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sandy land, thali, n.f. ; crest of a sand hill, tibd n.m.,tibbd 7 

 n.m.; (9) hard land full of limestone nodules, kakerld or 

 kakreld, adj.; (10) unirrigated land, brdru, bdngru, adj.; 

 (11) dry land of Hissar, Bikanir and such like, bdgar, 

 n.m.; bdgri or bdgru, adj.; (12) soil that is soft, having 

 borne an unirrigated rabi crop, especially gram, umrd, 

 n.m. ; (13) soil that is hard from having borne a kharif 

 or irrigated rabi crop, tdpar, n.f.; (14) soil ploughed in 

 Bhddon and left ready for spring crop, bhadwdr, n.m. ; (15) 

 bare ground outside dbddi, where cattle stand, etc., gord, 

 n.m.; (16) bare ground rou.xd a tree or platform, santar, 

 santal, n.m. ; (17) high ground formed by excavation round 

 a tank, pal, n.m. ; (18) high bare ground from which drain- 

 age goes into a tank, uprdhan, n.f . ; (19) saline soil, kalar, 

 kdlar, n.m. ; shot , n.m. ; ran, n.m. 



Landowner, (1) with a share in the common property of the 



village, bisweddr, n.m. ; (2) an outsider who has been given 

 land in the village, but has no share in the common pro- 

 perty, bhaunbhdi, n.m. 



Lapwing, tatiri, n.f. (the red- wattled lapwing or ' did you do it 



of the Anglo-Indian). 



Large « baddd 



last vear but one, prar 



ke sal. Next but two in either direction, parld, adj. 

 Late, and bar, adv. ; late sown, backward, held, adj. ; pachheta, 



adj. 



Lateness, war, n.f. 



Latter, pdchhld, adj. 



Laughter, hdnsi, n.f. 



Law (in), one's own child's parents-in-law, sambandhi, n.m.; 



sambandhan, n.f. ; this is the relationship which the parents 

 of the husband and wife bear to each other — cf. Mother-in- 

 law, Father-in-law, Relation, etc. 



Lay, to, land, v.a. — this is apparently a local form of lagdna. 



Laziness, dlkas, n.m. 



Leader, the leader pair of bullocks in a cart, beli, n.m. ; jorya, 



n.m. The word dhori, which is the wheeler pair, is used 

 metaphorically for a leader of men. 



Leaf, pat, n.m.; dried leaves of gram used as fodder, khar, 



n.m. ; of mung, moth and urd, pdtti, n.f. ; top leaves of the 



See also under 



fodder and zizyphus. 

 Learner, sikhdar, adj. (e.g. of a bullock leai 

 Least . at, albat, adv. 

 Leather, chdm, n.m. 

 Left (not right), khabbd, adj. ; aula, adj. 

 Leisure, ulgds, n.f., at leisure, nifrdm, adj. 

 Leisured, nifrdm, adj. 

 Leisurely, sahj : adj. 



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