(p. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 927) lipsu yearning or longing for; avid. 43)

(p. 922) laḍ় (obs.) running or bolting, a bolt. লড় দেওয়া v. to bolt off, to take a run; to take to one's heels. 33)

(p. 922) lajjhaḍ় good-for-nothing (লজ্ঝড় লোক); worthless, trashy (লজ্ঝড় জিনিস); broken and unserviceable; unwieldy, unmanageable, troublesome (লজ্ঝড় বোঝা বা কাজ). 22)

(p. 922) labja speech; language; a dialect; a mode of speaking; an idiom. 48)

(p. 927) lēpa2 a layer of paint etc., a coat, a coating, a wash (মাটির লেপ); anything to coat or smear with. 86)

(p. 933) lōlupa stricken with extreme greed; greatly tempted; very much eager; greedy, avid. 11)

(p. 922) laghimā a yogic attainment that enables one to make one's body light or subtle at pleasure; absence of heaviness, lightness. 9)

(p. 922) laghulipika a stenographer. 13)

(p. 927) lōkācāra a popular practice, a custom, a usage; customs and usages collectively. লোকাচারের বিরুদ্ধে a. contrary to popular practice, opposed to prevailing custom or usage. 105)

(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) lēbu2 (infor.) good-for-nothing; unpractical; stupid. 94)

(p. 922) laṅghana fasting; crossing; passing or leaping or scaling over; dereliction, non-observance; transgression; violation, infringement; non-compliance, non-abidance. লঙ্ঘন করা v. to cross; to pass or leap or scale over; to fail to perform; to transgress; to violate, to infringe; not to comply with, not to abide by, to disobey. লঙ্ঘন দেওয়া v. to keep fasting, to go without food. 20)

(p. 927) lāṭa3 a governor (বাংলার লাট); a governor-general (usu. বড়োলাট); a commander-in-chief (usu. জঙ্গিলাট); (usu. hum.) a. a lord (লাট-বেলাট). ছোটোলাট n. a lieutenant-governor; a provincial governor. 7)

(p. 921) lakṣādhika more than a hundred thousand or lakh. 14)