VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 4L3 



*5I^^, s. (i) the ridge of a thatched roof, Jess. ; (2) a large jar, Raj. ; (3) a gola, 



Ra]\ 

 *5ifsis^j s. (i) the chief tenant of a village, the head man, Gen. (2) a head man 



among retainers, Dae. ; (3) a peon who brings the raiyats to the zamindari office 



to pay their rents, Raj. 

 *5f^#, s., the business or status of a mandal. Raj. 

 t ^^1, s., a kind of sweetmeat made of flour and sugar. Maid. 



-\^'s^, s., mode, manner : adj., in the manner, like, resembling, e.g. CT ^^^ like that. 

 WS<i, adj. ='i\'^'i\. Jess. 



'il^m, s., the spot where water is baled out from a pond, etc. Hug. 

 5|CTtS^ i/r. ^^s and ^^?), s., disagreement, enmity, 

 ^ic^flt, s., fancy goods, pretty articles. 



51^ ^f^U5 v.n., to be slack, to have no current (as the tide). Nautical. 

 ^i^f^, s., the space between the top of the wall and the roof (in a house). 24-Pargs. 

 ^^'^], s., shoulder. Dae. 

 *5(^t^^ s., a round granary, with sides made of twisted-straw rope wound round and 



round. Hug. 

 f 5if^C"», v.n. (i) to die, perish ; (2) to dry up, v/ither ; (3) to decay; (4) to come to an 



end, cease, ^f^ ^^Tr^ to silt up, become filled up (as a river), 'sf^l ^]%n^ {Chit.) 



to be drowned. 

 ^f^(/f. ^f?fr;^), s., death. Hug. 

 f 5|?i, s., a '.woman's) circular anclet. 

 W\, gen. doubled, ^^c^ si^i ; a word used to elephants meaning 'step out,' 'walk on,' 'go 



on ' . 

 t ^«1#t, 5., a man employed in salt-manufacture from sea-water. 

 ^w\■^ 5jtf^cs, v.a., to thresh (paddy). Jess. (? for ^^i{ fv. ^T^l'5). 

 ^«TftU5, V.a., to thresh (paddy). Jess. 

 t ^ll^:^, v.a., to thresh (paddy). 

 5|^ (= -j-^it^)^ s., mother's sister. Chit. 

 ^W^ (z= -j-^yrtcii)^ s., spices. Hug. 

 *5f^t=^ (Arab. J-^s^), s., a landed estate, held directly under the State, recorded in the 



Collector's register and paying revenue to the Collector, "^tt^ ^'^\^ a landed estate 



belonging to the State and managed directly by it. 



^^1s1"s (Arab. pi. ^^:^^), s., the district or ward ministered to by a khondakar. Chit. 



^f^^1, s., a servant who looks after the cultivation of land. 24-Pargs. Cp. ^rf^^l 

 {fr. 5itf^^1 ?) 



5|tl^ {jr. '5(1 ?), s., a large earthen jar. Bak. 



^rtt^l, -s\, a male domestic servant. Jess. Cp. ^if^^i. 



t^rlt^l {fr. *5(t^ a woman's breast ? or for 5rtf?t?[1 from ^\'>\ ?), s. (i) a female, a woman 

 or girl; (2) womenkind ; (3) a wife. The word ^^ is often added to it, es- 

 pecially in the last two senses. Haughton gives CW.'^ and C^U1. 



^ittgt^l (^tt^l + ^^1^11 ?), s., a woman. Chit. 



