VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 335 



S^ (pronounced kha like the Arabic^ ; corrup. of ^^), pron. , how many ? Chit. 



■^t (pronounced koi ; from Skt. pron. ^:, who, which), adv., where?, in what place? 

 It is used to express strong and contemptuous negation, e.g. ^^ ^1^1, where is 

 there a road ? there is no road at all. Chit. 



^■m], s., a clasp, fastening (in an ornament). Raj. 



^5, s., a small pile or heap (of money). Pub. 



^51 (see ^1%), s., a twig, small branch. 



<F5lf^ (prob. ^51), adj., consisting of scrub, bushy (applied to the low jungle which 

 springs up after forest has been cut down). 24-Pargs. 



^f^ (see ^1%), s., small branch, twig, switch. Chit. 



^0^^, (from -^l^^) s., a mule. Chit. 



<Fft<f^ (prob. corrup. of m.-^, a quarrel), s., a quarrel, dispute. Chtt. 



^t%<rt (corrup. of ^1^1, the liver), s., the liver. Chit. 



*^f*|3 (Skt. 5fff%^T, a bambo branch), s., a small bamboo branch, bamboo twig, gen. 

 A thin bamboo fence. H^tg. 



^^t^, s., a large kind of wild rat. Bak. 



^^^1, s., a small round box or case, Jess. A small metal box or casket. Maid. 



W-^, s., part, portion, e.g. CAU^^ ^ ^5, the east portion of the field ; ^^tu^^ C*H ^r,\5, in 

 the latter part of the month. Maid. 



^\5tt (from <^^\% a shallow iron boiler), s., a low pot with a large mouth. Chit. 



*^f^, s., an ear-ring. Raj. 



^ ^i^ (from ^fl, a necklace and J^, exchange), s., a sort of baisnab marriage, per- 

 formed by exchanging neck-garlands. 24~Pargs. 



*^«, pron., how many ?; <ps •?tJ{, ^s -^Itf^, or ^5 lij^, a^/., how much ?, of what quantity ? 

 (applied to land). C/i//. 



^ff (j>J», stature), s., stature. Dae. 



^^*I1 (^\» + ^"5l1), a(^y., how much ? Chit. 



^f^, s., a thump with the elbow, given downwards. E. Beng. 



<p5(5i,, adv. (i) interrog., whither ?; (2) indefinite, in some direction. C/?//. 



^^t^ (from ^nt^-ff^ ?), s., forehead. Dae. 



*^^\\^, s., the forehead. ^^t?l '^f^C^, w.w., to be ruined. Jess. 



^^f^-m (from ^^f^, cloth), s., a cloth-seller. Maid. 



<p<157 (Arab. i./^j', a receipt), s., receipts; documents, title-deeds. 



^¥t^ (from ^^^ jUf, a weighman), s., a broker. Z)ar, 



^5[^ ^rt^1, s., a flexible silver waist-band. How. 



^^^(J ^f^, s., a jhali made of upright split bamboos spread out and fastened to trans- 

 verse strips of bamboo. Chit. 



^?1, s., kind of silver bracelet. 



^<It^1 (from j)j>, firmness, stability), adj., firm, permanent, of long continuance (as 

 riverine land which has never been diluviated). Raj.; Maid. But in some places 

 in Maldah it has the opposite meaning " recently-formed, alluvial," 



