s. m. (M.), ) An alluvial deposit of fertile soil; the sediment in suspension in the water of rivers. It is very fertilizing, and, when deposited on land, its effect is said to last five years. The sediment of the Chenab is considered much more fertilizing than that of the Indus, hence the popular lines:—daryá Chenáb kaláí lewe te soṉá ḍewe; daryá Sindh soṉá lewe te kaláí ḍewe. The river Chenab takes a way tin and gives gold; the river Indus takes away gold and gives tin:—maṭo maṭ, a. Equally matched (this phrase much used in wrestling):—ápṉe maṭ ná jáṉe kahíṇ kúṇ. She considered no one equal to herself!—Story of Sassí and Punnúṇ.