(p. 80) aśba the horse. fem. অশ্বা । অশ্বী a mare. ̃কোবিদ a. experienced about horses; skilled in horse-breaking or horse training. n. one experienced about horses; a horse-breaker; a horsetrainer; a skilled horesman, an equestrian. ̃খুর n. a horse's hoof; a plant used as perfume. ̃খুরা n. a creeper of the clitoria genus; its flower. ̃গতি n. the pace (usu. galloping) of a horse. ̃গন্ধা n. a medicinal plant, withania somnifera. ̃গ্রীব n. having a neck curved like that of a horse, horse-necked. ̃চক্র n. a move in chess in which the two knights are placed in a position where the opponent's king is checkmated. ̃চালনা n. driving or riding a horse. ̃চালনা করা v. to drive or ride a horse. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a horse-doctor, a farrier; a veterinary surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. farriery. ̃ডিম্ব n. a mere nothing, a hoax, (cp.) fiddlesticks! (int.), (cp.) a mare's nest. ̃তর n. the mule. fem. ̃তরী । ̃তুল্য a. like a horse, equine. ̃পাল, ̃পালক n. a professional caretaker of horses; an equerry; a groom. ̃পৃষ্ঠে adv. on horseback. ̃বিদ a. same as অশ্বকোবিদ । ̃বৈদ্য n. same as অশ্বচিকিত্সক । ̃মেধ (যজ্ঞ) n. a solemn ritual performed by the princes of ancient India to have their sins condoned; in this ritual a horse was given in sacrifice, the horse-sacrifice. ̃যান n. a horse-drawn carriage; a horse-cart. ̃রক্ষক n. same as অশ্বপাল । ̃রজ্জু n. a horse's rein or bridle. ̃শক্তি n. (mech.) horsepower, about 745 watts. ̃শাবক n. a colt, a foal (fem. filly). ̃শালা n. a stable. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. relating to the horse, equine. 45)

(p. 83) aṣṭa eight. ̃ক n. any collection of eight, an octave; a book containing eight chapters; a verse containing eight couplets. a. eight. ̃আশি see অষ্টাশি । ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an octagon. a. octagonal ̃কোণী a. octagonal. ̃গুণ a. multiplied by eight, eightfold. n. eight times. ̃চত্বারিংশ a. forty-eighth. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-eight. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-eighth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী । ̃দিকপাল n. the eight guardian deities of the eight points of the earth. ̃ধা adv. & a. eight times; eightfold; in eight ways. ̃ধাতু n. the eight metals; gold, silver, copper, bronze, bell-metal, zinc, lead and iron. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninety-eight. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-eighth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃নাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes. ̃নায়িকা n. the eight minor goddesses; the eight manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (lit.) eight moods of the heroine or the sweetheart (namely, going to assignation, expecting her lover to come to her bed-chamber, worried owing to sudden absence of her lover, deceived by her lover, stricken with anger and jealousy on observing on the person of her lover signs indicating that he had been to another woman, feeling miserable for having quarrelled with and sent back her lover, enjoying domineering control over her lover, and separated from her lover as he has gone abroad). ̃পঞ্চাশত্ n. & a. fifty-eight. ˜পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fifty-eighth. fem. ̃পঞ্চাশত্তমী । ̃পাদ a. octopod. n. an octopod; the spider; a mythological octopod said to be even stronger than the lion (cp. octopus, শরভ). ̃প্রহর n. a whole day and night, twenty-four hours, a form of collective religious chanting by the Hindus continuing for twenty-four hours at a stretch. adv. throughout the whole day and night; always; ceaselessly. ̃বজ্র n. the eight infallible weapons of the eight principal gods. ̃বজ্রমিলন n. simultaneous hurling of অষ্টবজ্র,, which causes the destruction of the universe; precipitation of a highly explosive condition. ̃বসু n. the eight demi-gods (see বসু). ̃বিধ a. of eight kinds. ̃ভুজ a. eight-handed, octagonal. n. an octagon. ̃ভুজা a. & n. fem. of অষ্টভুজ । □ n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ভৈরব n. the eight terrible manifestations of Shiva (শিব). অষ্টম a. eighth. ̃মঙ্গলা n. a manifestation of Durga (দুর্গা); the custom according to which the newly-wed groom comes back to the father-in-law's house with his wife on the eighth day of marriage. অষ্টমবর্ষীয় a. of or in the eighth year; eight years old. অষ্টমবাত্সরিক, অষ্টমবার্ষিক a. of the eighth year. ̃মাংশ n. one-eighth; the eighth part. ̃মী n. fem. the eighth day of either fortnight of a lunar month. a. fem. eighth; eight years old. ̃মূর্তি n. the eight manifestations of Shiva (শিব). ̃রম্ভা n. (pop.) a mere nothing, a hoax, a mare's nest; a fiasco. ̃ষষ্টি n. & a. sixty-eight. ˜ষষ্টিতম a. sixty-eighth. ̃সপ্ততি n. & a. seventy-eight. ˜সপ্ততিতম a. seventy-eighth. ̃সিদ্ধি n. the eight superhuman qualities attainable by ascetical or austere practice. 17)

