VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 371 



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^ This letter is always pronounced th ; but after a vowel has a tendency towards dh ; 

 espec. in E. Beng., e.g. udhan for ^^t^ " a courtyard." 



^f^C'® {proh. jr. "^f^ stopped, debarred), v.a., to lose, fail in, be unsuccessful in (a 

 thing). Jess. 



M^ {corrup. of '^tCT in a place) (i) adv., in a place ; used with the pronom. ^, i^, etc., 

 to form adv. of place, e.g. ^ ^tf here. Maid. ; (2) prep, used to give a dative or loca- 

 tive meaning, e.g. «? ^#' to him, in or with him. 



^t^ ^f?U5, v.a., to beat, give a thrashing. Dae. 



^t^? [prob. fr. Tf^? fixed, steadfast; hence orig. meaning proh. "fixing or determining a 

 thing"), s. (i) looking carefully at, inspection, attentive regard, scrutiny, Chit. : 

 (2) recognition, identification, gen. ; (3) clear recollection, accurate memory. Chit. ; 

 (4) recollection, remembrance ; (5) inference, deduction, conclusion ; (6) opinion, 

 conjecture : gen. 



^t«^ =^t^?. 24-Pargs. 



M§ (Hindi 3Ts), s., the frame work of a thatched roof. Maid. 



*^t^^ (Hindi 3^^sTT to be fixed, determined; prob. connected with M^^ q-v.), s., con- 

 sideration, determination ; thought, reflection ; opinion, fancy, gen. In Chit, its 

 meanings blend with those of ^^?. 



^is^t^^l (*fl^ precise, exact), s. (i) a sum fixed, an amount settled, a sum agreed upon. 

 Raj. ; (2) a fixed price (for work to be done), fixed hire of labour, Raj. ; adj. (i) 

 working at a fixed hire ; (2) working for daily hire, hired ; (3) taking chance 

 work, doing job-work; (4) working by chance, labouring temporarily; (5) tem- 

 porary, undertaking for a time only (espec. with reference to the cultivation of 

 land, e.g. ^fsj f^^1 ?[tf^ I hold land temporarily). 



f^^ {from last meaning of fl^l above), s. (i) a temporary cultivator of land, the 

 lowest grade of cultivators who have no permanent right in the land, a karfd 

 tenant. Maid. ; (2) name of a particular tenure in Jessore {proh. orig. one leased 

 out at a fixed sum) . 



t^^tt{;^=*c^^.iti:^. Jess. 



fs^V<(H {from last meaning of fs^A above), s., the holder oi a thika, name of a particular 

 kind of tenure-holder. Jess. 



rail (corrup. of ^tf ), adv., in a place ; used with pronom. i.£i, ^, etc., to form. adv. of 

 place, e.g. vil fS^1 here. Maid. 



Cith (corrup. of ^\f and f^^1), adv., in places, here and there. Raj. 



*d^t%:^ (*C^^ an obstruction, hindrance), v.a. (i) to obstruct, hinder ; (2) to oppose, 

 prevent, resist ; (3) to press against, exert pressure against ; (4) to protest, re- 

 monstrate, forbid ; (5) to stop, put an end to (a thing, as a quarrel) ; (6) to inter- 

 pose, intervene ; (7) to ward off, guard, protect. 



C^#t (*C^*P), s., obstructing, hindering ; opposing, resisting ; protesting against. Jess. 



C^X.^, adv., with, beside, in the possession of. 24-Pargs. 



d^ place ? ■s\-^i2l^ in the same place, in the same village. 24-Pargs. 



