(p. 36) anulēpa, anulēkhana dyeing or colouring or daubing or besmearing or perfuming; a dye, a colour, an anointment, an unguent, a perfume. 23)

(p. 90) astra a missile; a weapon; arms (অস্ত্রহীন); a tool or instrument for cutting, boring etc. (ডাক্তারি অস্ত্র); (fig.) one who or that which is used as an instrument (সে তোমার অস্ত্র). অস্ত্র করা v. to operate (upon) surgically, to lance (a boil etc.), to cut open with a lancet. ̃ক্ষত n. a wound caused by a weapon. ̃ক্ষেপ, ̃ক্ষেপণ n. the discharge of a missile; act of striking with a weapon. ̃ক্ষেপণ করা v. to discharge or hurl a missile; to strike with a weapon. ̃গ্রহণ n. same as অস্ত্রধারণ । ̃চালনা n. use of arms. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. surgery. ̃চিকিত্সা করা v. to operate (upon); to practise surgery. ̃ত্যাগ n. the discharge of a missile; act of relinquishing or giving up one's arms. ̃ত্যাগ করা v. to discharge or hurl a missile; to relinquish or give up one's arms, to lay down one's arms; to surrender. ̃ধারণ n. act of arming oneself; act of taking up arms; act of encountering in an armed fight. ̃ধারণ করা v. to arm oneself; to take up arms; to encounter in a battle. ̃ধারী a. armed (অস্ত্রধারী প্রহরী) n. an armed person. ̃নিবারণ n. act of warding off or counteracting a missile thrown. ̃নিবারণ করা v. to ward off or counteract a missile thrown. ̃বর্ষণ n. throwing missiles; shower of missiles. ̃বল n. military power; power of the arms. ̃বিদ a. & n. one who is skilled in using weapons. ˜বিদ্যা n. the art and science of using weapons; surgery. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of missiles. ̃লেখা n. a wound caused by a weapon; mark of such a wound. ̃শস্ত্র n. (collec.) weapons, arms, armoury. ̃শালা same as অস্ত্রাগার । ̃সংবরণ n. act of laying down arms; cease-fire; act of refraining from using weapons; act of withdrawing a missile thrown. ̃সংবরণ করা v. to lay down arms; to refrain from using weapons; to withdraw a missile thrown. ̃হীন a. unarmed; disarmed. ̃হীন করা v. to unarm; to disarm. 44)

(p. 90) aspaṣṭa indistinct; not clear; obscure; hazy; vague; dim (অস্পষ্ট আলো); inarticulate (অস্পষ্ট বুলি); illegible (অস্পষ্ট লেখা). ̃তা n. indistinctness; obscurity; haziness; vagueness; lack of clarity (of thought, expression etc.) dimness; inarticulateness; illegibility. ̃ভাবে adv. indistinctly, vaguely; inarticulately. 66)

(p. 136) itihāsa history. ̃বেত্তা n. & a. one who is conversant with history or wellversed in history. ˜লেখক n. a historian. 41)

(p. 138) indu the moon. ̃নিভানন a. one whose face resembles the moon (in beauty), possessing a moonlike face. fem. ̃নিভাননা, ̃নিভাননী । ̃ভূষণ n. one who has the moon for his ornament; an appellation of God Shiva (শিব). ̃মতী n. fem. the full moon (personified). ̃মুখী n. fem. a woman whose face resembles the moon (in beauty). ̃মৌলি, ̃শেখর n. one who has the moon for an ornament on his forehead; an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃লেখা n. a digit of the moon; the digit of the moon on the forehead of Shiva (শিব); a creeper from the extract of which the legendary celestial wine was made, wormwood. 22)

