(p. 415) jhāḍ় a bush, a thicket (ঝোপঝাড়); a cluster, a clump (বাঁশঝাড়, গোলাপঝাড়); a race or family (শয়তানের ঝাড়); a chandelier (বেলোয়ারি ঝাড়). ̃বাঁধা a. growing in clusters bunches or dumps. ঝাড়ে-বংশে adv. to the last member of the family, not excluding a single member of the family, one and all of the family. ঝাড়ে-মূলে adv. root and branch. 7)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়na1 dusting and cleaning, cloth for dusting furniture etc., a duster; winnowing or fanning grains etc. 10)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়na2 act of expelling or exorcising evil spirit out of a person by reciting charms and incantations or by invocation of holy names, exorcism. 11)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়lanṭhana, jhāḍ়bāti a chandelier. 8)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়ā to thresh or beat out grain from (corn etc.) to separate chaff from grain, to winnow (চাল ঝাড়া); to dust, to brush, to remove dust or dirt by shaking or with a piece of cloth or some sort of duster; to empty or remove contents of (bags etc.), to shake out contents of vessels, bags etc. (ঝুলি ঝাড়া); to throw brickbats or other missiles (মাথার ইট ঝাড়া); to show ill-temper, to vent one's spleen (গায়ের ঝাল ঝাড়া); to exorcise (ভূত ঝাড়া). a. threshed or winnowed or cleaned (ঝাড়া চাল). n. threshing or winnowing; dusting and cleaning, brushing; emptying contents of. ঝাড়া দুই ঘন্টা for full two hours, for two hours at a stretch. ঝাড়পোঁছ n. sweeping and cleaning. ঝাড়াপোঁছা same as ঝাড়পোঁছ । ঝাড়ফুঁক n. exorcising of evil spirit by uttering charms and incantations. ঝাড়ানো v. to cause to thresh and winnow, to expel evil spirit etc., to exorcise. 9)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়āi sweeping and cleaning; threshing and beating (ধান ঝাড়াই); winnowing (চাল ঝাড়াই). ঝাড়াই-বাছাই n. sweeping and cleaning; eliminating and selecting. 12)

(p. 415) jhāḍ়u broom. ঝাড়ু দেওয়া to sweep. ঝাড়ু মারা v. to beat with a broom. ̃দার n. a sweeper, a scavenger, a dustman, a person who takes away dirt, garbage and rubbish from streets, buildings etc. 13)