ਪੱਤਾ੍

PATTRÁ

Meaning in English2

s. m, leaf; the leaf of a book:—pattrá hoṉá, v. n. To flee in haste, to disappear:—til. pattrá, s. m. The same as Padlú which see:—tre pattrá, s. m. A plant (Trifolium pratense. T. fragiferum, Nat. Ord. Leguminosæ) growing in parts of the N. W. Himalaya up to the Iadus:—tri pattrá, s. m. A plant (Marsilea quadrifolia, Nat. Ord. Marsileaceæ) abundantly growing in water throughout the Panjab plains. This is the nardoo famous as furnishing a sort of food from its tubers to famished travellers in Australian wilds. The plant is eaten as a pot-herb in some parts of India.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh