پٹا

पटा paṭā[S. पऽकः'blade'], s.m. A straight, long, and broad sword with two edges; a wooden sword or foil (used in fencing, etc.), a cudgel; a board on which Hindūs sit whilst eating their meals or performing religious ceremonies (=paṭṭā); a streak, stripe, broad line; a kind of bracelet; half the beard or one side of the face; a leaf of the American aloe or of any similar plant; the head-stall of a bridle; a long narrow slip or strip of coarse cloth, matting, etc.:—paṭe bāz, s.m. One who plays with foils or cudgels, a fencer; a man who fights with sword and shield;—(met.), coquette, wanton, strumpet:—paṭe-bāzī, s.f. Playing with foils or cudgels, fencing:—paṭākhelnā, v.n. To practice with foils, to fence.