(p. 926) lāghaba decrease, reduction; meiosis; underestimation; lightness, levity; humiliation; promptness, quickness, dexterity (হস্তলাঘব). লাঘব করা v. to decrease, to reduce; to make light of, to reduce the weight of; to humiliate. 11)

(p. 922) lahara a wave; a watercourse, a channel; a row or coil. 74)

(p. 922) lapsi gruel (of rice, dal etc). 43)

(p. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 927) lōkāla bōrḍa a local board. 112)

(p. 922) laṭabahara luggage, baggage, outfit, kit. 30)

(p. 922) lampha2 a leap, a spring, a jump, a bound. লম্ফ দেওয়া v. to leap, to spring, to jump, to bound. এক লম্ফে at a leap. লম্ফে লম্ফে by leaps and bounds. ̃ঝম্প n. continuous or repeated skipping or leaping; (fig.) excessive haste or fuss or ado or bragging. ̃ন n. leaping or springing or jumping or bounding. 57)

(p. 927) luṅgi, luṅi a long (usu. stitched) loincloth worn by men, a lungi. 55)

(p. 922) lampha1 lamp esp. a small kerosene lamp. 56)

(p. 927) lāṭa2 (of clothes) having the crease spoiled, ruffled, crumpled (also লাটভাঙা); prostrate on the ground. লাট খাওয়া v. (of paper-kites) to behave awkwardly and refuse to keep flying. মেরে লাট করা v. to knock (one) senseless or reeling to the ground by beating. লাটে ওঠা v. to go to the dogs; to fizzle, to flop, to come a cropper. 6)

(p. 926) lāga reach; contact; touch; contiguity; nearness. ̃সই a. appropriate, fitting, suitable. 3)

(p. 927) lēlihāna repeatedly licking; blazing. fluttering (লেলিহান শিখা). 97)

(p. 927) lēbu1 the lemon; the lime. 93)

(p. 927) lāẏēka grown-up, of full age; able, fit, competent; (dero.) grown-up enough to be a litertine. 19)

(p. 927) lukkāẏita gone into hiding; hidden; concealed; disappeared. fem. লুক্কায়িতা । লুক্কায়িত হওয়া v. to go into hiding, to hide; to disappear. 54)