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tile, the jot has been sub-let, and so the word has come to mean) a tenure the 

 lands of which are sub-let to cultivating raiyats, Jess. ; Pub. Note. This word 

 is probably not Sanskrit but indigenous; see Journal of the Bengal Asiatic 

 Society, 191 1, p. 486, note 9. The grant discussed there is a genuine one. 



C^rs^t^, s., cutting paddy close below the ears. Mid. 



rM'^mU (also written C^t^?t<I ; C^t^-j-Pers. ;b holding), s., the owner of a jot (in all the 

 meanings of this word). 



*C®?t^, s., a labourer, cooly : C^R •«Itf^C^ to earn one's living by manual labour : (M^ 

 ^fi^C^ to make up a labourer's work-account. 



C-srti^ (*C^n<s.=^1), s., moon-light, moon-shine. E. Beng. 



*C®ft^^ (C^R), adj., illuminated by the moon, moon-lit (as a night) gen. : s., moon- 

 light, Maid. 



CSffJ^tf^ (CSrRt^), adj., moon-lit. Raj. 



*C5?f^ (Pers. ;j,j force), s., force, strength, elTort ; violence, compulsion; hardihood, 

 effrontery, e.g. C^t^ ^f^ ^t^c^ to speak with a brazen face, gen. : adj., strong, 

 powerful. Maid. 



r.^\^, s., illicit sexual intimacy, liaison ( — ■sjt'Jttt). Dae. 



CSfH1 {peril, connected with C^fsit^ a trench), s., a water-channel, small nullah. Chit. 



CSrt«Tl (*C^ts1 low moist land), s., any depression in land where water settles; a watery 

 hollow or trough in land ; a channel, trench, ditch. Raj. 



C^t^?, s., jungle, Dae. (a woman's word). 



C>s?[^^ (Arab.^-^) s., the time after midday when the heat is greatest, i.e. about 2 p.m. 



(one of the times of prayer among Mohammedans). Chit. 

 ^t^1 {prob. connected with "^if^ a kinsman ; hence perh. the original meaning was a 



''brother-hood ") s., a social faction or party (in a village). Raj. 

 ^^1 :r= ;59t^1 Raj. 

 Wj, (jya), adv., exactly, precisely; e.g. 5^?[ (q.v.) ^T exactly noon. Chit. 



^f has generally the sound of jh ; but in East Bengal it is modified very nmch like 

 ^ / and is very commonly pronounced z ; e.g. ^f?!' "I understand" is pro- 

 nounced buzi ; 5nt% "the headman of a boat" mazi. 



<H^1$ (Skt. ■^ or VnZ onomatop.-{-^ as a jingle), adv., suddenly, instantaneously ; quickly. 



*<H\5, s., storm, tempest, cyclone. 2/\-Pargs. 



A\f^ (*^\5), adj., rainy; ^f\5 ^^^ the rainy season. Maid. 



^t^ {onomatop .) , s., the sound of a thing falling on the ground. 



"^m {onomatop; so also *^^ts-), s., clatter, ring (of metal). Dae. 



<K1^C^ (connected with ^1&), adv., quickly, hastily, hurriedly. Maid. 



<K?, s., after-birth. Rang. 



<H?1, adj., ^?1 -^Its^ a tiny khal, 24-Pargs. ^?1 ^f^ unfruitful paddy that has sprung 

 up self sown, Dae. 



^t%, s., any kind of litter slung on a pole, a dooly. Maid. 



