VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 427 



^t¥t«^1 iff. ^^?), s., a close friend, an intimate (applied to women who have gone 



through a ceremony for the purpose). Tip. 

 31>ilf^ (Hindi ^^^t), adv., early, in the morning. E. Beng. 



^^^tf? (Pers. ;l_^), s., a palki. Satigor. 



^^?t^ see *t^^t«^. 



*^°yft?, s. (i) worldly life and concerns; (2) domestic life and concerns ; {^) Jess. 



household, house. 

 t ^^tl«1 (1 + ^^), adv. (i) betimes in the morning, early in the morning ; (2) early, 



soon; Gen. (3) quickly, without delay, Chit. 

 7\^-i{ ('^s^sf ?), s., a wife's sister's husband. Chit. 

 >T<5n, s., fishing basket. Sylh. 

 I'T?^?^, s., roaming about (as of wild animals). 

 ^WP\, s., a fire for warming a house. Rang. 

 ^fl^ (^+fS^), adv., accurately, definitely, positively, fess. 

 ^'^ {/r. ^^ft?) a word used in compounds to denote " step-" relationship; e.g. ^^^] 



step-mother ; 3i(s.x|t^\|t step-mother-in-law. 

 *31^ {fr. ^^), s., a co-wife. 

 3=I\»tt {fr. 3^5,), s., step-motiier. Chit. 

 51^«11 (cp. ^'^\t), adj., born of the same father but of a different mother, step. Bak. 



Cp. ^■^^, w:^^\. 



^^, adj., having a ' step ' relation ; e.g. ^^^ *lt^ft a husband's or wife's step- 

 mother. Raj. Cp. ^^t«^1. 



3l1%^ {fr. *51^|t ; cp. *3=lfs^), s., a co-wife, rival wife. Chit. 



^^#t {fr. *^^^ + ^), s., a co-wife's daughter. Chit. 



^f (»t^ ? /;'. rt. ■3ft ?), s., making to lie down, laying down, depositing. Maid. 



>0«^1, adj., of the half-blood ; e.g. w:^^] ^»tt = a half-brother. 24-7V?r^'s. Cp. ^Tfcll. 



^e«5ji (Z/'. *3lf»^?+5n)^ s., step-mother. Bak. 



*^li, s. (i) a sacrifice; (2) a Hindu religious endowment, Sibsagar. 



m<l (Arab. ;^.^), s., the front side (of a house), front door, Gen. ; JiffH^ outside the front 

 door. 



Ifft^ 5 (Arabic ?), -s., registration. Chit. 



^^^ {fr. *3^t"iT?l), adj., uterine, born of the same mother, Chit. 



^% {f}. ^t^^T?), adv., to the utmost of one's power, as much as one can. Bak. 



31^^1, s., a worker in ores, smelter. Dae. 



*^^H, s. (i) the evening twilight. Gen. e.g. ^^11 'f<\ ^tM f^^f«^ evening had quite 

 ended and it was dark. Tip; (2) the evening prayer or light (among Hindus), 

 e.g. ^^11 <F%.s to say the evening prayers, Jess, mil 5lNttC"5 to light the evening 

 lamp, Jess. 



^^J\\ {fr. ^e, above + si] ?), s., sister's mother-in-law. Maid. 



*^^f (Arab. ^-^--0), s. (i) bamboo-matting; Jess. ; (2) mat, small piece of matting, Raj. 



>I^, s., pulp, soft substance. Jess. 



>I<in^ (cp. ^^if^), adv., early, in the morning. Chit. 