(p. 192) kacu an esculant edible root; (contem.) a mere trifle, nothing. কচু করা v. to be able to do nothing; to be able to do no harm. কচু খাওয়া v. (contem.) to eat or get nothing, to be disappointed. কচু বোঝা v. to fail utterly to understand or comprehend. ̃কাটা a. chopped easily at will; chopped fine; hashed. কচুকাটা করা v. to chop or hash with ease and at will; to chop fine. ̃ঘেচু n. pl. worthless vegetables; vegetables not normally edible; trifles. ̃পোড়া n. anything inedible; nothing. দুঃখ না কচু no genuine sorrow but a mere show of it. 40)

(p. 194) kathā a word or words spoken; a saying; an utterance; a statement; mode of speaking, pronunciation (তার কথা আড়ষ্ঠ); voice (তার কথা শুনতে পেলাম); a dialect (বর্ধমানের কথা); a tale, a story; a chronicle or history (ভারত-কথা); news (গ্রামের কথা); a word (সে নিজের কথা রাখে); an opinion (এ বিষয়ে আমার কথা হল যে); professional narration of scriptural and mythological stories (জমিদার বাড়িতে কথা হবে); a topic, a discourse (এ কথার অবতারণা); conversation; speaking terms (তার সঙ্গে আমার কথা নেই); consultation, discussion (ডাক্তারের সঙ্গে কথা হয়েছে); counsel, advice; instigation; comparison (তার সঙ্গে কার কথা); an incident, an affair (যে সে কথা নয়); a request (সে আমার কথা রেখেছে); order, direction (ছেলেটা কথা শোনে না); necessity, need, compulsion (এ কাজ করতেই হবে, এমন কথা আছে?); plea (ভুল হলে কোনো কথা শুনব না); a proverb (কথায় বলে). কথা কওয়া v. to speak; to talk. কথা কাটা v. to refute; to protest. কথা দেওয়া v. to give one's word, to promise. কথা চালা v. to tell one's secrets to another; to indulge in scandal-mongering, to talk scandal, to gossip. কথা পাড়া v. to raise a topic; to propose. কথা না থাকা not to be on speaking terms with; not to be promised or decided beforehand. কথা রাখা to keep a promise; to be true to one's word. কথায় কথায় in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the by, by the way; whilst talking (কথায় কথায় রাত হল). কথায় থাকা to involve oneself in. কথায় না থাকা to have nothing to do with. কথার কথা a word for word's sake; worth serious consideration (এ কি একটা কথার কথা হল ?). কথার খেলাপ breaking a promise. কথার ঝুড়ি (of a person) a chatterbox. কথার ধার sting of words. কথার নড়চড় deviation from one's promise. কথার ফের, কথার মারপ্যাঁচ a sly turn of speech; verbal trickery; jugglery of words; quibble. কথার শ্রাদ্ধ too much or unnecessary talking, words and words. ̃কলি n. Indian dance depicting ancient wartales. কথা কাটাকাটি n. arguments and counter-arguments; bandying of words; altercation; hot exchange. কথা কাটাকাটি করা v. to advance arguments and counter-arguments; to bandy words; to altercate; to be engaged in a hot exchange. কথা চালাচালি n. act of telling one's secrets to another; scandal-mongering; gossiping. কথা চালাচালি করা same as কথা চালা । ̃চ্ছলে same as কথাপ্রসঙ্গে । ̃ন্তর n. altercation; bandying of words; another topic; interval in course of conversation; a breach of promise. ̃প্রসঙ্গ n. conversation, talk; act of raising a topic; a topic; a context. ̃প্রসঙ্গে adv. in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the way. ̃বার্তা n. conversation; a talk; a chat. ̃বার্তা বলা v. to talk; to chat. ̃মতো adv. in keeping with one's words or promise; in obedience to one's order or direction. ̃মাত্র n. mere words (having no genuine worth). ̃মাত্র সার mere words having no genuine worth, words or promises ending in smoke; false promise. ̃মুখ n. a preface. ̃রম্ভ n. the beginning of a story or conversation. ̃শিল্প n. creative literary works written in prose such as novels, stories etc. ̃শিল্পী n. an author of prose fiction, stories etc. ̃শেষ n. the end of a story or conversation. ̃সাহিত্য same as কথাশিল্প । ̃সাহিত্যিক same as কথাশিল্পী । 89)

