s. f. pl. pakkhíṇ, pakkheṇ, small fan; (i. q. Paṇkhí); a bird or fowl; a partizan, a defender, a patron; the reed-sheds in which gypsies and other wandering tribes live. Hence persons living in such sheds called pakhíwál or pakkhí wáṛe:—uḍḍen pakkhíṇ kúṇ lúṇ leṇde. He is putting salt on flying birds.—Prov.—pakkhíṇwáliáṇ dí kahíṇ já. Have the pakhíwálas any home.—Prov.