

VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 387 



^«^TI1 ifr. ^P\ tubular stalk of a plant?), s., jute. E. Beng. See ^¥1. 



s(t^ (cp. cTt«1), a(^/., rice-growing ; ^t^ ^fsf paddy land. Khul. 



^%, s., a drain, Chit. {crpt. of f^^t^l ?). 



f^^ (*f^"^t^ through *C^^^), s., an anvil. Chit. 



\^'5^i^l^ (Hindi fsT^T^ifT), v.a., to draw out, pull out, take out. Chit. 



' {perhaps from root f*r^«r^ to draw through — cp. Skt. f^r^wcr an open space, a 

 court — or from root f^r^w to shine in or through : thus the original meaning 

 would have been "the drawing through," "opening out of a passage," or 

 "the letting light through"), s. (i) the removal of an obstacle; (2) a 

 thoroughfare (as a road). Maid; (3) a small drain, gutter, Dae. ; (4) the 

 clearing up of an account, ge^i. 



f^^t^ (Arab, ^li^ ; f^^1 is the form given in the dictionaries), s., a second or subse- 

 quent marriage (among Mohammedans) ; (a euphemism for) concubinage, f^^t^ 

 ?fy|C\5 to contract a second marriage (said of the woman). E. Beng. 



f^<ftf^'^ (from f^^t^ by false analogy of past. pass, participle), adj. (a woman) 

 married by the f^^^ form. 



f^XM'*\, s., breath. Jess. 



H^5t^ (for *f^^^), adj., without appearance of life, as if dead, lifeless. Jess. 



f^65?| {crpt. of f^*5?[), adv., with certainty, positively, exactly. Chit. 



fi^ft^, adj., pulled out. Chit. 



f^^?l ( = fs[^tyf)j adj., clear, positive, certain. 24-Pargs. 



|%^t^C\s {crpt. of % ^t^C^), to go to sleep. Maid. 



fsf^t^ (=f^^yi)^ adv., clearly, truly, accurately, Jess. ; excellently, very well. Chit. 



X^k^ {fr. f^%:^), s., a hoe. Jess. 



tf^v5ttC3 (caus. of f^|%C^), v.a., to weed (the ground). Jess. 



tf^t%(;^, v.a., to pull out weeds, to weed. 



fiff^, adj., full, complete ? 1^^\5 ^^ absolute ownership (of property). 24-Pargs. 



*1^^tf^ (1^^,+^rfl^), adj., without flesh : but (a meal) containing no fish, Maim. 



f^*5f*t, adv., secretly. Jess. 



f'-^^ (?), s., tail. 24-Pargs. See fCT^. 



\^'^p\, adj., rich, wealthy. Jess. 



*^C5, adv., used adjectively, low, low-lying (applied to land). Khul. 



% {fr. fm\), s., sleep, ^cf ^ttcs (or crptly l^^t^c^) to go to sleep. Maid. 



^5[ {fr. f^^), adj., low, situated low. Raj. 



^^ (=«lt<n and Urd. ^ ?), adv., because (used at the end of a sentence to qualify it). 

 Sylh. 



^^ (*fl^), adj., blue. Chit. 



^^1 {fr. ft?l^), adj., of poor quality, less productive, inferior (applied to land). Khul. 



^ {jr. t ^), s., straw rolled up into a small ball. Jess. 



^^ (cp. C^^]), s., penis. 24-Pargs. 



^v5l (=^^), s., a bunch (as of straw). Maid. 



^1%, ai/., damaged, broken, e.g. ^j% t^ broken or damaged brick. 24-Pargs. 



^^ (=f c^\^), s., salt. 



