VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 397 



?pf%, s., penis (boy's slang). Bog. 



^f% (*'^#t), s., a bird (general term). Chit. 



^'^'^ (Santali ?), s., a witch. Maid. = f^#ti?. 



^^w {'^^J\), s., lotus. C/?/^;. 



^?, s., light generally (of lamp, torch, etc.) ; l?tf;'"W^ ¥^ moon-light (but for sun-light, 



see C^f^^s). Chit. 

 ^^ (*^^), s., a feather. C/?^^. 

 ?pl^ (iVrab. J/), a^/., separate, diiJerent. Chit. 

 *?p5g1 (see ^^1), s., early dawn. Jess. 

 ^^pC^^ (i^lC^j^)^ adv., singly, every. Chit. 



^^ [jr. English ' form'), adj., made in a form or mould (as, good bricks). Raj. 

 ?p5[t^ (for ^^^%^ =■ Pers. ,^''^-^j>), adj., prepared to order. 



'^i], s., light, luminosity, early dawn, Maid. : adj. (i) luminous, bright (as dawn), 

 Maid.; (2) light-coloured. Raj. ; (3) clear, pellucid; (4) bright, clean (as clothes), 

 Maid. 



^^ with 1%;\s, v.a., to have one's revenge, to pay one out (a grudge). Raj. 



^«tf%, s., large bamboo needle (for making nets). 



^^'i\ {fr. ^f^Us), s., crop, produce. 2^-Pargs. 



#t\5, s.. breadth, width. Raj. 



4\^ ) (cp- t#t1^ difficulty), s., agitation, confusion, bewilderment; e.g. ^W^ ¥N^ 



*#t^^ 3 «ltC^ I am confused, I have lost my presence of mind. Raj. 



t ¥t^, s. (i) an opening of any kind, fissure, crevice (— l4\^) ; (2) the open air, e.g. 

 ^tC^ ^ttC^ to go into the open air, go outside, 2^-Pargs. ; (3) opening, oppor- 

 tunity, 24-Pargs. 



¥tf% ) 



=^ >s., deception, fraud, cheating, swindling. Raj. 



t^t^^, s., a gate, large door ; gate of a prison, ^t^^ ^C» to be imprisoned. 



t ^\51 (/r. t^Ftf^C^), a^/., torn, rent ; split, cleft. 



^tf^{;^, v.a., to tear, rend ; to split, cleave, cut asunder; to cut oiT, lop off. 



Wl'l, s., probability, likelihood; e.g. ^t'l =^1^ (for mi'^) "the probability occurs, it is 



probable." Chit. 

 ^"rg^ (Arab, ^jji), s. (i) difference, distinction, separation. Gen.; e.g. ?pt^?;<P^ C«Tt^ people 



from elsewhere, outside folk, Tip.; (2) relinquishment, release, Raj. (This 



meaning seems to come from Arab. ili). 



^t<l^^ ] (formed apparently from a confusion of Arab. .^^^ ^p with j^ri), s. (i) 

 I divorce, deed of divorce. Gen.; (2) ?ptl<Ff5 a receipt in full for the year's 

 ^t^^t% j rent, given by a landlord to a tenant, Raj. 

 ^t?l1, s., hiring, engaging, employing. Raj. 



WW\, s., a jump, leap : ^P\ f^c^ to jump. Chit. 

 ^P^t:^ {cp. t(?p«Tttr,'s), v.a. to throw, cast. Chit. 



