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R. S. Wliiteway —Place names in Merivdra. 
[No. 2, 
Dhadhra 
• • 
Dhanchi 
Dharela 
Dahariyan 
Dhinga ka 
dhura 
Dholadanta 
Dhulera 
Dholia 
Dholichat 
• 
piiormagri 
A tank. Dhadkra is applied to a 
loud noise as a rnsking stream and 
also to a stone ttiat exfoliates— 
it is probably nsed in its first sense 
here. 
Dhanchi is the saddle nsed by pot¬ 
ters to bring clay, high in the 
middle and with pockets on either 
side. 
A tank. Dharara means a lond noise 
and was the name of the stream. 
A village. Dahar is a useless well. 
Dhinga is a man’s name. Dhura 
means literally ending, hence ap¬ 
plied to a ridge as the end of the 
rising, and also to a watercourse 
(which is slightly raised). 
A very common name for villages. 
White ridge. 
A tank. Dhulera is an intensive of 
dhola, white. 
A village. White (hill). Dholi is 
another village similarly named but 
the hill is smaller. 
Numerous tanks and villages. Plioli 
is white and chat a flat rock. Chat 
is a flat rock fastened to the 
ground. Silld is a slab not so 
fastened which could be lifted were 
power enough applied. Kd/car is al¬ 
so a flat rock, but it implies the idea 
of slipperiness, and also that the 
rock is raised on the side or top of 
a hill. 
The cattle range. Magra and its dimi¬ 
nutive magri is a common name for 
range of hills. Magra is the word 
usually applied to the whole of 
Merwara. 
The point of the pole star. Mathara 
is a casual name for the point of a 
hill. 
Dhaa ka mathara 
