(p. 126) āsā2 to come; to appear; to come up; to arrive (ট্রেন আসা); to reach, to come up to (মুখ পর্যন্ত আসা); to commence, to begin (জ্বর আসা); to set in (শরত্ আসা); to be excited with (আবেগ আসা); to rise, to crop up (মনে আসা); to enter (ঘরে আসা); to attack, to come upon (ঢুলুনি আসা); to be struck with (ভয় আসা); to be supplied with (কথা আসা); to be filled with (চোখে জল আসা); to take place, to occur, to come about (বিপদ আসা); to be earned, to accrue (টাকা আসা); to be on the point of (ফুরিয়ে আসা). a. that which has come (কাছে আসা) n. act of coming; arrival. এগিয়ে আসা v. to come up, to advance. আসা-যাওয়া n. come-and-go. উঠে আসা v. to come up; to get up; to remove; to get loose, to be detached, to come off (ছাল উঠে আসা). কথা আসা v. to be able to speak. কাছে আসা v. to come or draw near, to come by; to approach. কাজে আসা, ব্যবহারে আসা v. to be of use, to be useful, to be serviceable. কান্না আসা v. to feel like crying or weeping. নেমে আসা v. to come down; to get down; to alight; to descend; to dismount. নিভে আসা v. to get dimmer and dimmer. নিয়ে আসা v. to bring along, bring with oneself; to fetch. ফিরে আসা v. to come back, to return. ফুরিয়ে আসা v. to be about to be exhausted; to be about to end. ফেলে আসা v. to leave behind. বহে আসা v. to flow down, to stream down; to come along. বেয়ে আসা v. to come steering along. বাইরে আসা v. to come out, to emerge. ভিতরে আসা v. to come in, to enter. রেখে আসা same as ফেলে আসা । 153)

(p. 194) kathā a word or words spoken; a saying; an utterance; a statement; mode of speaking, pronunciation (তার কথা আড়ষ্ঠ); voice (তার কথা শুনতে পেলাম); a dialect (বর্ধমানের কথা); a tale, a story; a chronicle or history (ভারত-কথা); news (গ্রামের কথা); a word (সে নিজের কথা রাখে); an opinion (এ বিষয়ে আমার কথা হল যে); professional narration of scriptural and mythological stories (জমিদার বাড়িতে কথা হবে); a topic, a discourse (এ কথার অবতারণা); conversation; speaking terms (তার সঙ্গে আমার কথা নেই); consultation, discussion (ডাক্তারের সঙ্গে কথা হয়েছে); counsel, advice; instigation; comparison (তার সঙ্গে কার কথা); an incident, an affair (যে সে কথা নয়); a request (সে আমার কথা রেখেছে); order, direction (ছেলেটা কথা শোনে না); necessity, need, compulsion (এ কাজ করতেই হবে, এমন কথা আছে?); plea (ভুল হলে কোনো কথা শুনব না); a proverb (কথায় বলে). কথা কওয়া v. to speak; to talk. কথা কাটা v. to refute; to protest. কথা দেওয়া v. to give one's word, to promise. কথা চালা v. to tell one's secrets to another; to indulge in scandal-mongering, to talk scandal, to gossip. কথা পাড়া v. to raise a topic; to propose. কথা না থাকা not to be on speaking terms with; not to be promised or decided beforehand. কথা রাখা to keep a promise; to be true to one's word. কথায় কথায় in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the by, by the way; whilst talking (কথায় কথায় রাত হল). কথায় থাকা to involve oneself in. কথায় না থাকা to have nothing to do with. কথার কথা a word for word's sake; worth serious consideration (এ কি একটা কথার কথা হল ?). কথার খেলাপ breaking a promise. কথার ঝুড়ি (of a person) a chatterbox. কথার ধার sting of words. কথার নড়চড় deviation from one's promise. কথার ফের, কথার মারপ্যাঁচ a sly turn of speech; verbal trickery; jugglery of words; quibble. কথার শ্রাদ্ধ too much or unnecessary talking, words and words. ̃কলি n. Indian dance depicting ancient wartales. কথা কাটাকাটি n. arguments and counter-arguments; bandying of words; altercation; hot exchange. কথা কাটাকাটি করা v. to advance arguments and counter-arguments; to bandy words; to altercate; to be engaged in a hot exchange. কথা চালাচালি n. act of telling one's secrets to another; scandal-mongering; gossiping. কথা চালাচালি করা same as কথা চালা । ̃চ্ছলে same as কথাপ্রসঙ্গে । ̃ন্তর n. altercation; bandying of words; another topic; interval in course of conversation; a breach of promise. ̃প্রসঙ্গ n. conversation, talk; act of raising a topic; a topic; a context. ̃প্রসঙ্গে adv. in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the way. ̃বার্তা n. conversation; a talk; a chat. ̃বার্তা বলা v. to talk; to chat. ̃মতো adv. in keeping with one's words or promise; in obedience to one's order or direction. ̃মাত্র n. mere words (having no genuine worth). ̃মাত্র সার mere words having no genuine worth, words or promises ending in smoke; false promise. ̃মুখ n. a preface. ̃রম্ভ n. the beginning of a story or conversation. ̃শিল্প n. creative literary works written in prose such as novels, stories etc. ̃শিল্পী n. an author of prose fiction, stories etc. ̃শেষ n. the end of a story or conversation. ̃সাহিত্য same as কথাশিল্প । ̃সাহিত্যিক same as কথাশিল্পী । 89)

