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^'^^ (from Pers. ;U^ passing on, forwarding), «^/., published, notified, made known. 



Chit. 

 *^§?1, s., the stubble left after cutting san or thatching grass. Chit. 

 ^\ (prob. from *5sto to roll up, collect), s., the vegetation pulled up in a bil (marsh) 



and laid in lines upon, and to form, ails. Jess. 

 5it^, particle, affixed to numerals, to particularize them; e.g. (^f^ pf»f ten. Jess. 

 53\5 (prob. same as C^^5 q.v.), s., the heel. 



^\5 {pronounced gura), s. , powder, anything reduced to powder, ash. Jess. 

 <S\51 powder, an}- pulverized substance. Raj. 

 5S^ pulp, soft substance. Jess. 

 5S5, adj., stout, thick (as a plank). Raj. 

 %'=\ (from Pali and Skr. jftuft a sack; the diction, gives it erroneously as ^J^), s., a 



sack, a gunny bag. 

 ^^f^ (from *5i)1 a rope), adj., relating to a towing-rope ; 5jf^ ?t^1, a towing-path. Pnh. 

 5Sf%\5 (corrup. of *^f^s, to count), v.a., to count, reckon up. 

 ^\5l ( = *^'3) s., a thrust, poke, push (with something). 

 5S^?1 (from Pers. \)\dS a ferry), s., a ferry. Tt/). 

 ^f^, s., a ferry. Khul. 

 -5jf^, s., a wisp (of straw). Maid. 

 ■^^ (from ^^ concealed), 5., a dark lantern. Dae. 

 ^Td particle ; see ^^1. 



5J^1 (from Skr. root 3j to void excrement), s., the anus. .Sog'. See C^t^l. 

 551t«1 (corrup. of -^^), s., spittle, saliva. Raj. 



^sTl ^sjl, s., a cultivator's holding paying a produce rent. 2^-Pargs. 

 ^f^, s., fisherman. Maid. 

 isfi (for *C^rt^), s., family, kindred. 



•ftu^ (prob. onomatop.), w.w., to groan, moan. 24-Pargs. 

 ■^^1 (from *'>] ordure and •?rttc^ to eat), s., one who eats ordure or filth. C. Beng. 



♦^^'J, s., a house-holder, gew. ; a husband (women's word), Sundbn. ; a husbandman, 



a settled cultivator of land, gen. 

 ^J^ft^ (from ^5"^), s., the position or status of a settled cultivator of land (who has 



land and a plough of his own). Raj. 

 ^'ft (from ^?'?), s., the status of a settled cultivator of land. E. Beng. 

 rj^^ (:=*C*?fsfj1 and Hindi Hf^-^n ; perhaps from Pers. ^'xf a treasury), s., a purse, a small 



bag. i^ay. See cstf^^t 

 C^|^1 (from ^ a tree), s., a man who taps date- trees. 

 C?ffsf?rl=C'>fsr. 24-Pargs. 



c.^fw, s., a loosely-woven elastic vest or jacket. 24-Pargs. 

 C^\U5 = 'n-\^m, q.v.. Raj. 

 CTsTtl (from Eng. 'glass'), s., any drinking vessel shaped like a tumbler; 6w^ generally, 



a brass tumbler. 

 C^!5I1 ( = ^^1), s., the anus. C^«(1 5itf?R75 to commit sodomy (with ace). Dae. 