(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. 216) kān̐cā unripe, green (কাঁচা ফল); uncooked (কাঁচা মাংস); imperfectly boiled; raw (কাঁচা মাল); unburned (কাঁচা ইট); made of mud, not brick-built, cutcha (কাঁচা গাঁথনি); unmetalled (কাঁচা রাস্তা); tender, fresh, verdant (কাঁচা ঘাস); young (কাঁচা বয়স); immature (কাঁচা বুদ্ধি); unpractised (কাঁচা লেখা); faulty, defective, unskilful, unwise, bungling (কাঁচা কাজ); inexpert, unskilled (কাঁচা লোক); deficient, weak (অঙ্কে কাঁচা); uncertain, provisional, unreliable (কাঁচা রসিদ, কাঁচা কথা); primary, rough (কাঁচা খাতা); not fast, liable to fade or run (কাঁচা রং); pure, unadulterated (কাঁচা সোনা); black, not grey (কাঁচা চুল); untanned, raw (কাঁচা চামড়া); undried, unsunned, unseasoned (কাঁচা কাঠ); not according to or below the standard (কাঁচা ওজন); easy or cash (কাঁচা টাকা); not deep or sound, in the primary stage (কাঁচা ঘুম); that which has not yet been moved to the right place (কাঁচা ঘুঁটি). ̃গোল্লা n. a soft drop or round sweetmeat made of posset. ̃টে n. not thoroughly ripe or mature; rawish. ̃নো v. to undo (all that has been done); to undo all progress; to unsettle a settled thing (design, plan, scheme, work etc.); to send back to the original stage. ̃পাকা a. (of hair) partly black and partly grey, greying. ̃মাথা a greehorn's head; (fig.) immature judgment or intellect. ̃মাল raw material (for production of industrial goods); greengrocery (কাঁচামালের ব্যাপারী = greengrocer.) ̃মিঠে a. sweet in the unripe state (কাঁচামিঠে আম). 6)

(p. 220) kāṭā to cut; to hew, to cleave; to chop; to carve (মাংস কাটা); to mow (ঘাস কাটা); to lop (গাছের ডাল কাটা); to trim; to pare (নখ কাটা); to amputate; to incise, to operate, to lance (ফোড়া কাটা); to bite (জিভ কাটা); to eat (পোকায় কাটা); to pen through, to strike off (লেখা কাটা, নাম কাটা); to deduct (পাওনা কাটা); to dig (পুকুর কাটা); to sink (কুয়ো কাটা); to draw (লাইন কাটা, দাগ কাটা); to write (আঁক কাটা); to write out (চেক কাটা); to paint (তিলক কাটা); to mend or sharpen (কলম বা পেনসিল কাটা); to refuse (যুক্তি কাটা); to say in retort, to protest (কথা কাটা); to construct (পথ কাটা); to compose, to recite, to cap (ছড়া কাটা); to pinch or pick (পকেট কাটা); to pass (সময় কাটা); to disperse (মেঘ কাটা); to lift (কুয়াশা কাটা); to be dispelled (ভয় কাটা); to make a slip in (তাল কাটা, সুর কাটা); to be sold, to sell, to be in demand (বাজারে মাল কাটা); to be in the act of doing, to do (সাঁতার কাটা). a. cut; hewn, cleft, cloven; chopped; carved; moved, mown; lopped; amputated; incised, operated, lanced; eaten; penned through, struck off; mended, sharpened; used in cutting or chopping (পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি, মাংস-কাটা ছুরি). n. cutting; hewing; cleaving; chopping; carving; mowing; lopping; trimming; paring; amputation; incision, operation; a mark of cutting or incision or operation; biting; eating; penning through, striking off; deduction; digging; sinking; drawing; writing, writing out; painting; mending or sharpening কথা কাটা v. to answer in retaliation, to retort. কাটা কাপড় textile fabrics for making garments, piecegoods. কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটা দেওয়া to add insult to injury. ঘাস কাটা v. to mow grass; (sarcas.) (to be able) to do nothing. ছড়া কাটা v. to cap or recite a rhyme. জিভ কাটা v. to show the tip of one's tongue and press it with the teeth, to bite one's tongue (as a mark of bashfulness or in apology.) ট্রেনেকাটা a. run-over by a railway train. ফাঁড়া কাটা v. to avoid or escape a possible or impending calamity. ফুট কাটা v. to let fall in drops; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ফোঁড়া কাটা v. to let fall in drops; to put a holy mark between the eyebrows or on the forehead; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ভারে কাটা v. to pull one's weight. সাঁতার কাটা v. to swim. সিঁথি কাটা v. to part hair. সিঁধ কাটা v. to break stealthily into a mud house, to burgle; to crack a crib. সুতো কাটা v. to spin. 26)

