VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 389 



1^^, s., the settlement of a raiyat on land : ^fk ^'q^ the settlement of land: ^tf^ ^^^ 

 the settlement of a ban : 1s^ 1%^ to lease out, settle. 



'le^^ll iff. l^iT), adj. (raiyats) who have been settled on land, Gen : non-resident, 

 paekasht (holding under karsha raiyats), Jess. 



^'^t^1 i/r. ^^), s., path, way, track. Bak. 



*^iif, s., is used as a determinative particle, like •^It^^, -^tt^l, and C^^. Dae, 



^^?, s., the bottom of a bottle. 



'^'='(1 ifr. f1«f leaf ?), s., vegetation that grows on the surface of a tank. Chit. 



*«1^iT, s., breath. Raj. 



m^V?i -- '^'nt^. Jess. 



^^^ s., reformation of land, alluvion. "^"^^ 1?l^ reformation of land which had 

 been diluviated on its old site, Raj. 



ft^ {crpt. of ?f^^??), prep., on, upon. Jess. 



«1? {crpt. of *^^?), s., husband. Jess. 



1^^ with ^f^us, v.a. to store up. Chit. 



^^*t {crpt. of ^, ^^l\ ?), s., a neighbour. E. Beng. 



^^ {fr. n?*f), s., a neighbour. 



^^31 (cf^^. of i2t^^), s., child-birth, delivery. Dae. 



t^^5|tpf^, s., a barber. 



^^^^^ (for ^f'<i"?it^ ? ), adj ., penetrable, permeable (as a hole or tunnel). Jess. 



lf*r?rl, adj., paying a fixed produce- rent (irrespective of the actual yield of land). 

 ^^^1 <^\ a raiyat who pays such a rent. 1]%1 ^t^ the fixed quantity of paddy 

 so paid. Maid. 



Iiifl {fr. Pers. x^i^ flying ?), s., a butterfly. Jess. 



^Wtfl, s , a father's father. Bak. {fr. ^m + wW ?)• 



1«1 (connected with *^clt«1 ?), 5., straw. C. Beng. 



^ (pala). C/jz7. = n\, kind of basket. 



51«Tt^^ {fr. ^^tl%^ 4- ^), (a;<^/. (land or a house) from which the tenant has fled, aban- 

 doned, deserted. 



lf^ (connected with •^w\ mud ?), s., silt. Maid. 



t«3[^(cp. Hindi fic[^ a worm. Haughton gives "^^ C^l^ which is pleonastic), s. (i) a silk 

 worm ; (2) a silk-worm cocoon. Maid. Raj. 



1«3, s., a basket, hemispherical in shape, with a small mouth at the top of the hemis- 

 phere (used in fishing). Jess. 



'^*3^j s., pillau. 24t-Pargs. 



^»r5 {crpt. of *'^»f) placing both hands together with the palms hollowed (as for the 

 purpose of carrying something). Maid. 



1^ with fffi;^, v.a., to ill-treat. Jess. 



*^^^ with ^f^C^ to approve, assent to, agree to, consent to. 



m^, s. (i) light (rr: ^\cv\]) ; (2) moonlight; (3) blaze, flame. Chit. 



^ri ^p[v\, s., talk, gossip; rumour, report. Jess. 



9\^^ = ■s^JT^. Chit. 



^^U5 (connected with ^^.^ ?), v.n., to sit near a fire and warm one's self. 



