Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/datri/ ਦ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਦਾਤਰੀ datri Say it**DAA-tree**Type**Noun** In short Datri (ਦਾਤਰੀ) is the Punjabi word for a sickle, the one-handed harvesting tool with a curved blade and a short handle. Farmers cut wheat, paddy and fodder with it by hand, holding a fistful of stems in one hand and slicing through them with the datri in the other. ## How it's used 1. 1ਕਿਸਾਨ ਨੇ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਹੀ ਦਾਤਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਕਣਕ ਵੱਢਣੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀ।The farmer started cutting the wheat with the datri early in the morning. _harvest time_ 2. 2ਦਾਤਰੀ ਦਾ ਬਲੇਡ ਅਰਧ ਚੰਦ ਵਾਂਗ ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।The blade of a datri is curved like a crescent moon. _its shape_ 3. 3ਉਹ ਦਾਤਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਲਈ ਹਰਾ ਚਾਰਾ ਵੱਢਦੀ ਹੈ।She cuts green fodder for the animals with the datri. _cutting fodder_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਕਿਸਾਨ ਮੁੱਠੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਣੇ ਫੜ ਕੇ ਦਾਤਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਵੱਢਦਾ ਹੈ।The farmer holds the stems in his fist and cuts them with the datri. _the cutting action_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਦਾਤਰੀ ਵਾਢੀ ਦਾ ਹੱਥ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੰਦ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਬਲੇਡ ਅਰਧ ਚੰਦ ਵਾਂਗ ਮੁੜਿਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਧਾਰ ਵਕਰ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਕਿਸਾਨ ਇੱਕ ਹੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੁੱਠੀ ਭਰ ਤਣੇ ਫੜ ਕੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਦਾਤਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਵੱਢਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਕਣਕ ਅਤੇ ਝੋਨਾ ਵੱਢਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਲਈ ਹਰਾ ਚਾਰਾ ਵੀ ਕੱਟਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। What does datri mean in Punjabi? Datri (ਦਾਤਰੀ) means a sickle. It is a hand tool with a crescent-shaped blade, sharp on the inside of the curve, fixed to a short wooden handle. Across Punjab it is the classic tool of the harvest, used to reap grain crops and to cut green fodder for animals. ## What does a datri look like? A datri is made to be worked with one hand. Reference works describe the sickle as a single-handed tool with a variously curved blade, the cutting edge on the inside of the curve so the stems are caught and sliced as the tool is drawn in. Blades come smooth or serrated, and the serrated, toothed edge is the kind that has long dominated the reaping of grain. In many Punjabi homes the same tool is also called daranti (ਦਰਾਂਤੀ), the name used for the sickle in accounts of the Punjab wheat harvest. ## How is a datri used at harvest? Before the harvest the blade is sharpened, traditionally on a wet whetstone, and the handle is checked so it is not loose. Hand cutting in Punjab traditionally starts early in the morning, when a little dew still keeps the stems flexible and fewer grains shatter and fall. The cutter grasps a fistful of stems in one hand and pulls the datri towards the body with the other, cutting the stems low, then lays the cut stems in rows to be tied into sheaves. It is slow, skilled work, and the rhythm of handful, cut and lay sets the pace of the whole harvest day. ## What else is a datri used for besides grain? The same tool cuts succulent forage for livestock, whether the green fodder is fed fresh or dried as hay, and it handles the small jobs a machine cannot reach: the edge of a field, a patch of fodder near the house, a bundle of grass along a path. That is why a datri is kept in farming homes all year round, long after the wheat harvest that made it famous is over. ## Related words [ਕਣਕkanakWheat; Punjab's staple grain](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kanak/)[ਫ਼ਸਲfasalCrop; the season's harvest](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/fasal/)[ਹਾਲੀhaliPloughman; driver of the plough](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/hali/)[ਖੇਤkhetField; farmland](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/khet/)[ਛੱਜchhajA flat woven winnowing basket used to clean grain](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chhaj/) Sources (3) 1. [Wikilanguages English to Punjabi dictionary: sickle in Punjabi is datri (ਦਾਤਰੀ)](https://wikilanguages.net/Punjabi/Sickle.html) 2. [TheFreeDictionary encyclopedia: sickle, a single-handed tool with a curved blade sharp on the inside edge, used for reaping grain and cutting forage](https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/sickle) 3. 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