parattai (p. 297) s. A harlot, strumpet, prostitute, courtezan, as பரஸ்திரி. 2. A shrub. the shoe-flower. See செம்பரத்தை; [ex பர.] பரத்தையிற்பிரிவு, v. noun. [in love poet.] Forsaking one's wife for a harlot. 13) *