(p. 381) chiẏāttara seventy-six. ছিয়াত্তরের মন্বন্তর the famine that occurred in Bengal and also in several other provinces of India in the Bengali era 1176 (1769 A.D.). 6)

(p. 380) chiṭakānō to spatter (both t. & i.); to rebound, to fly off (only i). a. spattered; rebounded, flown off. 4)

(p. 382) chuṭi leisure, recess; break; break-up; a holiday; a vacation (গ্রীষ্মের ছুটি, পূজার ছুটি); a leave of absence; retirement; relief; release. ছুটির দিন a holiday. লম্বা ছুটি a furlough, long leave. 2)

(p. 379) chāpā1 to print. a. printed. n. print (ছাপার অক্ষর). ̃ই n. printing; cost of printing, printing charges. ̃খরচ n. cost of printing. ̃খানা n. a printing house, a letter-press, a press. ̃নো v. to cause to print; to get printed. a. printed. 7)

(p. 377) chān̐ca2 a mould (সন্দেশের ছাঁচ); any food shaped in a mould (ক্ষীরের ছাঁচ); a matrix; likeness, similarity, image (একই ছাঁচে গড়া). 3)

(p. 375) chada a leaf of a tree (সপ্তচ্ছদ); a covering, a mantle (পরিচ্ছদ). ছদন n. the act of covering; a cover. 15)

(p. 379) chālana spicy curry. 17)

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

(p. 375) chanda1 inclination, liking, proneness, desire (ছন্দানুগমন); control (স্বচ্ছন্দে); manner, way, fashion (বিবিধ ছন্দে). ছন্দানুগমন n. act of moving or working at will; wilfulness. ছন্দানুগামী a. moving or working at will; wilful. ছন্দানুবর্তন n. act of moving or working at another's will; act of complying with another's will. ছন্দানুবর্তী a. moving or working at another's will, complying. ছন্দানুবৃত্তি same as ছন্দানুবর্তন । ছন্দানুসরণ same as ছন্দানুগমন । ছন্দানুসারী same as ছন্দানুগামী । 18)

(p. 375) chān̐kā to sieve, to sift, to strain; to filtrate. a. sieved, sifted, strained; filtered; true or clear (ছাঁকা কথা); especially selected or chosen, select (ছাঁকা ছাঁকা প্রশ্ন বা মানুষ); unmixed, unadulterated, pure (ছাঁকা গঙ্গাজল); easily available (ছাঁকা পয়সা); used in sifting or filtration (আটা-ছাঁকা চালুনি, চা-ছাঁকা ন্যাকড়া). ছাঁকা তেলে ভাজা to fry in so much oil or fat as to necessitate straining. ছেঁকে ধরা v. to beset, to encircle, to hem in; to besiege; to surround from all sides. 46)

(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. 380) chinna torn, rent; split, cloven; cut down (ছিন্ন বৃক্ষ); uprooted; detached, separated; removed (ছিন্নসংশয়). ছিন্না a. fem. of ছিন্ন । n. a prostitute, a harlot. ̃দ্বৈধ a. freed from hesitation. ̃নাস a. one whose nose has been cut off or amputated. ̃পক্ষ a. one whose wings have been clipped off; (fig.) rendered powerless, frustrated. ̃পত্র n. a fragment of a letter. ̃বাস a. one whose clothes are torn; wearing ragged clothes, in tatters, out at elbows. n. torn or tattered clothes. ̃বিচ্ছিন্ন, ̃ভিন্ন a. torn or cut or broken to pieces; fragmented; torn asunder; ruined by dissensions or factions. ̃মস্তক, ̃শির, ̃শীর্ষ a. truncated; decapitated; lopped. ̃মস্তা n. a truncated manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃মূল a. uprooted, weeded out. ছিন্নমূল জনগণ uprooted or homeless people; refugees, displaced persons. ̃মুষ্ক, ছিন্নাণ্ড a. castrated. 14)

(p. 382) chōn̐cā ludicrously greedy of food; given to ludicrous thieving of food. ̃মি n. ludicrous greed for food; practice of ludicrous thieving of food. ছোঁচামি করা v. to indulge in ludicrous greed for food or in ludicrous thieving of food. 29)

(p. 382) chōkarā (usu. dero.) a young man; a lad; a boy; a greenhorn; a boy servant; a serving-boy; a page; an underage employee. a. tender-aged, young; young and inexperienced. 33)

(p. 374) cha1 the seventh consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)