(p. 278) khātā a book for writing or scribbling; an account-book, a ledger; a register. খাতা লেখা v. to maintain an accountbook or ledger. ̃পত্র n. pl. books for writing or scribbling; different account-books or ledgers; records; registers. হালখাতা n. a fresh account-book or ledger opened (usu. on the Bengali/Indian New Year's Day) for the coming year; a (religious) festival on the occasion of ceremonial opening of the new account-book or ledger. 9)

(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. 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. 347) candra the moon; (in comp.—used as a sfx.) a superior member or specimen (কুলচন্দ্র). ̃ক n. the crescent spot on the peacock's tail. ̃কর n. moonlight, ̃করোজ্জ্বল a. brightened by moonlight, moonlit. ̃কলা n. 1/16th part of the moon's orb, a digit or phase of the moon. ̃কলাশৃঙ্গ n. (geog.) the horns of the moon. ̃কান্ত n. the moonstone (also চন্দ্রকান্তমণি); a. as beautiful as the moon. ̃কান্তি a. as beautiful as the moon. n. silver. ̃কিরণ n. moonbeam, moonlight. ̃কিরণোদ্ভাসিত a. same as ̃করোজ্জ্বল ।̃গ্রহণ n. a lunar eclipse. ̃চূড় n. one who wears the moon as his crown; an appellation of Shiva. (শিব). ̃নিভ a. resembling the moon; as bright as the moon. ̃পুলি n. a sweet pastry made of coconut-kernel and sugar. ̃প্রভ a. as shining or bright as the moon; of pleasing appearance. ̃প্রভা n. moonlight, moonbeam. a. fem. as shining or beautiful as the moon. ̃বংশ n. a family originating from the moon or from a sage named Chandra (চন্দ্র). ̃বংশীয় a. of this family. ̃বদন a. having a face as shining or beautiful as the moon, moon-faced; (sarcas.) ugly-faced; (sarcas.) having a round and stupid face. fem. ̃বদনা । ̃বিন্দু n. this nasal sign in the Bengali alphabet. ̃বোড়া n. the Russell's viper. ̃ভাগা n. the Chenab in the Punjab. ̃মণি n. the moonstone. ̃মণ্ডল n. the orb or disc of the moon; the halo round the moon; the lunar region. ̃মল্লিকা n. the Chrysanthemum. ̃মা n. the moon. ̃মুখ same as ̃বদন । fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মৌলি same as ̃চূড় । ̃রশ্মি n. moonlight. ̃রেখা, ̃লেখা n. 1/16th part of the moon's orb, a digit of the moon; a metre used in Sanskrit poetry. ̃রেণু n. a plagiarist. ̃লোক n. the region of the moon, the lunar region or heaven. ̃শালা, ̃শালিকা n. an attic. ̃শেখর same as ̃চূড় । ̃সম্ভব n. a son of the moon; (astr.) Mercury. ̃সুধা n. moonlight. ̃হার n. a kind of ornamental girdle or necklace. ̃হাস n. a bright or shining falchion. 10)

(p. 352) cāḍ়, cāḍ়ā1 an instance or act of shoving up something forcefully, a forceful upward shove (চাড় দিয়ে তোলা); enthusiasm, earnestness, zeal (লেখাপড়ায় চাড়); pressure or urgency (কাজের চাড়). চাড় থাকা v. to have keenness or zeal. চাড় দেওয়া v. to give an upward shove with force. চাড় দিয়ে খোলা to prize or prise up, to force open. চাড় দিয়ে তোলা v. to shove up forcefully. 67)

