(p. 890) yājikā a priestess, a clergywoman. 21)

(p. 894) yugma a pair, a couple. a. joint (যুগ্মসম্পাদক); (math.) even (যুগ্ম সংখ্যা). 4)

(p. 896) yōgāyōga communion; unity, consistency (প্রারম্ভের সঙ্গে উপসংহারের যোগাযোগ); relation, connection, association; intercourse; contact, touch; communication, contact (তার সঙ্গে আমার বহুদিন যোগাযোগ নেই); co-operation (পরস্পর যোগাযোগে কার্যসাধন). যোগাযোগ রক্ষা করা v. to maintain contact (with); to maintain means of communication (with). যোগাযোগ স্হাপন করা v. to establish contact (with); to set up means of communication (with). 7)

(p. 887) yajana worshipping, worship; act of offering in sacrifice, sacrifice. ̃যাজন n. act of worshipping on behalf of one's own self as well as on behalf of others, priestcraft. 10)

(p. 887) yakṛtpradāha hepatitis. 5)

(p. 894) yuṭi a pair, a couple, a brace; one of a pair, a partner (টেনিসে লিয়েন্ডারের যুটি ভূপতি). 6)

(p. 889) yabanikā a screen, a curtain; a drop-curtain, a drop-scene, a drop. যবনিকা উত্তোলন করা v. to draw the curtain; to raise the drop; (fig.) to reveal, to disclose. ̃পতন, ̃পাত n. drop of a curtain between the acts or at the end of a play; (fig.) termination or shelving (of an affair). যবনিকার অন্তরালে behind the curtain, in camera. 16)

(p. 887) yajña a Vedic sacrifice; a religious sacrifice, an oblation, a sacrifice; a burntoffering; (fig.) a great and pompous affair or ceremony. ̃কর্ম n. sacrificial rite. ̃কুণ্ড n. a pit in which the sacrificial fire is made. ̃ডুমুর n. a variety of large figs. ̃ধূম n. the smoke of sacrificial fire. ̃পশু n. a sacrificial beast, a victim. ̃পাত্র, ̃স্হালী n. a sacrificial vessel. ̃বেদি n. a sacrificial altar, an altar. ̃ভূমি, ̃শালা, ̃স্হল, ̃স্হান n. a place of sacrifice. ̃সূত্র same as উপবীত । যজ্ঞাগ্নি, যজ্ঞানল n. the sacrificial fire. যজ্ঞীয় a. sacrificial. যজ্ঞেশ্বর n. the lord of religious sacrifices; Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). যজ্ঞোপবীত same as উপবীত । 12)

(p. 889) yaba2 barley; (astrol.) a mark on the thumb shaped like a barley grain (usu. যবচিহ্ন); a unit of lineal measure (1/4 inch). 11)

(p. 895) yūpa a wooden framework to which the neck of a sacrificial victim is fixed at the time of immolation (also যূপকাষ্ঠ). ̃কাষ্ঠ same as যূপ । 6)

(p. 895) yēna & con. as, like; as if; so that; that (প্রার্থনা করি যেন সুখী হও); taking care that (টাকা হারায় না যেন); accepting that or supposing that (তাই যেন হল); I am failing to recollect just now (কী যেন নাম). কী যেন তাকে বল what do you call him or her. কী যেন তার নাম what's his (or her or its) name. যেন-তেন প্রকারে, যেন-তেন প্রকারেণ somehow; by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul; negligently or perfunctorily. 12)

(p. 896) yauga (chem.) a compound. 29)

(p. 889) yantraṇā pain, pang; agony; affliction, suffering; anguish; torment, torture; a trouble, a pest. যন্ত্রণা দেওয়া v. to pain; to agonize; to afflict; to torment; to torture. যন্ত্রণা পাওয়া v. to be pained or agonized; to be afflicted, to suffer; to be tormented or tortured. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. painful; agonising; afflicting; tormenting, torturing; troublesome, pestering. 7)

(p. 890) yāna a vehicle, a conveyance, a carriage (অশ্বযান); a way, a route (পিতৃযান); a way of worship (হীনযান). ̃বাহন n. transport, conveyance. ̃শালা n. garage. 31)

(p. 890) yiśu, jiśu Jesus (Christ). 50)