(p. 16) atyalpa very little or very few, scanty, meagre, inadequate. 16)

(p. 262) kṣīṇa decayed (ক্ষীণ চন্দ্র); lean, thin (ক্ষীণ দেহ); slender (ক্ষীণ কটি); meagre; insufficient (ক্ষীণ আলোক); subdued (ক্ষীণ কণ্ঠ); feeble, weak (ক্ষীণ দৃষ্টি). fem. ক্ষীণা । ক্ষীণ করা v. to decay; to emaciate; to attenuate; to make slender; to lessen (আলো ক্ষীণ করা); to subdue; to enfeeble, to weaken. ক্ষীণ হওয়া v. to decay; to be emaciated; to become slender; to lessen; to become subdued; to become feeble, to weaken. ̃কণ্ঠ n. a feeble or subdued voice, a faint or low voice. a. feeble-voiced; having a subdued voice. ̃কণ্ঠে adv. in a faint or feeble voice; in an undertone. ̃কায় a. leanbodied; emaciated; thin, small (ক্ষীণকায় বই). ̃চন্দ্র n. the waning moon or the moon in wane (that is, the moon of the dark fortnight). ̃চেতা a. feeblehearted, weak-minded. ̃জীবী a. having low vitality; short-lived; frail. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. decayed state; leanness, thinness; emaciation; slenderness; meagreness, insufficiency; subdued state; feebleness, weakness. ̃দৃষ্টি a. weak-sighted. ̃দেহ same as ̃কায় । ̃প্রাণ same as ̃জীবী । ̃বল a. weak; weakened; weak in military strength (ক্ষীণবল রাষ্ট্র). ̃বুদ্ধি a. dull-witted. ̃মতি a. weak-minded. ̃মধ্যা a. fem. having a slender waist. masc. ̃মধ্য । ̃শক্তি same as ̃বল । ̃শ্বাস a. having one's breath failing; dying; completely deprived of vigour; enfeebled; short-lived (ক্ষীণশ্বাস প্রাণ). ̃স্বর n. & a. same as ˜কণ্ঠ । ̃স্বরে adv. same as ̃কণ্ঠে । ক্ষীণাঙ্গী a. (fem.) having a slim body. 100)

(p. 280) khuda2 a particle or fragment of a grain of rice; a particle or fragment of any grain. ̃কণা n. a single such fragment or particle. ̃কুঁড়া, (coll.) ̃কুঁড়ো n. (lit.) huskings and particles of grains; (fig.) very humble or meagre food; (fig.) paltry things or acquisitions. 77)

(p. 321) gōẏālā a milkman (by caste or profession); a cowherd. fem. গোয়ালিনি a wife or a daughter of a milkman, a milkmaid, a milk-woman. নামে গোয়ালা কাঁজি ভক্ষণ (fig.) a nobleman whose meagre income forces him to eat more beef than mutton. 69)

(p. 563) nāḍ়i, nāḍ়ī an artery or vein; the pulse (নাড়ি টেপা); the placenta (নাড়ি কাটা); the intestines (নাড়ি জ্বলা); (loos.) the uterus (নাড়ির দোষ). নাড়ি কাটা v. to cut the umbilical cord or detach the placenta. নাড়ির গতি regular or rhythmical beat of arteries as felt at the wrist. ̃ঘাত n. pulse-beat. (প্রতি মিনিটে) নড়িঘাতের হার pulse-rate. নাড়ি ছেঁড়া same as নাড়ি জ্বলা । নাড়িছেঁড়া ধন a child (of a mother). নাড়ি জ্বলা v. (fig.) to have agonizing pain in the stomach (খিদেয় নাড়ি জ্বলা = to be famished with hunger). নাড়ি টেপা v. (usu. sarcas.) to feel one's pulse. ̃টেপা ডাক্তার a quack, a charlatan. নাড়ি দেখা v. to feel one's pulse. নাড়ি মরা v. to lose power to eat sufficiently (usu. due to continuous underfeeding); to lose appetite or power of digesting. ̃মরা a. having a poor or weak digestion; able to consume only a meagre fare; feeble, weak. ̃জ্ঞান n. ability for or knowledge of feeling one's (esp. a patient's) pulse (in order to determine one's state of health); (fig.) ability to determine the state of a thing. ̃নক্ষত্র n. (ori. & obs.) the star in the ascendant at one's nativity; (pop.) all information about one since one's birth; all or detailed information about anything; ins and outs. ̃ব্রণ n. see নালীব্রণ (নালী) । ̃ভুঁড়ি n. intestines; entrails. 4)

(p. 1038) sbalpa very little; very few; only a little; only a few; a bit. ̃তা n. fewness. smallness, scantiness. ̃ব্যয়ে adv. at a low or small expense or cost; cheaply. ̃ভাষী a. speaking very little, parsimonious in speech; taciturn, reticent; reserved; curt, laconic. স্বল্পায়ু a. having a brief span of life, short-lived. স্বল্পাহারী a. subsisting on meagre or scanty meal or fare; abstemious. 15)