(p. 219) kāja work, action; a deed, an act; a job, an employment, a service (কাজ থেকে বরখাস্ত); occupation, profession, trade; duty, task (রাজার কাজ প্রজাপালন); practice, habit (আড্ডা দেওয়াই তার কাজ); need, necessity, use (কথায় কাজ কী); motive, business (কী কাজে এসেছ); outcome, result, good result, success (ওষুধে কাজ হয়েছে); artistry (ছবিতে রঙের কাজ). কাজ আদায় করা v. to see that one works properly, to make one work properly; to get a work or task done; to wheedle a thing out of another, to wangle (by persuasion, trickery etc.). কাজও নেই কামাইও নেই always busy with nothing, ever busy with nothing; ever busy with trifles or with useless work; fussy. কাজ করা v. to work; to serve; to be effective. কাজ চলা, কাজ চলে যাওয়া v. & n. to be worth working, to be workable; to do (এতে তোমার কাজ চলবে ?? will it do?). কাজ দেওয়া v. to give employment; to entrust with a work or job, to allocate or allot duties to; to be effective (ওষুধটায় কাজ দিয়েছে); to give service (ঘড়িটা ভাল কাজ দিচ্ছে). কাজ দেখা v. to examine a work done; to supervise a work; to look for an employment or job; (coll.) to be effective (এতে কাজ দেখবে). কাজ দেখানো v. to try to display ostentatiously that one is busy, to be fussily active; to show off; to prove one's worth through work. কাজ বাগানো v. to manage to achieve one's end, to manage to obtain. কাজ বাঁচানো v. to see that one does not lose one's job. কাজ বাজানো v. (usu. dero.—by an insincere worker) to be on duty neglectfully. কাজ হাসিল করা v. to have one's object fulfilled; to have one's object achieved. কাজের কথা useful talk; the main point of a talk; talk about work. কাজের কাজি the right man for a work. কাজের জিনিস useful or valuable thing. কাজের বার useless, out of order; worthless; disabled. কাজের বেলায় কাজি কাজ ফুরোলে পাজি (fig.) ingratitude is the law of the world. কাজের লোক n. an employee; a servant, an active or useful or competent person. 12)

