(p. 944) śālu a kind of red-coloured cotton fabric. 6)

(p. 939) śān̐kha, śān̐ka the conch; a conchshell, a conch. শাঁখ বাজানো v. to blow a conchshell or a conch. শাঁখের করাত a saw for cutting conchshells (this saw cuts bothways), a conch-cutter; (fig.) any object the presence and absence of which are equally painful, something which cuts bothways; a dilemma. শাঁক আলু, শাঁখ-আলু, শাঁকালু, শাঁখালু n. a white esculent fruit shaped almost like a conchshell. শাঁকচুন্নি, শাঁকচুর্ণী corruptions of শঙ্খচূর্ণী । শাঁখা n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell, a conchbangle. শাঁখারি n. a Hindu caste working and dealing in articles made of conchshells; a member of this caste; a worker or dealer in articles of conchshells. 48)

(p. 949) śīrṣa the head; top, apex, summit; tip; the highest or the first or the most distinguished place (also শীর্ষস্হান); (geom.) a vertex (of an angle etc.). ̃ক a. (used as a sfx.) having a particular title, entitled, styled; headed. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) a vertical angle. ̃স্হ a. situated on the top or on the head. পরীক্ষায় শীর্ষস্হান অধিকার করা to stand or come first in an examination. ̃স্হানীয় a. highest, first; most distinguished, chief, topmost. 17)

(p. 951) ślaiṣmika mucous; catarrhal, rheumatic; phlegmatic. শৈষ্মিক ঝিল্লী the mucous membrane. 136)

(p. 939) śahurē of or living in a town or city, urban; townish; cockney. শহুরে জীবন town-life, urbanity. শহুরে হাওয়া (usu. dero.) influence of a town or city, urbanity. ̃পনা n. (dero.) urbanity, townishness; affected cockneyish behaviour or speech. 46)

(p. 944) śikhinī the peahen. 42)

(p. 951) śaiba of or worshipping Shiva (শিব). n. a Hindu community worshipping Shiva (শিব); a member of this community. 46)

(p. 951) śyāma cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottlegreen; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complexion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a dilemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloudlike colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complexion. a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল । n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the blackheaded munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-family, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottlegreen, or green. 102)

(p. 944) śiẏāla the jackal; the fox (fem. vixen). ̃কাঁটা n. a wild thorny plant, agremone mexicana. ̃ফাঁকি n. hoodwinking. শিয়ালের যুক্তি a mischievous counsel or plan. 66)

(p. 944) śikṣita educated; instructed; trained. fem. শিক্ষিতা । সম্প্রদায় n. the educated class; the intelligentsia. 37)

(p. 939) śarāba wine. 15)

(p. 939) śahara a town; a city. ̃কোতোয়াল n. the chief of city police. ̃তলি n. outskirts of a town or city, a suburb. ̃স্হ a. of or living in a town or city; urban. 44)

(p. 939) śarbāṇī the wife of Sharba (শর্ব); Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 24)

(p. 951) śmaśru beard (of man's face). ̃মণ্ডিত a. covered with beard, bearded. ̃ল a. covered with beard, bearded. ̃শূন্য ̃হীন a. beardless. ̃শোভিত a. bedecked with beard, bearded. 100)

(p. 935) śami a kind of tree the Acacia suma. 58)