(p. 102) ācābhuẏā very strange, queer; queerly shaped. 33)

(p. 102) ācārya one who teaches the Vedas; a scriptural teachers; a teacher; a tutor. fem. আচার্যা a woman teacher of the Vedas or scriptures; a woman teacher, a tutoress. fem. আচার্যানী the wife of an acharya (আচার্য) 36)

(p. 102) ācāra1 sauce; pickle. আমের আচার pickled slices of mango, mango pickles or preserves. 34)

(p. 102) ācāra2 religious or scriptural rules or prescriptions, rites; observance of these rules and prescriptions; conduct, behaviour; custom, practice (দেশাচার); good manners or conduct. ̃চ্যুত a. same as ̃ভ্রষ্ট । ̃নিষ্ঠ, ̃পরায়ণ, ̃বান a. observant of religious or scriptural rules and prescriptions; well-mannered; observant of the rules of conduct. আচারনিষ্ঠ ব্যক্তি a person with due regard for rituals and religious practices; a ritualist. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to custom or practice. ̃ব্যবহার, ̃বিচার n. established customs and practices; conduct and behaviour. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. one who has failed to observe or does not observe prescribed religious or scriptural rites. ̃হীন a. not observing religious or scriptural rites; impious. আচারী same as ̃নিষ্ঠ । 35)

(p. 102) ācālā (of wheat, rice, pulses etc.) unsifted. 37)

(p. 829) majā1 to be drowned; to lose oneself (in) (প্রেমে মজা, নেশায় মজা); to be charmed (with) or won over (by) (কথায় মজা); to silt up (পুকুর মজা); to be pickled thoroughly or overmuch (আচার মজা); to mature or ripen thoroughly (কাঁঠাল মজেনি); to be greatly endangered or utterly ruined (ব্যাঙ্ক ফেল পড়ায় সে মজল). a. silted up or dried up thoroughly or overmuch, matured or ripened. n. the delicious leavings of certain fruits from which juice has been extracted (তালের মজা). 8)

(p. 1030) strī a wife; a married woman; a woman. a. (used as a pfx.) female, she- (স্ত্রী-পশু). স্ত্রী-আচার n. traditional rites performed at a wedding by women whose husbands are alive. ̃গমন n. sexual intercourse with one's wife or any other woman. ̃চরিত্র n. the nature and propensity of womankind, woman's nature. ̃চিহ্ন n. the vagina. ̃জন্ম n. birth as a woman. ̃জাতি n. womankind, the female sex, the fair sex. ̃জাতীয় a. feminine, female; feminal. ̃ত্ব n. womanly function and duties; womanly marks on one's person; womanhood; femineity, femininity. ̃ত্যাগ করা v. to desert or divorce a wife. ̃দ্বেষী a. misogynous, misogynistical. n. a misogynist. ̃ধন n. a woman's personal property; a dowry; a portion, dot. ̃ধর্ম n. menstruation, menses; womanly duties. স্ত্রী পরিগ্রহ করা v. to take a wife, to marry, to wive. ̃পুরুষ n. a man and a woman, male and female; husband and wife, man and wife, a couple. ̃প্রত্যয় n. (gr.) any inflection (used as a suffix) denoting feminine gender. ̃বশ a. uxorious, henpecked, ̃বুদ্ধি n. (usu. unwise) counsel of a woman. ̃মুর্তি n. a female figure. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of a woman or wife. ̃রোগ n. a female disease. ̃রোগ সম্বন্ধীয় a. gynaecological. ̃রোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ n. a gynaecologist; a specialist in female diseases. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the characteristic signs of a female body. ̃লিঙ্গ n. (gr.) the feminine gender. ̃লোক n. a woman. ̃শিক্ষা n. female education. ̃সংসর্গ, ̃সহবাস same as ̃স্ত্রীগমন । সুলভ a. womanly, feminine; womanish, effeminate. ̃স্বভাব n. womanly nature; effeminacy. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of women; female emancipation; (cp.) women's lib. ̃হত্যা n. murder of a wife or any woman. ̃হরণ n. abduction of women esp. for immoral purposes. 30)