(p. 922) lasasi milk-shake; yoghurt. 70)

(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. 921) lakṣaṇa a sign, a mark; an indication; a symptom; a characteristic, a trait; an omen, a presage, a prognostic. ̃গীত n. a song that describes the chief features of a raga or musical mode. ̃যুক্ত a. characterized by or possessing a sign or mark or indication or symptom or characteristic or omen; indicative of; presaging. লক্ষণা n. (rhet.) imposition of a second meaning when the primary one is barred, (loos.) metonymy or metaphor or synecdoche. লক্ষণাক্রান্ত same as ̃যুক্ত । লক্ষণাত্মক a. relating to signs or marks; symptomatic; characteristic. লক্ষণীয় a. noticeable; remarkable, noteworthy; perceptible; prominent. 12)

(p. 927) lāsya, lāsa a woman's dance; artistic or amorous gestures and postures of women. লাস্যময়ী a. fem. given to dancing; having artistic or amorous gestures and postures. 29)

(p. 927) lēṭāra-baksa a letter-box; a pillar-box. 80)

(p. 927) lōkāla bōrḍa a local board. 112)

(p. 927) lēpa1 quilt stuffed with cotton used as a wrap during sleep. লেপের ওয়াড় a quilt case. 85)

(p. 927) likalika expressing: great slenderness or thinness. লিকলিকে a. very slender or thin. 31)

(p. 922) lati the lobe of the ear. 39)

(p. 926) lācāḍ়i a Bengali poetical metre suitable for dancing; a song composed in this metre. 14)

(p. 922) lampha2 a leap, a spring, a jump, a bound. লম্ফ দেওয়া v. to leap, to spring, to jump, to bound. এক লম্ফে at a leap. লম্ফে লম্ফে by leaps and bounds. ̃ঝম্প n. continuous or repeated skipping or leaping; (fig.) excessive haste or fuss or ado or bragging. ̃ন n. leaping or springing or jumping or bounding. 57)

(p. 927) lukōcuri hide-and-seek; (fig.) an attempt to conceal, dodging. লুকোচুরি খেলা v. to play at hide-and-seek; (fig.) to try to conceal, to dodge. 53)

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

(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. 927) lōkasāna loss; damage, harm. লোকসান করা v. to damage, to harm; to cause or suffer a loss. লোকসান দেওয়া v. to suffer or incur a loss; to lose. 104)