Punjabi Ornaments

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HEAD ORNAMENTS
Men’s
1. Sarpesh – the jeweled aigrette worn in front of the turban
2. Kutbiladar – an oval pendant worn over the forehead
3. Kalgi – Plume in jeweled setting
4. Mukat or Mutakh – a head dress worn by Hindus at weddings
5. Turah-I-marwarid – tassels of pearls worn on the turban
Women’s
1. Sisphul, chaunk or choti phul – a round boss worn on the hair over the forehead
2. Mauli – a long chain made of rows of pearls separated by jeweled studs
3. Sir mang – a pendant worn on the head by Hindus

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ORNAMENTS WORN ON THE FOREHEAD
By Women only
1. Damni or dauni – a fringe hanging over the forehead on either side of the face
2. Tika or kashka – small ornament on the forehead which hangs with a chain
3. Chand bina – a moonshaped pendant
4. Tawit – small amulets worn on the head
5. Jhumar – a tassel shaped ornament or pendant
6. Guchhi marwarid – a cluster of pearls
7. Bindi – small tinsel forehead ornament
8. Barwata – tinsel stars worn over the eyebrows

EAR ORNAMENTS
Men’s
1. Bala – very large ring worn by Khatris, Sikhs and Dogras
2. Murki - smaller earrings of the same shape
3. Dur – a small earring with three studs
4. Birbali – a broad earring with three studs
5. Durichah – an ear-ring with pendant tassel


Women’s
1. Bali or Goshwara – a set of rings worn on the edge of the ear
2. Bali Bahaduri – it has a large pointed stud in the center
3. Karnphul, Dhedu and Jhumka – all forms of tassel like ornaments
4. Pipal Pata – like a murki, but has a pendant ending in a fringe of little gold pipal leaves
5. Kantala – A similar ornament like pipal-patta but this has a stud besides the pendant
6. Bala Khungri – a heavy fringed earring
7. Bala Katoriwalla – an earring with a bowl-like pendant
8. Khalli – small earring
9. Jalil – A small earring with a small jeweled central stud
10. Phumni – silk and tinsel tassels
11. Machh Machlian – a small gold figure of a fish worn as an earring
12. Tid-patang – a crescent shaped jeweled pendant with hanging row of gold pipal leaves
13. Tandaura, Dedi – a huge star-shaped jeweled stud
14. Mor Phunwar – pendant of jewels being an imitation of the figure of a peacock

NOSE ORNAMENTS
Women’s
1. Nath – a large nose ring with one side ornamented with a belt of jewels or a few pearls
2. Bulak – a small pendant either worn hung to the cartilage of nose, or strung to a nath
3. Latkan – a sort of pendants put on to the thin gold ring called nath and hanging from it
4. Morni – a small pendant for the above, shaped like the spread out tail of a peacock
5. Laung – a small stud let into the flesh of the nostril on one side with a pearl on it
6. Phuli – a small ring with a single emerald, or other stone of an oval shape, as a pendant
7. Bohr – a dangling pendant of gold pipal-leaves

NECKLACES AND NECK ORNAMENTS
Men’s
1. Mala – a necklace of large beads handing down long and loose
2. Kaintha – this fits rather close to the neck, the pendant may be omitted
3. Nam – an amulet, round or star shaped, suspender from a twist of colored silk thread
4. Tawiz - a square amulet, jeweled or otherwise
5. Takhti – a flat square plate engraved with figures etc
6. Zanjiri – a set of chains
7. Chandarmah – a large gold flat medal suspended by a single ring on a silk chair or cord
Women’s
1. Chandanhar – a collar or necklace of a great number of chains
2. Mala – a plain necklace of pearls or gold bead, hanging down long
3. Champakali – a necklace like a collar with pendants of plain metal or set with stones.
4. Jugni – single jeweled pendant, hanging from a necklace of silk and elongated in shape
5. Mohran – a gold mohur or coin hung by a silk necklace
6. Haul Dil – a sort of amulet of jade cut in curves round the edge
7. Hassi or Hass – like a torque, a ring of silver, thick in the middle and thin at either end
8. Guluband – a jeweled collar
9. Mohnmala – gold beads necklace with an interval of twisted thread between each bead
10. Atradan – a square jeweled or plain gold pendant attached to a silk chain
11. Kandi – a chain of silk carrying amulet cases
12. Silwatta – an amulet case shaped like a small gold pillow with two suspended rings

ARM ORNAMENTS
1. Bazuband – a broad belt-like ornament mounted on silk and tied on the upper arm
2. Nauratan – like bazuband, consisting of a band of nine gems set side by side by silk ties
3. Taviz – an amulet worn on the upper arm
4. Anant – meaning endless, a large thin but solid ring of gold or silver
5. Bhawatta – a square gold ornament, worn on the upper arm

BRACELETS
Men’s
1. Ponchi – a series of strings of shells or small gold elongated beads worn on the wrist
2. Kangan or Kara or Gokru – a bracelet of stiff metal
Women’s
1. Ponchian – worn on wrist with several categories called kutbi, chuhadandi, iliachdana etc.
2. Kangan - worn on the wrist are generally of gold
3. Banka – thick gold bracelets, mostly used by Hindus
4. Gajra – a flexible bracelet made of square gold studs mounted on a silk band
5. Churi – of several varieties generally made of a flat ribbon of gold or silver, bent round
6. Bain – long silver sleeveworn on both arms, like a lot of churis fastened together
7. Band – an armlet, broad and heavy
8. Jhankangan – small hollow karas with grains introduced into the hollow to rattle

FINGER RINGS
1. Anguthi – a ring set with stones also called mundri
2. Challa – a plain hoop or whole hoop ring, with or without stones, being of gold or silver
3. Angutha – a big ring with a broad face worn on the toe
4. Khari Panjangla – a set of finger rings of ordinary shape
5. Shahelmi or Khari – a ring of long oval shape
6. Birhamgand – a broad ring

ANKLETS
1. Pahzeb – various ankle ornaments made with chains and pendants of silver
2. Jhanjar – a large hollow ring which rattles when the wearer walks
3. Kharian-apir or khalkhal – like karas worn on the ankles
4. Khungru – a ring or ankle of long ornamental beads of silver worn on the feet
5. Zanjiri – a set of chains with broad clasp, also known as tora

changa mai karda han

dekh kudieye je mai galat nai ta eh koka and sagifull paya ehne

aa fptpan bhull gaye c laune eh

notoriusaman said:

dekh kudieye je mai galat nai ta eh koka and sagifull paya ehne

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naah eh koka ae naa saagi phull
eh nath aa te tikka ae

sorry par u r wrong

notoriusaman said:

aa fptpan bhull gaye c laune eh

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eh jehre kann ch paaye ne eh "lotan" aa

awesome thread!

eh jehra chotti kudi (purple suit vali) ne sir te paya oh "saggi phull" aa