(p. 933) lōbha greed, avidity, covetousness; strong desire or inclination; strong desire to appropriate to oneself what belongs to others; thirst for worldly possessions; avarice, cupidity; allurement, enticement, temptation. লোভ করা v. to be greedy of, to covet, to have a strong desire or inclination for; to desire strongly to appropriate to oneself what belongs to others; to be thirsty of worldly possessions. লোভ জন্মানো v. to make one greedy. লোভ দেখানো v. to tempt, to allure. লোভে পড়া v. to fall into a temptation; to become greedy of. লোভে পাপ পাপে মৃত্যু (fig.) temptation leads to sin and sin to death; (fig.) avarice leads to vice and vice to death. লোভ সংবরণ করা to check or control one's greed or tempatation. ̃জলক same as লোভনীয় । ̃ন n. act of tempting or alluring, enticement. a. same as লোভনীয় । ̃নীয় a. covetable; tempting, alluring; lucrative (লোভনীয় চাকরি); attractive, charming (লোভনীয় চেহারা). লোভাতুর, লোভার্ত a. stricken with (extreme) greed; greatly tempted; very much eager. fem. লোভাতুরা, লোভার্তা । লোভী a. greedy, avid, covetous; strongly desirous of or inclined to; strongly desirous of appropriating to oneself what belongs to others; greedy of worldly possessions; avaricious; easily tempted or allured. 5)

(p. 927) lōkālaẏa human habitation; a human settlement or colony; a town, a village; (fig.) the human society. 113)

(p. 921) lakalaka expressing; lolling (as of the tongue); dangling or brandishing (as of a cane); flashing (as of a flame of fire). লকলকে a. lolling; dangling; flashing. 6)

(p. 927) lāṭhi a stick, a staff. ̃খেলা n. an exhibition fight with sticks. লাঠি খেলা v. to fight with sticks as an exhibition; to practise fighting with sticks. ̃পেটা করা v. to beat or belabour with a stick. ̃বাজি করা v. to fight or persecute with sticks. ̃য়াল n. a (skilled) figther with sticks. ̃য়ালি n. skill in, or the profession of, fighting with sticks. 12)

(p. 922) labaṇa salt. ̃খনি n. salt-mine. ̃ছাড়া a. (of food) salt-free. ̃জল n. salt-water. saline water. ̃পোড়া a. (of food) overmixed with salt, over-salted. ̃সমুদ্র n. (myth.) the sea containing salt-water. লবনাক্ত a. smeared or oversmeared with salt; containing salt (usu. to excess); saltish, salted; salty; saline. লবণাম্বু n. (myth.) the sea containing salt-water; a sea, an ocean. 50)

(p. 922) lapēṭā a kind of vamped slippers. 44)

(p. 927) lēi glue; any glutinous substance or preparation. 68)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 927) luṭērā one who loots, a plunderer, a robber. 61)

(p. 927) lōkāẏata secular (লোকায়ত সরকার). 110)

(p. 922) laba (math.) a numerator; a minute division or fracton of time; very small amount or fraction. 46)

(p. 922) lahu2 (obs. & poet.) mild, gentle (লহুলহু হাস). 77)

(p. 922) lapaṭānō to entwine; to be entangled or involved (in). 42)

(p. 927) lēkhaka a writer; a scribe; an author (fem. an authoress). 72)

(p. 921) lakaṭa the loquat tree, loquat. 7)