fruits which have 

 been cut open and dried. The seeds may or may 

 not be removed in the process. Chirvi or Chiran 

 is also applied to beaten date leaves that are used 

 for making ropes. 



In the Persian Gulf unripe date fruits are boiled and 

 dried. Large quantities of these are exported to 

 India and are known here as Chhoharas. As these 

 dates are generally of better quality than the ordinary 

 local Indian dates, the best local varieties are now 

 generally known as Chhoharas. 



A date fruit which (in the process of ripening) has begun 

 to soften. This softening usually begins near the 

 distal end of the fruit and is accompanied by a 

 change of colour. Date fruits in the Punjab are 

 usually plucked from the trees at this stage. 



OR 



DANGRA a/J 

 DHAMBRA 'jp*il*5 . . Leaf stalk. 



DOKA Kj3 



DUD 3i . . 

 GACHA 



(rAKAR j 



GANDORA 

 GARI .r^ 



HIK SALI 



JAR j^ . . 

 JHUTT 



KABAL 



A date fruit after it has changed from green to its 

 distinctive colour (yellow or purple), but is still 

 quite hard. 



Stem. 



The opening leaves on the head of the tree. Some- 

 times applied to the whole leaf system on the top 

 of the palm. 



Seed. 



Dates which are yet hard and green. 



(Kernel) the white edible unopened leaves in the 

 centre of the " Gacha." The same term is commonly 

 applied to the white edible internal part of a cocoa- 

 nut. 



See " Vareli khajji." 



Root. 



The thicket of suckers, seedlings, etc., which grows up 



at the base of badly attended trees. 

 The thin but conspicuous network of fibre which 



appears at the base of each petiole (leaf .stalk) where 



it joins the tree stem. 



