VOCABULARY OF PP]CULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS- 415 



ill Raj. instead of ^f^i) ; (3) mud, dirt ; used metaphor., e.g. '^\% "^ittc^ to do a dis- 

 graceful or wicked act, Dae. 



'^\^'^P\ {fr. ■sfff^), s. (i) a man who digs earth, Chit. ; (2) a low caste of labourers who 

 do earth-work, Raj. ; (3) an excavation in the earth, a ditch, trench, pond, 

 A^. Beng. 



^t^¥t«1, s., a small silver bangle. Maid. Cp. C^lt^^l. 



^tf&?f1«^1 [fr. 5[tf^), s., high land, permanent land, land that has not been subjected to 

 diluvion {= ^?lt?1). Maid. 



^t^«1 [fr. 5|tf^), adj ., made of earth, earthen. Chit. 



^\5tl [fr. fsit^ttCs), s., threshing (paddy). Jess. 



^rt^ [fr. 'srff^C^), s., speaking, talking. Chit. 5jfs C7[\v\ talking, conversation. Chit. 



^'z>^ {jr. 'i^rt), s. (i) speaking, talking ; (2) a word ; (3) a question. Chit. 



'^\'S^<[ ) s., headman of a village, E. Beng.; adj., worthy of respect, eminent, principal. 



5it3<l^^j This word is said to be a Mohammedan word and is generally connected with 



Arab.^ji*'* " trustworth}^, respectable." As a title it seems more probably a 

 a corruption of matar-bar, i.e. Skr. mahattara-vara, "chief of the greater 

 men (of the village)." This derivation may have caused the modification of 

 the first syllable of the Arabic word, and so the two words and their meanings 

 may have become fused. 



t ^^Itf^ (/;'. ■5lt^1«^), s., drunkenness, intoxication. 



5rtf%^\5, v.n., to speak, talk ; (2) to utter sound. Chit. 



*5lW1 {fr. •s|^^), s. (i) the head; ^t'd «Tt«1 ^f?C5 to break a (man's) head; (2) the top, 

 summit. 



^<?tt^ (Joe. case of s^t^ll), adv. (i) on the top of, upon ; (2) upon, immediately following 

 on, e.g. v5tU^^ srt^f^ upon the call, immediately after the call, E. Beng. ; (2) upon, 

 in relation to, e.g. 415 i^^t^ ^Mt?i fs^ ^t^ f^%t ^?f (a discrepancy of) 3 kathas in 

 (a total length of) 5 bighas is of no importance. 



m\t^ {fr. -sTt'll), s. = ^^\51. Dae. 



^Wt^l, s., menstruation. Maid. 



^rtfft^ {fr. ^i^]^ ?), s., afternoon. Tip. 



^It^H {fr. *^*tTt^), s., midday, noon. Dae. 



t ^tf^r.^ (/''• ^l- *r[^), ^'-^^ (i) to honour, venerate, revere, worship ; (2) to esteem, res- 

 pect, regard ; (3) to regard, attend to, mind ; (4) to pay attention to, obey, heed ; 

 (5) to obey, answer (as a boat. Naiitieal). 



^H (A- ■^t^^), s., men, people. Tip. 



5it^?l, s. (i) a human being ; ^f?i1 5|t^?i a female, woman or girl ; CWt^ ^1^^ a youngster, 

 boy, lad ; (2) folk, people. 



5it^1, s. liking (= ^t«i ^t^^). Jess. 



frtf^f.^, v.a. (i) to put to death, kill ; but sometimes intransitively (idiomatically) as 

 ^t^1 ^C^ to die {24-Pargs.) ; ^tf^ ^tui to die {Chit.) ; (2) to destroy, efface, obliter- 

 ate ; m 5It^1 fn<ft?:W the path has been obliterated ; (3) to beat, strike, thrash ; ^f^^l 

 *B ^t^^ to give a good thrashing {Jess). 



