VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 347 



C^5l (from C^t5l q.v.), adj., dug, cut, broken up, Jess. C^lt^l ^C^, to dig a thing into 

 the ground (so as to feel what is beneath), Chit. 



C^(?1 (same as foregoing), s., an abrasion of the skin. Bog. 



C^rt^l, s., a large cane-basket. 24-Pargs. See •^. 



C"^? (Pers. J^.^ self, own), s., (a raiyat's) own homestead land. Raj. 



C-«lt^^? (Arab./ ^/^), Haughton gives C^Tf^^t? as "the person among the Moham- 

 medans who performs the ceremony of circumcision." 



C-^rt^ (same as Hindi wt"^), s., a recess (e.g. ^tf?i c^^tt^ the box-like recess at the bottom 

 of a carriage, where the feet are placed) ; a chamber, a room, Jess. ; a corner 

 (e.g. C'^\Z'^<[ i^«¥tt a small off-verandah) ; side, direction. Bog. 



*C"^^1, s., a small stone cup. Raj. 



c-^=*cm\. Raj. 



*C>^, the bowl of a hukka. Jess. 



*C'«rf«11 (from tf^C^, to open), adj., open, free, unobstructed; C"*ft«n ^, an open shed; 

 CttsTl ?lf^, a ban unenclosed, a bari open on all sides; C^t^Tl ^, adj., having eye- 

 brows that do not unite. 



*C'^1 (same as foregoing), s., any open space; an open space in a bari, the court- 

 yard, ( = ^tf^^1). Raj.; a threshing floor (:r:-?irr1), Raj.: a site, a place, e.g. ^1^ 

 C^lPW, the site of a liat, a market-place ; C"*t^ C"*lt«l1 the open field, a field. 



*C'^sTl, s., a tile. C-^lfsTt? ^^, a tiled hut. 24-Paygs. 



^ This letter is often confused with ? in Midnapore and Orissa, especially at the be- 

 ginning of words. 



^^^f C^ (either a causal from Skt, root jtt, to go, or a corrup. from Pers. root jS.^ to 

 pass over, to elapse), v.a., to pass, spend (time) ; to live. Bak. 



^f?, s., a branch stuck into the ground to form the upright of a fence, a fence-post. 

 Dae. 



^5^ ( = *^t»f), s., making over, consigning, entrusting. Raj. 



^t^ (from *?tfK entrusting, depositing), adj., deposited, entrusted ; ^t#t ^1^, 

 land leased out by an indigo factory to a raiyat on the agreement that he is to 

 cultivate indigo on it for the factory (while he may grow any crop besides for 

 himself). Jess. 



■^f^ll, s., a purse. Raj., 24-Pargs. 



*^, s., a mixture; a medium, an average, gen. ; ^U5 adv., on the average; also in- 

 dicates precision, ^^ ^t, two precisely, 24-Pargs. 



*nv5C^ (see 'nf^r?), loc. case of verbal noun ^rs^l ? 



^v5l (prob. connected with ^v5 a ditch, and Hindi jt^t, to be sunk in the earth — which 

 come prob. from Skt. jt^ a hole, a cave), s., a place (in a bari) where cattle are 

 kept ; a raised earthen feeding-trough (in a bari) for cattle. Raj. 



*^\5t*1 (garana), adj., sloping or shelving downwards (as a canal-bank). 24-Pargs. 



*^f^U5 (prob. from Skr. root Ji^^^to distil, to run as a fluid), v.n., to roll, gen. ; to reel, 

 to stagger, Jess. .■ to decline, sink, e.g., C^^] ^f^<f1 C^^, the day had begun to 



