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گريبان girībān, vulg. girebān

P گريبان girībān, vulg. girebān [gire, q.v.+bān, rt. Zend van, 'to protect, guard,' &c.; S. वन्], s.m. A collar; a cape; the opening or breast (of a garment); (fig.) the neck (=girī);—a pocket:—girebān pakaṛnā (-kā), To lay hold of the collar (of); to seize by the neck:—girebān ćāk karnā, or girebān tār-tār karnā (-kā), To tear (one's) collar to pieces:—girebān-gīr, adj. & s.m. Seizing by (or (one who seizes by) the collar;—an accuser, a prosecutor, plaintiff, complainant; an apologist:—girebān-meṅ muṅh ḍālnā (apne), To look within oneself; to confess and be ashamed of (one's) faults:—girebān-meṅ hāth ḍālnā (-ke) = girebān pakaṛnā, q.v.