VOOABULARy OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BKNGALt W0RD8. 419 



C^M^ {for *5|»ft?i^ Arab. J^l«), s., a torch, flambeau. Dae. 



f.^\■^^-\ (^^W), s., a conduit. H^tg. 



C5rt5f% {fr. gf ?), s., a small drain, gutter, trench. Dae. 



JCTt^l (/r. ■s^^W), s., an outlet or drain (from a tank). 2J^-Pavgs. 



C^lVil, s., mat, matting ( = 55tt). Dae. 



1%*f1, s., a head zamindari peon. Jess. 



^. This letter, when the final member of a compound consonant, is always pronounced 



as y in Chittagong ; and often so in the extreme east of Bengal. 

 ^t« ^5rf|?[^ (verb, noun), s., coming and going. Chit. 

 ^t«^ {fr. ^ttCs), s., a water-passage, drain. Hug. Cp. ^R 

 ^t5t^ {fr. rt. ■^T=^), s., inquiry, investigation, search. Tip. 

 ^t^ (//''. ^Ir5 ), s., an outlet or passage (for water), water-way, drain. E. Beng. 



Cp. ^<B^1. 

 ^tl% (Z?'. ^2i), s., a nut-cracker. Jess. 

 fl^s,, ac^y. relative, where. CJiit. 

 '^l'^ {fr. *^^), v.a., to unite, combine. 

 *CT1 (crp. of C^N), s. (i) means, method; (2) fitness, suitability, Raj.; (3) capital, 



stock. 

 (M^^ {fr. '^'i{ and Pers. ^'^y^), adj., possessing the full vigour of youthful adultness (as 



from 20 to 30 years). Maid. 



^^^^ j (/^. 1^?), s., the yoke of a plough, /fss.; Ra]. 



*C^^, s., fitness, suitabihty, e.g. ^T^ C^^ 5^?:^ the land becomes fit for cultivation. 

 Raj. 



C^^t^ (/r. t C^t^tC^), s. (i) application, effort, endeavour, Bog.; (2) means, expedi- 

 ent ; (3) help, aid (by money or advice), Cliit. ; (4) supply of materials (for a 

 workman). 



CTM^ {fr. ■] (.^\^\tr:i) , s. (I) buying goods on credit and paying afterwards, Jess.; (2) 

 giving clothes to be washed. 



C^NNt^ {fr. c,^\%-i\), s., a shop-keeper with whom one deals on credit, with whom one 

 has a running account. Jess. 



C?]t^t«1 ( = CTt^t^), s., aid, assistance; advice. Jess. 



*C^^, s. (i) strings fastening the bullocks ' necks beneath when yoked ; (2) traces (in 

 harness). 



?f 



?I. This letter is commonly, and especially in C. Beng. confused with ^ and v\; see 

 notes to these two letters. In N. Bengal it is often (i) omitted from the begin- 

 ning of a word, as ^t^ for ^f^, night ; ^f^ for ^f^T, rope ; and (2) prefixed to 

 words beginning with vowels, as ^t^l for '^\^ mango ; ?tCf , fo ^t^f , is, C^W for 

 ^W<, medicine. 



