(p. 377) chāda roof; ceiling. ছাদের ঘর an attic. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which covers; one who builds a roof or thatches. ̃ন n. act of covering or roofing or thatching; a roofing or thatching material. 27)

(p. 380) chinimini act of playing ducks and drakes; (fig.) reckless use or expenditure, squandering. ছিনিমিনি খেলা v. to play ducks and drakes; (fig.) to use or spend recklessly, to squander, to fritter away. 13)

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

(p. 382) chō a sudden swoop or spring with an attempt to seize or bite, a pounce. ছোঁ মারা v. to pounce (upon), to swoop down on. 27)

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

(p. 375) chalāt expressing the sound of dashing any liquid against a hard substance. 37)

(p. 374) chaṭarā a small bullet; a grapeshot. 12)

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

(p. 382) chōm̐ẏā to touch. n. touch (ছোঁয়া লাগা) a. touched, contacted; touching (আকাশছোঁয়া). ̃চ n. (usu. dero.) touch, contact, contagion, influence. ̃চে a. contagious. ছুঁয়ি n. mutual touch or contact; impurity caused by touch or contact. ̃নো v. to cause to touch or be touched. ̃লেপা n. act of touching the untouchable; impurity caused by the touch of the so-called untouchable. 32)

(p. 375) chamachama expressing an uncanny or eerie sensation. ছমছমে a. uncanny, eerie, weird. 27)

(p. 382) chōbaḍ়ā the inedible outer portion or skin of fruits; coconut-coir; refuse of anything the juice of which has been extracted (ছোবড়া করা). 39)

(p. 374) chaḍ়ā1 to get scratched or grazed or bruised or flayed; to strip the skin or bark from. 17)

(p. 374) chaḍ়2 a long slender bar of metal or other material, a rod; a stick; a bow of a musical instrument (বেহালার ছড়); a long scratching mark, a long scratch (গায়ে ছড় লাগা). 16)

(p. 374) chaḍ়ā2 a rhyme (ছেলে-ভোলানো ছড়া = a nursery rhyme; গ্রাম্য-ছড়া = a folkrhyme); a set of things threaded together or arranged as if threaded, a string (গোটছড়া); a bunch, a cluster (একছড়া কলা); a spell of sprinkling or a solution for sprinkling (গোবর ছড়া). ছড়া কাটা v. to cap verses, to quote apt verses. 18)

(p. 381) chuṭa1 a string for dressing hair; a fillet; a wearing cloth. 19)