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*^^, s., uncultivated grass-land, pasturage ( = c^N). 



5^ (from *5^^^ttCi to knead dough, to temper clay), adj., trampled, trodden down. 



Jess. 

 5j| ( = *^$ and *5tf), s., gunny cloth, sack-cloth. Maid. 

 5l% (no doubt connected with *W5^ and W^ a sparrow, and *f5|^?n a bird), s., the 



yellow oriole or mango-bird ; called also ^s^J? f5t%¥l. Chit. 

 5\5 (or 5<P ? = *5t^ a boat-pole ; perhaps connected with f^ a switch, thin stick), s., 



a bamboo pole for pushing (a boat) along, a punting pole ( = «lft). Jess. 

 pfQ Tf*!, s,, the front part of a boat. Raj. 

 ^fh ^^^, s., the idol-house in a private dwelling. 

 5^ (corrup. of 53?). i?a/. 

 53?, s., the quadrangle formed by houses on all four sides of the court-yard (^f^) 



Raj. 

 5C9 (corrup. of *5f?;if), s., behaviour, conduct. Jess. 

 5^1, adj., like, similar. Raj. 

 5^ (see p^), s., partial unconsciousness, partial loss of one's senses; e.g. 5^t «itf?fri 



he half lost his senses. Raj. 

 5S?:?t^, a very large kind of snake. Jess. 

 *5^^t? (55 -H^), s., a silver waist-chain (worn by women), gen.; 5t? ^^t? 55ft? a 



quadruple-chained chandrahar, Jess. 

 5^«1, s., heav}^ bamboo spear with a detachable barbed point. Sylh. 

 5?, s., any land formed in a river, whether above or below the surface of the water; 



an alluvial bank, a sand-bank, an alluvial island ; a shoal — Note: the diction. 



gives 5^ with these meanings ; but according to all my experience the word is 



5?, and Forbes gives the Hindi word as =^^. Note. It is probably indigenous ; 



see Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, 1911, p. 488. The grant is genuine. 

 5?1 (from 5?), adj., consisting of char, alluvial; characterized by char, shallow. 

 5^1 (from 5?), s., an expanse of alluvial math or open land which has accreted to 



other land ; an expanse of fields, a math. Raj. 

 5?t*l, s., key. Raj. 

 5<F see 5^ . 

 55?!^ (?the slapping-place, from Skt. '^^z the open palm of the hand), s., the buttock. 



Bog. 

 W\ (prob. from Skr. root "^w; to chew; and connected with *^^t5l the jaw, and *C5t^(tf^ 



the jaw-bone), s., the jaw ; the cheek. Raj. 

 5«1 (fr. 5WI ?). s., a bamboo fishing-spear with divergent prongs, Tip. ; heavy bamboo 



spear with a detachable barbed point, Sylh. 

 5sn, s., wood, timber. Dae. 

 5f5l? (corrup. of *5t<P?), s., a servant. Chit. 

 5t^lt (corrup. of *5t?^ft), s., service; domestic service. Chit. 

 5tt, s., a basket-work fish-trap. Tip. ; Chit. 

 5tt?;-s (perhaps corrup. of ]5]fw.~s from 5t«l a thatched roof), v. a., to thatch or roof with 



sail grass. Jess. 