(p. 280) khāli1 empty (খালি কলসি); vacant (খালি পদ); void; bare (খালি গা); incessant, continuous (খালি কান্না); mere (খালি ধাপ্পা). adv. only (খালি একটু বসল); always (খালি কাঁদে). ̃হাত a. penniless, moneyless. n. empty-handedness. ̃হাতে adv. empty-handed, carrying nothing. ̃পেট n. empty stomach. 25)

(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. 470) tōtalā given to or marked with stammering, stuttering. তোতলা লোক a stammerer, a stutterer. তোতলানো, তোতলামি করা v. to stammer, to stutter. তোতলামি n. stammering or stuttering. 12)

(p. 563) nāma a name, an appellation, a designation, an epithet; reputation, fame, celebrity, renown (নামডাক); identity (নামগোত্রহীন); mention or reputation (দেশের সর্বত্র তার নাম); the name of a deity (নামজপ); a name esp. that of a deity or religion invoked or called to witness (ভগবানের নামে, ধর্মের নামে); a roll (নাম ডাকা); a plea or pretext or pretence (কাজের নাম করে পালানো); actual execution or performance (কাজের নামে ঢুঁ ঢুঁ); merely nominal or titular existence or possession (নামেই তালপুকুর); a very small amount, an iota (নামমাত্র); (gr.) a root-word other than verbs, a noun, a substantive. ছদ্মনাম n. a pseudonym. ডাকনাম n. a nickname. ভালো নাম n. proper or Christian or formal first name; the name by which one is known to the outside public. ভুল নাম a misnomer. নাম করা v. to mention one's name; to name; to make a plea (সে বিপদের নাম আর করে না); to utter the name of; to utter or recite the name of one's idol (বৈষ্ণবেরা নাম করছেন); to earn fame, to become conspicuous, to come into prominence, to cut a figure (সে নাচে নাম করছে). নাম কাটা v. to remove one's name (from a register, roll etc.); to strike off one's name, to strike one off. নাম গাওয়া same as নামকীর্তন করা । নাম জপা same as নামজপ করা । নাম ডাকা v. to summon one loudly by one's name (সাক্ষীর নাম ডাকছে); to call the roll. নাম ডোবানো v. to destroy one's reputation; to bring disgrace upon, to drag one's name through the mire. নাম দেওয়া same as নামকরণ করা । নাম ধরা v. to tell one's name; to assume a name or designation. নাম ধরে ডাকা v. to call or summon one by one's name. নাম বলা v. to tell one's name; to name or mention. নাম ভাঁড়ানো v. to commit forgery by concealing one's name and assuming a false one. নাম রটা v. to become famous or notorious. নাম রাখা v. to give a name to, to christen, to designate, to name; to act up to the reputation of (বংশের নাম রাখা); to leave behind a lasting fame (পৃথিবীতে নাম রাখা). নাম নেওয়া v. to utter the name of; to utter or recite in devotion the name of; to remember or worship. নাম লেখানো v. to have oneself enlisted or enrolled or registered. নাম শোনানো v. to sing to one the name of (esp. of a deity). নাম হওয়া v. to become famous, to earn reputation. নাম হারানো v. to lose one's reputation. নামক a. named, by name, called, designated. ̃করণ n. act of giving a name to, act of naming; the sacrament of giving a name to, christening; nomenclature. নামকরণ করা v. to give a name to, to name; to designate; to christen. ̃করা a. reputed, renowned, famous; (dero.) notorious (নামকরা চোর). ̃কীর্তন n. devotional recitation or singing of the name of one's idol; act of celebrating one's name; act of praising esp. publicly. লামকীর্তন করা v. to recite or sing in devotion the name of; to celebrate one's name; to praise esp. publicly. ̃গন্ধ n. slightest mention or sign or trace. নামগান same as নামকীর্তন । ̃গোত্রহীন a. (fig.) having no established (social) position or credentials. ̃জপ n. act of uttering inwardly and continuously the name of one's idol. নামজপ করা v. to utter in devotion the name of one's idol inwardly and continuously. ̃জাদা a. famous, renowned, celebrated, reputed. ̃জারি n. mutation or substitution of a name in an official register esp. in the landlord's records; publication or upholding of one's name. নামজারি করা v. to alter or substitute a name in an official register; to publish or uphold a name. ̃ডাক n. fame and influence, prominence in public life. ̃ডাকওয়ালা a. famous and influential, prominent in public life. নাম ডাকা v. to call the rolls; to call one's name. নামত adv. in name only; nominally. a. nominal, titular. ̃ধর a. named. ̃ধাতু n. (gr.) a verbal root derived from a noun, a nominal verb. ̃ধাম n. name and address. ̃ধারণ n. act of assuming or bearing a name or designation. নামধারণ করা v. to assume or bear a name or designation. ̃ধারী same as নামধর । ̃ধেয় n. a name, an appellation, a designation. a. named, designated. ̃পত্র n. the title page of a book; the paper or document bearing one's title. ̃পদ n. (gr.) a noun. নাম প্রত্যাহার n. withdrawal of one's name or candidature (from a contest, election etc.) ̃ফলক n. a nameplate. ̃বাচক a. expressing or denoting a name; (gr.) proper. নামবাচক বিশেষ্য (gr.) a proper noun. ̃বিহীন a. nameless; unknown; having no reputation or fame; obscure; anonymous. ̃বিহীনতা, ̃হীনতা n. namelessness; anonymity. ̃ভূমিকা n. the title-role, the name-part. ̃মাত্র a. nominal; titular; only a little or only a few. adv. nominally, in name only; only a little or only a few. n. (even) the mere name; slightest mention or hint; slightest amount. ̃মুদ্রা n. a seal bearing one's name. ̃মুদ্রাঙ্কিত a. sealed, with a seal bearing one's name. ̃যশ same as নামডাক । ̃সংকীর্তন same as নামকীর্তন । ̃সর্বস্ব n. a thing or person that is nothing but a mere name. a. existing merely in name. ̃হারা, ̃হীন same as নামবিহীন । নামে a. by name, named, designated; in name only; nominal, titular. adv. in name only. নামে গোয়ালা কাঁজি ভক্ষণ (fig.) one who is reputed as a millionaire but cannot afford to eat more mutton than beef. নামে নামে adv. separately by or in or under individual names. 32)

