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srft^ (§^'f^), s., beating, striking, thrashing, E. Beng. ^t?^ ■*rft?;"s to be beaten : in Sylh. 



a fight. 

 ^^t {jr. 5r| ?), adj ., Hke a mother (cp. st^), Jess. ; s., a brother's or sister's or 



cousin's mother-in-law. Jess. 

 ^5? ( = *5rf^^)^ 5.^ a kind of grass mat. Jess. 

 5rf<|5t%, i\, a large circular ear-ring. Hug, 2-[-Pargs. 

 X ^rf^, s. (i) a woman, a wench ; (2) a wife. 

 5|tf^^, v.a., to beg, to live b^^ begging. Chit. Cp. ^ffwc^. 

 ^nfjR (/;-. ^^), s. == ^N. Maid. 

 *'rf^ [fv. ^^), s., (i) a woman, esp. a young woman, a wench, gt'w. ; (2) a wife ; (3) a 



leman, concubine, mistress, Gen. 

 ^I^f^ (/;-. t^f^?:^), '?^./-, borrowed, lent. Maid. 

 ^tf^C^, v.a., to beg, solicit. 



*5jt^, s., a high platform, a stage on a scaffold. 

 ^5tt«^ (//'. ' ^51, Skr. JT^), a bamboo platform in a boat. D^c. 



^fp ^t^, .s., a flat triangular ear- pendant. Ra]. 



5rff5¥I [fy. -sit^ ?), .s., a chair. Raj. 



^rfspl ^ttfs, s., a pond in a bil or marsh where fish are caught. Jess. 



l5Tt^?1 (Arab. ]j^l*), s., occurrence, event, incident, Ge;^t. ; used of a criminal offence. 

 ^5?^ "^t^, s., the place of the occurrence, the spot where an offence was commit- 

 ted, the scene of the offence. 



^^?1, s., blight in paddy(?); ^fjsf^i c'^^l the blight insect. Bak. 



=v?5rf^ (/r. 5[sff)^ s., the small of the back. Raj. 



'^\tl't> [fv. t^rfl^rs), v.a., to wipe, clean.se. Saugor. 



5rt1% = 5itf%. 



t^rtf^rs {ff. rt, JJ'i^), v.a., to wipe, rub, clean. 



^rf1%¥l (/r. 51^101/;'. rt. JJ^J, i., the floor (of a house), Jess. Haughton gives C5ll%<rl, 

 G^V[ and r.w:si. Cp. c^is?. 



5ftfi??n (/;'. 5[fff), (?c/;., middle, middlemost. 5itj%<i1 ^t the middle brother (in a family). 



*^t^ (/r. sjifj)^ s., the middle, centre, ^jf^jj^tj^^ $., the middle, centre. 



t^ittt (/r. -iit?!'), adj., middhng, moderate. 



+ 5ltf^i [fv. 511^1 and 5IHT ; original meaning being 'the centre man ' who collects a gang or 

 crew around him .?), s. (i) a headman, foreman (of a gang of coolies). Chit. ; (2) a 

 steersman, helmsman (he being the headman in a boat), Gen. ; (3) a pilot. 



^, .s., a preparation of mahwa fruit and water, from which .spirituous liquor is 

 distilled. 



*^tf^ (jr. #^^l), .s. (i) earth, soil; (2) land, esp. cultivated land. (It is generally used 



