VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 381 



ift? ^? {fr. ^t? door ?), s., an out-house. Jess. 



Wt<F^ (*?ft^)^ adj., made of wood, consisting of wood. Chit. 



^\v\\ [connected with *\5t«Tt and *v5tf^ a basket containing a present), s., a present. Raj. 



'rts^t^ (/f. Pers. ^i;5'lo a hall), s., a small pakka house constituting a kind of hall in a 

 bari ; a pakka hall used for worship and ceremonies ; and so generally any small 

 pakka building ; a shed or verandah at the entrance of a bari, used as a sitting- 

 room. C. Beng. This word is used by Hindus and corresponds to ?l%sr among 

 Mohammedans. ^^WW^^ or '^twtslt^, s., a pakka closed-verandah or pakka room 

 without doors. Jess. 



?t«1tf^ ^t\5 , s., a kind of kharu or bracelet. 



W\^\ s., side, party, faction (— ?«!). Bog. 



f? (corrup. of R^), s., region of the sky, direction, side; e.g. ^ f? the east. Also 

 used advertially, e.g. ^^ fff eastwards; C^?ff^ ff thither, there. Chit. 



f^C^l (corrup. of 1%^^, Pers.^o other) and the others, et ceteri. Jess. 



f^^sj [from ft^), a(i/., tall (applied to stature). Raj. 

 ■ f^^sffsr, s. {lit. the day's measure) day-time. Saugor Island, 

 p f^\ (fut. of ?t'«^) I will give. Bak. 



f^"lt*f«Tft (/f. ft^ -H *f«Tf?i1), s., a match (for lighting). Haughton gives its corruption 



lT*rt f5I*n {from rt. f?*f to point out; fsi*n is merely a jingle), s., certainty, accurate 



knowledge. 

 ^ (/f. 5^ two) ^ised especially in compound words, two, twice, e.g. ^^*f) ft«^?I two 



children; ^^^^ ^tl% a bari with two compounds. General. 

 ^^^ (corrup. of ^t^), s., door. ^^5 f^f:« to shut a door, C. Beng. 

 ^^^ {fr. "It?, door .?), s., verandah. Maid. ; 2^-Pargs. ; //"oie^. 

 5^? (ft^?^), s., noon. E. Beng. 



^^^i¥l, a^/., non-resident (as a raiyat), paekasht. Jess. ; 5«^. 

 ^1t^, pushing and pulling one another about. Chit. 

 ^cTl, (connected with ^fi, dub grass ?), s., common grass. Pub. 

 ^f^, s., beetle for ramming earth down. Chit. 

 ^? (corrup. of ^?), interjection (i) away! be off! begone! ; (2) extended to express 



feelings of repulsion, disgust, and impatience at stupidity. 

 ^^*l {fr. ^t^.?), s., door, door-way. Jess. 



^^■fc^%, s., a very small beautiful crimson-headed bird. Bak. 

 5«11, s., a kind of play after a Mohammedan marriage. Jess. 

 ^cTft. s., an unmade-up chaddar. Raj. 

 ^\ = vf^. Jess. 



^^5t^ {fr. ^^ Pers. ^^^o shop), s., a shop-keeper. Mrt/tf. 



^«f (connected with ^^ milk), s., a woman's breasts. Ma/^, 



^¥l (from ^ ?), adj. (as a cloth) having coloured lines running lengthwise, striped 



lengthwise. Maid. 

 C«f^ = C5f^?, s., a husband's younger brother ; OT^ '^ = C5f<l? ^^i. /<3ss. 



