লঘু : (p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 933) lauha iron; steel. ̃কার n. a blacksmith. ̃ঘটিত a. ferrous; chalybeate. ̃চূর্ণ n. iron filings; pulverized iron, iron dust; iron rust. ̃নির্মিত a. made of iron or steel. ̃বর্ত্ম n. a railway; a tramway. ̃ময় a. made of iron or steel; full of iron. ̃শৃঙ্খল n. iron chains, fetters. 18)

(p. 922) laṅghita crossed; passed over; leapt over, scaled over; not observed; transgressed; violated, infringed; not complied with, not abided by. 21)

(p. 927) lupta no longer existing, extinct; defunct; abolished; gone out of currency or practice, obsolete; destroyed; covered, wrapped, extinct; (of species etc.) that has disappeared or vanished; invisible; hidden, concealed; (bot.) abortive; (gr.) elided. অধুনালুপ্ত আইন a law now defunct. ̃প্রায় a. obsolescent; almost extinct or defunct or destroyed or covered or invisible or hidden or (bot.) abortive. লুপ্তাঙ্গ n. (bot.) an abortive organ. লুপ্তোদ্ধার n. recovery or reclamation of a thing lost or destroyed or ruined; discovery of a hidden or secret thing. 66)

(p. 927) lēsa an ornamental fabric, a lace. লেস পরানো n. to decorate with a lace, to lace, to enlace. 99)

(p. 926) lā-jabāba unparalleled, incomparable; unanswering, silent. 17)

(p. 933) lōlā the tongue (esp. which is greedy of food). 10)

(p. 922) laṭāri a lottery, a raffle. 32)

(p. 922) lāiphabēlaṭa, lāiphabēlṭa a life-belt. 82)

(p. 927) lōkēśa god; the king. 114)

(p. 926) lāṅala a plough. লাঙল চষা, লাঙল দেওয়া v. to plough. লাঙলের ফাল a ploughshare. ̃দণ্ড n. the shaft of a plough. ̃রেখা n. a furrow. 12)

(p. 922) lasikā lymph. ̃তন্তুবৃদ্ধি n. lymphatic growth. ̃য়নী a. lymphatic. 71)

(p. 927) luṭōpuṭi rolling esp. on the ground; weltering, sprawling, wallowing. লুটোপুটি খাওয়া v. to roll esp. on the ground; to sprawl, to wallow. 62)

(p. 927) lēkhikā of লেখক । 75)

(p. 927) lēbu2 (infor.) good-for-nothing; unpractical; stupid. 94)

(p. 927) lēkhanī anything to write with; a pen, a pencil, a painter's brush, a hair-pencil etc. লেখনী চালনা করা v. to write (esp. books.). ̃প্রসূত a. coming out of or produced by the pen. 73)