(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(p. 453) tāka3 a target, an aim, a mark; a guess (অন্ধকারে তাক করা); act of lying in wait, ambush, ambuscade (বাঘটা তাক করে আছে); bewilderment; amazement (তাক লাগা). তাক করা v. to aim at; to guess; to lie in wait, to ambush, to ambuscade. তাক লাগা v. to be stricken with bewilderment, to be bewildered; to be dazed; to be wonder-struck, to be amazed. তাকে তাকে থাকা to be on the lookout or watch (for). 18)

(p. 907) rāta (coll.) night. রাত কাটানো v. to spend or pass a night. রাত জাগা v. to stay up far into the night, to sit up late, to take late hours. রাত জেগে কাজ করা to sit up and work late at night, to burn the midnight oil. ̃কানা same as রাত্র্যন্ধ । ̃দিন adv. day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃ভর, ̃ভোর adv. all night long, nightlong. রাতের অন্ধকারে adv. in the darkness of night, under cover of the dark night. রাতের বেলায় adv. at night. 49)