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^"hrl, s., din expanse of fields, a math. Jess. 



^t^ ( = *#t^1, from Skt. ^^tif, the shoulder), s., a raised edge or rim, a bank. 



^t^1 (from the above), adj., high, well-raised (applied to land). Bak. 



^tf% (from Skt. m^, the shoulder), s., the shoulder. Jess. 



*^t1 (prob. from Skt. ^^, manner of acting, practice), s., pretence, feigning, shamming. 



Jess. 

 *<Ff*fv5, cloth. ^H^ C5t^v5 (a jingle), clothes. 

 ^^t'^ (prob. from l^, a jacket, gown), s., a chapkan. Dae. 

 ^t^, a(i/., ill, sick, unwell. Jess. 

 *<Ft^ (corrup. of Skt. ^ffif), s., act, deed ; affair, business, gen. Intercour.se between a 



man and woman, cohabitation. Dae. 

 ^t^lf^ (^5|v5, a bite), s., colic. CM. 

 ^t^?f'^, s., a cocoon-shaped amulet-ornament. Jess. 

 '^\W\\, s., a thatcher. Dae. 



^t^lttC^, y.a., to get one's self shaved (by another). Sylh. 

 ^M^, s., land kept by a landlord in his own possession and cultivation ; a place of 



occasional residence near a person's lands. Raj.; Maid. 

 ^5)tf% (from ^5(t^), a^/., attached to a kamat ; s.^^t^lt^. Maid. 

 <Ft^1 (from Skt. ^rt^^ the body), s., the penis. Maid. 

 ^'H, s., a machan or platform in the middle of a house. Dae. 

 ^tf? (connected with ^lt%r.^?), adj., severe, grievous (applied to blows and wounds). 



E. Beng. 

 <Pt^s1 (corrup. of Urdu;^K a heifer ?), s., a heifer. Chit. 

 ^P\\ (from Skt. ^\m), adj., black, blue-black. Used idiomatically to express age and 



mature development; e.g. ^t«11 ^f^^l, s., old grass. Chit. <Pt«n ^^«1, dense high 



forest. Sundarbans. 

 ^tf^^1 (*^«1J), adv. (i) yesterday. Chit. (2) to-morrow. Chit. 

 t^flpw, s., pickle prepared from unripe mangoes. 2/\-Pavgs. 

 ^tf^C^ (from *^t^, cough), v.n., to cough, clear the throat. 

 ^f^, adj., thatched ; having a roof of thatch. Raj. '^^k ^^, an open thatched shed, 



Dae. A thatched hut. Chit. 

 *^^tf%^ (from Arab. J^l^, languid, sick ; and JjI*, subdued), adj., weak ; weary, fatigued, 



exhausted, gen. Sick, unwell, Jess. ; subdued, defeated. Chit. 

 f^^xs {loc. case of pron. f%), adv., in what place ? where ? Chit. 

 f^^t^l, s., discovery, clue. Maid. 

 f%<rl, s., small metal box or casket. Maid. 



'[k^l^ (corrup. of C#^1tC^ q.v. ?), v.n., to cry or moan with pain. Jess. 

 t%<rtC?l, adv., for what reason ? why ? Tip. 



f^^l (corrup. of f^lf^), s., a ploughman ; a day-labourer. Jess. 

 f^\ (prob. corrup. of f% «Tt^1 and ^ ^ ), adv., for what reason ? why ? C/^z7. 



f%^j:^lfl, s., elbow. C/^?7. 



T^i;^==f^-«^lt, q.v. ; "^ t%(:?| ^ ^1t<J, why did you not come ? C/m7. 



