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C?^¥l {fr. f^^the sky ; or corrup. of (?f^«1 ?), s. (i) the sky, the heaven, e.g. Of^^ t%^^- 

 fsfsl ^f^?l the sky flashed with lightning, Raj. ; (2) thunder, rain, Jess. 



Cf^j^lT^^t, s., a name for 'mother-in-law' among Mohammedans. Dae. 



C^fiT^, adj., insolvent. Raj. W^^ and CW^f«1<l1 "bankrupt" are given in the 

 dictionary; and the C«^ of Qfi^l^ = the f^?n of Ciif^f^^l ; hence the simpler form 

 would be C«f^^ or CW^^. 



fCW^^, 5. (i^ an unmarried person (man or woman), especially a bachelor, Chit; 

 (2) a widower (Haughton). 



Cif^^^^ [fr. CW^god; and?), s., a thunder-bolt. Jess. 



CW^, s., a large pool left by the recession of a river. Chit. 



C^ (= CU^), s., a kept mistress, a concubine. Dae. 



CWf^, s., the house or room at the entrance of a bari, an out-house. Maid. This = 

 the Hindi deori an^ deorhi which mean " a threshold, door, gate, antechamber." 

 The corresponding Beng. forms given in the dictionaries are Cif^f^ and C?^, 

 which mean "a verandah, the ground in the front of the door, the rak (q.v.) 

 in front of a house"; these words are said in Ramakamala Vidyalahkara's 

 Prakritibada Abhidhan to be derived from CW5 ' place of entrance ' -j- ci1 ' taking 

 hold of ; but this appears fanciful. 



brtt {fr. c;^ fate; accident), adj., uncertainly, not regularly, not always (applied to 

 any act that does not take place regularly, but is subject to breaks). Jess. 



C^M = tf^1. Jess. 



Citt^rt = 1%^, bhita (q.v.). Jess. 



C^ft^n 5t^ {fr. *C<t\^ milking; milk), s., a milch cow. Jess. 



Ctft^t|fWl (?) {fr. j^ and x^ij ?), s., a narrow path between two houses. Chit. 



(Tft^^ft^l ^^, 5., a jhali (q.v.) made of split bamboos spread out and intertwined cross- 

 wise. Chit. 



Crt^TII, s., an open spot in a jungle. Dae. See Crt^l. 



CUftJTS (= 5f^), s., a rope, cord, string; e.g. C?tf^ ^^tt^^ to make a rope. Jess. 



CWi^, s., a large khal or creek on the sea-coast. Bak. 



CW\^ s., low land, being the best paddy land. Ch. Nagp. 



CW\^] (Hindi Tt^), adv., twice, doubled. Chit. 



CWtl, s., a low place, depression, hollow. Jess. 



Ctft^ (or C^ft^^ ?) {fr. CW\ and "^ cloth?), s., a thick chaddar. Maid. 



C^t^ {fr. CW\^), adj., low, low-lying. Bogra. 



CfTti;^ (loc. of CTf^), adv., below, at the foot of ; e.g. ^tf^ CWk'l below the bari. Jess. 



Ciift^l »lt\ft, s., a wide-bordered sari. Dae. 



(?ft?n {fr. ^), adj., of double thickness, of extra thickness, of thick make (as matting). 

 Chit. Cp. ^?1. 



CWt^'s, s., fear, apprehension (vulg.). Raj. 



CWt^l (see *'^), s., a swamp, marsh, bil, collection of water. Jess. 



CWt^tsI {fr. cyr\ two, and ^ts the hand — because requiring both hands), s., a large 

 wooden mattock (used for hammering). 



