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^4] {=^W\, q.v.) a man who cultivates land under a karsa raiyat. Bak. 

 f*^, s., slaughter, killing (of cattle). Ptib. 

 ^^, s., a plum ; ^«1 ^tf , a plum tree. Jess. 



*^=^^j ddj., relating to a family ; ^^^" c^, (with Pers. yf, speaking), s., a person who 

 keeps village genealogies, a ghatak. Raj. 



# (connected with Pers. aJ^', the head ?), s., the skull. The diction, gives ^^t 



^*f?, s., sugar-cane. Jess. 



^*tt^?, s., sugar-cane. Raj., Chit. 



^C*(«1, s., sugar-cane. Chit. 



^»Ut? ( = ^*ftt^), s., sugar-cane. Chit. 



^fl ( = .;!:(;^t^)^ s.^ a written horoscope. Chit. 



^^1 (perhaps = *^% a well) s., a small pond. Chit. 



^$ i2:f*f, (from Skt. ^z, a trick, puzzle, and ^fsf, a question), s., examination of a party's 



witness by the adverse party, cross-examination. 

 ^^, s., toll Dae. 

 ^^1#t (from ^Jfi, blue, and ^#1;, a bird), s., the blue jay ; used facetiously by 



Hindus for " a fowl," when they eat it contrary to their strict rules. Raj. 

 C^^t^n^ (connected with *C<Pt^t(;^ ; prob. onomatop.) v.n., to cry or moan in pain. 

 C^^ttc^ ( = C#^ttC^). Dae. 

 C^5], s., spear. 24-Pargs. 

 C^ {pron. C^ with affix $1), pron. who ? Jess, (where it is used generally instead of 



C^W\^, s., (i) a field, plot of ground; (2) used as a measure of distance. Sylh. 

 C^^ = C^^ why ? Dae. 



C^^'srl (connected with Urdu I^o-iw, a leopard ?), s., a leopard. /£;ss. ; CAzY. 

 C^^t^ (Urdu J-l/, and Beng. *^lf5), s., a door. CAzV. See C^t^^. 



C<P?tt«1 (connected with Urdu ^'^k;^, to poke, to thrust?), s., a pole-hook (for raking 

 paddy). /(?ss. 



C<P?t^, adv., obliquely, diagonally. Sundbn. 



C^m^\^, s,, quarrel, contention. Chit. 



C^f?} ytt^f^, s., clasping (one) around the body. Jess. 



C^\^^ (corrup. of *^^), s., a door. /ess. See '^]Q^. 



C^Ht^t^l = ^1%^t^1 . Maid . 



C#t5 (connected with Hindi ^=?riTT, to thrust, pierce), s., a sawing cut with a sharp 

 instrument) . 



*C^5, s., a bundle of small iron-pointed spears about two feet long tied firmly to- 

 gether at the butt ends. It is thrown down into water with a kind of twist and 

 the points spread out, so as to transfix fish, etc. Jess. 



C#tSl, s., long slender and flexible bamboo. Pab. Cp. C^l. 



C^t5l = ^51. Sylh. 