(p. 220) kāṭā to cut; to hew, to cleave; to chop; to carve (মাংস কাটা); to mow (ঘাস কাটা); to lop (গাছের ডাল কাটা); to trim; to pare (নখ কাটা); to amputate; to incise, to operate, to lance (ফোড়া কাটা); to bite (জিভ কাটা); to eat (পোকায় কাটা); to pen through, to strike off (লেখা কাটা, নাম কাটা); to deduct (পাওনা কাটা); to dig (পুকুর কাটা); to sink (কুয়ো কাটা); to draw (লাইন কাটা, দাগ কাটা); to write (আঁক কাটা); to write out (চেক কাটা); to paint (তিলক কাটা); to mend or sharpen (কলম বা পেনসিল কাটা); to refuse (যুক্তি কাটা); to say in retort, to protest (কথা কাটা); to construct (পথ কাটা); to compose, to recite, to cap (ছড়া কাটা); to pinch or pick (পকেট কাটা); to pass (সময় কাটা); to disperse (মেঘ কাটা); to lift (কুয়াশা কাটা); to be dispelled (ভয় কাটা); to make a slip in (তাল কাটা, সুর কাটা); to be sold, to sell, to be in demand (বাজারে মাল কাটা); to be in the act of doing, to do (সাঁতার কাটা). a. cut; hewn, cleft, cloven; chopped; carved; moved, mown; lopped; amputated; incised, operated, lanced; eaten; penned through, struck off; mended, sharpened; used in cutting or chopping (পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি, মাংস-কাটা ছুরি). n. cutting; hewing; cleaving; chopping; carving; mowing; lopping; trimming; paring; amputation; incision, operation; a mark of cutting or incision or operation; biting; eating; penning through, striking off; deduction; digging; sinking; drawing; writing, writing out; painting; mending or sharpening কথা কাটা v. to answer in retaliation, to retort. কাটা কাপড় textile fabrics for making garments, piecegoods. কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটা দেওয়া to add insult to injury. ঘাস কাটা v. to mow grass; (sarcas.) (to be able) to do nothing. ছড়া কাটা v. to cap or recite a rhyme. জিভ কাটা v. to show the tip of one's tongue and press it with the teeth, to bite one's tongue (as a mark of bashfulness or in apology.) ট্রেনেকাটা a. run-over by a railway train. ফাঁড়া কাটা v. to avoid or escape a possible or impending calamity. ফুট কাটা v. to let fall in drops; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ফোঁড়া কাটা v. to let fall in drops; to put a holy mark between the eyebrows or on the forehead; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ভারে কাটা v. to pull one's weight. সাঁতার কাটা v. to swim. সিঁথি কাটা v. to part hair. সিঁধ কাটা v. to break stealthily into a mud house, to burgle; to crack a crib. সুতো কাটা v. to spin. 26)

(p. 257) kōṇa an angle; a corner; a bay (কোণ নেওয়া); the inside or interior (গৃহকোণ); edge, border (আঁখিকোণ); the point (ছুরির কোণ); the interior of a house where women live, a gynaeceum, zenana (সন্ধ্যা হতেই বাবুটি কোণে ঢোকেন). ̃ঠাসা a. driven into a corner, held or kept at bay, subdued. ̃মাপক n. a protractor. প্রবৃদ্ধকোণ n. (geom.) a reflex angle. সন্নিহিত কোণ n. (geom.) an adjacent angle. সমকোণ n. (geom.) a right angle. সমকোণী a. (geom.) right-angled. সরলকোণ n. (geom.) a straight angle. সরলকোণী a. (geom.) straight-angled. সূক্ষকোণ n. (geom.) an acute angle. সূক্ষকোণী a. (geom.) acute-angled. স্হূলকোণ n. (geom.) an obtuse angle. স্হূলকোণী a. (geom.) obtuse-angled. কোণানুপাত n. trigonometrical ratios. 6)

