(p. 374) chakkā2 a playing card marked with six pips. 9)

(p. 374) cha1 the seventh consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 375) chalanā, chalana deception, deceit, fraud; dissimulation; beguilement, double-dealing; hoaxing. ছলনা করা v. to deceive; to beguile; to hoax; to play (a person) false. 34)

(p. 377) chātu flour made of barely, pigeonpea, maize etc.; farina. ̃খোর n. (sl.) an upcountry Indian whose staple food is barley or maize. 25)

(p. 375) chatradhara, chatradhārī one who holds an open umbrella (as a regalia) over the head of a monarch or a person of importance. 8)

(p. 382) chēda act of cutting or severing (শিরশ্ছেদ); a section (দীর্ঘচ্ছেদ); cessation, suspension (বৃষ্টিতে বা কথায় ছেদ পড়া); a part, a chapter (পরিচ্ছেদ); (gr.) any of the punctuation marks (also ছেদচিহ্ন). ছেদ পড়া v. to cease. ̃ক a. one who or that which cuts or cleaves or severs. n. a cutter; (geom.) a section, a sector. ̃ক-দন্ত n. a canine tooth. ̃ন n. act of cutting or cleaving or severing. ছেদনী n. a cutting tool, a cutter. ছেদনীয়, ছেদ্য a. that which is to be or can be cut or cleaved or severed. ̃হীন a. unceasing, ceaseless; incessant. ছেদিত a. cut, cleft, severed. 21)

(p. 375) chāi ashes; a negligible or worthless thing; trash, rubbish; nothing (ছাই জানে). ̃পাঁশ, ̃ভস্ম n. pl. (fig.) trash, rubbish; nonsensical talk, stuff and nonsense. ছাইচাপা আগুন (lit.) fire smouldering under ashes; (fig.) a latent quality or a suppressed feeling. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. an ashtray. ছাই ফেলতে ভাঙা কুলো a neglected person of a family who is made to do all unpleasant and unimportant jobs. ̃রং n. ash colour, dull grey colour. ̃রঙা a. ash, grey. 40)

(p. 375) chanachana, chanchan expressing a feeling of physical indisposition. শরীর ছন্ছন্ করা to feel indisposed or out of sorts. 17)

(p. 382) churi, churikā a knife; a pen-knife (usu. পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি); a clasp-knife; a dagger; a dirk. ছুরি মারা v. to knife, to knive, to stab. গলায় ছুরি মারা (lit.) to cut one's throat, to assassinate, to kill; (usu. fig.) to ruin esp. by exacting a heavy payment. ছুরিকাঘাত n. a stab, stabbing. 5)

(p. 382) chōladāri a small triangular tent (esp. one used in the army). 43)

(p. 374) chaḍ়ā2 a rhyme (ছেলে-ভোলানো ছড়া = a nursery rhyme; গ্রাম্য-ছড়া = a folkrhyme); a set of things threaded together or arranged as if threaded, a string (গোটছড়া); a bunch, a cluster (একছড়া কলা); a spell of sprinkling or a solution for sprinkling (গোবর ছড়া). ছড়া কাটা v. to cap verses, to quote apt verses. 18)

(p. 379) chāẏā a reflection, a shadow; shade, umbra (ছায়ায় বসা); semblance, resemblance, likeness (ছেলেটি বাপেরই ছায়া); slight influence (এ কবিতায় রবীন্দ্রনাথের ছায়া আছে); a faint shadow (এ উত্সবে আনন্দের ছায়াও নেই); a constant companion (ছায়া হয়ে সঙ্গে থাকা); a spectre, an apparition, a ghost (ছায়াশরীর); darkness (রাতের ছায়া, সন্ধ্যার ছায়া); glow, shine, lustre (রত্নচ্ছায়া); shelter or protection ('দেহ পদচ্ছায়া'); the name of the wife of the Hindu sungod. ছায়া না মাড়ানো to keep one's distance, to stand or keep aloof. ̃চিত্র n. a cinematographic film; a cinema. ̃তরু n. a large tree giving shade. ̃ত্মজ, ̃সুত n. Saturn, the son of the sungod. ̃দেহ, ̃শরীর n. a spectre, an apparition, a phantom, a ghost. ̃নট n. an Indian musical mode. ̃পথ n. galaxy, the Milky Way. ̃বাজি n. magic; magic lantern. ̃ভিনয় n. shadow-play. ̃মণ্ডপ n. a canopied place in the open (esp. where a Hindu wedding-ceremony is held). ̃ময় a. shady, umbrageous, shadowy, bowery (ছায়াময় স্হান); spectral, apparitional, ghostly (ছায়াময় দেহ). ̃মুর্তি n. an apparition, a phantom, a spectre, a ghost. 11)

(p. 381) chipachipē slim; slender; lean. 2)

(p. 382) chōn̐ḍ়ā2 (dero.) a young man, a lad. 31)

(p. 381) chuṭanta running, on the run; racing. 22)