(p. 63) abhīṣṭa desired, wished for, longed for, cherished; aimed at, intended. n. a desired object; an objective; an intention, a purpose. ̃পূরণ n. gratification or fulfilment of one's desire; attainment of one's objective, the accomplishment of (one's) aims. ̃প্রদ a. that which gratifies or fulfils. ̃লাভ, ̃সিদ্ধি n. same as অভীষ্টপূরণ । 152)

(p. 115) āntarika cherished or lying in the heart; entertained in the mind; mental; candid; sincere; genuine; hearty; heartfelt; cordial; inward, inner; (rare) hidden. ̃তা n. candour; sincerity; heartiness; cordiality. 10)

(p. 126) āśā2 hope, expectation; assurance; confidence, reliance, trust (চাকরির উপর আশা, ছেলের উপর আশা); a part of the horizon (পূর্বাশা). আশা করা, আশা রাখা v. to hope, to expect; to place confidence (upon), to rely (upon), to trust. ̃তিরিক্ত, ̃তীত a. beyond expectation, unhopedfor; unexpected. ̃নুরূপ a. up to expectation. ̃ন্বিত a. hopeful, cherishing hope; expectant. ̃পথ চেয়ে থাকা to wait in expectation, to look forward to. আশা পোষণ করা v. to cherish hopes. ̃প্রদ a. that which excites or inspires hope, hopeful. ̃বাদ n. optimism. ̃বাদী a. optimistic. n. an optimist. ̃ভঙ্গ n. disappointment, frustration. ̃ভরসা n. hopes and confidence. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. hopeless; disappointed. ̃হত a. disappointed, frustrated. 115)

(p. 140) iṣṭa2 intended, desired; cherished; beneficial; one who or that which is worshipped; worshipful; related by blood, of the same family (ইষ্টকুটুম্ব); dear, beloved. n. an intended or desired or cherished thing (ইষ্টলাভ); dear or beloved person. ̃কবচ n. a holy amulet safeguarding the person who puts it on. ̃কর্ম n. an intended work. ̃কুটুম্ব n. pl. one's kinsmen both from father's side and mother's side. ̃চিন্তা n. thoughts about one's welfare. ̃জন n. a dear or beloved person. ̃দেব n. a spiritual teacher and guide, a guru. ̃দেবতা n. a deity of one's worship, a tutelary god; (cp.) a guardian angel. ̃নাম n. the name of one's deity of worship. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's kinsman or beloved person. ̃মন্ত্র n. mystical incantations which are recited when worshipping one's deity. ̃লাভ, ̃সাধন, ̃সিদ্ধি n. realization of one's desire, attainment of one's object. 6)

(p. 168) umēda hope, desire; expectation. উমেদার a. cherishing a hope, desirous, expectant. n. a candidate (for a job etc.). উমেদারি n. soliciting for a job etc.; offering oneself as a candidate; candidature. 81)

(p. 234) kintu but; notwithstanding; nevertheless; however; still; on the other hand. a. hesitating, hesitant (কিন্তু ভাব). কিন্তু করা v. to hesitate; to demur; to cherish doubt; to be shy of. কিন্তু কিন্তু n. hesitation. a. hesitating, hesitant. কিন্তু ভাব n. hesitating attitude or state, hesitancy. 25)