(p. 571) nichaka mere, sheer, undiluted (নিছক কষ্ট). adv. merely, sheer, absolutely (নিছক বাজে কথা). 12)

(p. 577) nimitta a cause or reason; a motive, an end in view, an aim; necessity, need; an omen, a prognostic, a presage, a portent (দুর্নিমিত্ত); one who acts as an instrument of another, a tool, an agent. prep. for, because of, on account of, owing to, due to (রোগের নিমিত্ত). নিমিত্তের ভাগী responsible only for an action and not for its cause, one held responsible for an action because of one's mere presence although one has taken no part in it. নিমিত্তের ভাগী হওয়া to have to share the responsibility and consequence of another person's action. নিমিত্তজ্ঞ , নিমিত্তবিদ n. an augur, a diviner, a soothsayer. ̃মাত্র n. a mere agent or instrument. নিমিত্তার্থ n. (gr.) the gerundial force or the infinitive mood. a. gerundial. 14)

(p. 650) pitta bile, gall. পিত্ত পড়া v. to lose appetite because of abstinence from food when hungry. পিত্ত জ্বালা v. to have one's ill-humour roused, to burn or boil with indignation, to get cross or peered. ̃কোষ n. the gall-bladder. ̃ঘ্ন a. antibilious. ̃জ্বর n. bilious fever. ̃নাশ n. abominable perversion or corruption (from the fact that a fish tastes bitter if its gallbladder is burst open and its body smeared with bile). ̃নালি n. biliary ducts. ̃নাশক a. antibilious. ̃পাথর, ̃পাথুরি n. gall stone, biliary stone. ̃বিকার n. (med.) biliary or bilious trouble or disorder. ̃রক্ত n. plethora. ̃রক্ষা n. appeasement of hunger by taking a small quantity of food; (sarcas.) a mere show of gratification. পিত্তরক্ষা করা v. to appease one's hunger by taking a small quantity of food; (sarcas.) to make one content or be content with a mere show of fulfilment of one's desire. ̃শূল n. biliary colic. 8)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 706) phōn̐ṭā a small roundish mark or a sectarian mark put on the forehead (সিঁন্দুরের বা চন্দনের ফোঁটা); a drop or blob of any liquid (বৃষ্টির ফোঁটা); a globular mark, a point; a pip on playing-cards; a point obtained in some card-games. এক ফোঁটা a. very small, tiny, a little, scanty. অনভ্যাসের ফোঁটা luxury or pleasure one is not used to. ফোঁটা ফোঁটা পড়া to drip. এক ফোঁটা মেয়ে a mere slip of a girl. 97)

