VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 4M 



v»f&, s., handle (of a knife). Chit. 



*^t^, s. (i) the natural current of a river downwards; (2) the ebb-tide. ^t^1 f^U5 to 

 take the ebb-tide. 



^»tt^ {fr. \»t^1), adv. (i) down-stream ; (2) with the ebb-tide. iVlso metaphorically as 

 (3) with the wind, down the wind, Maid ; (4) \»tfC' c^^l {Kaj. ; Jess.) afternoon. 



^tf^, $., a still for distilling spirits. \»tf^-^^1 a distillery. 



\»t\5 ( = *^t^) a small earthen pitcher. Jess. 



*^t^1, s. (i) hire, rent (not applied to land). ^t^Sl ^tfwr.^., (Jess.) lit. to husk (paddy) 

 for hire. 



«t\5t1^ {/r. ^»t^1), s. (i) a tenant paying rent (for a house or room), a lodger. Haughton 

 gives ^t^t^H and '^t^Btf^^. 



t^»tf^C^, v.a., to husk (paddy). 



*^^t^, s., store-house, magazine; (2) treasury; Gen. (3) kitchen, Maid. 



^t^Tf% (/r. \»t^t^), s. (i) the keeper of a store-house or magazine; (2) a steward; (3) 

 q caterer ; (4) (Maid.) a cook. 



^t^ ^t1\5 food and clothing, maintenance. 



N»t?r?1 ^tt, s., wife's sister's husband. C. Beng. 



f ^t?1, s., a framework for fastening cattle to. 2J^-Pavgs. 



^t?ftf^, s., a khal or creek or strait into which the tide flows from both ends. Bak. 



*\»ttl, adj. (i) carrying a burden, loaded, laden ; (2) possessing weight, heavy ; (3) 

 weighty, important, momentous ; (4) serious, sad, wretched, e.g. \»ttt ^<ITl [Maid.) 

 a wretched plight; (5) used 'coUoq. ' as adv. to express the superlative degree, 

 generally with uncomplimentary meanmg, e.g. ^f1 ^\^V^ an "awful" black- 

 guard. 



^t«1, s., the prong of a C^^|% q.v. Sylli. 



*^»t«1. ^t=1 ^ttc^ to intend well, to have a real intention, Jess. 



f ^»|f^C^5, y.^^ (i) to float in water ; (2) to be submerged, be overflowed, e.g. 55 ^t1^<ll ^1^ 

 the char becomes submerged. 



^»t1%^, adj., floating. Pub. 



^1%^1, s., brother's son. Jess. 



t f%^ [fr. f^'^l), s., alms, charity. 



f%^1f% (l%<1^), .s., Hindu religious mendicant. Cliit. 



*t%^|, s. (i) alms, charity ; (2) the alms given to a brahman bo}^, newly invested with 

 the sacred thread, by some woman ; she becomes his 1%ir-t5 5|| and he becomes 

 her f%^t?l C5^, Biug; (3) a present given by raiyats to the zamindar on special 

 occasions (as an adoption), Raj. 



f»l%C^j v.n., to be wet or damp. Haughton gives f^^tt?;^. Cp. C»fs?(;\5. 



*f^^, s., the raised earthen base of a house. 



|%f^, s. (i) a house-site ; (2) garden and outskirts or appurtenances of a bari ; see ¥|t. 

 Tip. 



f%%1 =3 f^$1. (lilt. 



•|- f^^ {jr. f»J(), adj., separate, di.stinct, difl'erent. 



^■«1, s., rind, peel (of fruit). Raj. 



