(p. 296) gadya prose. ̃কবিতা n. a prosepoem. ̃ছন্দ n. prose rhythm; the unversified language of poetry (গদ্যছন্দে লেখা কবিতা). ̃ময় a. prosaic. ̃লেখক n. a prose-writer. 18)

(p. 306) gāna a song; a lyric; a poem; a musical play; an opera (esp. an open-air one); sweet note. (পাখির গান). ̃বাজনা n. music; musical soiree; entertainment with music. ওস্তাদি গান classical song. চুটকি গান a light tripping song with a dancing rhythm. গানের দল n. a musical party; a party of professional singers. 42)

(p. 375) chandōbandha versification; metrical rhythm. 22)

(p. 561) nāca dancing; capering; a dance; a caper (ছাগলের নাচ, বাঁদরের নাচ); (sarcas.) ludicrous gesticulations or fretting. ̃উলি, ̃ওয়ালি n. a professional dancing girl or dancing-woman, a ballerina. ̃ঘর n. a dancing-hall; a ball-room; a theatre. নাচন, নাচনি1, নাচুনি2 n. dancing; (sarcas.) ludicrous gesticulations or fretting. নাচনি2, নাচুনি2, নাচুনে n a dancing-girl or dancing-woman; a ballerina. a. engaged in or given to or expert in dancing (নাচুনি মেয়ে); having rhythmic beats, dancing, rhythmic (নাচুনে ছন্দ). 22)

(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. 865) miṭāra3 a verse rhythm, fixed arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables, metre. 12)