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^«ltf% (from -^US, to eat), s., food. 



^ (from Skt. ^ittct excavated ; a ditch ; from root 15^, to dig), s., any excavated place, 



a pit ; a ditch. 

 ^, s., a quantity of land, — 16 pakhis. Maim. 



1tW^1 ^5^1, adj., rough, uneven, having elevations and depressions. Jess. 

 *'^m (from Skt. root ^i^r, to dig), s., a pit, hole; pond, pool; a ditch, drain; a hollow 



place, a depression (in the ground). 

 ■«ltf^ (from "^It^i;^, to eat), s., eating ; consuming, using (as water). Chit. 

 •«(t1% (from Skt. root ^a'sr, to dig; compare -^1%), s., an instrument for making a hole 



through an earthen floor (in house-breaking), Chit. ; =*f3is(^ttl. 

 ■«tt^ (prob. from Skt. root i?^, to dig), s,, a hole or ditch containing water. Jess. 

 ■*rWtU5 {causal of ^C^), v. a., to feed, graze (cattle). Chit. 

 ■^tt^, s., a small earthen pot. Raj. 



*^^^, s., sealing of a letter. Diction; an envelope (of a letter), Ra]. 

 *■^^■^ (from Pers. xl^i*-* sl^^), a^y., nolens volens ; unexpectedly, suddenly ; without 



cause, for no reason; vaguely, on mere guess. 

 *^t5lt^, s., a threshing-floor. Diction.; a place where paddy is collected and threshed 



(hence -^ttsrt^ ^, a house where paddy is threshed and stored, Hug. ) ; but generally 



land kept by an owner in his own possession and cultivation : in E. Beng. land 



which a raiyat cultivates at a distance from his home ; and •^W'^\^ <rff^ (or ^?) a 



hut near such land where a raiyat puts up during the tilling and reaping 



seasons. 

 ^^Wf^, s., a kind of chain-buckle. How. 



^f? (connected with *'«It^ ; see -^IPlt), s., kind of fish-basket. 

 *^ (prob. from *-«itf^ q-v.), s. (i) a channel, stream of water, gen. ; (2) a creek or 



tidal water-course, gen. ; (3) any stream or river. Chit. 

 ■^, s., skin, hide (?). Chit. 



■^rfslt (connected with *'^t^^ ; see •«rtt%), s., a fish-basket. Pub. 

 ^tf*t^1, s., a large tubular bracelet, sometimxcs fluted. Raj. ; Maid. 



^11^1 (from Arab. c/cU. excellent), a^/., good, excellent, e.g. -^rf^il mt? a good breeze. 



Maid, 

 f^^, s., rough stitching, tacking together (as cloth, before sewing it properly). Raj. 

 ^v\ (=:*f^?i; Skt. fif^, uncultivated land), adj., uncultivated, fallow. Bak. 

 f[^ (from *l|^i:«, to dig), s., a tank, pond. Maid. 

 *'ff\5U^, v.a., to dig; excavate, hollow out. Chit. 

 ^, s., kind of pot. Jess. 

 ^] { = *f^])^ s., a peg, tent-pin. 



"1^ (==*'ftf), s., a wooden post (of a house). Jess. ; i^a/. 

 %tl ( — *(^"*ntl), s., an up-country man. 

 ■^ (same as Hindi 'irft), s., a small bag; a purse, Jess, -^f^ it«Tl, a bag of strong 



cloth, Jess. ; a purse, Dae. 

 ^ (Pers. I^), s., God. -^^i ^^^tftf^ liter. God's court; Mse(^ as an adjuration, in the 



presence of God, calling God to witness. Jess. 



