parṇá n. a pinion, feather (also of an arrow), wing, [RV.] &c., [Br.]; [MBh.]
a leaf (regarded as the plumage of a tree), [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. f(A). , but in N. of plants f(I). ; cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 64])
the Pān or betel leaf, [L.]
parṇá m. Butea Frondosa (a large-leaved sacred tree whose wood is used for making sacred vessels, later generally called palāśa), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Yājñ.] (-tvá n., [MaitrS.])
parṇá m. N. of a teacher, [VāyuP.] (cf. g. śivādi)
(pl.) of a people, [VP.]
of a place, [iv, 2, 145]
[According to [Uṇ. iv, 6] fr. √ pṝ. but more probably fr. a √ pṛ, orig. spṛ; cf. Lith. sparna; HGerm. varn, Farn; Angl.Sax. fearn; Eng. fern.]