ਸਿਰਿਸ

SIRIS

Meaning in English2

s. m, ee (Acacia speciosa, A. sirrissa, A. stipulata, Nat. Ord. Leguminosæ) common in most parts of the plains. The seeds ripen in the cold weather. The heart wood of an old tree is dark-coloured, hard, heavy, and strong, and, if properly seasoned is not subject to warp or crack, but it is said to be less lasting than that of the Dalbergia. It is used for ordinary constructive purposes (the Hindus in Kangra, however, consider it unlucky), and for mortars for mills, well curbs, parts of boats, and the heart-wood makes good charcoal. The leaves and twigs are gathered as fodder for camels and other animals. The bark is applied to injuries of the eye, and the seed is used medicinally, forming part of an anjaṉ for ophthalmic disease:—chiṭṭí siríṇh, s. m. A tree (Cendrela toona serrata, Nat. Ord. Cedrelaceæ) found in most of the valleys up to north of the Indus. The wood is often very red, it has a strong fætid smell when fresh, it is used for mortars, and for oil-mills. It seems to be pretty tough, as in some places the loops of sieves are made from it:—kálí sírí, s. f. The same as Siríṇh.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh