(p. 7) agra the top, the summit; an apex; an end or extremity; the front; the front portion; the surface or the portion at the surface (দধির অগ্র); an aim, a purpose (একাগ্র). a. first, foremost, primary, leading; chief; anterior. ̃ক্রয়াধিকার n. the right of pre-emption. ̃গণ্য a. deserving first preference or consideration or mention; foremost; best; principal. ̃গতি, ̃গমন n. forward movement, advancement; progress, promotion, development, increase; (astr.) progressive motion, progression. ̃গামী a. moving forward or to the front; leading; progressive. fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃জ a. born earlier, senior in age, elder, older. n. the eldest or an elder brother. ̃জিহ্বা n. the uvula, the epiglottis. ̃জ্ঞান n. foreknowledge; anticipation. ̃ণী a. leading, chief, best. n. a leader; an inaugurator or initiator; a pioneer. ̃দত্ত n. imprest money. ̃দানী n. a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) who receives offerings on behalf of a dead person's soul and consequently is socially degraded. ̃দূত n. (mil.) a pioneer; an escort, a guide; a leader; (loos.) a forerunner, a precursor, a harbinger. ̃নেতা n. a leader; an army commander. ̃পশ্চাত্ adv. considering what is before and after; having foresight and hindsight; pro and con; comprehensively. ̃বর্তী a. situated in the front; leading; advanced. fem. ̃বর্তিনী । ভাগ n. the first part or share; top peak; an extremity or end. ̃মহিষী n. the queen-consort. ̃সর, ̃সার a. going first or commencing, leading; moving forward, advancing. ̃সরণ n. advancement. অগ্রসর হওয়া v. to move forward, to advance; to progress. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. situated in the front, on the top or at end, apical. 14)

(p. 53) abajñā slight; contempt; scorn; disrespect; disregard; neglect. অবজ্ঞা করা v. to neglect, to disregard, to slight; to ignore, to pay no regard to. অবজ্ঞাত a. slighted; scorned; disrespected; disregarded; neglected; obscure. ̃জনিত, ̃প্রসূত a. arising out of contempt or neglect; caused by disregard or contempt; contemptuous. ̃ভরে adv. contemptuously, disrespectfully. অবজ্ঞেয় a. contemptible; dispicable; neglible; trifling. 22)

(p. 63) abyāhati escape; exemption; release; acquittal, absolution; relief. অব্যাহতি দেওয়া v. to exempt; to release; to acquit; to relieve. অব্যাহতি পাওয়া v. to escape; to be exempted; to be released or acquitted or relieved. 20)

(p. 168) upahāsa ridicule, taunt; a joke; contempt. উপহাস করা v. to ridicule or taunt, to laugh at, to mock, to jeer; to crack a joke; to treat with contempt. উপহাসাস্পদ n. an object of ridicule or taunt, a ridiculous person; a laughingstock; a laughable person; a contemptible person. উপহাস্য a. ridiculous, fit to be taunted or jeered at; laughable; contemptible. 14)

(p. 168) upēkṣā, upēkṣaṇa disregard; rejection; neglect; contempt; indifference, heedlessness, inattention. উপেক্ষা করা v. to disregard; to reject; to neglect; to attach no importance to; to treat with indifference or inattention; to pay no attention or heed to, to take no care of; to ignore; to overlook. উপেক্ষণীয় a. negligible; contemptible; not deserving any notice; ignorable. 62)

(p. 188) ōn̐cā, ōn̐chā (chiefly coll.) worthless or bad; inferior; contemptible; base, mean; good-for-nothing. 7)

(p. 257) kōthā where. ̃ও adv. at or in any place, anywhere. কোথাও কোথাও at or in some places. ̃কার a. of or from which or what place; (in contempt.) of or from an unknown or contemptible place. ̃য় adv. & n. where. কোথা থেকে from where, whence, wherefrom. 9)

