লম্বা : (p. 922) lambā tall; lofty; long; long-continued; lengthy; (fig.) prostrate; (fig.) boastful or grandiloquent. n. length. লম্বা করা v. to lengthen; to expand; (fig.) to lay prostrate on the ground by beating. লম্বা দেওয়া v. to decamp; to run away, to flee, to take to one's heels. লম্বা হওয়া v. to lie prostrate; to grow in length, to become long. লম্বা কথা boastful or grandiloquent talk, tall talk, big talk. লম্বা চাল excessive pomp or eclat esp. that which is displayed beyond one's means. ̃ই n. length; the measure of length. লম্বাইচওড়াই n. length and breadth; the measure of length and breadth; bragging, boastful or grandiloquent talk (লম্বাইচওড়াই মারা). লম্বাংশ n. polar distance. ̃টে slightly tall, tallish; longish. লম্বায় adv. in length, lengthwise. ̃লম্বি adv. lengthwise, lengthways. 60)

(p. 927) lāṭima, lāṭṭu a top. লাটিম ঘুরানো to spin a top. 10)

(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) laṅkā2 Ceylon; modern Sri Lanka. ̃কান্ড n. a canto of the Ramayana narrating the capture of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Rama (রাম); (fig.) a tumultuous affray or brawl. ̃দাহন n. the burning of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Hanuman (হনুমান). ̃ধিপতি, ̃পতি n. the king of Lanka (লঙ্কা). 16)

(p. 922) lākṣā lac, shellac. ̃কীট n. an insect producing lac. ̃রস n. lac dye. 88)

(p. 922) laghiṣṭa lightest; smallest; minimum; lowest; least; very light or small. লঘিষ্ঠ সাধারণ গুণিতক, (সংক্ষেপে) ল. সা. গু (math.) the least common multiple, (abbr.) L.C.M. 10)

(p. 927) lōkāntara another world; the world where one goes after one's death, the next world, the beyond, the hereafter; (loos.) death (তাঁর লোকান্তরের পর). ̃প্রাপ্ত, লোকান্তরিত a. diceased, dead. ̃প্রাপ্ত বা লোকান্তরিত হওয়া v. to die. ̃গমন, ̃প্রাপ্তি n. death. 107)

(p. 927) lēpaṭānō to wrap round oneself; to cling to; to be involved or implicated in; to coat or smear. 89)

(p. 922) labaṅga clove; the clove-tree. ̃লতা, ̃লতিকা n. a creeper bearing fragrant flowers, (cp.) the clove-pink; a kind of sweet pastry; (fig.) a modest and charming female. 47)

(p. 927) lāla2 red. a. reddened; flushed. লাল করা v. to redden; to dye or paint red. ̃ফিতে n. (fig.) official delay; redtapism. লাল বাতি জ্বালা to go into liquidation. লাল হওয়া v. to redden; to flush; (fig.) to flourish; to become rich. 20)

(p. 922) lanḍabhanḍa expressing; utter disruption or confusion or disorder or rout. লন্ডভন্ড হওয়া v. to be utterly disrupted or confused or routed. 41)

(p. 927) lālasa1 greedy, covetous; eagerly desirous or longing; lustful. 23)

(p. 922) lā2 (dial.) a boat. 78)

(p. 926) lāgāma a bridle; reins. লাগাম পরানো v. to bridle, to bit; (fig.) to restrain, to curb. লাগাম কামড়ানো to champ the bit. ̃ছাড়া a. unbridled; (fig.) unrestrained or (over-) free. 8)

(p. 926) lāgāḍ় continuity, stretch. a. continuous (লাগাড় বকবকানি). 6)

(p. 933) lyāṅaṭa, lyāṅgaṭa a tiny loincloth worn by Indian wrestlers and ascetics. 25)