(p. 274) khabaradāra expressing: take care, beware, be on guard, watch out, halt for safety. খবরদারি n. caution; cautiousness; act of looking after; careful attendance; care, custody, guardianship (ছেলেটি তার খবরদারিতে আছে); management (তার খবরদারিতে সংসার চলে). 16)

(p. 285) khēdānō to drive away, to chase away, to expel; to scare away; to tend (গোরু খেদানো); (sarcas.) to teach (ছাত্র খেদানো). a. driven away, expelled (বাপে-তাড়ানো মায়ে খেদানো ছেলে). খেদানিয়া, খেদানে a. one who or that which drives away or expels or scares away or tends. 28)

(p. 285) khēlā a play, a game, a sport; a recreational match or contest; a pastime; a diversion; an amusement; a show of an entertaining trick or feat (সাপখেলা, জাদুখেলা, লাঠিখেলা, সার্কাসের খেলা); artistry, artistic display (ছবিতে রঙের খেলা, আকাশে মেঘের খেলা); act of trifling (পড়াশুনা নিয়ে খেলা, বিপদ নিয়ে খেলা); act of fondling. v. to play; to work (বুদ্ধি খেলা, অঙ্কে মাথা খেলা); to trifle; to fondle. খেলা কথা নয় something not to be trifled with or taken lightly. খেলা করা v. same as খেলা (v). ̃ঘর n. (rare.) a room or hall for indoor games; a miniature house built by children at play with sand or mud or straw, a doll's house; (fig.) domestic life or earthly life. ̃ধুলা n. games and sports; sports and pastime. ̃নো v. to cause to play; to supervise at play; to control and lead at pleasure, to make a person do everything one wishes him to do, to lead by the nose (বণিকরা সরকারকে খেলায়); (in football, hockey etc.) to pass the ball frequently in the course of a game to a player of one's own side to play (উইংকে দিয়ে খেলানো). খেলার ছলে adv. playfully. খেলার মাঠ n. a playground. খেলার সঙ্গী, খেলার সাথি n. a playmate. খেলার সরঞ্জাম n. sports goods. 43)

(p. 289) khōlā2 to open (দরজা খোলা); to expose or reveal, to open (মন খোলা); to unfasten (গোরুর দড়ি খোলা); to set on a voyage or journey, to leave; to start or found (নতুন স্কুল খোলা); to open for day's work (এ দোকান বেলা দশটায় খুলবে); to resume work, to re-open (ছুটির পর আদালত খুলবে); to untie or undress (খোঁপা খোলা, চুল খোলা); to put off, to take off (জামা খোলা). a. open, unfastened; untied or undressed; unobstructed, unhindered (খোলা পথ); frank, without reserve (খোলা মন). া বাজার (comm.) open market. াখুলি a. frank, categorical, candid, outspoken, unreserved (খোলাখুলি কথা). adv. frankly, categorically, point-blank, outspokenly, unreservedly. ানো v. to cause to open or unfasten; to cause to leave; to cause to start or found; to cause to open for day's work; to cause to re-open; to cause to untie or undress; to cause to take off or put off. 12)

(p. 293) gaḍ়āgaḍ়i state of weltering; a scattered and unclaimed state (টাকাপয়সার গড়াগড়ি). গড়াগড়ি খাওয়া, গড়াগড়ি দেওয়া v. to welter, to roll about, to wallow. গড়াগড়ি যাওয়া v. to welter (ছেলেটা ধুলোয় গড়াগড়ি যাচ্ছে); to roll about; to be scattered here and there (টাকাপয়সা গড়াগড়ি যাচ্ছে). 30)

(p. 293) gaḍ়ā3 to make (পিঠে গড়া); to shape, to mould, to model (পুতুল গড়া); to create; to build, to construct (বাড়ি গড়া); to form (দল গড়া); to found (স্কুল গড়া, রাজ্য গড়া); to bring up (ছেলে গড়া); to develop (দেশ গড়া). a. made; shaped, moulded, modelled; created; built, constructed; formed; founded; brought up; developed; made up, fabricated (গড়া সাক্ষী). 29)

