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C^t^^l (prob. from Skr. root i^m to envelop, conceal), s., a marriage veil, Jess. —The 

 diction, gives C^t^^ a veil, muffler, and derives it from Skr. ^cr^jfrijafn- a veil. 



C^^, s., cow-dung. Chit. 



C^f^, gen. ^ 



C^?rt«1. Chit. ■> (corrup. of *C^1M^ q-v.), s., a cow-shed, cow-house. 



cntTitf^. Jess. ) 



C^ftll^l (prob. from Pers. x;lj.-/ a swing, cradle), s., a ta'ziya, the structure carried 

 about by Mohammedans at the Muharram. Raj. 



C^ftWl (perhaps from Arab. ■>!')/ a large sack), s., a bag, sack. Hug. 



C^?1, s., a low reed fence to hold fodder for cattle. Jess. 



*C^t<F (prob. a shortened form of C^Wi q.v. ; compare Hindi ^W^), s., cattle, an ox or 

 cow. 



C^Wi (from C^ a cow and ^'l form), s., cattle, an ox or cow. Raj. See ^^. 



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*C^ (from Pers. J^ noise, tumult), s. (i) noise, hubbub, tumult; (2) row, disturb- 

 ance ; (3) quarrel, Sylh. 



*C^«15|t?i (from CA"^ noise and sit?? as a jingle), s., noise, tumult (gew. implying that 

 there is something wrong) ; disorder, confusion ; culpable error, reprehensible 

 mistake; mal-practice, falsification. 



C^«1C^^ (from C^P\ noise, and (Tlt^ joining, adding), s., noise, hubbub, tumult. 



C^1 (from C^ noise), s., noise, tumult ; disturbance, row, confusion. Maid. 



C^W^^ C1t«^^, s., talking, narrating, relating. Jess. 



C^t«1^^ (from CHt?! a ball ? and ^t«l a leaf), s., the name of a kind of plant (which 

 grows in the Sundarbans, and is used for coarse matting and thatching). 



C'^rfc«1t<F C^^ (prob. wrongly for C^^C^N), s., cyclone, storm-wave. Bak. 



C^W (from Skr. aft^iJ^t a religious mendicant, ascetic ; and Hindi ^mi a saint, the 

 deity), s., an honorary title for Brahmans; a saint, holy person, gen. ; a god or 

 demon of the forest (among Santals), Maid. 



C^^ (prob. Pers. l::-s^ going around), s., touting for business, seeking for customers. 

 gen. 



C^^^ (from C'nt>^)=C^tf^<I1. 24-Pargs. 



C^^Wf^ (perhaps from Pers. e:^^f flesh, and termin. ;!_, possessing), adj., well-deve- 

 loped in body (as a man), stout, full in figure, Jess. 



Cntf^ (from C^t^) = C^^^1. 24-Pargs. 



C^t%¥l (prob. from Pers. Ul^i^f a collector of market dues, and ^^::^ii^^ going around), 



s., an agent who travels about to purchase (articles of trade for his master), a 

 commercial agent. Rub. 



C^Tt^^ = C^^, q.v., gen. 



C^t^t«1 (prob. from c^ a cow and *ft«n a hall, room), s., a cow-shed, cow-house, gen. — 

 Note : the diction, gives c^t^t«ft and derives it from (.% and ^t^, but does not 

 give ^t^, and there is no such word applicable to such a derivation as far as I 

 know, in Bengali, Sanskrit or any other North Indian language. 



0*511^= cnt^H q-v., gen. 



