(p. 9) acala motionless, immobile; stationary, static (অচল তড়িত্); unwavering; firm, steady; gone out of practice, not current, obsolete (অচল প্রথা); counterfeit or forged (অচল টাকা বা নোট); that which cannot be kept going, unmaintainable (অচল সংসার); invalid; untenable (অচল যুক্তি); unserviceable (অচল ঘড়ি); impracticable (অচল প্রস্তাব); (of persons) cast off (সমাজে অচল). n. a mountain, a hill. অচল অবস্হা, অচলাবস্হা lack of progress; a deadlock, an impasse, a stalemate, standstill. ̃ন n. state of being out of practice or currency, obsoleteness. ̃নীয় a. incapable of being introduced or circulated. 44)

(p. 99) ākkēla understanding, intelligence, wit; common sense; faculty of judgment; considerateness. আক্কেল গুডুম n. nonplus, bewilderment, confusion. আক্কেল গুডুম হওয়া to be struck with bewilderment or confusion, to be nonplussed, to be at one's wit's end. ̃দাঁত n. the wisdom tooth. ̃পছন্দ n. ability to appraise or assess, the sense of proportion; aptitude or talent for selection and rejection; good practical sense. ̃মন্ত a. considerate; wise. ̃সেলামি n. the penalty paid or the loss suffered on account of folly. 33)

(p. 99) ākhyā an appellation, a name; a title, a designation; a denomination. ̃ত a. named, called; entitled, designated; denominated; spoken, mentioned, said; known, renowned, celebrated. ̃ন n. history; a legend; a tale (esp. historical or legendary); a narrative; a story; a fable; narration, naming; act of designating or denominating. ̃বস্তু n. a theme. ̃পত্র n. a title-page (of a book). ̃য়ক n. a narrator; a story-teller. ̃য়িকা n. a tale, a story, a narrative. 55)

(p. 126) āṣāḍh় the third month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of June to the middle of July); (poet. & fig.) the monsoon. আষাঢ়ে a. of or in or during the month or Ashara (আষাঢ়); produced or growing or occurring in Ashara (আষাঢ়); false, fantastic. আষাঢ়ে গল্প a queer or fantastic tale, a cockand-bull story. 134)

(p. 136) itikathā a tale; a legend; a chronicle; history. ইতিকাহিনী n. same as ইতিকথা । 39)

(p. 159) upakathā a tale; a legend; a folk tale. 39)

(p. 164) upanyāsa a novel, a book of fiction; a long story; a romantic tale, a romance; a preface or introduction; a proposal. ̃কার, ̃রচয়িতা, ̃লেখক n. a novelist. 6)

(p. 168) upākhyāna a story; a tale; a fable; a fairy tale; a narrative; an episode; an anecdote. 19)

(p. 187) aitihya a tale or belief or custom or practice transmitted orally or handed down from generation to generation, tradition; cultural heritage; hereditary culture. ̃গত, ঐতিহ্যিক a. traditional. ঐতিহ্যাগত a. handed down by tradition. 17)

(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. 202) kabi a poet; a scholar; a philosopher; a kind of song-tournament, this song (cp. strophe and antistrophe), its composer or singer. ̃ওয়ালা n. a composer of songs for a song-tournament; a singer of these songs; the leader of a party competing in a song-tournament. ̃কল্পনা n. a visionary thing; fanciful imagination; a baseless and unreal conception; (rare) poetic imagination. ̃কল্পিত a. visionary; fanciful; baseless and unreal; imagined or invented by a poet. ̃গান n. a kind of song-tournament or duel; a song for this tournament. ̃গুরু n. the first poet; the chief of poets. ̃জনোচিত a. befitting a poet, poetical. কবির লড়াই a kind of song-tournament; a contest of poets. কবিতা n. a poem; a verse; a couplet; poetry. কবিত্ব n. poetical imagination or talent, poetry; poetic quality. কবিত্বপূর্ণ, কবিত্বময় a. full of poetry; full of poetic quality; endowed with a talent for composing poems. কবিত্ব শক্তি n. poetical talent or genius. ̃প্রসিদ্ধি n. any imaginative description of nature originally made by a poet and afterwards repeated by other poets, a poetical convention. ̃বর n. a great poet, a master poet. কবি সম্মেলন n. an assembly or conference of poets. কবীশ n. the chief among poets. 15)

(p. 288) khōkkasa (in fairy tales) a terrible anthropophagous demon. 5)

