(p. 375) chāi ashes; a negligible or worthless thing; trash, rubbish; nothing (ছাই জানে). ̃পাঁশ, ̃ভস্ম n. pl. (fig.) trash, rubbish; nonsensical talk, stuff and nonsense. ছাইচাপা আগুন (lit.) fire smouldering under ashes; (fig.) a latent quality or a suppressed feeling. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. an ashtray. ছাই ফেলতে ভাঙা কুলো a neglected person of a family who is made to do all unpleasant and unimportant jobs. ̃রং n. ash colour, dull grey colour. ̃রঙা a. ash, grey. 40)

(p. 382) chumantara charms and incantations; magic. 4)

(p. 382) chēlē a boy; a lad; a male child; a son; (vul.) a person (মেয়েছেলে). ̃খেলা n. a boy's or child's play; a very easy task; act of trifling with; dalliance. ছেলেখেলা করা v. to trifle with, to play with. ̃ছোকরা n. pl. young men or chaps or fellows; lads. ̃ধরা n. a child-lifter, a kidnapper of children. ̃পিলে, ̃পুলে n. pl. children, kiddies; one's sons and daughters collectively (not necessarily minor ones). ̃বেলা n. childhood; infancy. ছেলেভুলানো খেলনা n. the child's toys. ছেলেভুলানো গান n. lullaby. ছেলেভুলানো ছড়া n. nursery rhyme. ̃মানুষ a. tenderaged; inexperienced; childish; young and inexperienced (cp. a greenhorn). ̃মানুষি, ̃মি n. frivolity; silliness; immaturity; childishness. ছেলেমেয়ে boys and girls; children; sons and daughters. 25)

(p. 375) chaẏa six. 28)

(p. 381) chun̐ḍ়i (dero.) a young woman, a lass. ওঠ্ ছুঁড়ি তোর বিয়ে (fig.) a sudden call for an action esp. an important one, feverish haste. 15)

(p. 375) chandōbaddha versified. ছন্দোবদ্ধ পদ metrical composition. 21)

(p. 375) chandēbandē by means fair or foul, by hook or by crook. 20)

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

(p. 374) chakā to sketch or draft; to roughcast; to make a preliminary or draft plan; to chalk out, to draw. 7)

(p. 382) chēn̐dā a hole, a cavity, a slot, a rent. ছেঁদা করা v. to make a hole, to bore, to perforate. 16)

(p. 375) chā a young one of a bird and also of small animals (পাখির ছা); an infant, a child, an offspring (ছাপোষা). ̃পোষা a. burdened or encumbered with the responsibility of rearing several or many children on a small income; (fig.) meek and timid; fearful. 39)

(p. 375) channa covered; overcast; obscured; disappeared, removed ('পাপতাপ হবে ছন্ন'); lost. ̃ছাড়া a. ruined, homeless; Bohemian, vagabond, roving. ̃মতি a. out of one's senses, out of one's right wits, not in the proper frame of mind. 23)

(p. 382) chulā, chōlā to peel (নারকেল ছোলা); to scrape (জিভ ছোলা). n. act of peeling or scraping; something to scrape with (জিভ ছুলছে). ছোলানো v. to cause to peel or scrape. 7)

(p. 379) chāndasika versed in prosody or poetic metre. n. one who is versed in prosody. 3)

(p. 375) chatri2 an Indian upcountry caste of Kshatriya origin; a member of this caste. 13)