(p. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 217) kān̐dana, kān̐dani (usu. dero.) act or a spell of weeping; (usu. dero.) lamentation or complaint; humble and importunate solicitation. কাঁদুনি গাওয়া v. to solicit humbly and importunately; to lament or complain. 4)

(p. 217) kān̐dā to weep, to shed tears. ̃কাটি, ̃কাটা n. repeated or continuous weeping; lamentation; humble and importunate solicitation. কাঁদাকাটি করা v. to weep bitterly; to lament; to solicit humbly and importunately. কাঁদানে same as কাঁদানো (a.) কাঁদানো v. to cause to weep. কেঁদে হাট করা, কেঁদেকেটে হাট করা v. to attract a crowd of people by loud lamentation or wailing. 5)

(p. 217) kān̐dānō to make lachrymose, to make one weep. a. making lachrymose, one who or that which makes one weeping. কাঁদানো গ্যাস tear-gas. 6)

(p. 217) kān̐di a cluster (কলার কাঁদি). কাঁদি-কাঁদি কলা v. to grow in cluster. 7)

(p. 253) kēẏākān̐di a cluster of screwpine flowers. 31)

(p. 306) gācha2 a tree, a plant; a tree-like object (ঘানিগাছ); a creeper, a herb (লাউগাছ). গাছকোমর বাঁধা v. (of girls and women) to tie the loose end of the sari tightly round the waist, (cp.) to tuck up one's clothes. ̃ড়া n. a herbs; a medicinal herb. ̃গাছড়া n. herbs or medicinal herbs collectively. ̃গাছালি same as গাছগাছড়া । ̃তলা n. the bottom or underneath part of a tree. ̃পাকা naturally ripe. ̃পালা n. pl. trees and plants collectively; vegetation. ̃মরিচ n. red pepper. গাছে কাঁঠাল গোঁপে তেল বা গাছে না উঠতেই এক কাঁদি (fig.—ridi.) to count one's chickens before they are hatched. গাছে চড়ানো v. (fig.—ridi.) to inflate one with overpraise or flattery, to heap hyperbolical or excessive praise upon a person. গাছে তুলে (দিয়ে) মই কেড়ে নেওয়া (fig.—ridi.) to induce a person to run into a hazard by promising help and then abandon him. 8)

(p. 412) jharajhara expressing the state or sound of rapid and continuous falling in small drops of minute particles (ঝরঝর করে বৃষ্টি বা বালি পড়া, ঝরঝর করে কাঁদা). adv. in incessant flow or falling ('ঝরঝর বরিষে বারিধারা). ঝরঝরে a. neat and clean (ঝরেঝরে ঘর); neat (ঝরঝরে কাজ); neat. and legible (ঝরঝরে ছাপা, ঝরঝরে লেখা); refreshed or freed from morbidity (দেহটা ঝরঝরে লাগছে); freed from moisture (ঝরঝরে ভাত); dilapidated (বাড়িখানার ঝরঝরে অবস্হা); in utter ruin. পরকাল ঝরঝরে করা v. to spoil one's life, to spoil one's future; to deprave utterly. 31)

(p. 435) ḍukarānō to weep or wail aloud. ডুকরে ওঠা, ডুকরে কাঁদা same as ডুকরানো । 20)

(p. 706) phukarānō to call or proclaim aloud ('নকীব ফুকরায়'); to shout; to weep or lament aloud, to wail. ফুকরে কাঁদা v. to cry in a loud voice, to wail, to lament. see also ডুকরানো । 33)

(p. 761) binānō to plait (hair) in a pigtail, to queue, to tress; to intertwine into the shape (as of a pigtail); to narrate or fabricate at length, to spin out (বিনিয়ে বলা বা কাঁদা). 14)

(p. 826) bhyā denoting: bleating; baa; loud weeping (ভ্যা করে কাঁদা). 13)

(p. 989) samāsōkti (rhet.) a figure of speech involving parallelism between the subject in hand and something understood (cp. personification, pathetic fallacy). (e.g. 'ঠকা ঠাঁই ঠাঁই কাঁদিছে নেহাই'). 7)

(p. 1050) hāpusa1 streaming with tears (হাপুস নয়নে কাঁদা). 71)