VOCABULARY OF PECULiAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 375 



■5 this letter is always pronounced t. 



"51% (*^#1: from Arab. ^aJ-j investigation, enquiry), s. (with or without ^'H'^i) a small 



measurement of one or a few holdings (as opposed to a large general measure- 

 ment) , a partial measurement of a few plots (in order to test a full measure- 

 ment). 



"5\51, s., fallow ground. Bank. 



"tfS^, adj., situated on the bank (of a river), riverine; "5\5<I1 ?t^ a road along the 

 bank (of a river). Sylh. 



■5^ ^M%, s., superintendence, supervision. Dae. 



*'5ff'^, s., a scope, object ; an investigation, inquiry (:='sfft?F^), gen. 



TVft??^ (Arab. <^^^]c^), s., an investigation, inquiry, espec. a police investigation into a 



criminal complaint, gen : care, attention, nursing, good treatment, Raj. 

 ~m, s., in composition takes the forms ^r\, 'a^rl and ^^. -"ssTl has two meanings (i) 



=: -^c|. "what is beneath"; and (2) =-3^, "shelter," or "vicinity": e.g. 



<T$s«11 "what is beneath the bat tree" (= <l§3?l) ; and "what is under the shelter 



of or in the vicinity of the bat tree " ( <l^3# ). C. Beng. 

 "s^f^, 5., an investigation, inquiry (^^tff^^), Jess. See ^j^tft. 

 T^^, {perh. Arab. ^Js plate, leaf, disk), s.. a piece, portion (applied to land). Bak. 

 *«^, adv., of time and argument (i) then, E. Beng. ; (2) yet, notwithstanding. 

 "5^, s., a small rather heavy axe (= ^^X). Mid. 

 -55 (—315 *t5), adv., after that, afterwards. Chit. 

 *s^tf:3 (causal of *3f^f;3), v.a. (i) to cross (a person) over (a river, etc.), to ferry 



across, Bak ; (2) to get (a person) over (a difficulty), to save. 

 3^1 (Arab, i^y), s., property inherited. Chit. 



*3^tt%, s., (i) esculent vegetables; (2) spices; (3) curry. 



3?it, s., a large wide earthen pot. Raj. 



*'s«Tft?:3 (i) to go to the bottom, to sink, gen. ; (2) to be washed to the bottom, todilu- 



viate (as land), Jess.; (3) (to put to the bottom) to darn, mend, fill in (a thin 



spot in a cloth), Jess. 

 3^ {women's word), s., cause, reason. Dae. 

 3^1^? (ji^ij), s., fault, sin, transgression. 



33^511 (Arab. «*«*3 leather thong or strap), s., leather strap (for holding up a horse's leg. 



when shoeing him. 

 -v7\v\] ( = Hindi cT^rar), s., a large low wide-mouthed brass pot (used for boiling ; = ?tri). 



Maid. 



3^ (Arab, jij^'i writing correctly, manumission), s., a fee paid by a tenant to his 

 landlord's amla (or the landlord himself) when closing the yearly account of rent 



(=f%7lt^^1). 



3ft^ (prob. corrup. of Arab, ^j^is^i ascertainment), s., investigation, search, inquiry. 

 Dae. 



