(p. 933) lyāṅaṭa, lyāṅgaṭa a tiny loincloth worn by Indian wrestlers and ascetics. 25)

(p. 927) lōkāẏata secular (লোকায়ত সরকার). 110)

(p. 921) laka āuṭa lock-out, closure declared by the owners of factories etc. 5)

(p. 922) lambā tall; lofty; long; long-continued; lengthy; (fig.) prostrate; (fig.) boastful or grandiloquent. n. length. লম্বা করা v. to lengthen; to expand; (fig.) to lay prostrate on the ground by beating. লম্বা দেওয়া v. to decamp; to run away, to flee, to take to one's heels. লম্বা হওয়া v. to lie prostrate; to grow in length, to become long. লম্বা কথা boastful or grandiloquent talk, tall talk, big talk. লম্বা চাল excessive pomp or eclat esp. that which is displayed beyond one's means. ̃ই n. length; the measure of length. লম্বাইচওড়াই n. length and breadth; the measure of length and breadth; bragging, boastful or grandiloquent talk (লম্বাইচওড়াই মারা). লম্বাংশ n. polar distance. ̃টে slightly tall, tallish; longish. লম্বায় adv. in length, lengthwise. ̃লম্বি adv. lengthwise, lengthways. 60)

(p. 922) labdhi attainment; gains; acquirements; acquisition. নির্ণয় n. (mech.—of velocity) composition. 53)

(p. 927) lēnadēna, lēnādēnā act of giving and taking; transaction; exchange; bargain; payment and repayment. 84)

(p. 922) lahamā a minute fraction of time, a short while, a moment. 73)

(p. 927) lipyantara transliteration. লিপ্যন্তর করা v. to transliterate. 41)

(p. 927) lālā saliva, spittle, slaver. লালা ঝরা বা ঝরানো v. to salivate, to slaver. ̃য়িত a. seized with eager greed; coveting; yearning for; hankering after. fem. ̃য়িতা । ̃য়িত হওয়া v. to be seized with eager desire; to covet; to yearn for; to hanker after. ̃স্রাব n. salivation; slavering, drivelling. 24)

(p. 927) lēkhā to write; to compose (as a book); to write; to draw or describe or trace. n. same as লিখন a. written; composed; drawn or traced. ̃জোখা n. accounts. ̃নো v. to cause to write or compose or write to or draw or trace; to teach one how to write. ̃পড়া n. reading and writing; education; studies; an agreement in black and white; a legally registered agreement. লেখাপড়া করা v. to read and write; to receive education; to study; to enter into or draw up a written agreement; to execute a legally registered agreement. লেখালিখি করা v. to write (repeatedly) to one another; to send in repeated correspondence; to do some writing; to make repeated representation in writing. 74)

(p. 933) lōlupa stricken with extreme greed; greatly tempted; very much eager; greedy, avid. 11)

(p. 927) lōka a person, a human being; the public; mankind; a world, a sphere (ভূলোক); a region or abode (বিষ্ণুলোক). লোক হাসানো v. to be an object of public ridicule. লোকে বলে people say; they say; it is said. ̃কাহিনি, ̃কথা n. a folktale, a folklore. ̃গণক n. a census enumerator. ̃গণনা n. census. ̃গাথা n. a ballad. ̃চক্ষুতে adv. in the eyes of the people or of the public. ̃চক্ষুর সমক্ষে publicly; openly. ̃চরিত্র n. human nature. ̃জন n. pl. people at large; one's followers or supporters or associates; retinue, suite, a train of followers. ̃জানাজানি n. public exposure, publicity. ̃ত্রয় (usu. ত্রিলোক) n. the three worlds (heaven, earth and the nether world). ̃দেখানো a. falsely exhibiting or displaying in presence of others, falsely demonstrative. ̃নাট্য n. folk drama. ̃নিন্দা same as লোকাপবাদ । ̃নৃত্য n. folkdance. ̃পরম্পরা n. succession of generations; transmission from generation to generation of people or from man to man. ̃পরম্পরাগত a. transmitted or handed down from generation to generation of people, traditional; ciculated or transmitted from man to man. ̃পাল n. a king; (myth.) any one of the eight presiding deities of the eight corners of the universe; (in modern times) a Vigilance or Anticorruption Officer independent of the executive. ̃প্রবাদ n. hearsay; (loos.) a rumour. ̃প্রিয় a. popular. ̃প্রিয়তা n. popularity. ̃বল n. the strength of one's supporters or followers; one's supporters or associates or followers collectively. ̃বসতি n. human habitation, settlement. ̃বিশ্রুত a. well-known to the people; famous, renowned, celebrated. ̃ব্যবহার same as লোকাচার । ̃ভাষা n. dialect, the language of the common people. ̃মুখে adv. from other people, from other people's mouth (লোকমুখে শুনেছি). ̃রঞ্জন folk-entertainment. ̃লজ্জা n. fear of looking small to the people, fear of public disgrace. ̃লশকর n. retinue, suite. লীলা n. worldly activities. লৌকিকতা n. social formalities; social amenities. ̃শাসন n. public administration. ̃শিক্ষা n. mass education. ̃সংখ্যা n. population. ̃সংগীত n. a folk-song. ̃সমাকীর্ণ same as জনাকীর্ণ । ̃সমাগম n. gathering or collection of people; gathering. ̃সমাজ n. human society; the public. ̃সাহিত্য n. folk literature. ̃সেবক n. a social welfare worker. ̃সেবা n. social (welfare) service. হিত n. public welfare; public good. ̃হিতকর n. beneficial to the public; promoting the well-being of the people. ̃হিতকর কার্য a public welfare work or service. ̃হিতব্রত a. a vow to do public good, dedication to public service; devotion to public welfare work. ̃হিতৈষণা n. benevolence; (loos.) philanthropy. ̃হিতৈষী a. benevolent; (loos.) philanthropic. fem. ̃হিতৈষিণী । 103)

(p. 933) lyā the leg, the shank; causing to stumble by pushing one's leg into anothers. ল্যাং দেওয়া, ল্যাং মারা v. to cause to stumble or fall by pushing one's leg into another's to trip; (sl.) to betray. 19)

(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. 922) lambadāra a leader of tenants entrusted with the charge of collecting revenue from other tenants. 59)