(p. 715) bacana speech; utterance; a saying, an adage, an apophthegm, a maxim; (gr.) number (একবচন = the singular number; দ্বিবচন = the dual number; বহুবচন = the plural number). ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent, very talkative. ̃বিন্যাস n. art or mode of speaking; eloquence; arrangement of words or speech. বচনসর্বস্ব ব্যাক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. বচনীয় a. speakable; blamable. 25)

(p. 721) bām̐ẏā a small semi-circular musical instrument of percussion played along with the tabla (তবলা). ঢাকের বাঁয়া (fig. & derisively) a useless accompaniment, a mere nothing; someone else's ditto. 277)

(p. 721) bāk speech, language; learning; the organ of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. cleverness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artfulness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumbfounded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excelling only in words and incapable of action. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech. 280)

(p. 802) bhaṅga breaking or splitting (ধনুর্ভঙ্গ); fracture, rupture (অস্হিভঙ্গ); breach (বিশ্বাসভঙ্গ); violation, infringement (আইনভঙ্গ); non-observance, non-compliance (প্রতিশ্রুতিভঙ্গ); discontinuance, break (অনশনভঙ্গ); severance (সম্পর্কভঙ্গ); estrangement (বন্ধুত্ব ভঙ্গ); impairment (স্বাস্হ্যভঙ্গ); loss (আশাভঙ্গ); disbandment (দলভঙ্গ); dispersal (ছত্রভঙ্গ); (esp. of pol. parties) disintegration; dissolution; termination, close (সভাভঙ্গ); a fold or contraction. (ত্রিভঙ্গ); crack (স্বরভঙ্গ); act or manner of rolling or dancing (তরঙ্গভঙ্গ); style or shape (ভ্রূভঙ্গ); suspension, break (যাত্রাভঙ্গ); act of fleeing away, flight, retreat (রণে ভঙ্গ); rout (শত্রুসৈন্য-ভঙ্গ); removal (সন্দেহভঙ্গ); interruption, break (তালভঙ্গ, নিদ্রাভঙ্গ); obstruction, an obstacle, a drawback ('এত ভঙ্গ বঙ্গদেশ'); discouragement (মনোভঙ্গ); composition (কবরীভঙ্গ); a wave. ভঙ্গ দেওয়া v. to take to flight, to beat a retreat, to flee or withdraw as defeated (রণে বা বিতর্কে ভঙ্গ দেওয়া). ̃কুলীন n. a kulin (কুলীন) family or a member of it failing to observe the social (esp. matrimonial) restrictions enjoined on kulins. ̃পয়ার n. (pros.) a variety of payar (পয়ার) in which the second line of each of the four-line stanzas is merely the repetition of the first. ̃প্রবণ a. brittle, fragile; frail. ̃প্রবণতা n. brittleness. 24)

(p. 852) māṭi earth; clay; soil; dust or dirt; the ground, the floor; landed property, land; the surface of the earth; the earth, the world; foothold. মাটি করা v. to spoil, to ruin; to impair. মাটি কামড়ে (প়ড়ে) থাকা (fig.) to keep lying to the ground immovable and motionlessly with all one's might and main (as by a wrestler); to persist doggedly. মাটি দেওয়া v. to bury, to inter. মাটি মাড়ানো v. (coll.) to come or visit. মাটি হওয়া v. to be spoiled. পায়ের তলার মাটি সরে যাওয়া (fig.) to lose one's foothold, to be utterly deprived of support, (cp.) to cut the grass from under one's feet. মাটির দর dirt cheap. মাটির বাসন earthenware; crockery. মাটির দরে বিক্রি করা to sell for a mere trifle. মাটির মানুষ a very gentle and forbearing and honest man perfectly free from crookedness. বিলাতি মাটি cement. বেলেমাটি sandy soil. 38)