(p. 375) chatra2 a line of writing (দু ছত্র লেখা); a foot of a verse. 3)

(p. 377) chāḍ় omission (লেখার ছাড়); release (হাজত থেকে ছাড়); escape (বিপদ থেকে ছাড় নেই); exemption (দায় থেকে ছাড়); allowance, discount, rebates, commission (ছাড় বাদ দেওয়া); permission (ছাড়পত্র); a permit for unloading a ship. ̃ছোড় n. rebate, discount; escape. ̃পত্র n. a passport; a permit for movement. 15)

(p. 386) jaḍ়ānē too close, interwoven (জড়ানে লেখা). 27)

(p. 390) jalāñjali act of taking water in cupped palms of hands and offering it to the deceased when the cremation is over; (fig.) act of giving up, abandonment (লেখাপড়ায় জলাঞ্জলি); (fig.) waste (টাকা জলাঞ্জলি). জলাঞ্জলি দেওয়া v. to take water in cupped palms of hands and offer it to the deceased at the end of cremation; (fig) to give up, to abandon; (fig.) to waste. 68)

(p. 412) jharajhara expressing the state or sound of rapid and continuous falling in small drops of minute particles (ঝরঝর করে বৃষ্টি বা বালি পড়া, ঝরঝর করে কাঁদা). adv. in incessant flow or falling ('ঝরঝর বরিষে বারিধারা). ঝরঝরে a. neat and clean (ঝরেঝরে ঘর); neat (ঝরঝরে কাজ); neat. and legible (ঝরঝরে ছাপা, ঝরঝরে লেখা); refreshed or freed from morbidity (দেহটা ঝরঝরে লাগছে); freed from moisture (ঝরঝরে ভাত); dilapidated (বাড়িখানার ঝরঝরে অবস্হা); in utter ruin. পরকাল ঝরঝরে করা v. to spoil one's life, to spoil one's future; to deprave utterly. 31)

(p. 419) ṭāna a pull or tug (জোর টান); attraction (স্নেহের টান); attachment, affection (ছেলের প্রতি টান); a drawing in, a pull (সিগারেটের টান); tightness, tension (গেরোটায় বেশ টান আছে); want, need, shortage, scarcity (পয়সার টান); demand (বাজারে ভাল বইয়ের টান); difficult breathing, spasm (হাঁপানির টান); style of writing or painting, flourish (লেখায় সুন্দর টান); quick and rather interwoven style of writing as of a veteran writer (টানের লেখা); manner of speaking or pronouncing (কথার টান); provincialism or typical intonation (উচ্চারণে যশুরে টান); consumption (পোলাওতে খুব টান); stretch (এক টানে); current (নদীতে খুব টান); force (স্রোতের টান); contraction (শিরার টান); (math. & phys.) tension, strain. টান দেওয়া v. to pull, to tug; to give a pull; to draw in (as smoke); to snatch; to flourish; to pronounce or speak with provincial accent or intonation or in a peculiar manner. টান ধরা v. to be in short supply, to run short (পয়সার টান ধরা); to contract (শিরায় টান ধরা); to have fits of spasm (হাঁপানির টান ধরা); to commence to dry up (ঘায়ে টান ধরা). টানটান a. fully stretched out (টানটান হয়ে শোওয়া); very tight or tense; full of vanity or arrogance (টানটান কথা). টান-টোন n. pl. strokes and flourishes (as in calligraphy or drawing). একটানে adv. in a single tug or pull; at a stretch. 77)

