VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 



By F. E. Pargiter, M.A. 



^^^ (corrupt, of ^•^), adv., now, at the present time. Chit. 



W^^ (from ^ negative and <Pti&f:s, to cut), adj., uncut, unfelled (as jungle) ; so primi- 

 tive, virgin, thick-grown (as forest). Raj. 



:^^, q.v. E. Beng. 



*^^ (Skt. past part, ^m, anointed), adj., soft, flaccid, weak, sickly. Maid. 



^•^IjtiT f^i\^ (perhaps from ^t^ + ^lt^ s.,) first day of a month. Jess. 



-scvfTl <Flll?rs, v.n., to go to stool. Chit. 



*^lffff^t (Skt., receiving gifts first), s., a low class of brahmans to whom presents are 



first made at a feast. Jess. 

 ^s/jlf^ (prob. from ^~r-^ wonderful), adv., inexplicably, unaccountably; unexpectedly, 



suddenly. Raj. [The diet, gives with this meaning ^^jftft and ^t^'?!^ and 



the derivation ^t^ + ^_-o:£ which seems doubtful.] 

 *^fs (Skt., exceedingly), adv., exceedingly, very much ; e.g. <!it^\5t?f ^f^ (the mosquitoes) 



bite terribly. Bak. 

 *^l1%^t^ (Skt.), s., diarrhoea ; dysentery ; cholera. E. Beng. 

 '^Q<{ (corrupt, of Skt. '^<1^Z), adv., together, in one place. Chit. 

 W.^ — ^l'^, q.v., Chit. 



^^^ (*"5I^^j endless), s., a kind of armlet. 24-Pargs. and gen. 

 '^^t.^ {vulg. for "si^t^ttC^l loc., without effort), adv., easily. Hug. 

 *^^5, s., interval; distance; e.g. '^W.^, he., at a distance. 

 ^'iQ^?! (from ^ negative and ^'g^ a settlement), adj., not leased out, unleased 



(applied to land). 

 ^''[?11 (corrupt, of ^l^tf), s., afternoon. Jess. 

 ^<R;«^\f3 (from Skt. wsr^, to shake out), s., a system of medicine which consists in the 



use of magical, drastic and dangerous drugs and remedies. Raj. 

 wm\^ (prob. ^ negative and <I^?I, affection), s., dislike, revulsion from love. Jess. 

 '*^{^]p\, s., exercise, practice; habit, course of conduct. Raj. Accustoming babies to 



bear the heat of the sun by laying them out in the sun. 2^-Pargs. 

 ^'^'^, adv., off and on, occasionally. Maid. 

 ^^ {^f:m through *^*ri ?), s., wild buffalo. Chit. 

 *^f*0, v.n., to light upon, fall upon, accrue. Bak. 