(p. 935) śabda a sound; a noise; a cry or call (পাখির শব্দ, কুকুরের শব্দ); a word. শব্দ করা v. to make a sound or noise; to cry or call. ̃কর, ̃কারী a. making a sound or noise; crying or calling. ̃কোষ n. a lexicon; a dictionary. ̃তত্ত্ব n. philology. ̃তরঙ্গ n. a sound-wave. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. philological. n. a philologist. ̃দ্বৈত n. reduplication of words. ̃প্রকরণ n. orthography. ̃বহ a. conveying sounds or sound-waves. ̃বিন্যাস n. arrangement of words; (gr.) syntax. ̃বেধী var. of ̃ভেদী । ̃ব্রহ্ম n. the Supreme Being consisting of sound only (cp. Logos); the Vedas. ̃ভাণ্ডার n. the treasure of words; the total corpus of words of a language. ̃ভেদী a. capable of hitting the target by merely hearing the sound made by it. ̃যোজনা n. adding or supplementing words. ̃ময় a. full of sound; noisy; word. ̃শক্তি n. different imports of a word; the capacity of words for conveying significance, power of words. ̃শাস্ত্র n. the science of words; grammar; philology; branches of learning collectively. ̃হীন a. soundless; noiseless; speechless; silent. শব্দাতীত a. beyond words; not expressible in words. শব্দায়মান a. in the state of making sounds, sounding; resounding. শব্দার্থ n. the meaning of a word, a word-meaning. শব্দালংকার n. any one of the figures of speech based on sound, such as, alliteration, onomatopoeia etc. শব্দিত a. sounded; filled with sound; resounded. 55)

(p. 949) śuddha faultless; flawless; immaculate; clean; pure; purified; rectified, holy, sacred; sanctified, consecrated; virtuous; chaste; genuine; unadulterated; correct, right (অন্কটি শুদ্ধ); mere, only (শুদ্ধ দুঃখ). adv. only, merely (শুদ্ধ একবস্ত্রে). শুদ্ধ করা v. to clean; to purify; to sanctify, to consecrate; to rectify, to correct; to amend. ̃তা n. correctness; flawlessness, faultlessness; purity; sacredness, holiness; chastity; genuineness. শুদ্ধ বর্ণালি (phys.) a pure spectrum. ̃চিত্ত, ̃মতি a. chaste or virtuous in mind, pure-hearted. ̃লেখ n. a fair copy. ̃সত্ত্ব a. pure-souled. শুদ্ধাচার n. practice of virtue or sanctity; virtuousness; sanctity; cleanliness. a. practising virtue or sanctity or cleanliness. শুদ্ধাচারিতা same as শুদ্ধাচার (n.). শুদ্ধাচারী a. same as শুদ্ধাচার (a.). fem. শুদ্ধাচারিণী । শুদ্ধাশুদ্ধ a. holy and profane; pure and impure; right and wrong; correct and incorrect. শুদ্ধি n. purification; purgation; sanctification, consecration; rectification, correction, amendment; reformation; purity; cleanliness; chastity; correctness; reclamation from evil, untouchability, social inferiority etc. শুদ্ধিপত্র n. list of errors attached to a book, errata, corrigenda. 37)

(p. 951) śudhu empty (শুধু হাতে); bare (শুধু চোখে); mere, only (শুধু জল). adv. merely, simply, only (শুধু হাসছে). শুধু শুধু adv. for nothing (শুধু শুধু মার খাওয়া); in vain (শুধু শুধু চেষ্টা করা). 2)

(p. 951) śuṣka dry (শুষ্ক বস্ত্র); withered (শুষ্ক পুষ্প); sapless, pithless (শুষ্ক কাষ্ঠ); dull, uninteresting, pointless (শুষ্ক তর্ক); pale (শুষ্ক মুখ); parched (শুষ্ক কণ্ঠ); harsh (শুষ্ক স্বর); vapoury or empty or insipid (শুষ্ক বাক্য); merely formal (শুষ্ক ভদ্রতা). ̃তা n. dryness. 15)

(p. 1025) sērēpha only; alone; mere or merely. 38)

(p. 1044) haṃsa the drake; the gander, the swan; a greedless ascetic. ̃গমনা ̃গামিনী a. fem. walking (gracefully or with a slight waddle) like a duck. ̃ডিম্ব n. a duck's egg; (facet.) a cipher, a zero, a mere nothing. ̃ধ্বনি1, ̃নাদ n. cackling. ̃ধ্বনি2 n. an Indian musical mode. ̃বাহন, ̃রথ n. one who rides a duck; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). n. fem. ̃বাহনা, ̃বাহিনী a female riding a duck; Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী). ̃শাবক n. a duckling. হংসারূঢ় a. seated on a goose or swan. হংসী n. fem. the duck; the goose. 5)