(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. 381) chimachāma smart and tidy, spruce, spick and span. 5)

(p. 377) chātā2 a fungus; a mushroom; mould, a dirty or morbid coating, rust, tartar. ছাতা-ধরা, ছাতা-পড়া a. mouldy, musty, having a dirty or morbid coating, rusted, having tartar. ব্যাঙের ছাতা a mushroom; a fungus. 21)

(p. 375) chatri2 an Indian upcountry caste of Kshatriya origin; a member of this caste. 13)

(p. 377) chātā1 umbrella: (coll.) brolly; parasol. 20)

(p. 375) chatari roof (esp. of a carriage); a wicker covering (as of a boat); a frame on a cot for rigging up a mosquito-net. 2)

(p. 374) chaḍ়idāra a person who helps and leads pilgrims (usu.) on an uphill journey.

(p. 375) chatrakhāna scattered about in a disorderly manner, all over the shop; scattered about, strewn here and there; scattered to pieces. 6)

(p. 382) chōṭṭa (very) small, little, tiny; (very) short; (very) trifling; young. 36)

(p. 375) chatra2 a line of writing (দু ছত্র লেখা); a foot of a verse. 3)

(p. 375) chatrapati a king; an emperor; a title of the Maratha king Shivaji. 9)

(p. 375) chān̐kā to sieve, to sift, to strain; to filtrate. a. sieved, sifted, strained; filtered; true or clear (ছাঁকা কথা); especially selected or chosen, select (ছাঁকা ছাঁকা প্রশ্ন বা মানুষ); unmixed, unadulterated, pure (ছাঁকা গঙ্গাজল); easily available (ছাঁকা পয়সা); used in sifting or filtration (আটা-ছাঁকা চালুনি, চা-ছাঁকা ন্যাকড়া). ছাঁকা তেলে ভাজা to fry in so much oil or fat as to necessitate straining. ছেঁকে ধরা v. to beset, to encircle, to hem in; to besiege; to surround from all sides. 46)

(p. 379) chābbiśa twenty-six. ছাব্বিশে n. the twenty-sixth day of a month. a. (of days of a month) twenty-sixth. 10)

(p. 375) chalita deceived, cheated; beguiled; hoaxed. 38)

(p. 375) chala deception, deceit, fraud; dissimulation; a hoax, a deceptive trick, a stratagem; course (কথাচ্ছলে); form, shape ('বৃষ্টিছলে মেঘ কাঁদে'); a beck ('কথা কয় ছলে'); a pretext, a pretence, a plea (প্রণামের ছলে, ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে); a fault or failing, a defect (ছল ধরা). ছল করা v. to hide one's real feelings, thoughts etc. to give a wrong idea of them, to feign. ছল ধরা v. to find fault with, to cavil. ছল পাতা v. to lay a trap. ̃চাতুরি n. fraud and deceit. ̃গ্রাহী a. fault-finding, cavilling. n. a faultfinder, a caviller. ̃ছুতো n. faults and pretexts, pretexts and pretences; a negligible fault or defect; excuses (to explain or defend one's conduct etc.) ছলেবলে adv. by force or fraud, by hook or by crook. 31)