(p. 289) khōśa delightful, pleasant (খোশখবর); happy, cheerful (খোশমেজাজ); done by one's own self, voluntary. ̃কবালা n. (law) a deed of conveyance executed voluntarily by the proprietor himself. ̃খবর n. glad tidings; agreeable or pleasing news. ̃খেয়াল n. a fad, a crotchet; a caprice, a whim. ̃খোরাক n. dainty food, delicate dishes, table delicacies. ̃খোরাকি a. fond of dainty food; accustomed to taking dainty food. ̃গল্প n. a pleasant chat; an amusing tale or story. ̃নবিশ n. a calligrapher; a good writer. ̃নাম n. reputation; fame; goodwill. ̃পোশাক n. fine dress; fancy dress. ̃পোশাকি a. fond of fine dress; foppish. বু same as বু । ̃মেজাজ n. cheerful or merry or selfcomplacent mood. 14)

(p. 296) gabacandra the name of a ludicrously stupid minister of folk tales; an utter fool. 45)

(p. 301) galpa a story; a tale; a fable; an anecdote; a fantastic or fictitious narrative, a fib; gossip; chit-chat. গল্প করা v. to gossip; to chat; to speak of (সে বিলাতের সম্বন্ধে গল্প করছে); to tell fantastic or fictitious tales about (নে আর তোর বাহাদুরির গল্প করিস না). গল্প পড়া v. to read out a story or anecdote. গল্প ফাঁদা v. to spin or invent or fabricate a story. গল্প বলা v. to tell a tale. গল্প লেখা v. to write stories or tales. গল্প শোনা v. to hear a tale or anecdote. ̃কার n. a storywriter; a storyteller. ̃গুজব করা v. to gossip, to chat. গল্প বলিয়ে n. a tale-teller; a raconteur (fem. a raconteuse). গল্প-সল্প same as গল্পগুজব । গল্পে a. gossipy; talkative. 37)

(p. 308) gāla2 the cheek; the mouth (গালের মধ্যে নিয়ে চিবানো) গালে চড় মারা). to slap on the face, to give a slap in the face. গালে লাগা v. to have a burning and itching sensation within one's mouth (caused by eating edible roots akin to arum). গালে হাত দেওয়া v. to place the palm of one's hand on one's cheek as a mark of astonishment; (fig.) to be astonished. ̃গল্প n. a fanciful or idle tale, gossip, chit-chat. গালগল্প করা v. to tell fanciful tales (esp. about one's own importance); to gossip, to chat. ̃পাট্টা n. thick or massive beard all over cheeks and the chin; side-whisker, a lovelock. ̃বাদ্য n. a peculiar sound made by inflating cheeks and striking them with fingers. গালবাদ্য করা v. to make this sound. গালভরা a. mouth-filling; tumid, bombastic. ̃মন্দ n. reviling. গালমন্দ করা, গালমন্দ দেওয়া v. to revile. 28)

(p. 311) guṇī having good qualities or parts or merits, talented, meritorious; having sound skill or knowledge in some pursuit esp. an artistic one; versed in exorcism or sorcery, having an occult power. গুণী লোক a man of qualities or parts; an adept. 58)

(p. 321) gōbara cow-dung, muck. ̃গণেশ a. soft-headed corpulent lazy and good-for-nothing. n. such a man or boy. ̃গাদা n. a dung-heap, a dung-hill, a muck-heap. গোবর গ্যাস n. a gas (usu. cooking gas) obtained from cow-dung. গোবরভরা a. (ridi.) full of stupidity (গোবরভরা মাথা = a stupid head). গোবরে পদ্মফুল (lit.) a lotus in a dung-hill; (fig.) a solitary instance of beauty or talent in the midst of ugly or stupid environment, a Venus amongst hags, a Socrates amongst fools. 45)

(p. 326) gauraba importance; glory; majesty; dignity; honour; cordial reception; pride; excellence; worth. গৌরব করা v. to be proud of, to pride in. ̃গাথা n. tales of glory; song, poem etc. composed in praise of a person or one's country. ̃রবি n. the sun of glory. গৌরবান্বিত, গৌরবিত, ̃মণ্ডিত a. important, glorious; majestic; dignified; honoured; proud. গৌরবের বিষয় a creditable or highly praiseworthy affair or thing, a glory, a glorious achievement. 3)

(p. 375) chanda2, chandḥ poetical metre; prosody. ছন্দপতন, ছন্দপাত, ছন্দোভঙ্গ n. an instance of defect or break in the poetical metre (cp. catalectic); (fig.) disturbance (জীবনের ছন্দপতন). ছন্দবিশ্লেষণ n. scansion. ছন্দঃশাস্ত্র, ছন্দশাস্ত্র n. prosody. 19)

(p. 419) ṭāṭakā fresh, newly grown (টাটকা মাছ বা সবজি); not stale (টাটকা খাবার); new, recent (টাটকা খবর). 70)

