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

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

(p. 927) lukōcuri hide-and-seek; (fig.) an attempt to conceal, dodging. লুকোচুরি খেলা v. to play at hide-and-seek; (fig.) to try to conceal, to dodge. 53)

(p. 927) lōkāpabāda public censure; public scandal; infamy; obloquy. 108)

(p. 927) lālana act of bringing up carefully; carefully rearing or tending; fond cherishing (আশা-লালন). লালন করা v. to bring up carefully; to rear or tend carefully; to cherish fondly. লালন-পালন করা v. to nourish and bring up; to rear. 22)

(p. 922) lāibrēri a library. ̃য়ান n. a librarian. 84)

(p. 921) lakṣaṇa a sign, a mark; an indication; a symptom; a characteristic, a trait; an omen, a presage, a prognostic. ̃গীত n. a song that describes the chief features of a raga or musical mode. ̃যুক্ত a. characterized by or possessing a sign or mark or indication or symptom or characteristic or omen; indicative of; presaging. লক্ষণা n. (rhet.) imposition of a second meaning when the primary one is barred, (loos.) metonymy or metaphor or synecdoche. লক্ষণাক্রান্ত same as ̃যুক্ত । লক্ষণাত্মক a. relating to signs or marks; symptomatic; characteristic. লক্ষণীয় a. noticeable; remarkable, noteworthy; perceptible; prominent. 12)

(p. 922) laṅga (dial.) clove. 18)

(p. 926) lāgāma a bridle; reins. লাগাম পরানো v. to bridle, to bit; (fig.) to restrain, to curb. লাগাম কামড়ানো to champ the bit. ̃ছাড়া a. unbridled; (fig.) unrestrained or (over-) free. 8)

(p. 927) lēpāphā, lēphāphā an envelope, a cover, a wrapper. ̃দোরস্ত, ̃দুরন্ত a. outwardly or formally meticulous (but actually insincere and faulty). 92)

(p. 921) laṅkā capsicum, chillies, red pepper. ̃বাটা n. paste of chillies prepared by pounding them with water. ̃মরিচ same as লংকা । 3)

(p. 922) lāini lining (as of a coat). 81)

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

(p. 922) laḍḍu, laḍḍuka a sweet drop. 36)