(p. 63) abhimata desire; choice; intention; opinion. a. approved; nominated, chosen; intended. অভিমত দেওয়া v. to pronounce or pass an opinion, to desire or choose. 101)

(p. 69) amanōnīta not nominated or selected or chosen; unaccepted; rejected; disapproved. অমনোনীত করা v. to refuse to nominate or select or choose; to reject; to disapprove. 31)

(p. 69) amanōnaẏana refusal to nominate or select or choose; non-acceptance; rejection; disapproval. 30)

(p. 136) icchā will, volition; intention; wish; pleasure; desire; liking; choice, option; inclination. ইচ্ছা করা v. to intend; to wish; to desire; to like; to choose or please. ̃কৃত a. intentional, wilful. ̃ক্রমে adv. according to one's desire or pleasure; willingly, voluntarily. ̃ধীন a. subject to one's will or desire; optional; dependent on one's pleasure. ইচ্ছানুযায়ী, ইচ্ছানুসারে adv. according to one's will or pleasure; at pleasure. ইচ্ছানুরূপ, ̃মতো a. & adv. to one's liking; as one pleases. ̃পত্র n. a document contaning a person's last wishes. ̃পূর্বক adv. wilfully; voluntarily; willingly. ̃বসন্ত n. small-pox. ̃ময় n. one whose will is law; an appellation of God. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. power to prevent one's death till one desires to die. ̃য়ত্ত same as ইচ্ছাধীন । ̃শক্তি n. will-force, will-power. ইচ্ছায় হোক আর অনিচ্ছায় হোক willy-nilly, nolens volens. যা ইচ্ছা whatever one pleases. 23)

(p. 601) pachanda choice; liking; selection; approbation. a. chosen; liked; selected; approved. পছন্দ করা v. to choose; to like; to select; to approve. ̃সই a. to one's liking; choice, select. 50)

(p. 606) pati a husband; a master, an employer, a boss; an owner; an overlord, a ruler, a king; a chief; a leader. ̃গৃহ n. the husband's house, a woman's husband's house. পতিংবরা a. & n. fem. one who selects or chooses one's husband. ˜ঘাতিনী a. & n. fem. one who murders or kills one's husband; one who is the cause of one's husband's death. ̃ত্ব n. the state of being a husband; state of being a master or employer or boss; ownership; overlordship; rulership; kingship; office or post of a chief; leadership. পতিত্বে বরণ করা v. to accept or take as one's husband. ̃ত্যাগ n. act of deserting or divorcing one's husband. ̃দেবতা n. one's husband regarded as one's deity. ̃পরায়ণা a. fem. extremely devoted (and faithful) to one's husband. ̃-পত্নী n. husband and wife. ̃-পুত্র n. a husband and a son or sons. ̃পুত্রহীনা a. deprived of both husband and son. ̃প্রাণা a. fem. one who looks upon one's husband as one's life; one who can hardly live without one's husband, extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃বত্নী a. fem. having one's husband living. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's husband. ̃বিরহ n. separation (temporary or permanent) from one's husband. ̃বিরহিণী a. fem. separated (temporarily or permanently) from one's husband. ̃ব্রতা a. fem. one who has taken the vow of serving one's husband; extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃মতী a. fem. having a master or ruler. (পতিমতী পৃথ্বী). ̃সেবা n. serving one's husband. ̃হীনা a. widowed. পতিহীনা নারী a widow. 29)

(p. 638) pātra a pot, a vessel, a utensil, a container; a minister, a counsellor; a deserving man or an object (প্রশংসার পাত্র); a man, a fellow (ভবি ভোলার পাত্র নয়); a male character in a play; bridegroom; a prospective bridegroom. পাত্র দেখা v. to interview a prospective bridegroom for selection; to choose a bridegroom. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's people or party. ̃মিত্র n. pl. (a monarch's) courtiers and friends. ̃স্হ a. lying on or contained in a pot or vessel; (of a girl) wedded, married. পাত্রস্হ করা v. to give (a girl) in marriage, to marry, to wed. পাত্রাপাত্র n. deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রাপাত্রবিচার n. discrimination between deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রী n. fem. a deserving woman or a female object; a female character in a play; a bride; a prospective bride. পাত্রী দেখা v. to interview a prospective bride for selection; to choose a bride. পাত্রীপক্ষ n. the bride's people or party. যোগ্যপাত্র n. a deserving person; a worthy groom. যোগ্যপাত্রী n. a worthy bride. সত্পাত্র n. same as যোগ্যপাত্র । 55)

