(p. 143) ukti speech; a saying, an apophthegm; a statement; a pronouncement. ̃প্রত্যুক্তি n. statement and counter-statement, bandying of words; mutual recrimination. 16)

(p. 150) uttara an answer, a reply; a retort, a counter; response; reaction; a rejoinder, refutation or objection; solution; conclusion; the north. a. future, later, post-(উত্তরপুরুষ, উত্তরকাল, যুদ্ধোত্তর); upper (উত্তরচ্ছদ); northern. উত্তর করা v. to retort; to answer; to respond, to react; to come to a solution. উত্তর দেওয়া v. to answer, to reply; to respond. উত্তর অয়নান্ত n. summer solstice. ̃কাল n. the future; posterity; the coming age or ages. ̃ক্রিয়া n. annual obsequies; act of answering or responding or reacting. উত্তরচ্ছদ n. a covering; a bedsheet, a bedcover; a scarf; a garment of the upper part of the body. ̃দান n. act of answering or responding or retorting. ̃দায়ক a. & n. one who answers or responds or retorts. ˜পক্ষ n. a solution of a problem; an answer to a question. ̃পত্র n. a book containing an examinee's written answers, answer scripts. ̃পশ্চিম n. & a. north-west. □ a. north-western. ̃পুরুষ n. posterity; successor. ̃পূর্ব n. & a. north-east. ˜প্রত্যুত্তর n. bandying of words, argument and counter-argument. ̃ফল্গুনী, ̃ফাল্গুনী n. the twelfth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars according to Hindu astronomy. ̃বিচার n. (law) an appeal. ̃ভাদ্রপদ n. the twenty-sixth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars according to Hindu astronomy, the Andromeda. ̃মালা n. a list of answers or solutions. ̃মীমাংসা n. Vedanta (বেদান্ত). ̃মেরু see ̃মেরু । ̃যোগ্য a. fit to be answered, answerable. ̃সাধক a. assisting (esp. in the religious practices) according to the Tantras (̃তন্ত্র). n. a chief assistant; poets or scholars of a late age. fem. ̃উত্তরসাধিকা । ̃সূরি n. wise men or scholars of a later age; people of a later age. ̃হিমমণ্ডল n. north frigid zone. 49)

(p. 194) kathā a word or words spoken; a saying; an utterance; a statement; mode of speaking, pronunciation (তার কথা আড়ষ্ঠ); voice (তার কথা শুনতে পেলাম); a dialect (বর্ধমানের কথা); a tale, a story; a chronicle or history (ভারত-কথা); news (গ্রামের কথা); a word (সে নিজের কথা রাখে); an opinion (এ বিষয়ে আমার কথা হল যে); professional narration of scriptural and mythological stories (জমিদার বাড়িতে কথা হবে); a topic, a discourse (এ কথার অবতারণা); conversation; speaking terms (তার সঙ্গে আমার কথা নেই); consultation, discussion (ডাক্তারের সঙ্গে কথা হয়েছে); counsel, advice; instigation; comparison (তার সঙ্গে কার কথা); an incident, an affair (যে সে কথা নয়); a request (সে আমার কথা রেখেছে); order, direction (ছেলেটা কথা শোনে না); necessity, need, compulsion (এ কাজ করতেই হবে, এমন কথা আছে?); plea (ভুল হলে কোনো কথা শুনব না); a proverb (কথায় বলে). কথা কওয়া v. to speak; to talk. কথা কাটা v. to refute; to protest. কথা দেওয়া v. to give one's word, to promise. কথা চালা v. to tell one's secrets to another; to indulge in scandal-mongering, to talk scandal, to gossip. কথা পাড়া v. to raise a topic; to propose. কথা না থাকা not to be on speaking terms with; not to be promised or decided beforehand. কথা রাখা to keep a promise; to be true to one's word. কথায় কথায় in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the by, by the way; whilst talking (কথায় কথায় রাত হল). কথায় থাকা to involve oneself in. কথায় না থাকা to have nothing to do with. কথার কথা a word for word's sake; worth serious consideration (এ কি একটা কথার কথা হল ?). কথার খেলাপ breaking a promise. কথার ঝুড়ি (of a person) a chatterbox. কথার ধার sting of words. কথার নড়চড় deviation from one's promise. কথার ফের, কথার মারপ্যাঁচ a sly turn of speech; verbal trickery; jugglery of words; quibble. কথার শ্রাদ্ধ too much or unnecessary talking, words and words. ̃কলি n. Indian dance depicting ancient wartales. কথা কাটাকাটি n. arguments and counter-arguments; bandying of words; altercation; hot exchange. কথা কাটাকাটি করা v. to advance arguments and counter-arguments; to bandy words; to altercate; to be engaged in a hot exchange. কথা চালাচালি n. act of telling one's secrets to another; scandal-mongering; gossiping. কথা চালাচালি করা same as কথা চালা । ̃চ্ছলে same as কথাপ্রসঙ্গে । ̃ন্তর n. altercation; bandying of words; another topic; interval in course of conversation; a breach of promise. ̃প্রসঙ্গ n. conversation, talk; act of raising a topic; a topic; a context. ̃প্রসঙ্গে adv. in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the way. ̃বার্তা n. conversation; a talk; a chat. ̃বার্তা বলা v. to talk; to chat. ̃মতো adv. in keeping with one's words or promise; in obedience to one's order or direction. ̃মাত্র n. mere words (having no genuine worth). ̃মাত্র সার mere words having no genuine worth, words or promises ending in smoke; false promise. ̃মুখ n. a preface. ̃রম্ভ n. the beginning of a story or conversation. ̃শিল্প n. creative literary works written in prose such as novels, stories etc. ̃শিল্পী n. an author of prose fiction, stories etc. ̃শেষ n. the end of a story or conversation. ̃সাহিত্য same as কথাশিল্প । ̃সাহিত্যিক same as কথাশিল্পী । 89)

(p. 449) tarka a debate, an argument; reasoning; logic (তর্কশাস্ত্র); cause; discussion; consideration (মনে মনে তর্ক); dispute, controversy; altercation; doubt; assumption. তর্ক করা v. to debate; to argue; to reason; to discuss, to consider; to dispute; to altercate, to bandy words. ̃কারী a. & n. one who debates or argues or reasons or considers or disputes or altercates or bandies words; one who chops logic. ̃জাল n. array of arguments; (derog.) cobweb of argument. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা, ̃শাস্ত্র n. logic. ̃বিতর্ক n. debate; altercation; arguments; bandying of words. ̃যুদ্ধ n. war of words. ̃যোগ্য a. arguable; debatable; controversial. ̃সাধ্য a. arguable; disputable; debatable. তর্কাতর্কি same as তর্কবিতর্ক । তর্কাভাস n. sophistry; a sophism. তর্কের খাতিরে adv. for the sake of argument. 74)