(p. 497) digbijaẏa conquest of (all the quarters of) the world (by armed invasion or by any good quality such as learning, literary talent etc.), world-conquest. দিগ্বিজয় করা v. to conquer the whole world. দিগ্বিজয়ী a. world conquering. n. a world-conquerer. 28)

(p. 500) duḥkha sorrow; affliction; grief; distress, suffering, misery (দুঃখে পড়া); pain, inflammation; regret (দুঃখ প্রকাশ করা). দুঃখ করা v. to regret; to rue, to grieve; to suffer pain, to take trouble; to be in distress, to undergo misery. দুঃখ দেওয়া v. to cause sorrow or regret, to grieve; to afflict; to distress; to pain; to give trouble. দুঃখ পাওয়া বা ভোগ করা v. to be stricken with sorrow or grief or misery (জীবনে অনেক দুঃখ পেয়েছে); to be afflicted or distressed or pained; to be in trouble, to suffer. দুঃখে পড়া v. to run into distress or trouble. দুঃখের কাহিনি a woeful or pathetic tale. দুঃখের বিষয় a matter of regret; a pity; a painful affair. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দ, ̃দায়ক, ̃দায়ী, ̃প্রদ a. painful; troublesome; woeful, distressing, agonizing; sorrowful. fem. দুঃখদায়িনী । ̃দারিদ্র n. distress and poverty, want and suffering or misery. ̃প্রদ same as দুঃখকর । ̃বাদ n. (phil.) pessimism. ̃বাদী a. pessimistic. n. a pessimist. ̃ভাগী a. sharing the sorrow of another. fem. দুঃখভাগিনী । ̃ভোগ n. act of suffering pain or undergoing distress. ̃ময় a. full of or abounding in sorrow or suffering. ̃মোচন n. act of relieving pain or distress; allaying or alleviation or mitigation of sorrow. ̃সহিষ্ণু a. one who patiently endures sorrow or suffering. ̃সাগর n. an ocean of sorrow, a sea of distress; endless sorrow or suffering. ̃হর, ̃হারী a. one who or that which relieves pain or sorrow or suffering. fem. দুঃখহরা, দুঃখহারিণী । 52)

(p. 542) dhī intellect; intelligence; cognition; comprehension; knowledge; wisdom; talent; aptitude. ̃মান a. intelligent; capable of comprehending, capable of quick appreciation; talented; having aptitude; wise. fem. ̃মতী । ̃শক্তি same as ধী । ̃শক্তিসম্পন্ন same as ধীমান । 7)

(p. 593) nīti morality (নীতিবিরুদ্ধ আচরণ); morals (নীতিশাস্ত্র); moral science, ethics; a moral teaching, a moral or maxim (গল্পটির নীতি); conscience (নীতিতে বাধছে); social morality, justice (নীতিসম্মত বিচার); politics (নীতিকুশল); an edict or prescript (ধর্মের নীতি); a principle (অহিংসার নীতি); a method or means or policy (কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলার নীতি); a custom or practice (সমাজের নীতি); a branch of learning, a science (সমাজনীতি, রাজনীতি). ̃কথা n. a moral saying or moral advice; a maxim, an aphorism; a moral; a moral tale; a salutary advice. ̃কুশল a. proficient in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or in the rules of morality. ̃কুশলতা n. proficiency in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or moral rules. ̃জ্ঞ a. versed in politics or statesmanship or diplomacy or ethics. ̃জ্ঞান n. political knowledge; knowledge in statesmanship; diplomatic knowledge; ethical knowledge. ̃জ্ঞানবর্জিত, ̃জ্ঞানশূন্য, ̃জ্ঞানহীন a. divested of ethical knowledge or devoid of moral scruples; immoral; unscrupulous. ̃বচন, ̃বাক্য n. a moral saying or advice; a maxim, an aphorism; a salutary advice. ̃বাগীশ a. one who makes a parade of one's moral sense. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. ethics, moral science. ̃বিদ a. same as নীতিজ্ঞ । ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. contrary to moral rules or precepts; immoral; unjust; contrary to one's principles. ̃মূলক a. didactic, moral; concerning a particular principle or principles. ̃শাস্ত্র n. moral science, moral philosophy, ethics. ̃শাস্ত্রবিদ, ̃শাস্ত্রবেত্তা a. versed in moral science. n. a moral philosopher. ̃শিক্ষা n. moral instruction or education; political or judicial education. ̃সংগত, ̃সম্মত a. conforming to morality or justice; righteous or just; conforming to a particular principle or principles. ̃হীন a. without any principle, unprincipled; lacking moral principles; unscrupulous. 18)