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VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACU'LAR BENGALI WORDS. 363 



C|5 (fr. ctfSfTs) s., an outlet for water (e.g. from a bil). Bardh. 



Cl5lj s., coarse bamboo mat-work (used for house-walls and fences). Raj. 



CW (Skr. rt. fi^^to cut), s., a knife (for tapping date-trees). Jess. 



Cf^ (corrup. of *ft^1), s., the young (of an animal) ; a kid. 



C¥^^ (*ff^t«l), s., illicit sexual intercourse, whoredom, immorality. Raj. 



CWf^ (prob. corrup. of Skr. ■^?*ft fr. f^=^ to cut, pierce), s., a punch, awl; a chisel; a 

 punch for punching stamps, gen. : a long narrowish straight dao, Dae. 



CfH, s., refuse silk. Raj. 



C^Wt^ (Arab. c:^a.U^ folly ?), s., improper carnal intercourse. Bog. 



Cf^f\5?Il (Skr. ■^*r?!l and ^^ng a fatherless orphan), s., a child that has neither father 

 nor mother, an orphan child. Chit. 



C^'il'i^, s., the ground below the eaves of a house. Dae. 



Cf^^v51 {perh. fr. Cf^'?!! an orphan child, and then generally) s., a boy, youngster, 

 E. Beng. See wtWi. 



C^^^ (connected with C^^}?!) s., a girl, young girl. E. Beng. 



C?s11, s., an aquatic weed. Jess. 



(M^ (for *Cff?I^), s., a child. C^m cni^ children. [The diction, gives ft1^?I1 f^^ and 

 says f^f^^l is a jingle to the first word; but it no doubt = Uriya pila, a child, 

 and may very probably be connected with the Telugu pilakaya and Tamil pillei, 

 a child]. C^T^ ^\%^ a young person (boy or girl). 



^f?iH s., wandering about. Chit. 



(M'^^, s., branches and sticks thrown into water (to prevent people fishing there). 

 Chit. 



*CWt'^ youngest (among sons), see C^^. 



Cff&, s., a long (swift-going) boat. 24-Pargs. 



Cft^tCWttt {proh. fr. *^f&C"5 q.v.), s., mutual abuse. Dae. 



Cft^#l (fr. *Cft^ small; see ^^^1), s. (scih wife), the junior or inferior (of two co- 

 wives). Maid. 



C^t^'^1 (with ^Wj, adj. (a kind of paddy) grown on high land (where the inundation in 

 the rainy season hardly reaches). Jess. 



Si this letter has the sound of 7 generally throughout Bengal, except as a final (as in 

 ^T^) where it is almost universallj^ pronounced z. But in East Bengal it is very 

 commonly pronounced z in all positions and the sound of z prevails over that of 

 j in Chittagong, thus ^tf^"Iknow" is pronounced 5:a7«" ; ^-^ ''straight" iizu^ 

 Elsewhere it has a tendency to run into ^ d especially at the beginning of a word, 

 as ^'i{\^ for ^t^t^l (Pers. jU)j) a son-in-law, and these two letters are often confused 

 in that position in Midnapore and Orissa, as W^m for s?^ti(R ; ^1%!^^ for ^f^ff^^. 



s?«?t^ (Pers. ^Jy^), adj., strong (in health), hale. 24-Pargs. 



^<s^t«^ {prob. corrup. fr. *Sfri), adj. (?) ^m]^ ^im water and mire. Jess. 



