(p. 927) lēha, lēhana licking or lapping. লেহন করা v. to lick, to lap. লেহনকারী, লেহী a. & n. one who or that which licks or laps. লেহ্য a. (of food) to be eaten or taken by licking or lapping. 100)

(p. 926) lāga reach; contact; touch; contiguity; nearness. ̃সই a. appropriate, fitting, suitable. 3)

(p. 927) lālitya beauty; sweetness, charm; (of speech) suavity. 26)

(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. 926) lāgānō to attach, to affix; to apply, to set (আগুন লাগানো); to paint or smear or wash with (রং লাগানো); to touch (গায়ে গা লাগানো); to expose to (রোদ লাগানো); to bring to, to stop at (ঘাটে নৌকা লাগানো); to employ, to engage, to set to (কাজে লোক লাগানো, পড়ায় মন লাগানো); to apply, to use (বেত লাগানো); to involve (in), to set (to) (ঝগড়া লাগানো); to require, to need, to take, to spend (সময় লাগানো); to cost (খরচ লাগানো); to invest, to lay out (ব্যবসায় টাকা লাগানো); to rouse (মনে ভয় লাগানো); to cause to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগানো); to hit, to strike (মনে লাগানো, গাছে ঢিল লাগানো); to report (against) maliciously and secretly, to earwig, to calumniate (কারও নামে লাগানো). লাগানি-ভাঙানি n. malicious and secret report against a person, earwigging. 7)

(p. 927) lēśa an iota, a jot, a bit; trace, shadow. ̃মাত্র a. (chiefly used in the negative) even an iota or bit of, even the faintest trace or shadow of. 98)

(p. 922) laẏa dissolution or fusion into a greater esse; merging, fusion; dissolution; destruction; universal dissolution or annihilation; (mus.) tempo. লয়ে আনা v. (coll.) to bring under control; to compel someone to behave properly; to bring someone to his senses. 64)

(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) lasasi milk-shake; yoghurt. 70)

(p. 933) lōṣṭra a roundish small lump of earth; a small roundish stone or brickbat. ̃বত্ adv. & a. like a clod of earth; as valueless as a lump of earth. 12)

(p. 922) lākṣaṇika symptomatic; figurative, metaphorical; symbolical; versed in soothsaying; oracular. লাক্ষণিক অর্থ same as লক্ষিতার্থ (see লক্ষিত). 87)

(p. 926) lājuka bashful, shy; coy; modest; diffident.

(p. 922) lampha1 lamp esp. a small kerosene lamp. 56)

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

(p. 933) lauha iron; steel. ̃কার n. a blacksmith. ̃ঘটিত a. ferrous; chalybeate. ̃চূর্ণ n. iron filings; pulverized iron, iron dust; iron rust. ̃নির্মিত a. made of iron or steel. ̃বর্ত্ম n. a railway; a tramway. ̃ময় a. made of iron or steel; full of iron. ̃শৃঙ্খল n. iron chains, fetters. 18)