(p. 419) ṭānā2 to pull, to tug; to drag (পা টেনে টেনে চলা); to draw (রেখা টানা); to attract (মন টানা); to carry (মাল টানা); to move quickly (পা টেনে চলা); to be partial to (ছেলের দিকে টানা); to stretch out (সুর টানা); to cut down expenditure (আয় কম হলে টেনে চলা); to smoke or drink (গাঁজা টানা, মদ টানা); to extract (রস টানা); to consume (খাইয়েরা খুব মিষ্টি টানছে); to sell (বাজারে মাল টানা). a. borne or drawn (ঘোড়ায়-টানা গাড়ি); operated by pulling or dragging (টানা পাখা, টানা জাল); straight (টানা পথ); continuous (টানা তিন ঘন্টা); skimmed (টানা দুধ); wide, broad, large, big (টানা চোখ); drawn (কালি দিয়ে টানা লেখা); quick and somewhat interwoven (টানা লেখা). গুণ টানা v. to tow. বইঠা টানা, দাঁড় টানা v. to row, to scull. টানা-জাল n. a drag-net. টানা়টানা a. broad, wide, large (টানাটানা চোখ); smelling of arrogance or vanity (টানাটানা কথা); quick and somewhat interwoven (টানাটানা লেখা). টানাটানি n. mutual or continuous pulling or tugging or dragging; mutual or continuous attraction; act of dragging forcibly; act of forcing; want, shortage, hardship (টানাটানির সংসার). টানাটানি করা v. to pull or tug or drag or attract mutually or continuously; to drag forcibly; to force; to cut down expenditure (টানাটানি করে সংসার চালানো). দড়ি-টানাটানি n. tug-of-war. টানা-হ্যাঁচড়া n. act of dragging forcibly; act of forcing; continuing or running on with difficulty; coming and going frequently. একটানা a. continuous; lying at a stretch. দোটানা n. vacillation, wavering. 79)

(p. 440) ḍhōkā to go or come in or into, to enter (ঘরে ঢুকবে, গর্তে ঢোকা); to be admitted into (কলেজে ঢোকা, দলে ঢোকা); to be taken in or employed, to enter (চাকরিতে ঢুকেছে); to be driven in (পেরেক ঢুকানো); to be comprehended by (মাথায় ঢোকা); to be put in or interpolated (লেখায় ঢোকা). ঢুকানো. v. to cause to go or come in or into, to enter; to admit into; to cause to be taken in or employed; to drive in or penetrate; to fix or let into (আঙটি আঙুলে ঢোকানো); to implant (in); to make one understand or comprehend, to hammer in (মাথায় ঢুকানো); to put in or interpolate. 23)

(p. 453) tāgādā (repeated) reminder for payment, dunning (বাড়ি ভাড়ার তাগাদা); (repeated) demand (লেখার জন্য তাগাদা); (repeated) urging (পড়াশোনার জন্য তাগাদা); urgency (পৌঁছানোর তাগাদা); urge (বাঁচার তাগাদা). তাগাদা করা, তাগাদা দেওয়া) v. to remind (repeatedly) for payment, to dun; to demand (repeatedly); to urge (repeatedly), to press for. 29)

(p. 464) tulaṭa made of cotton-pulp (তুলট কাগজ). n. a kind of paper made of cotton-pulp (তুলটে লেখা পুঁথি). 24)

