پتا

पƣा pattā[S. पǂऽ+कः; Prk. पƣं, or पƣओ], s.m. Leaf (of a tree); a card; an ornament worn in the upper part of the ear; a leaf-shaped ornament hanging from an ear-ring:—pattātoṛbhāgnāor bhāg-jānā, v.n. To run as fast as one can, to take to one's heels (so called from a boy's game in which the runner has to pluck a leaf from a certain tree and catch one of the rest who have run off):—pattāhonā, v.n. To run off, run away, flee.