(p. 301) gān̐thana act of stringing (as a garland); composition (ছন্দে গাঁথন); construction; act of laying (bricks, stones etc. for constructing a building). 71)

(p. 306) gān̐thā to lay (as bricks, stones etc. in construction of buildings); to construct, to build; to string (as garland); compose, to set (ছন্দে গাঁথা); to cling or stick steadfastly (হৃদয়ে গেঁথে থাকা). a. laid; constructed; built; strung; composed, set; clung, stuck. 2)

(p. 327) grahaṇa1 taking or receiving (ভিক্ষাগ্রহণ); holding (হস্তগ্রহণ); assuming (ছদ্মবেশ গ্রহণ); adoption (সন্ন্যাস গ্রহণ); reception (অতিথিকে সাদরে গ্রহণ); acceptance (নিমন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ); comprehension, realization (রচনার অর্থগ্রহণ); drinking or eating (জলগ্রহণ, অন্নগ্রহণ); taking in (শ্বাসগ্রহণ); act of inhaling (গন্ধগ্রহণ). গ্রহণ করা v. to take, to receive; to hold; to assume; to adopt; to accept; to comprehend, to realize; to drink or eat; to take in; to inhale. ̃ক্ষম a. receptive. ̃ক্ষমতা, ̃শক্তি n. receptive power or capacity. 6)