(p. 532) dharā2 to hold with the hand (বইখানা ধরো); to catch (বলটা ছুড়ে দিচ্ছি-ধরো); to hold, to seize; to take (এই ভিক্ষা দিলাম-ধরো); to touch (চোর-চোর খেলায় বুড়ি ধরা, বাচ্ছাটা যেন গরম দুধটা না ধরে); to reach (হাত দিয়ে চাঁদ ধরা); to overtake (যতই জোরে যাও-তোমাকে ধরব); to arrest, to apprehend, to capture (চোর ধরা); to entrap, to catch (বাঘ ধরা, মাছ ধরা); to restrain, to check; to hold (পাখিটাকে ধরো নইলে পালিয়ে যাবে); to contain, to hold, to accommodate (পাত্রে জল ধরা, ঘরে লোক ধরা); to bear (গাছে ফল ধরা); to carry, to bear (গর্ভে ধরা); to cherish (অন্তরে উচ্চাশা ধরা); to wear, to put on (বেশ ধরা); to assume (মূর্তি ধরা); to take to, to resort to (লাঠি ধরা); to be obstinate about (গোঁ ধরা); to take up (অস্ত্র ধরা); to follow (পথ ধরা); to give support to (লোকটিকে ধরো নইলে পড়ে যাবে); to attack (ডাকাতে ধরা, রোগে ধরা); to affect or infect (চোখে চালশে ধরা, যক্ষায় ধরা); to ache (মাথা ধরা); to be benumbed (দাঁড়িয়ে থেকে থেকে পা ধরা); to infest or attack or damage or contact (পোকায় ধরা, মরচে ধরা); to accept, to take in (ছবিতে রং ধরা); to act upon successfully, to work (ওষুধ ধরা); to start practising (জুয়াচুরি ধরা); to be accustomed or addicted to (নেশা ধরা); to be under the influence of (নেশায় ধরা); to be stricken or affected with (শীতে বা ভয়ে ধরা); to catch or board or embark (তিনি মুম্বই থেকে জাহাজ ঝরবেন); to be in time to catch (এখন না গেলে ট্রেন ধরতে পারব না); to stop at, to touch (এ স্টেশনে মেল ট্রেন ধরে না); to terminate, to cease (বৃষ্টি ধরা); to commence, to begin, to start (গান ধরা); to find out, to detect (ভূল ধরা); to impose or assess (ট্যাক্স ধরা); to charge or fix or ascertain (দাম ধরা); to pronounce, to utter (ঈশ্বরের নাম ধরা); to declare, to stake or bet or bid (বাজি ধরা); to insist upon, to beseech (অনেক ধরে-করে); to sustain, to preserve, to maintain (প্রাণ করা); to run hoarse, to choke (ঠাম্ডায় গলা ধরা); to grasp, to make out, to understand, to comprehend (কথার অর্থ ধরা); to determine or discern (কার লেখা ধরা শক্ত); to take fire, to ignite (উনুন ধরা); to catch fire (আগুনের কাছ থেকে সরে যাও-কাপড় ধরে যাবে); to be set on (ঘরে আগুন ধরা); to adopt (সেলিম জাহাঙ্গির নাম ধরলেন); to test (পড়া ধরা); to be pleasing or acceptable to (মনে ধরা); to turn (চুলে পাক ধরা); to be under, to contact (টান ধরা); to count, to consider, to regard (মানুষের মধ্যে ধরা); to pay heed to, to listen to (আমার কথা ধরো); to be overfried or overdone (তরকারিটা ধরে গেছে) a. held; caught; seized; arrested, apprehended, captured; entrapped; contained; reserved or kept in a container; aching; terminated, ceased; commenced, started; found out, detected; seen through (চালাকি ধরা পড়েছে); declared or bidden; fixed or ascertained; run hoarse or choked; ignited; tested; one who or that which holds or catches (মাছ-ধরা জাল). ধরা-ছোঁয়া n. proximity; reach; tangibility; (fig.) comprehension or detection. ধরা-ছোঁয়ার বাইরে distant; beyond reach; intangible; (fig.) incomprehensible or beyond detection. ধরাছোঁয়ার মধ্যে proximate; within reach; tangible; (fig.) comprehensible or detectable. ধরানো v. to cause to hold or catch or seize or arrest or apprehend or entrap or contain or accommodate or wear or assume or take to or resort to or follow or take up or be attacked or ache or be dazed or be benumbed or contact or accept or work successfully or be accustomed to or addicted to or practise or board or embark or be in time to catch or terminate or commence or find out or detect or declare or bid or buy a ticket of or lie obstinately at or charge or fix or ascertain or run hoarse or choke or ignite or be set or adopt or test or be pleasing or acceptable to or turn or be under; to set to (ঘরে আগুন ধরানো). ̃ধরি n. persistent request; importunities; insistent solicitation; rounding up, arrests. ̃বাঁধা a. rigidly fixed; hard and fast; rigid; fixed. 11)

(p. 619) paripōṣaka nourishing; cherishing; supporting (পরিপোষক মূল্য); protecting, protective. 119)

(p. 619) paripōṣaṇa nourishment; cherishing; support; protection. পরিপোষণ করা v. to nourish; to cherish; to support; to protect. 120)

(p. 654) puṣā, pōṣā to bring up; to cherish (মনে আশা পুষছে); to nourish; to feed; to maintain, to support (পরিজনদের পোষা); to rear; to keep, to breed, to fancy (বাঁদর পোষা, পাখি পোষা). 74)