(p. 269) kṣudra small, little (ক্ষুদ্রকায়, ক্ষুদ্র বালক); base, mean (ক্ষুদ্রমতি); narrow; illiberal (ক্ষুদ্রাশয়); niggardly (ক্ষুদ্র দান); contemptible, insignificant (ক্ষুদ্র লোক); trifling (ক্ষুদ্র ব্যাপার); poor (ক্ষুদ্র অবস্হা); short, short-lived (ক্ষুদ্রপ্রাণ). fem. ক্ষুদ্রা । ̃কায় a. having a short and thin body, little, tiny (ক্ষুদ্রকায় প্রাণী); small and not voluminous (ক্ষুদ্রকায় গ্রন্হ); small (ক্ষুদ্রকায় বাহিনী, ক্ষুদ্রকায় অট্টালিকা). ̃চেতা same as ক্ষুদ্রাশয় । ̃তম a. smallest. ̃তর a. smaller. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. smallness, littleness; baseness, meanness; narrowness, illiberality; niggardliness; contemptibleness; insignificance; triviality; poorness, poverty; shortness; short duration. ̃দৃষ্টি a. narrow in outlook; miserly. ̃প্রাণ a. having low vitality or short span of life, short-lived; mean-minded; miserly. ̃বুদ্ধি, ̃মতি a. of limited intelligence, dull-witted; (inc.) mean-minded. n. dullwittedness; humble opinion (আমার ক্ষুদ্রবুদ্ধিতে). ক্ষুদ্রাকার a. of small size or structure; small, little. ক্ষুদ্রান্ত্র n. the small intestine. ক্ষুদ্রায়তন a. small in size or magnitude; small-scale; small. ক্ষুদ্রাশয় a. mean-minded. ক্ষুদ্রাশয়তা n. mean-mindedness, meanness. 3)

(p. 277) khā-n̐khā expressing; emptiness or loneliness (বাড়ি খাঁ-খাঁ করছে); suffering due to estrangement or bereavement (মন খাঁ-খাঁ করা); state of being extremely stricken or scorched with heat (রোদে মাঠ খাঁ-খাঁ করছে). 2)

(p. 289) khōlasā clear, clean; plain; frank, candid; free (খোলসা মন); emptied, vacated. সা করা v. to open (মন খোলসা করা) to evacuate thoroughly (পেট খোলসা করা). সা করে বলা v. to speak clearly or point-blank or leaving no room for doubt; to be outspoken; to speak out without reserve, to open one's heart; to make a clean breast of. খোলসা a. open-hearted, frank, candid; above-board. 10)

(p. 329) ghṛṇā hate, hatred; aversion, abhorrence, detestation; dislike; contempt, scorn, repugnance; feeling of shame, selfmortification (এত তিরস্কারেও তার ঘৃণা হয় না). ঘৃণা করা v. to hate; to abhor, to detest; to dislike; to despise, to scorn, to look down upon. ঘৃণা হওয়া v. to have a feeling of hate or abhorrence or dislike or repugnance or scorn; to feel shame, to be mortified. ঘৃণার্হ, ঘৃণাস্পদ a. hateful, detestable; contemptible, despicable; base, low. 137)

(p. 329) ghṛṇita hated or hateful; abhorred, detested or detestable; disliked; contemptible, despicable; base, low. ঘৃণিত জীবন wretched or repulsively filthy or squalid life. 138)

(p. 377) chāḍ় omission (লেখার ছাড়); release (হাজত থেকে ছাড়); escape (বিপদ থেকে ছাড় নেই); exemption (দায় থেকে ছাড়); allowance, discount, rebates, commission (ছাড় বাদ দেওয়া); permission (ছাড়পত্র); a permit for unloading a ship. ̃ছোড় n. rebate, discount; escape. ̃পত্র n. a passport; a permit for movement. 15)

(p. 377) chāḍ়ā to quit, to forsake (সংসার ছাড়া); to put or take off or leave or change (কাপড় ছাড়া, বাড়ি ছাড়া); to give up (নেশা ছাড়া); to begin to move off or leave, to depart (গাড়ি ছাড়া); to release, to set free (চোরকে ছেড়ে দিয়েছে); to undergo remission, to subside (জ্বর ছাড়া); to exempt, to overlook (ছেড়ে কথা বলা); to get detached or disentangled, to come off, to loosen (জোড় ছাড়া, জট ছাড়া); to make louder, to raise, to open out (গলা ছাড়া); to post (চিঠি ছাড়া); to stop beating, to sink (নাড়ি ছাড়া); to bring forth, to lay (ডিম ছাড়া); to throw, to shoot (বাণ ছাড়া); to cast or slough off (খোলস ছাড়া). a. deserted (গ্রামছাড়া); bereft of, deprived of, separated from, evicted from (মা-ছাড়া, ভিটেছাড়া); set free, let loose (ছাড়া গোরু); abandoned by, forsaken by (লক্ষ্মীছাড়া); excluded from (সৃষ্টিছাড়া). n. release or exemption (ছাড়া পাওয়া). prep. except, without, but (তোমাকে ছাড়া চলবে না) ছাড়া-ছাড়া a. not thickly set, sparse; incoherent (ছাড়া-ছাড়া কথা). ̃ছাড়ি n. separation; parting; estrangement. ̃নো v. to cause to quit or forsake or put off or change or give up; to obtain release (আসামিকে ছাড়ানো); to cause remission; to detach or disentangle, to cause to come off, to loosen; to cause to make louder or open out; to cause to cast off. ছাড়া পাওয়া v. to get released; to get or enjoy an exemption. 16)

