(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) lōkāla bōrḍa a local board. 112)

(p. 927) lēkhya that which is to be or can be written; used in writing only, written (লেখ্য ভাষা). n. anything written; an epistle, a letter; a script; a manuscript; a drawing, a painting, a picture, a sketch; a deed, a document, a record. লেখ্য-নিবদ্ধক n. the Registrar of Assurances. ̃পত্র n. a deed, a document. ̃প্রাপক n. record finder. ̃রক্ষক n. a record-keeper. লেখ্যাগার n. record room. লেখ্যোপকরণ n. writing material, such as ink, pen, paper etc. 76)

(p. 922) laghūkṛta lightened; simplified; (math.) reduced; (chem.) diluted; attenuated; commuted. 15)

(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. 933) lyāñcānō to limp. 21)

(p. 933) lōmanāśaka depilatory. 6)

(p. 927) luccā vulgarly lewd or wanton; lowly vulgar, caddish. n. a vulgar libertine; a cad. ̃মি n. vulgar lewdness; caddishness. 57)

(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) lampaṭa lascivious, licentious, libertine, debauched, profligate, lewd; wanton. n. a libertine, a profligate, a debauchee. 55)

(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)

(p. 927) lāṭa2 (of clothes) having the crease spoiled, ruffled, crumpled (also লাটভাঙা); prostrate on the ground. লাট খাওয়া v. (of paper-kites) to behave awkwardly and refuse to keep flying. মেরে লাট করা v. to knock (one) senseless or reeling to the ground by beating. লাটে ওঠা v. to go to the dogs; to fizzle, to flop, to come a cropper. 6)

(p. 922) lajjata that part of the body which flushes in bashfulness, the face; glorious flush of chastity. 24)

(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) labdha obtained; attained; gained; earned; acquired. fem. লব্ধা । ̃কাম a. having one's desire fulfilled; having attained one's end; gratified. ̃গুণ n. (bot.) acquired character. ̃প্রতিষ্ঠ a. famous, one who has earned fame; established. ̃বিদ্যা a. learned; wise. 52)