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26. JosepH Arar Kanturart.—Kantu is said to be a 
Musalman name (? Kandu). Atdai signifies that the boy is des- 
cended from a man who was an eight months’ child. 
27. Pocua Kuatraspart.—For Pocha vide No. 5. Khaita 
is the Bengali (41261), a dwarf Locally it seems to be used, like 
Pocha, as a charm against the evil eye. 
28. Fetvu Kortasart—Felu isa Musalman name  Koila 
is a nickname meaning ‘ charcoal,’ or ‘a coal-black person’ (ef. 
No. 23). 
29. Martin Saumastisart.—The boy’s homestead is said 
to be a large one and the name may therefore mean simply 
‘big house,’ (Bengali 74%). 
30, Joun Turkucr.—Turkuli was alternately said either 
to be a Musalman name; or ‘a big worm that lives in mud.’ 
My Musalman servants did not however recognise either, nor 
had the local Sub-Inspector of Schools ever heard before of such 
a word as ‘Turkuli. Father Altenhofen subsequently wrote: 
‘The question of Turkuli I solved simply by telling the school 
children to bring me that ‘worm.’ I got a number of a very 
common insect, which always flies round the lamp in the 
evening, especially in January and February.” 
31. Mott TateasiyaBart.—For Moti vide No. ll. The 
homestead name signifies that formerly a big palm tree (ofa 18 
Tal gach) stood near it. A similar name is seen in the next boy 
in the register Laurence Tetulgasiya-bari, whose home is near a 
big tamarind tree (cS¥ai +12). 
32. Kana Buocatrpart—Kanai is a typical Hindu 
name, being one of the names of Krishna. ogai was said to 
be a corruption of Bhagirath, the name of a Hindu ancestor. 
3. Fetv Kuavpartapart.—Felu is a Musalman name 
vide No. 28. Khalparia bari is so called because the homestead 
is situated on the bank (par) of a Khal (water channel). 
34. Juma DunDaRrBari.—The first name is probably a Mu- 
salman name, though if it representsa Christian name it stands 
forJames. The Christians suggested at the time of my inspec- 
tion of the register that Dunda was from the word meaning the 
scoop (made from a hollowed-out palm tree) that is employed 
to lift water from one field to another (<7t¢ donda). I after- 
wards learnt that dunda is the local name for a quarrelsome 
woman. As the joint family system is still observed by these 
Christians, there are often many women in one bari, and if they 
habitually quarrel, neighbours soon get to call the house 
Dunda-bari, the bari of the quarrelling women. 
35. SnuKu- Narrasart.—For Shuku vide No. 20(a). 
Nairabari is said to be derived from Nar, a Musalman name. 
- Francis Dayat Duxnatpart.—The boy’s grand- 
father who was called Dukhai (from 3:4 sorrow) is said to have 
become a disciple of a Fakir and when he returned to the 
Christian fold, the priest is said to have suffixed to his name 
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