(p. 329) ghara a house, a building; a dwelling, a residence, an abode, a home; a shrine, a temple (ঠাকুরঘর); a room, a compartment, an apartment (পড়ার ঘর); one's own family (ঘরের লোক); a family (দুশো ঘরের বাস); descent, lineage (স্বঘর, হাঘর); a groove, a pocket (ছাপার টাইপের ঘর); a hole (বোতামের ঘর = a button-hole); (of machines etc.) a button, a reed (হারমোনিয়ামে 'সা'-এর ঘর); a rectangle or a square (ঘর কাটা); a place, a space, a side, a division, a column etc. (খরচের ঘর). ঘর আলো করা v. to beautify or edify a house (esp. with one's personal charm); to bring joy or glory or pride to a family. ̃করনা, ̃কন্না n. (usu. of a woman) housekeeping, household duties; domestic science; the life and duties of a housewife; housewifery. ঘরকরনা করা, ঘরকন্না করা v. (usu. of a woman) to keep a house for, to act as a housewife (সে শান্তিতে ঘরকন্না করছে); to perform household duties; to be a housewife. ঘর করা v. to build a house; to act as a wife or mistress to (স্বামী নিয়ে ঘর করা); to act as a housewife, to do housekeeping (সে দেওরদের ঘর করছে); to lead the life of a housewife (কীসের জন্য আর ঘর করা); (of men) to live as a householder, to live as a family man (স্ত্রীপুত্র নিয়ে ঘর করা). ঘর কাটা v. to divide into or draw separate spaces, columns, squares, rectangles etc. ̃কাটা a. divided into separate spaces, columns, squares, rectangles etc. ̃কুনো a. homekeeping, shy of company. n. a home-bird. ̃কুনোমি n. home-keeping nature. ঘর গড়া v. to build one's house or home, to set up one's residence; to establish one's family. ঘর ঘর adv. to or at every door, from door to door; to every family or house (বঙ্গের ঘর-ঘর). ̃ছাড়া a. one who has renounced hearth and home or has taken to asceticism (ঘরছাড়া সন্ন্যাসী); away from home, living abroad (ঘরছাড়া জীবন); revolting against the domestic life (ঘরছাড়া মন). ̃জামাই n. a man who lives in his father-in-law's family at the latter's cost. ̃জোড়া a. occupying the whole space of a room; crowding or over-crowding a room; making a family or house charming and delightful by one's presence (ঘরজোড়া নাতি-নাতনি). ঘর জ্বালানো v. to set fire to a house or dwelling, to commit arson; (fig.) to destroy the peace and happiness of a family; (fig.) to ruin a family. ̃জ্বালানে a. (fig.) one who or that which destroys the peace and happiness of a family; (fig.) one who or that which ruins a family. fem. ঘরজ্বালানি । ঘর তোলা v. to build a house or room (esp. a residential one). ঘর-পর n. one's own people and others. ঘরপাতা v. to settle down to a married life. ̃পোড়া a. one whose house or dwelling has been burnt down; that which burns down a house or dwelling. n. an appellation of Hanuman (হনুমান) who set fire to Lanka (লঙ্কা); an incendiary or saboteur. ঘরপোড়া গোরু সিঁদুরে মেঘ দেখে ডরায় a burnt child dreads the fire. ঘরপোড়া বুদ্ধি a thought or plan that harms oneself or one's own family or side. ̃পোষা a. domestic, tame. ̃বর n. one's husband and his house or family. ̃বসত n. act of dwelling or residing (ঘরবসত করা); a dwelling, a homestead; act of going to live with the husband permanently (generally said of childwives). ঘর বাঁধা v. to build a house or dwelling; to settle, to colonize. ̃বার করা v. to go out of doors and come indoors alternately and repeatedly (esp. in anxiety). ঘর ভাঙা v. to pull down or demolish a house or room (esp. a residential one); to cause internal strife through instigation; to cause to lose one's aristocracy through matrimonial alliance with an inferior family. ঘর ভাঙানো v. to cause to pull down or demolish a house or room; to cause internal strife through instigation; to cause to lose one's purity of blood through matrimonial alliance with an inferior family. ঘর-ভাঙানে a. one who or that which causes internal strife through instigation. fem. ঘরভাঙানি । ̃মুখো a. homeward; homing. ঘরসংসার. same as ঘরকরনা । ̃সন্ধান n. act of prying into a family or party to find out any of its weak points by means of which internal dissension may be caused. ̃সন্ধানী a. praying into a family or party to find out any of its weak points by means of which internal dissension may be caused. ঘরে আগুন দেওয়া same as ঘর জ্বালানো । ঘরে-পরে, ঘরে-বাইরে adv. out of doors and within; at home and abroad. ঘরের কথা the secret of a family or a party. ঘরের শত্রু one who is an enemy to his own family or party, one who betrays his own family or party. ঘরের শত্রু বিভীষণ one whose activities and behaviour do a lot of harm to the family; a quisling (see গৃহশত্রু বিভীষণ). 51)

(p. 349) carānō to cause to graze, to tend or feed (cattle); (derog.) to direct or govern, to make a person do everything one wishes him to do, to lead a person by the nose; (derog.) to teach (ছেলে চরানো). 8)

(p. 352) cāka a wheel (কুমোর চাক); anything wheel-shaped (ছোলার চাক); hive (মৌচাক). 33)

(p. 355) cābi, cābikāṭi, cābikāṭhi a key. চাবি দেওয়া, চাবি বন্ধ করা v. to key; to lock; to keep confined (ছেলেটাকে চাবি দিয়ে রেখেছে); to keep shut (মুখে চাবি দেওয়া). 21)

(p. 355) cālānō to conduct, to manage, to run, to carry on (প্রতিষ্ঠান চালানো, সংসার চালানো, কাজ চালানো); to drive, to steer, to pilot (গাড়ি চালানো, নৌকা চালানো, এরোপ্লেন চালানো); to wield, to use (অস্ত্র চালানো); to discharge or fire (গুলি চালানো); to circulate (নোতুন টাকা চালোনো); to introduce (নোতুন নিয়ম চালানো); to cause to accept (সমাজে চালানো,); to find market for (বই চালানো, পন্যদ্রব্য চালানো); to utter or put into circulation esp. unlawfully (জাল টাকা চালানো); to cause to move by means of occult power (বাটি চালানো); to guide, to lead (ছেলেকে বিপথে চালানো); to continue (গান চালানো); to defray (খরচ চালানো); to cause to move or operate (মেশিন চালানো, ইলেকট্রিক পাখা চালানো). পা চালানো v. to move one's foot; to kick; to walk quickly or more quickly; to quicken one's steps; to paddle esp. more quickly. মুখ চালানো v. to talk or eat (esp. varaciously); to scold; to complain, to grumble. হাত চালানো v. to move one's hands esp. more quickly; to eat or work with the hand esp. quickly or more quickly; to beat. 60)