(p. 654) puṣṭa nourished; brought up; bred; developed; grown up; plump; fat; adiposed; fattened; mature; ripe; cherished. পুষ্ট-তাড়িত n. (phys.) positive electricity. পুষ্টাঙ্গ a. well-developed; fat; fattened. পুষ্টি n. nourishment; upbringing; breeding; development; growth; plumpness; fatness; adiposity; fattening; maturity; thorough ripeness; nutrition; cherishment. পুষ্টিকর, পুষ্টিজনক, পুষ্টিসাধক a. nutritious; nourishing. পুষ্টিসাধন n. nutrition; nourishment. পুষ্টিসাধন করা v. to nourish. 77)

(p. 667) pōṣaka cherishing; nourishing; aiding; upholding; supporting; countenancing or abetting. n. one who or that which cherishes or nourishes; an aider; an upholder; a supporter; a countenancer or abettor. ̃তা n. aiding; upholding, support, countenancing, abetment. পোষকতা করা v. to aid; to uphold, to support; to countenance, to abet. পোষক স্তর (bot. & zoo.) tapetum. 19)

(p. 667) pōṣaṇa upbringing; feeding; maintenance (পরিবার-পোষণ); cherishment; nourishment; act of supporting. পোষণ করা v. to bring up; to maintain; to cherish; to nourish; to support. পোষণীয় var. of পোষ্য । 20)

(p. 667) pōṣya worthy of being brought up or fed or maintained or cherished or nourished or supported; dependent for maintenance. n. ̃পুত্র n. an adopted son. ̃বর্গ n. pl. one's dependants (esp. those who live in the same family). 25)

(p. 831) mana2 mind; heart; mental state, mood; mentality; feeling; consideration; memory; inclination, desire; attraction, attachment, interest; attention; earnestness, devotion; sincerity; choice; resolve, decision. মন আসা same as মন লাগা । মন ওঠা v. to be satisfied or pleased. মন করা v. to resolve, to make up one's mind; to have a mind; to agree, to condescend (আপনি মন করলে চাকরিটা হবে). মন কাড়া v. to captivate the mind, to capture the fancy of; to win one's heart. মন কেমন করা v. to be uneasy in mind; to be worried. মন খারাপ করা see খারাপ । মন খারাপ হওয়া v. to be out of hearts; to be out of humour; to be saddened. মন খোলা, মন খুলে বলা v. to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to break one's mind. মন গলা v. to soften (towards), to melt. মন গলানো v. to melt one's heart. মন চাওয়া v. to be inclined to; to agree to. মন ছোটো হওয়া v. to become small-minded; to feel small; to be stricken with a sense of inferiority; to become ungenerous or niggardly; to lose heart, to become dejected. মন ছোটা v. to be stricken with an impetuous inclination towards or desire for; to be greatly attracted. মন জানা v. to learn or know one's mind. মন জোগানো v. to comply with one's orders or desires; to act to please another; to humour; to flatter. মন টলা v. to become perturbed or worried; to be in two minds, to waver; to be of two minds; to soften emotionally, to melt. মন টানা v. to attract; to incline; to have a mind. মন থাকা v. to have a desire for; to be inclined towards; to have interest in; to be attentive to. মন থেকে adv. sincerely; from the bottom of one's heart; by or out of one's imagination; (rare) from memory. মন দমা v. to become disheartened or discouraged. মন দেওয়া v. to apply one's mind to, to mind; to be earnest (মন দিয়ে কাজ করা); to pay attention or heed to; to fall in love with. মন পাওয়া v. to be able to please another; to win one's favour or love; to win the heart of. মনপ্রাণ দিয়ে চেষ্টা করা v. to try heart and soul. মন বসা same as মন লাগা । মন বিষানো v. to embitter or poison one's mind. মন ভাঙা v. to be disheartened or discouraged; to be broken-hearted or heart-broken. মন ভাঙানো v. to dishearten or discourage; to break one's heart; to prejudice one's mind (against), to earwig. মন ভোলানো v. to charm or captivate one's mind; to attract or please greatly; to win one's heart; to infatuate; to melt one's heart; to cajole; to take one's mind off (something). মন মাতানো v. to make one beside oneself with delight; to delight or please greatly. মন মানা v. to be consoled; to agree to accept at heart; to agree or consent to. মন রাখা same as মন জোগানো । মন লাগা v. to have a liking or inclination for; to have interest in; to have earnestness in. মন লাগানো v. to apply one's mind to, to attend to earnestly. মন সরা v. to have a desire for, to be willing (to). মন হওয়া v. to be inclined; to have half a mind; to become consented. মন হারানো v. to lose oneself; to lose one's heart; to be infatuated, to be greatly enamoured (of). মনে ওঠা v. to rise in one's mind, to occur to or strike one (ফন্দি মনে ওঠা); to be recollected (স্মৃতি মনে ওঠা). মনে করা v. to call to mind, to recollect; to resolve, to decide; to have a mind; to have half a mind; to feel; to suppose; to count, to regard, to consider, to think. মনে জাগা same as মনে ওঠা । মনে জানা v. to know or feel at heart. মনে থাকা v. to be remembered, to be retained in one's memory. মনে দাগ কাটা v. to impress one's mind indelibly; to bring home to; to make an imprint on one's mind; to occupy one's memory permanently. মনে ধরা v. to be to one's liking or choice; to be after one's heart. মনে নেওয়া v. to feel; to supose; to consider or think seriously. মনে পড়া v. to remember; to be recollected. মনে পুষে রাখা v. to nourish or cherish secretly at heart. মনে রাখা v. to remember; to bear or to keep in mind. মনে লাগা v. to be to one's liking, to be up to one's choice; to impress one's mind favourably; to be shocked or pained at heart; to feel or suppose. মনে স্হান দেওয়া to cherish or keep alive in one's heart. মনে হওয়া v. to feel; to suppose; to consider, to think; to count, to regard; to come to recollect; to appear; to seem. মনের আগুন mental anguish, heart-grief. মনের কথা one's secret thoughts and feelings and intentions, one's mind. মনের কালি the gloom of one's mind; sorrow, grief; illfeeling; malice; concealed vice. মনের গোল doubt; hesitation. মনের জোর a strong will; moral courage; self-confidence; morale. মনের ঝাল a grudge. মনের ঝাল মেটানো v. to feed one's grudge. মনের বিষ concealed envy or malice; canker of the mind. মনের ব্যথা mental anguish, heart's pang. মনের মতো same as মনোমতো । মনের ময়লা same as মনের কালি । মনের মানুষ a person after one's own heart; a favourite; a minion; a lover. মনের মিল amicability; agreement, accord. 57)

