(p. 2) akūla shoreless; (fig.) boundless, endless. n. a shoreless sea, a vast ocean; (fig.) an overwhelming or extreme danger. ̃ পাথার n. boundless or shoreless sea; (fig.) great danger, extreme jeopardy; dire straits, hopeless situation. অকূলে কূল পাওয়া (fig.) to find a rescue in a sea of danger. অকূলে ডোবা (fig.) to sink in a sea of danger. অকূলে পড়া (fig.) to fall in or run into a sea of danger. অকূলে ভাসা (fig.) to get into a great danger; to be in extreme danger. 57)

(p. 17) adina an inauspicious day; hard times, difficult days. অদিনে পড়া to fall on evil times or days. 28)

(p. 115) ā-paḍ়ā unread; uneducated. 27)

(p. 99) ākāśa the sky, the firmament; the heavens. আকাশকুসুম n. a visionary project, a day-dream; a fool's paradise. ̃কুসুম কল্পনা করা v. (fig.) to build castles in the air. ̃গঙ্গা n. the Milky Way, the Galaxy. ̃চর a. living or moving in the sky or ether, aerial, ethereal, aery; celestial. ̃চিত্র n. a picture or photograph of the sky or any part of it. ̃চুম্বী a. touching the sky; sky-scraping, skykissing; very lofty. ̃চুম্বী অট্টালিকা a skyscraper. ̃ছোঁয়া a. touching the sky; (fig.) very lofty. ̃জাত a. born or grown in the sky or ether, aerial, ethereal, aery; celestial. ̃তার n. (radio.) an aerial. আকাশ থেকে পড়া n. v. (fig.) to drop from the blue; to be struck with amazement. ̃দীপ same as আকাশপ্রদীপ । ̃দুহিতা, ̃নন্দিনী n. an echo. ̃পট n. the canvas or the expanse of the sky. ̃পথ n. an air route; an ethereal route. আকাশ পাতাল adv. everywhere; from heaven to the underworld; including everything. a. in a large degree, maximum, extreme (আকাশপাতাল প্রভেদ). আকাশ পাতাল ভাবা to be worried with numberless puzzling thoughts crowding pell-mell into one's mind. আকাশ পাতাল ভেবে না পাওয়া to be at a loss to think out. ̃প্রদীপ n. a light suspended from the top of a pole set up every evening by the Hindus during the month of Kartik (কার্তিক) in reverence to their deceased forefathers or gods. ̃প্রান্ত n. the border of the sky; the skyline; the horizon. ̃বাণী n. a celestial voice; a supernatural or divine voice from the sky; an oracle; radio broadcast; radio. ̃বিহার n. flying in the sky. ̃বৃত্তি n. the practice of somehow making both ends meet, casual subsistence; the state of having no ostensible means of living; fending for oneself in a resourceless condition. ̃ভ্রমণ same as আকাশবিহার । ̃মণ্ডল n. the (whole) expanse of the heavens, the sky, the firmament, the celestial sphere; the atmosphere. ̃যান n. an aircraft, an aeroplane, an airship; a balloon. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. of or in the sky, ethereal, aerial; heavenly, celestial; divine. আকাশে তোলা v. fig. to extol in disingenuous advertisement, to puff; to flatter with praise. 17)

(p. 104) āṭakā obstruction, hindrance; a bar. a. confined; enclosed; obstructed. আটকা-আটকি n. restriction; stricture. আটকা পড়া v. to be detained or confined or obstructed. আটকে যাওয়া v. to become blocked or clogged. 45)

(p. 107) ātāntara distress, misery; danger. আতান্তরে পড়া v. to get into or to be in distress. 18)

(p. 147) uṭhati rise, growth, development, flourish, increase. a. rising, growing, developing, flourishing, thriving, increasing. উঠতি অবস্হা flourishing stage. উঠতি পড়তি n. rise and fall; (comm.) boom and slump, fluctuation. উঠতি বয়স adolescence. উঠতির মুখ the first stage or beginning of rise or flourish or prosperity. 5)

(p. 162) upaḍ়ānō to uproot, to extirpate, to eradicate, to pull up; to exterminate. a. uprooted, extirpated, eradicated; exterminated.

