VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 399 



?. This letter is often confused with ^, especially at the beginning of a word in 



Midnapore and Orissa. 

 ^^, adv. = ^fk. 



^3 (for *?|%;^), v.a., to carry, bear. Sylh. 

 "^T.-^ (for *<[%^) , v.n., to sit. Chit. 

 <lt:^ — ^f%j(. E. Beng. 

 ^^ (/r. ^^), s. (i) daughter-in-law ; (2) a wife. <l^ sjt^?! a modest married woman, a 



home-keeping wife, Sundarhans. 

 i'^ = ^^. 



^^^ (= t<i^^), s., heifer, 

 ^^■f^j s., courtyard. 24-Pcirg'5. 



<f^t& ify. t^f%n^), s., one who is always talking, a chatterbox. Pub. 

 ?^^f% (/r. t^f%C^), s., bandying words, altercation, dispute, quarrel. C. Beng. 

 t?t%C^, v.a. and 11. (i) to speak, talk, tell, Maid. ; (2) to prate, chatter. 

 ^C^1 (/:''. t^f^f:^), s., altercation, dispute, quarrel. Maid. 

 <lt%^, s., a large brass cooking- pot. Raj. Cp. ^Tf1. 

 <f^, s., a share, portion. 



t ^3^1 (Hindi ^^^t), s. (i) a he-goat ; (2) a piece of goat's flesh for sale. 

 t ^^, s., a straight hanger (used in sacrificing goats). 24-Pargs. 

 <f^5^, s., the inner sloping bank of a tank just above the water. 

 ?Tf1, s., a large low wide-mouthed brass pot (used for boiling). Maid {= ^557«11). 

 ?^^ s., cotton-tree. Raj. 



t ^5>n, s., altercation, dispute, quarrel. 24-Pargs. 

 <IT&, s., a knife fixed upright in a flat-board and used for slicing fish. 

 ^f5^1, s., a paddle (made of one piece of wood) of a boat. 

 t ^^ = ^^. 



^^ (bar), 5., a rope of twisted straw. Hug. 



*^v5, adj., great. In C^i7. pronounced har. 



*<f^, a(iy., eldest of sons (or brothers). 



^v5 *ft^ a kind of late paddy, grown on low land and reaped about February (?) 



^\5 5i^f^, adv., often, frequently; constantly. Raj. 



^\5^ ^t^ = <\^ ^\i\, Raj. 



<l^H *ft^, s., SL kind of paddy grown on low land, which is liable to be flooded. Jess. 



= ^^ Mt^. 

 ?v5f%, s., fishing-hook. Chit. 

 <^f^^ (^\5), adj., great, large. Chit. 

 ^"55 {/r. Skt. ^:g ; = ^-5), adv., very, exceedingly. 

 =;H^^<P, s. division, partition, sharing out. 



^■5, s., stream, flow of water, current in a river. {= C2?t^). Jess. 

 <T« {bata), s., gain, profit, advantage. Bak. 

 ?Q1, s., vomiting. Pm6. 



