VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 393 



^1% s., the portion (of a bamboo or sugar-cane) between two knots or joints. Dae. 



^, s., side. Dae. Cp. "^1^, ^]^, ^t^. 



tf^^^t? ifr. ■^?[, the further bank), adj., penetrating from one side to the other, pass- 

 ing completely through. Jess. 



'Tf^, s., a touch, contact (with anything). Dae. 



^] s., a heap, pile, stack. Dae. Cp. ^]^t, '^tvSl, ^W\, "^1. 



f^?1, s., quicksilver, mercury, {/r. Skt. xtk). 



^% {fr. '^'\), adj., relating to a festival : s., a fee paid by villagers to chaukidars and 

 others on the occasion of a festival. Raj. 



^v\, s., a sail, sail-cloth : a small kind of tent. 



tt«^, s., side, direction. Chit. Cp. '^^, 1t^. 



^«1 {pron. pala ; = *^t«^1 a time or turn in rotation ?), Ifsi j%;\s to lend or borrow 

 ploughs in turns among neighbours. Jess. 



*^f«lt, s., a heap, pile, stack, Bard. ; a rick of paddy with its straw. Cp. '^^I, '^^51, 



nrifi, ■^^. 



^«1«<Itf^ (palwari), s., a kind of large deep saucer (of metal). Raj. 



t^t«1^, s. (i) out-house, house in the outer bari (for the accommodation of persons 



not members of the family), Maid. ; (2) sort of bedstead. Cp. 1tC«1^1. 

 -\^PW, s., heap, pile, stack (as of straw). Cent, and N. Beng. Cp. ^1^1, It^t. 

 ^1«11, s., a post (of a house). Tip. 

 ^t«^1. adj., ^tame. 

 1t«1t^ (palafig), s., threshing-ground, a clear spot in a bari where grain is threshed. 



Raj. 

 ^P\p{, s. (i) a piece of ground inside or adjacent to a bari, where paddy seed is sown 



and whence it is afterwards transplanted, (this is also called f^^^1), Dae. ; (2) 



the land immediately adjoining a bari on whatever side, Jess. ; (3) field, Dae. 

 *''itf«1, 5., abale (of cotton). Chit. Cp. nf«^t and nt«^1 and ^Mt 

 11%^ i/r. -s^c^lt?;^), v.n., to flee. 24-Pargs. 

 * ^#, s., heap, pile, stack. Bard. Cp. -^itf^i. 



1tC«^^1, s., shed in which cattle are tied up, cow-shed. Jess. Cp. *1t«1^. 

 ^tPl, s., distance, range (e.g. of a shot). Maid. 

 nt^, «^y., wide (= C5\\51). /J>«c. 

 *^t^\5, ,s. (i) a hill, mountain ; (2) a hillock. Chit.; (3) embankment round a tank, 



W. Beng. 

 ■^5t?1 (/f. ^5^), s., keeping watch or ward (as the Police). 

 ^1^t^t<s^t^1, s., a policeman, constable. 

 f^5l, s., twisted straw used for sweeping. Dae. 

 f^l^fs^ {fr. ff^wl and f?i), s., the back, behind, rear part. Chit. 

 If'^Us, v.a. (i) to beat, strike, hammer, Gen. ; (2) to beat or hammer smooth (as 



the ground), Chit. ; (3) (metaphor.) f^|f§^1 ^1%.^ to follow behind, follow after. 



Maid. 

 f^t^f^t^ (from f'-tf&n'*), adv., immediately after, close along with. 

 f*lf^5i [crp. of f^ft^), s., lamp (of any kind). 24-Pargs. 