(p. 738) bāchabicāra discrimination or choice (usu. meticulous or over-cautious one); prejudicial abstinence or avoidance. বাছবিচার করা v. to choose meticulously or over-cautiously; to abstain from, to avoid; to be prejudiced against. বাছাবিচার না করে, বিনা বাছবিচারে without discrimination, indiscriminately. 7)

(p. 738) bāchā2 to choose, to select; to pick and choose; to sort out or separate (ভালোমন্দ বাছা, খুদ বাছা); to eliminate unwanted elements from (চাল বাছা); to pick and eliminate or kill (উকুন বাছা). a. chosen, selected; sorted; freed from unwanted elements; choice, select (বাছা বাছা লোক = chosen or selected persons). 9)

(p. 816) bhikṣā begging; earnest request or prayer, solicitation; importuning; alms; a dole; a charitable or gracious gift. ভিক্ষা করা v. to beg; to live by begging; to request or pray earnestly (for), to solicit (for); to importune. ভিক্ষা দেওয়া v. to give alms; to dole; to give or grant (something) charitably or condescendingly. ̃চর্যা n. same as ̃বৃত্তি । ̃জীবী a. living by begging, living on alms, mendicant. fem. ̃জীবিণী । ̃ন্ন n. food obtained by begging. ̃পাত্র n. an alms-dish, a beggar's bowl, (cp.) a clack-dish. ̃বৃত্তি n. begging, mendicancy. ̃ভাণ্ড same as ̃পাত্র । ̃র্থী a. & n. one who asks or prays for alms. fem. ভিক্ষার্থিনী । ˜লব্ধ a. obtained by begging. ভিক্ষার চাল কাঁড়া আর আঁকড়া beggars can't be choosers. 11)

(p. 838) manōnaẏana selection; nomination; choosing; choice. মনোনয়ন করা v. to select; to nominate; to choose. 14)

(p. 935) śakha a capricious inclination or liking; a fancy; a hobby; a pursuit for amusement (শখের চাকরি); one's own accord or choice. শখ করা v. to incline to or choose or pursue capriciously or for amusement; to undertake or invite or choose voluntarily (শখ করে বিপদ ডাকা). 23)

(p. 951) śyāma cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottlegreen; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complexion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a dilemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloudlike colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complexion. a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল । n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the blackheaded munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-family, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottlegreen, or green. 102)

(p. 999) sādha desire; longing; fancy or choice (সাধের বস্তু); voluntary will, volition, pleasure, one's own accord (সাধ করে মৃত্যুবরণ); option; a ceremony for giving desired articles of food to a pregnant woman (সাধ দেওয়া বা সাধ খাওয়া). সাধ করা v. to desire; to long (for); to choose; to volunteer (for); to opt (for). সাধ করে adv. voluntarily; wilfully; willingly. সাধ মিটিয়ে adv. satisfying one's desire; to one's satisfaction. 97)

(p. 1038) sbaẏa oneself, ownself, (in comp.) self. adv. personally; by oneself. ̃ক্রিয় a. automatic. ̃ক্রিয়তা n. automaticity, the quality of being automatic. ̃চল a. automobile. ̃চল যান an automobile. ̃প্রবৃত্ত a. self-engaged. ̃বর n. choosing of one's bridegroom oneself (esp. from amongst a number of invited suitors). ̃বরা n. fem. one who chooses one's bridegroom oneself (esp. from amongst a number of invited suitors). ̃সম্পূর্ণ a. self-sufficient (স্বয়ংসম্পূর্ণ ব্যক্তি); self-contained (স্বয়ংসম্পূর্ণ ফ্ল্যাট). ̃সিদ্ধ a. having realized one's end by one's own effort; self-proved, self-evident. 4)