ছায়া : (p. 379) chāẏā a reflection, a shadow; shade, umbra (ছায়ায় বসা); semblance, resemblance, likeness (ছেলেটি বাপেরই ছায়া); slight influence (এ কবিতায় রবীন্দ্রনাথের ছায়া আছে); a faint shadow (এ উত্সবে আনন্দের ছায়াও নেই); a constant companion (ছায়া হয়ে সঙ্গে থাকা); a spectre, an apparition, a ghost (ছায়াশরীর); darkness (রাতের ছায়া, সন্ধ্যার ছায়া); glow, shine, lustre (রত্নচ্ছায়া); shelter or protection ('দেহ পদচ্ছায়া'); the name of the wife of the Hindu sungod. ছায়া না মাড়ানো to keep one's distance, to stand or keep aloof. ̃চিত্র n. a cinematographic film; a cinema. ̃তরু n. a large tree giving shade. ̃ত্মজ, ̃সুত n. Saturn, the son of the sungod. ̃দেহ, ̃শরীর n. a spectre, an apparition, a phantom, a ghost. ̃নট n. an Indian musical mode. ̃পথ n. galaxy, the Milky Way. ̃বাজি n. magic; magic lantern. ̃ভিনয় n. shadow-play. ̃মণ্ডপ n. a canopied place in the open (esp. where a Hindu wedding-ceremony is held). ̃ময় a. shady, umbrageous, shadowy, bowery (ছায়াময় স্হান); spectral, apparitional, ghostly (ছায়াময় দেহ). ̃মুর্তি n. an apparition, a phantom, a spectre, a ghost. 11)

(p. 377) chātiẏā (poet. & obs.) chest. 24)

(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. 381) chilā a bowstring; fringe of a piece of cloth, fringe of the sari worn by the Indian women. 11)

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

(p. 377) chāni3 a beck, a signal (হাতছানি). 36)

(p. 374) chaṭaphaṭa expressing restlessness, anxiety etc. ছটফট করা v. to become restless; to fidget; to be impatient with eagerness; to be troubled with anxiety; to toss about. ছটফটানি n. restlessness; fidgetiness; impatience. ছটফটে a. restless. 11)

(p. 375) chalacchala expressing rippling noise. a. making a rippling noise, rippling ('ছলচ্ছল...তরঙ্গা'). 32)

(p. 377) chātā1 umbrella: (coll.) brolly; parasol. 20)

(p. 382) chēni a chisel esp. a small one. 23)

(p. 382) chēn̐caki a dry dish of vegetables cooked in a little oil. 10)

(p. 375) chanachana, chanchan expressing a feeling of physical indisposition. শরীর ছন্ছন্ করা to feel indisposed or out of sorts. 17)

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

(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. 381) chuṭa2 recess; leisure; escape, exemption; release; relief. 20)