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*^rt^ (from ^^, athwart, across), s., a cross-rafter (in a thatched roof), gen. A cross- 

 bar in the frame of a bullock-cart, Ra]. A partition, fence, Dae. 

 «rN, s., small embankment of a bari. Chit. The side, bank (of a tank). Howr^ 

 ^srN, 5., jungle, thicket. Bog. 

 ^\S1 ^5|t1% (from ^tv5, across), a^iy., across, athwart, gen. Crossing directly (as a direct 



road). Jess. 

 ^t1%, s., a large basket for storing paddy. Raj. 



i>rtf^^ (from ^srt^, across ?), v. a., to ward off, parry; to guard. Maid. 

 ^rtfr?n = ^t1^¥l, Jess. 



*^^, s., term of duty, spell of work (as of a pilot between two places). Raj. 

 ^v5\51, s., ditch, trench. Raj. 

 ^^ (from ^^, an egg ?), s., a ball of mud (used by children in play) ; a billiard ball, 



hence ^«^1 ^?[, a billiard room, 

 ^rft^ (from ^"^^j the knee ?) ^tf (in grafting), the stem which carries the graft, tiug. 

 ^rr«t?, s., furrow made by a plough. Jess. 



^srt^f^ ?st-:sf^^ (corrup. of ^^^ ^^^ ) s,, convulsive movements, spasm. Jess. 

 ^rt^ttCs (from ^, the hand ?), v. a., to feel with the hand. Dae. 

 ^t«t^, s., vagina, pudenda. Bog. 

 *^rt^? (Skt. ^Errg?:), adj., sick; ^^ '^^, a woman's lying-in chamber, confinement 



room. Jess. 

 ^Q?, s., the throwing (of a missile), hurling (of a spear). Sylh. 



^rf?^t1% (corrupt, of '^}\^, enmity), s., enmity, strife; quarrel, dispute. Cent. Beng. 

 ^Tf^ (prob. from ^rt1%, beginning ; first, prior), adj., real, genuine, true, Raj. Principal 



(as rent, excluding all cesses and exactions). Jess.; Bak. 

 ^rt?t^, s., low jungle, scrub, under- wood. Raj. 

 ^srtf^ (from ^*n, half), s., the system of cultivating land by which the cultivator and 



his landlord get half the produce each. TV. Beng. 

 ^f*f?t^ (from ■5ftf*f-|- ;lj ), s., the cultivator in the ddhi system. A^. Beng. 

 ^rft%t^ = ^rtlwt?. J alp. 



^rlf^ C^t«Tt^, s., a holdk (q.v.) without the pendants. Chit. 

 ^^ftsf, s., dysentery. Chit. 



^rt^t^ ( = ^t^'fsf)^ adv., about, nearly, approximately. Tip. 

 *^{;^t«1^, s., general talk, rumour, gossip. 



-sn^'^n (^1 negative and ^^l, a path), s., a place where there is no path. 

 *^1^, pronoun., genit. case, one's own ; used commonly as [i) equivalent to ^in^t??! 



in describing brothers and sisters and (2) excluding cousins; e.g. ^t^ ^»tt, one's 



own full brother. 

 "^TtC^rt^ ; '5|tT:'*rt<I f^«1 ^tr^, to be compromised, be settled amicably (as a law suit). 

 ^rt<rti^ (from oL>'^ cultivated), s., cultivation of waste or forest land, gen. : the initial 



rent-free period in a lea.se for reclaiming jungle land, Bah. (especially by the 



Mags). 

 ^^rRf^^ (from ^ prep, and ^, speech), adj., quarrelsome. Chit. 

 ^rf?t^ ?f^, s., bullock. Dae, 



