(p. 625) parihāsa a joke, a jest; ridicule; mockery, derision. পরিহাস করা v. to poke fun at, to joke; to ridicule; to mock, to deride, to laugh, to scorn. ̃চ্ছলে, ̃ভরে adv. jokingly. ̃প্রিয় a. given to jesting, jestful; witty; fond of joking. ̃প্রিয়তা n. jestfulness; jocular; jocoseness; jocosity; playfulness. 52)

(p. 907) rahasya a mystery; a secret; a riddle; pleasantry, a joke; fun. রহস্য করা v. to make fun; to joke; to poke fun at, to crack a joke at. রহস্য করে, রহস্যচ্ছলে adv. by way of joke; jokingly. রহস্যভেদ করা v. to discover or solve a mystery, to puzzle out a mystery; to probe; to find out or expose a secret. ̃ভেদী a. (capable of or engaged in) discovering or solving a mystery; (loos.) capable of discovering the mysteries of crimes and detecting criminals. ̃ময় a. mysterious; occult; secret; hard to comprehend. রহস্যাবৃত a. veiled or shrouded in mystery; mysterious; occult; secret. রহস্যালাপ n. confidential talk; secret conference; humorous or witty or amorous conversation; a joke. রহস্যালাপ করা v. to talk confidentially; to confer secretly; to be engaged in a humorous or witty or amorous conversation; to joke. রহস্যোদ্ঘাটন same as ̃ভেদ । 3)