(p. 165) upara the top of anything; the upper portion of anything; surface; roof; overhead space. a. upper; upward; extra. prep. up, on, upon, above, over, overhead, upwards. ̃আলা, ̃ওয়ালা a. superior. n. a superior officer; a boss; (fig.) God. উপর-উপর a. superficial, cursory; shallow, not deep; consecutive (উপর-উপর তিন দিন). adv. superficially or cursorily. ̃কার a. of or on the top or surface; upper. ̃চড়া a. disposed to kick up a row, quarrelsome; aggressive, intruding, obtrusive; assaulting on person. ̃চড়াও adv. coming forward to quarrel or assault (esp. without provocation), aggressively, obtrusively. ̃চাল n. (in chess.) a move suggested by a non-playing spectator; a counter-move; (fig.) an action to foil another. ̃চালাক a. superficially (and usu. officiously) cunning, act of parading one's cunning (esp. precociously). ̃তলা n. a higher or upper storey of a building; (fig.) the higher or wealthier or nobler stratum of the society, the upper class. ̃তলায় adv. upstairs; to or in the upper class. ̃তলার a. of or in the upper storey; (fig.) of the upper class. ̃তলার লোক n. the high-ups; man of the upper class. ̃পড়া a. officious, obtrusive, intruding; aggressive. ̃পিঠ n. the opposite face of a thing; antipodes. 21)

(p. 194) kapāla the skull, the cranium; the forehead; a beggar's bowl; a shred of an earthen pitcher. কপাল চাপড়ানো v. to beat one's forehead in despair; to complain bitterly against bad luck. কপাল ঠোকা v. to strike one's forehead against something (in order to express grief, complaint etc.); to try one's luck; to undertake a venture abandoning oneself into the hands of destiny. কপাল পোড়া v. to lose the favour of fortune, to be down on one's luck; (coll.) to become a widow, (of women) to be widowed. কপাল ফেরা v. to win the favour of fortune; to improve one's state and position; to begin to flourish; to be on the rise. কপাল ভাঙা same as কপাল পোড়া । কপালের লিখন decree of fate or providence. ̃ক্রমে adv. luckily, fortunately; by luck; as luck would have it; unfortunately, unluckily (কপালক্রমে সুযোগ হারানো) ̃জোর, জোর কপাল n. good luck, good fortune. ̃গুণে, ̃জোরে adv. by good luck (and esp. by chance). ̃পোড়া a. luckless, down on one's luck, unfortunate. ̃ভৃত্, ̃মালী, কপালী n. appellations of Shiva (শিব) ̃মালিনী, কপালিনী n. fem. appellations of Goddess Kali (কালী) কপালিয়া, কপালে a. fortunate, lucky, favoured by fortune. হায় কপাল int. oh dear! dear me! 145)

(p. 203) kama2 deficient, short; less; small (in amount or degree); a few, not many; a little, not much; inadequate; inefficient, inexpert, inferior (লাঠিবাজিতেও কম নয়). কম করা v. to lessen, to curtail, to reduce, to decrease, to abate. কম পড়া v. to fall short (of); to run short (of); to be inadequate; to decrease. ̃জোর a. weak; weakened. ̃জোরি a. weak. n. weakness. ̃তি n. deficiency, shortage; smallness; fewness; inadequacy; inefficiency, inferiority. a. inefficient, inexpert, inferior (সে কমতি কীসে ?). ̃পোক্ত a. not very strong, somewhat frail or weak. ̃বেশি a. & adv. more or less. ˜সম a. not many or much; restrained; moderate. ̃পক্ষে, কমসে কম adv. at least. 4)

(p. 208) kalamā any of the principal words of an Islamic prayer. কলমা পড়া v. to pray according to the Islamic scriptures. 57)

(p. 228) kāra3 trouble, difficulty; a fix. কারে পড়া, কারে আটকানো v. to get into trouble, to be in the soup; to be in a fix. কারে পড়ে সাধুতা দেখানো to make a virtue of necessity. 6)

(p. 257) kōpa2 anger, indignation, wrath, fury, rage. কোপ করা v. to express anger, to be angry (with). কোপে পড়া v. to incur one's anger or displeasure. ̃কটাক্ষ, ̃দৃষ্টি n. an angry look. কোপকটাক্ষ করা v. to cast an angry glance. ̃ন a. given to anger, easily angered or irritable, irascible, wrathful; peevish. fem. কোপনা । কোপনস্বভাব, কোপনপ্রকৃতি a. easily irritable or angered by nature. fem. কোপনস্বভাবা । ̃পরবশ, ̃পরায়ণ same as কোপন । ̃যুক্ত a. angry, wrathful; angered. 17)

