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पान pān[S. पणɍ ], s.m. Leaf; betel-leaf, Piper betel; embroidered work resembling a leaf; the heel-piece of a shoe:—pān uṭhānā, v.n.=pān lenā, q.v.:—pān banānā, v.n.=pān lagānā, q.v.:—pān-dān, s.m. A box in which betel and its apparatus are kept:—pān denā(-ko), To present betel-leaf prepared with areca nut, etc. to a friend or a guest:—pān-khilā`ī, s.f. Giving pānto eat, a betrothal ceremony:—pān lagānā, v.n. To prepare betel-leaf, with betelnut, etc.:—pān lenā(-se), To accept or take the betel-leaf, to consent, agree, undertake an enterprise (see bīṛā).
Origin: Hindi