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Bengal it is pronounced s in every position, and has taken that sound so com- 

 pletely that Arabic and Persian names containing s are generally written with it, 



o 



e.g., Sallm j^JiU f^^j ; Asghar^t^^l ^tf^^ ; and similarly there is a tendency to con- 

 found initial ^ with f. 



f"«^1, s., business of thatching. 24-Pargs. 



W^?fl«1 (tfts^«1), s. (i) a child, a boy ; (2) children ; in this sense often added to f»t^. 

 W^^t«1 ■^^ the Boy-Saint, a semi-divine person believed to rule over the Western 

 part of the Sundarbans, and propitiated by Hindus and Mohammedans in order 

 to obtain immunity from tigers ; his shrine is often marked only with a flag. 

 Haughton derives fts?t«1 from f ^^^t«1 which is for W\^ -f ^t=1. 



ffl (prob. connected with *f:ft^f;^ to be set free), s., giving birth (to a child), delivery. 

 Dae. 



f^5^ ( — *f^^^), s., rolling about, tossing about (as a person in pain). 



f\5 (prob. f|%c^» to be set free), s., a thrust or lunge with a spear. 24-Pargs. 



^T5\ ( = *cft^) adj., small, little. Chit. 



*f5l {prob. jr. flic's to strew about), s. [The meaning seems to have been first "strew- 

 ing about," then "things strewn in a row," " a series," " a row or aggregate of 

 like things connected together."] : (i) the sprinkling of a house before sweeping; 

 (2) shot, small shot ; (3) a band or string (of articles, especially ornaments) as 

 "itf^sr?! f ^ and ^'^ ¥^1 ^tf^^r a band of tabizes ; and so (4) often pleonastically or to 

 give definifeness, as 51^ f\5l C^t& four gots (waist chains), gen ; (5) a waist-chain, 

 Jess ; (6) a bunch of plaintains, gen. 



f\51, s., a small river, stream or canal. Chit. 



fv5t^ {for *Cf'^5t^), s., a key. Jess. 



fv5t^ = W^5t^. Jess. 



^Q^ ( = *^y.f[)^ s., a division or separate portion of a ban. Raj. 



+ W, s., roof. 



^ l^^), s., a kind of bracket shaped like half a bauti, Jess. ; ?,*t^1 = Hindi ^'f^^ the 



waist ; the dictiony. gives cHl51 the waist, and derives it from Pers. <^j the 

 claws, but it seems doubtful. 



fi^^l (prob. for c^\*{ c*(H1 a gold-washer), s., a worker in precious metals. Dae. 



ftt ^fi, s., one's self and all one's family, one's self and all one's male and female re- 

 latives. Jess. 



ftfs (for * ttfs), s., the eaves of a thatched house. Chit. 



*^WJ^, v.a. (i) to cover, cover over ; (2) to roof, to thatch ; (3) to put anything over 

 as a cover (as a skin over a drum, cane- work in a chair.) 



ftt^ (Arab. JjU a mendicant), s., a Mohammedan priest who lives on charity. 



n^ ( = *^1 from *»tt<l^ the young of an animal), adj., young, not full grown (vulg.) 

 Khul. 



*f#f^, s., the skin (of a drum). 



^t$, s., the outskirts or appurtenances of a bari. Tip. 