(p. 532) dharā2 to hold with the hand (বইখানা ধরো); to catch (বলটা ছুড়ে দিচ্ছি-ধরো); to hold, to seize; to take (এই ভিক্ষা দিলাম-ধরো); to touch (চোর-চোর খেলায় বুড়ি ধরা, বাচ্ছাটা যেন গরম দুধটা না ধরে); to reach (হাত দিয়ে চাঁদ ধরা); to overtake (যতই জোরে যাও-তোমাকে ধরব); to arrest, to apprehend, to capture (চোর ধরা); to entrap, to catch (বাঘ ধরা, মাছ ধরা); to restrain, to check; to hold (পাখিটাকে ধরো নইলে পালিয়ে যাবে); to contain, to hold, to accommodate (পাত্রে জল ধরা, ঘরে লোক ধরা); to bear (গাছে ফল ধরা); to carry, to bear (গর্ভে ধরা); to cherish (অন্তরে উচ্চাশা ধরা); to wear, to put on (বেশ ধরা); to assume (মূর্তি ধরা); to take to, to resort to (লাঠি ধরা); to be obstinate about (গোঁ ধরা); to take up (অস্ত্র ধরা); to follow (পথ ধরা); to give support to (লোকটিকে ধরো নইলে পড়ে যাবে); to attack (ডাকাতে ধরা, রোগে ধরা); to affect or infect (চোখে চালশে ধরা, যক্ষায় ধরা); to ache (মাথা ধরা); to be benumbed (দাঁড়িয়ে থেকে থেকে পা ধরা); to infest or attack or damage or contact (পোকায় ধরা, মরচে ধরা); to accept, to take in (ছবিতে রং ধরা); to act upon successfully, to work (ওষুধ ধরা); to start practising (জুয়াচুরি ধরা); to be accustomed or addicted to (নেশা ধরা); to be under the influence of (নেশায় ধরা); to be stricken or affected with (শীতে বা ভয়ে ধরা); to catch or board or embark (তিনি মুম্বই থেকে জাহাজ ঝরবেন); to be in time to catch (এখন না গেলে ট্রেন ধরতে পারব না); to stop at, to touch (এ স্টেশনে মেল ট্রেন ধরে না); to terminate, to cease (বৃষ্টি ধরা); to commence, to begin, to start (গান ধরা); to find out, to detect (ভূল ধরা); to impose or assess (ট্যাক্স ধরা); to charge or fix or ascertain (দাম ধরা); to pronounce, to utter (ঈশ্বরের নাম ধরা); to declare, to stake or bet or bid (বাজি ধরা); to insist upon, to beseech (অনেক ধরে-করে); to sustain, to preserve, to maintain (প্রাণ করা); to run hoarse, to choke (ঠাম্ডায় গলা ধরা); to grasp, to make out, to understand, to comprehend (কথার অর্থ ধরা); to determine or discern (কার লেখা ধরা শক্ত); to take fire, to ignite (উনুন ধরা); to catch fire (আগুনের কাছ থেকে সরে যাও-কাপড় ধরে যাবে); to be set on (ঘরে আগুন ধরা); to adopt (সেলিম জাহাঙ্গির নাম ধরলেন); to test (পড়া ধরা); to be pleasing or acceptable to (মনে ধরা); to turn (চুলে পাক ধরা); to be under, to contact (টান ধরা); to count, to consider, to regard (মানুষের মধ্যে ধরা); to pay heed to, to listen to (আমার কথা ধরো); to be overfried or overdone (তরকারিটা ধরে গেছে) a. held; caught; seized; arrested, apprehended, captured; entrapped; contained; reserved or kept in a container; aching; terminated, ceased; commenced, started; found out, detected; seen through (চালাকি ধরা পড়েছে); declared or bidden; fixed or ascertained; run hoarse or choked; ignited; tested; one who or that which holds or catches (মাছ-ধরা জাল). ধরা-ছোঁয়া n. proximity; reach; tangibility; (fig.) comprehension or detection. ধরা-ছোঁয়ার বাইরে distant; beyond reach; intangible; (fig.) incomprehensible or beyond detection. ধরাছোঁয়ার মধ্যে proximate; within reach; tangible; (fig.) comprehensible or detectable. ধরানো v. to cause to hold or catch or seize or arrest or apprehend or entrap or contain or accommodate or wear or assume or take to or resort to or follow or take up or be attacked or ache or be dazed or be benumbed or contact or accept or work successfully or be accustomed to or addicted to or practise or board or embark or be in time to catch or terminate or commence or find out or detect or declare or bid or buy a ticket of or lie obstinately at or charge or fix or ascertain or run hoarse or choke or ignite or be set or adopt or test or be pleasing or acceptable to or turn or be under; to set to (ঘরে আগুন ধরানো). ̃ধরি n. persistent request; importunities; insistent solicitation; rounding up, arrests. ̃বাঁধা a. rigidly fixed; hard and fast; rigid; fixed. 11)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)