(p. 377) chāḍ়āna (pron. ছাড়ান্) release or exemption. 17)

(p. 379) chāra ashes; (fig.) a contemptible thing, rubbish (কী ছার বলছ); (fig.) a contemptible person (সে কোন ছার); (fig.) the mortal body ('রাগ দ্বেষ মোহ লইয়া ছার'). a. base; contemptible. ̃কপালে n. (vul. in abuses) an unfortunate or illstarred man. a. unfortunate or illstarred. fem. ̃কপালী । ̃খার n. ruin, downfall (ছারখারে যাওয়া). a. ruined, downfallen (ছারখার হওয়া). আমি কোন ছার not to speak of a humble man like me. 12)

(p. 381) chuṭa2 recess; leisure; escape, exemption; release; relief. 20)

(p. 386) jaghanya abominable, hateful, detestable; repugnant; filthy; hated; vile; base, mean; contemptible. ̃তা n. abomination, hatefulness, detestation; repugnance; filthiness; vileness, baseness, meanness; contemptibility. ̃বৃত্তি n. hateful or loathsome or odious pursuit. 5)

(p. 400) jāhānnama, jāhānnāma (Mus.) hell, Inferno. জাহান্নামে দেওয়া v. (lit.) to condemn to hell; (fig.) to deprave or ruin beyond repair. জাহান্নমে যাওয়া v. (lit.) to be damned or condemned to hell; (fig.) to be depraved or ruined beyond repair or redemption, to go to the dogs. জাহান্নমি a. deserving to be condemned to hell; hellish. 54)

(p. 414) jhān̐ṭā a broom; a besom. ̃খেকো a. (in abuses) accustomed to be flogged with a broom; contemptible. ̃নো v. to sweep. ̃পেটা n. a flogging with a broom, a stroke with a broom. ঝাঁটা মারা v. to flog with a broom. ঝাঁটার বাড়ি n. a stroke with or of a broom. 30)

(p. 427) ṭhana expressing a light, clattering noise as of the concussion of a thin metallic object. ঠন ঠন int. expressing this noise made repeatedly; nothingness or vacuity or emptiness (পকেট ঠনঠন). ঠনঠনে a. empty. 9)

(p. 438) ḍhana expressing: a metallic sound as of a bell ringing or an empty vessel sounding. ̃ঢন int. expressing: repetition of this sound, ding-dong; absolute emptiness (হাড়িঁ ঢনঢন, পকেট ঢনঢন). ̃ঢনে a. empty. 7)

(p. 438) ḍhāka1 a drum. ঢাক পেটা, ঢাক বাজানো v. to beat a drum; (fig.) to make public or announce publicly. ঢাকের কাঠি a drumstick; (fig.) an instigator. ঢাকের বাঁয়া useless appurtenances or paraphernalia; something merely decorative. ঢাকের বাদ্যি drum-beat. ঢাকের দায়ে মনসা বিকানো (fig.) to run insolvent in attempting to keep up appearances, to sell one's homestead to grease one's car. 18)

(p. 462) tuccha insignificant; scanty; contemptible; despicable, banal; trivial, trifling; unsubstantial. তুচ্ছ করা, তুচ্ছ জ্ঞান করা v. to treat with contempt or neglect; to despise; to disregard, to ignore; to attach no importance to. ̃তা n. insignificance; scantiness; worthlessness; contemptibility; contempt; despicability, banality; triflingness; unsubstantiality. ̃তাচ্ছিল্য n. contemptuous or neglectful treatment, neglect; contempt; disregard. তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্য করা v. to disregard, to ignore, to look down upon, to hold in light esteem, to slight. তুচ্ছ বিষয় a trivial matter. 27)

(p. 466) tṛṇa grass; straw; herb; any monocotyledonous plant of the Gramineae genus (শরতূণ). ̃কাণ্ড n. a culm, a haulm. ̃কুটির n. a hut made of straw. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a grassy field, a meadow; a pasture. ̃জীবী a. same as ̃ভোজী ।̃জ্ঞান n. considering as contemptible or insignificant as a straw; slighting. তৃণজ্ঞান করা v. not to care a straw for; to slight. ̃দ্রম n. a monocotyledonous tree (such as the coconut, the palm, the date etc.) ̃ধান্য n. paddy that grows in waste land without cultivation. ̃বত্ a. strawlike. adv. like a straw. ̃ভোজী a. herbivorous. ̃ময় a. full of grass or straw; grassy. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. destitute of plants and vegetation; arid. 4)