VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 333 



^^, s., white ant. E. Beng. 



*^5WC^, v.n., to be reversed ; ^sT^1 f^^, the following day, next day. Maid. 



^=T^C<s (cans, of ^clf^C^s}, v. a., to overturn, upset. Chit. 



(corrupt, of '8^, a plant ?), s., a kind of vegetable. E. Beng. See ^55t. 



^^, s., a machan or raised place in a house for placing paddy-baskets. Chit. 

 ^^—^"t. Chit. 



^ff (corrup. of ^'S and ^S , an otter), s., an otter. E. Beng. 

 ^W\, adj., straight and upright (applied to a cow's horns). Chit. 



^WS {loc. case, corrup. from '^W, the thigh), adv., up to the thigh, as high as the 

 thighs. E. Beng. 



'4^, s., a low caste, partly Mohammedan but chiefly Hindu, which deals in hides, 

 makes shoes, etc. E. Beng. 



^, the letter e. At the beginning of certain words, such as ^^, 'Sfs, 'J\^'^, etc., it has 

 the sound of the last vowel in the word ^^]] (a daughter) ; this is especially the 

 case in and around Calcutta. 



^■^ ^s:f ^t? {lit., one or half a time), once or so, very rarely. Raj. 



til<p ^t*^t^ {^^ and jloil ), adj., made at one throw, made as a whole, e.g. '^<p ^j^tsr 

 ^f?^, a general measurement (of a large area) at once. 



^^■*ttCT (^<P and tiU^, to eat), adv., joint in food, (living) in commensality. Tip. 



lil^ cit^tf?[ (^^ and «1t^if?, q-v.), adv., continuously, consecutively. Raj. 



>il^^^ (corrupt, of ^^'^), adv., in one place, together. 



^^ (from l£|^, one), adj., adherent, touching, contiguous. Raj. 



^f%^^ (corrup. of ^^Zi), adv., in one place, together. 



^'^^'\ (from Pers. iS^iS^., kindred), s., a kinsman, an agnate relation. Raj. 



^^^ (corrup. from ^f^, the front), adv., in front. 24-Pargs. 



lil^SI (pronounced eda ; prob.^-^"^, this), a particle used during hesitation. Jess. 



*vil^l (from ^f^C^, to loosen, relinquish), adj. (i) untethered, free, roaming at pleasure ; 

 Jess.; (2) slightly open, ajar (as a door). Raj.; [(3) of thin make, of a single thick- 

 ness (as matting). Chit. See l^^1]. 



^^SttCS (t^f^C^), v.a , to let off, let go, set free, e.g. C^^ "^5 fwr.«1 ^^t<r, if any one gives 

 (him) a bribe, he lets him off. Bak. 



^ilf^Cs (==^tf^(;3, q.v.), v.a., to ward off, etc. Maid. 



lilf^C^, v.a., to put, place, keep. Chit. 



^l^, adv., to this place, here. Chit. 



i^fs^t^, adv., now. 



^\IQ { = ^Us; prob. loc. case of li), "in this"), adv., with: e.g. C^srl^ ^C^, with you. 