(p. 374) chaḍ়ā2 a rhyme (ছেলে-ভোলানো ছড়া = a nursery rhyme; গ্রাম্য-ছড়া = a folkrhyme); a set of things threaded together or arranged as if threaded, a string (গোটছড়া); a bunch, a cluster (একছড়া কলা); a spell of sprinkling or a solution for sprinkling (গোবর ছড়া). ছড়া কাটা v. to cap verses, to quote apt verses. 18)

(p. 375) chanda1 inclination, liking, proneness, desire (ছন্দানুগমন); control (স্বচ্ছন্দে); manner, way, fashion (বিবিধ ছন্দে). ছন্দানুগমন n. act of moving or working at will; wilfulness. ছন্দানুগামী a. moving or working at will; wilful. ছন্দানুবর্তন n. act of moving or working at another's will; act of complying with another's will. ছন্দানুবর্তী a. moving or working at another's will, complying. ছন্দানুবৃত্তি same as ছন্দানুবর্তন । ছন্দানুসরণ same as ছন্দানুগমন । ছন্দানুসারী same as ছন্দানুগামী । 18)

(p. 375) chala deception, deceit, fraud; dissimulation; a hoax, a deceptive trick, a stratagem; course (কথাচ্ছলে); form, shape ('বৃষ্টিছলে মেঘ কাঁদে'); a beck ('কথা কয় ছলে'); a pretext, a pretence, a plea (প্রণামের ছলে, ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে); a fault or failing, a defect (ছল ধরা). ছল করা v. to hide one's real feelings, thoughts etc. to give a wrong idea of them, to feign. ছল ধরা v. to find fault with, to cavil. ছল পাতা v. to lay a trap. ̃চাতুরি n. fraud and deceit. ̃গ্রাহী a. fault-finding, cavilling. n. a faultfinder, a caviller. ̃ছুতো n. faults and pretexts, pretexts and pretences; a negligible fault or defect; excuses (to explain or defend one's conduct etc.) ছলেবলে adv. by force or fraud, by hook or by crook. 31)

(p. 375) chalachala expressing the noise made by running water (ছলছল করে বয়ে চলা); tearfulness (চক্ষু ছলছল করা). a. tearful, lachrymose, moist (ছলছল চোখে). ছলছল করা v. to become tearful. 33)

(p. 375) chā a young one of a bird and also of small animals (পাখির ছা); an infant, a child, an offspring (ছাপোষা). ̃পোষা a. burdened or encumbered with the responsibility of rearing several or many children on a small income; (fig.) meek and timid; fearful. 39)

(p. 375) chān̐kā to sieve, to sift, to strain; to filtrate. a. sieved, sifted, strained; filtered; true or clear (ছাঁকা কথা); especially selected or chosen, select (ছাঁকা ছাঁকা প্রশ্ন বা মানুষ); unmixed, unadulterated, pure (ছাঁকা গঙ্গাজল); easily available (ছাঁকা পয়সা); used in sifting or filtration (আটা-ছাঁকা চালুনি, চা-ছাঁকা ন্যাকড়া). ছাঁকা তেলে ভাজা to fry in so much oil or fat as to necessitate straining. ছেঁকে ধরা v. to beset, to encircle, to hem in; to besiege; to surround from all sides. 46)