CHAṚHOÁ
Meaning in English2
s. m. (M.), washerman and dyer. The chaṛhoá is a recognized village servant, and gets a fixed share of the crop at harvest. His pay is either from 20 seers to 2 maunds per well, or one pai in each path (i. e., one-sixty fourth) of the ral kám, or cultivator's share; in return for which he washes clothes. This he does in the mornings. His afternoons are spent in dyeing, which he does by the piece, charging from Rs. 1-6 to Rs. 1-12 per petticoat, 5 or 6 annas for a razáí. He also cooks rice at weddings, getting two annas per cauldron and a cloth worth 10 annas.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh