(p. 922) laṅga (dial.) clove. 18)

(p. 921) lakṣī the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity; fortune; beauty; grace. a. fem. & masc. well-behaved and good-natured. লক্ষীর বরপুত্র Fortune's favourite. লক্ষীর ভান্ডার an inexhaustible store. ˜ছাড়া a. bereft of grace and prosperity; wretched; uncouth; scoundrelly, wicked. fem. ̃ছাড়ি । ̃ছাড়া, ̃ছাড়া লোক n. a scapegrace, a wretch, a scoundrel. ̃প্যাঁচা n. a kind of whitish owl on which Goddess Lakshmi rides. ̃বন্ত, ̃মন্ত a. prosperous, rich, wealthly; auspicious or graceful (লক্ষীবন্ত চেহারা). ̃বার n. the day of the week when the Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped, (usu.) Thursday. ̃শ্রী n. graceful signs or marks of prosperity or auspiciousness; grace or beauty resembling that of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী). ̃স্বরূপিণী a. resembling Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী) in beauty and merits; appearing as Lakshmi incarnate. 16)

(p. 927) lāṭa3 a governor (বাংলার লাট); a governor-general (usu. বড়োলাট); a commander-in-chief (usu. জঙ্গিলাট); (usu. hum.) a. a lord (লাট-বেলাট). ছোটোলাট n. a lieutenant-governor; a provincial governor. 7)

(p. 927) lōkēśa god; the king. 114)

(p. 922) lapta a stretch. এক লপ্তে at a stretch. 45)

(p. 922) lapēṭā a kind of vamped slippers. 44)

(p. 927) likalika expressing: great slenderness or thinness. লিকলিকে a. very slender or thin. 31)

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

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

(p. 927) lēpacā a Himalayan race; a member of this race, a Lepcha. 88)

(p. 927) lōkālaẏa human habitation; a human settlement or colony; a town, a village; (fig.) the human society. 113)

(p. 922) lagabagē flexible, supple, pliant; unsteady, swaying to and fro; tottering; flimsy. 2)

(p. 927) likhita written (লিখিত জবানবন্দি = written deposition); composed; not verbal or oral. 33)

(p. 922) laba (math.) a numerator; a minute division or fracton of time; very small amount or fraction. 46)

(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)