VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 423 



^^ [fr. t^itf^C^s), adv. and prep.^ touching, close to, very near, ^t^t ^R {Raj.) imme- 

 diately on the east. «^N ^]tl^ [Chit.) to catch, seize. 



s^N-^ (cp. ^-ji^s), s., a long bamboo stick or pole. Maid. Cp. sltltt 



s^f^ft^ {jr. f Glt^1), ««'/., touching, immediately adjoining, very close to. 



«lt^t^^ {fr. t«lt^ttc^), /);'e/>., up to, to, as far as. Chit. 



t^ltf^C^ [rt. c^jt), ?'./?. (i) to adhere, stick to; (2) to be in contact with, touch; (3) to 

 come into contact with, to hit; (4) to apply one's self to, begin, commence; (5) 

 v.a. in E. Beng., to apply, make contact, e.g. f^^t^ «ltf^C5 to apply (light) to a 

 lamp, to light a lamp. 



«1lf^?f^ ( //'. fsllf^C'S), adj. (i) assigned (to raiyats), leased out, sublet; (2) planted 

 out, transplanted, Chit. ^lf^<l^ ^f^l^ to lease out (land) ; to transplant (paddy 

 seedlings), Chit. 



^\t\ {fr. 5it^^), s., a long bamboo stick or pole. Maid. 



^t5l (Hindi ^tot), s., bird-lime. Chit. Cp. «lt^^>i1. 



^im]^ {fr. i^l + ^^t^ ?), s., bad language, indecent words. Raj. 



^tC^J, s., dung, droppings (of deer, etc.). Bak. 



?it\5, s., the paddy along the border of a field, that bends over into the next field. 

 Tip. 



?ltfk^ {fr. r\f^^m, v.a. (I) to shake, agitate, Gen. (2) to tether (cattle) for grazing 

 (so as to allow them to move about in one spot), Dae. 



«lt^t<P^ {fr. Pers. li + Arab, c^ilt), adj., weak, infirm, exhausted. Dae. 



^f^^], s., a verandah. Chit. Cp. sit^-'stt. 



r\m\ (connected with -^n^ and m\\ ?), s., a stick, staft\ Maid. 



«Tt^t^ (//'. ^TJ^Hs), adv., below, down stream. 



«^t5|t^, prep, and adv., below, beneath. Sylh. 



^if^Ui {for ^tf^l^), v.n., to go down, step down, descend. 



^!^f I (//'. 5itf^r;5,), adj., low, low-lying (applied to land). Khul. 



v\t<l adv., gently. Chit. 



^]r\ (Pers. J))), adj. (i) red, reddish; (2) ruddy brown. It is applied to objects (as 

 cattle) which have any degree of ruddiness in their colour. «1|51-^%1, adj. (cloth) 

 with red stripes crossed. «1t^ ^tf^<I1, adj. (cloth) with a red border. 



^t«1 (cp. ^t^), adj., rice-growing. ^]^ ^\M paddy land. Khul. i^t^ is said to be the 

 corrupt form of H^. 



^'\^J\] {fr. t«Tf5i saliva), s., mucous or viscous matter. Raj. 



53$ -^m {fr. ^ + Pers. J^K^), s., plunder and robbery. Hug. 



^ {Engl. ' rule'), s., a baton or short staff. Tip. 



5^«11, adj., paralyzed in the arms and legs. Dae. 



mt, s., flour-paste, paste. Haughton gives C«^^t. 



C«1GTi1 {for C^^¥l fr. ^^?), adj., low, depressed, low-lying. Raj. 



C^^-^, s., a flail made of bamboo with tendrils of the wild cane. Bak. 



C«1^^1 {fr. ^tf?), adj., naked. Chit. 



C^W, s., tail (of any animal, fish, reptile, etc., but not of a bird). Chit. 



