6. The word ‘' Taghar ” explained, 
By Mavtavi ‘Aspv’L Watt. 
In the March Monthly General Meeting of the Society 
Dr. B. Prashad read a paper entitled, ‘‘ The Tigari—a primitive 
type of boat used in Eastern Bengal.” He tried to explain the 
word, but apparently without success. I have since discussed 
the subject with various persons, and consulted a large 
number of lexicons.'!' The following is the result of my in- 
quiry :— 
_ The correct word as written and pronounced is Taghar 
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u he root meaning of 
aghar is an earthen dish or bowl (tasht-i-gilin), tub, bucket, 
pail, platter. The secondary meaning of the word is any- 
thing put into it for eating, drinking and for other purposes : 
stipends on which a person depends; also a measure for 
barley, wheat, etc., a wash-tub; a provision bag hung by a 
ing a rivulet or channel is not exclusively used in Eastern 
Bengal, but also in Northern Bengal. 
The word taghar is extensively used in Turki and Persian 
literature. In the Zafarnama of Sharfuddin ‘Ali of Yazd, the 
word is frequently used in the sense of allowance of provisions 
and stipends. Mulla Sa‘id Haravi says— 
CIT Jd olst 9! pl—wit gabe cot 5! 
hth oteeyds 59) 7-2 alain ol BI) 5 
For his kitchen of bounty the Saturn from heaven 
at the height of Virgo sends tagh@r (provisions). 
In the dialect of the Turks of Mughulistan, taghar 
1 Burhan-i-Qati‘, Bahar-i--Ajam, Ghiyas, Farhang-i-Anandraj, Francis 
Johnson, Forbes, Fallon, etc., etc. 
