VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 377 



*^®t^^ (Arab, s^ an agreement, contract), s., an agreement, gen. \ (2) a tahsildar's se- 

 curity-bond. Chit. 

 *\st^^"*It^1 {jf. above ^^^ + Pers. ajU. a place, house), s. a hospital, dispensary. The 



diet, erroneously derives this word from Arab. j..j.*J' an agreement. 

 t%f%^^ {-prob. jr. pronom. root cTfr that + ^t^ a day), adv., at that time, then. Maid, 

 t%^, s., a cross-rafter (in a kaccha roof). Bog. ; Chit. See #t^. 

 #? (1%^), s., a cross-rafter (in a kaccha or pakka roof). 

 ^^ (for *^), s., the mulberry-tree, /?a;. ; Maid. 

 ^, sign 0/ /Ag ablat. case (= ^%:^), from. E. Beng. 

 ^j^tff, s., supervision, superintendence. Khul. ; see ^^tf?. 

 '^f^^, s., a mound of earth (at the side of a field). Chit. 

 f^^, s., a small tin box in a wooden frame. How. 

 CS { = C^), pron.. he, she, it. E. Beng. 

 *C^^, pron. honorific, he, she. E. Beng. 

 C^S\ = C^^fl. Sylh. 



C^^*^ (f^ three + ^f^ head), s., a place where three (roads or rivers) meet. 



C^1%t%^1 (s^^ ?), (a;(^w., three times, thrice. Chit. 



^\«^rf% (Arab. cjUjjoij appointment, deputation), adj. deputed, despatched, Chit. ; a paik, 



24-P(3;rgs. 

 C^^^t^US (/)gf/?. corrup. of ^sWfi;^ to glance), v.a., to search, seek. C/^^Y. 

 csft, (^ro6. corrup. of ^^ then), ^(^w. (used interrogatively) then ? what next ? C^?'^. 

 C^^, C^^ ^t^J consolation. 24-Pafgs. 



C^5|:^? {genit. of CSi^^l you), pron. plural, of you, your. Chit. 

 C^^\^ {pron. your) an interjection commonly used during hesitation in speaking ; 



ii|v5l and 5t]l (gya) are often added to it. Jess. 

 C^v\ {'^v\), s., a balance, a pair of scales. 

 C^t«n {perh. fr. ^C^, to lift up, take up), s., a cess, toll or market-due (levied on 



people who sell at a hat or bazar) ; sometimes a percentage on the money realized 



by the sales, Jess. ; sometimes a portion of the articles brought for sale, Dae. 

 C5T1%C5(?), v.7t., to wake, be awake. Chit. 

 *3i^, adj. (i) frightened, terrified, gen. ; (2) adv. quickly, Dae. 

 CSW\^ : C^Wt^ ?ltt^s, a head raiyat, a leading raiyat. Jess. 

 Tt?1 ^lf? (Skr. rt. c^^ to make haste), adv., hastily, swiftly. 



^ this letter is always pronounced th. 

 ^^ (^W(), s., post, stake, pillar. Chit. 

 «?ltf ('?t^), s., place. 24-Pargs. 



'ilt^f^ (*5tt^ erect), s., a measure of height, that of a man with his arm stretched 

 straight above his head. Bak. 