(p. 907) rākhā to place, to lay, to keep; to shelter; to protect, to guard; to preserve; to save; to rescue; to put into; to deposit; to keep for sale (এ দোকানে খারাপ মাল রাখে না); to maintain or grow on one's person (টিকি রাখা); to keep up, to maintain (ঠাট রাখা); to pawn or receive as a pawn (গয়না রেখে টাকা নেওয়া বা দেওয়া); to engage, to employ (চাকর রাখা); to rear or tame (গরু রাখা, কুকুর রাখা); to look after, to tend, to herd (দুজন রাখাল ঘোষেদের গোরু রাখে); to adopt (বন্ধ্যা নারীটি একটি ছেলে রেখেছে); to maintain for one's enjoyment, to keep (বেশ্যা রাখা); to set apart (অতিথির জন্য খাবার রাখা); to store (বছরের খোরাক রাখা); to put by, to set by, to lay by (টাকা রাখা); to refrain from mentioning or uttering (তার কথা রাখো-ঢের শুনেছি); to heed, to pay heed to, to obey, to comply with (অনুরোধ রাখা); to fulfil, to observe (প্রতিশ্রুতি রাখা); to leave (বউ রেখে কোথায় যাবে); to leave behind (কলমটা ঘরে রেখে এসেছি); to stop, to pull up, to park (গাড়ি এখানে রাখো); to cherish (মনে আশা রাখা); to bear (মনে রাখা); to buy (বাটিটা ফেরিওয়ালার কাছ থেকে রেখেছি); to take settlement of (জমি রাখা); to give (নাম রাখা); to gratify, to please (মন রাখা). আটকে রাখা same as আটকানো (v.). কথা রাখা v. to comply with or obey or accede to another's request; to keep one's promise or word. করে রাখা v. to have done or completed something beforehand. চোখ রাখা v. to keep an eye over, to watch. জমিয়ে রাখা v. to lay by, to save up; to store up; to accumulate, to pile up. ধরে রাখা v. to shut up; to detain; to hold back; to store up. ফেলে রাখা v. to put off. মান রাখা v. to show due respect to. সাজিয়ে রাখা v. to keep in order; to arrange in order; to display in order. রেখে যাওয়া n. to leave behind. 25)

(p. 927) lālana act of bringing up carefully; carefully rearing or tending; fond cherishing (আশা-লালন). লালন করা v. to bring up carefully; to rear or tend carefully; to cherish fondly. লালন-পালন করা v. to nourish and bring up; to rear. 22)

(p. 927) lālita carefully brought up; carefully reared or tended; fondly cherished. ̃পালিত a. carefully nourished and brought up. 25)