(p. 274) khappara clutches, grip; a trap; pantile; a roof of pantile, a pantile shed. খপ্পরে পড়া v. to get into the clutches or snares of. 14)

(p. 274) khasā to become detached, to come away (খিল খসা); to come off (দেওয়াল থেকে চুনবালি খসা); to fall off, to be shed (গাছ থেকে পাতা খসা); to become loose (কোমরের কাপড় খসা); to become dishevelled (খোঁপা খসা); to drop off (মালা থেকে ফুল খসা); to get out of position accidentally, to slip (হাত থেকে খসে পড়া); to come out, to be uttered (মুখ থেকে কথা খসা); to be spent esp. unnecessarily, to be spent or lost (টাকা খসা); (sarcas.) to die (বুড়ো এবার খসবে); to flee, to escape (চোরটা খসেছে); to depart immediately (অনেক জ্বালিয়েছ, এখন খসে পড়ো). ̃নো v. to detach, to cause to come away; to cause to come off; to cause to fall off, to shed; to loosen; to dishevel; to cause to drop off; to cause to slip (away or out); to cause to come out, to cause to utter; to cause to be spent or lost. 53)

(p. 277) khān̐ja a notch, an indent; a groove; a hollow, an aperture (দেওয়ালের খাঁজ); a line, a wrinkle, a furrow (কপালের খাঁজ); a fold (পেটের খাঁজ). ̃কাটা a. notched, serrated. খাঁজ কাটা v. to notch, to indent. খাঁজ পড়া v. to contract into wrinkles or furrows or folds; to become hollow. খাঁজে খাঁজে adv. to a T; fitting to the dovetail(s). খাঁজে খাঁজে আটকানো বা জোড়া v. to dovetail. 4)

(p. 278) khāṭō not long or tall, short (খাটো দড়ি, খাটো গড়ন); of short width (খাটো কাপড়); not loud, low (খাটো গলা); backward (পড়াশোনায় খাটো); inefficient (কাজে খাটো); lacking, short, weak (বুদ্ধিতে খাটো). খাটো করা v. to shorten, to reduce; to shorten the width of; to lower; to humble (কাউকে খাটো করা, কারও মান খাটো করা); to disparage, to belittle. খাটো হওয়া v. to become short; to become less wide or long than what is necessary, to be of short measure (জামাটা খাটো হয়েছে); to be inferior to (কারও চেয়ে খাটো হওয়া); to prove oneself inefficient; to be humiliated, to look small (লোকের কাছে খাটো হওয়া). খাটো গলা a low voice. খাটো নজর (lit.) shortsightedness; (fig.) narrowmindedness, mean-mindedness. কানে খাটো hard of hearing. বুদ্ধিতে খাটো lacking in intelligence or understanding. 2)

(p. 280) khin̐ca a grit; a slight defect or omission or trouble or difficulty; discord or disagreement, a hitch; a pull or sprain or cramp; a debate or argument. খিঁচ ধরা v. to have a sprain or cramp. খিঁচ পড়া v. to have a slight defect or omission. খিঁচ মারা v. to give a pull. খিঁচ মিটানো v. to settle a dispute, to end a quarrel or misunderstanding. খিঁচ লাগা v. to have a sprain or cramp; to be stricken with discord or disagreement; to have a slight trouble or difficulty. 36)

(p. 285) khēlā a play, a game, a sport; a recreational match or contest; a pastime; a diversion; an amusement; a show of an entertaining trick or feat (সাপখেলা, জাদুখেলা, লাঠিখেলা, সার্কাসের খেলা); artistry, artistic display (ছবিতে রঙের খেলা, আকাশে মেঘের খেলা); act of trifling (পড়াশুনা নিয়ে খেলা, বিপদ নিয়ে খেলা); act of fondling. v. to play; to work (বুদ্ধি খেলা, অঙ্কে মাথা খেলা); to trifle; to fondle. খেলা কথা নয় something not to be trifled with or taken lightly. খেলা করা v. same as খেলা (v). ̃ঘর n. (rare.) a room or hall for indoor games; a miniature house built by children at play with sand or mud or straw, a doll's house; (fig.) domestic life or earthly life. ̃ধুলা n. games and sports; sports and pastime. ̃নো v. to cause to play; to supervise at play; to control and lead at pleasure, to make a person do everything one wishes him to do, to lead by the nose (বণিকরা সরকারকে খেলায়); (in football, hockey etc.) to pass the ball frequently in the course of a game to a player of one's own side to play (উইংকে দিয়ে খেলানো). খেলার ছলে adv. playfully. খেলার মাঠ n. a playground. খেলার সঙ্গী, খেলার সাথি n. a playmate. খেলার সরঞ্জাম n. sports goods. 43)

(p. 293) gaḍ়paḍ়tā average; approximate. adv. on an average; approximately. 25)

(p. 293) gaḍ়ānō1 to roll; to cause to roll, to send rolling; to pour (কলসি থেকে জল গড়ানো); to welter; to be beside oneself (আহ্লাদে গড়ানো); to flow (তেল গড়ানো); to go, to reach, to develop into (ব্যাপারটা বহুদুর গড়াল). n. act of rolling or pouring or weltering or being beside oneself or flowing or reaching. গড়িয়ে দেওয়া n. to send rolling; to pour for somebody (আমাকে একটু জল গড়িয়ে দাও). গড়িয়ে পড়া v. to roll down; to come out pouring; to lie down and roll; to fall down and welter; to flow down. গড়িয়ে যাওয়া v. to go rolling; to flow on; to reach, to roll down; to develop into. 32)

(p. 293) gaḍ়3 an average, a mean; an approximate amount. ̃পড়তা see below. গড়ে adv. on an average. 19)

(p. 296) garaja necessity or interest (আপন গরজে); attention, devotion (পড়াশোনায় গরজ). গরজ করা v. to feel eagerness to do, to be up and doing, to be active; to pay attention to. গরজি a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) interested (আপ্তগরজি). গরজ বড় বালাই (fig.) necessity is the most exacting taskmaster; (fig.) necessity knows no law. 75)

(p. 301) galā2 the throat; the neck; the Adam's apple; voice (তার গলা পাচ্ছি, গানের গলা); strength of voice (খেয়াল গাইতে হলে গলা থাকা চাই) গলা কাটা). গলা v. to cut one's throat. গলা চাপা v. to restrain one's voice; to throttle. গলা ছাড়া v. to remove restraint from one's voice (whilst singing, lamenting, calling etc.) গলা টেপা v. to throttle. গলা টিপলে দুধ বেরোয় (lit.—of a person) so young that milk comes out of the mouth when the throat is pressed; (fig.) very young or inexperienced (cp. greenhorn). গলা ধরা, গলা বসা, গলা ভাঙা v. to be hoarse. গলায় গাথাঁ same as গলায় পড়া । গলায় দড়ি (in curses) damn! hang! গলায় পড়া v. to come upon one as an undesirable burden. গলায় লাগা v. to feel an uneasy sensation or pain in the throat, to have choking in the throat preventing easy passage of food; to cause irritation or inflammation of the larynx. গলার কাঁটা a fishbone stuck in one's throat; (fig.) a bothersome burden. গলার জোর strength of voice. গলার থলি (anat.) the pouch in the gullet or the crop. গলার ব্যথা throat-pain, inflammation of the throat, throatsore, quinsy. একগলা, গলা পর্যল্ত a. reaching up to the neck, reaching up to the chin. ভারী গলা grave or deep voice. ̃কাটা a. exorbitant, cut-throat (price etc.) (গলাকাটা দাম). n. one who demands an exorbitant price (cp. a cutthroat). ̃খাঁকারি n. act of clearing one's throat noisily, act of hawking. গলাখাঁকারি দেওয়া v. to hawk. গলা খুসখুসুনি n. itching sensation in the throat. ̃গলি a. very intimate; close; matey; bosom; side by side. adv. very intimately; closely; cheek by jowl. n. close intimacy; closeness. ̃গলি করা v. to be intimate with; to make free with; to hug. গলাধঃকরণ n. act of swallowing or gulping; act of eating or drinking. গলাধঃকরণ করা v. to swallow, to gulp; to eat or drink; (fig.) to brook, to endure (অপমান গলাধঃকরণ করা). ̃ধাক্কা n. catching by the neck and driving one out. গলাধাক্কা দেওয়া v. to catch by the neck and drive one out. ̃বন্ধ n. a neckerchief; a comforter; muffler. ̃বাজি n. shouting (usu. continuous); (ridi.) oration; bragging; bullying. গলাবাজি করা v. to shout (usu. continuously); (ridi.) to deliver a lecture, to harangue; to brag; to bully. গলাবাজি করে জেতা to shout others down. গলায় গলায় a. very close, intimate, hand in glove (গলায় গলায় ভাব). adv. neck and neck, side by side; up to the throat; up to the brim; very closely, intimately. 31)