(p. 922) lāu the bottle-gourd. লাউয়ের খোলা calabash. ডগা n. the tender upper end of the bottle-gourd plant; a kind of very slender and non-venomous green snake. ̃মাচা n. a scaffold or trellis made of bamboo and twigs along which a bottle-gourd plant creeps up. 86)

(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. 926) lāgā to contact, to touch (গায়ে হাওয়া লাগা)); to be smeared or soiled with (কাদা লাগা); to be attached or affixed; to catch (আগুন লাগা); to touch at, to stop at (তীরে জাহাজ লাগা); to stop or park (গাড়ি লাগা); to join (চাকরিতে লাগা); to begin, to start, to commence (গ্রহণ লাগা); to form (ভিড় লাগা); to be engaged in, to set to (খেতে লাগা); to be felt (as) (ভালো লাগা, গরম লাগা); to feel pain (আমার লাগছে); to be felt as painful (ফোড়াটায় লাগছে); to fit or suit, to be appropriate (শব্দটা ওখানে লাগবে না); to be considered equal, to compete with (ধ্রুপদের কাছে কি অন্য গান লাগে); to require, to need (দু-দিন লাগবে); to cost (একশো টাকা লেগেছে); to work (ওষুধটা লেগেছে); to come true (ভবিষ্যত্দ্বাণী লেগেছে); to begin to quarrel (দু-পক্ষে লেগেছে); to be held (এখানে মেলা লাগবে); to pester, to tease (তার পিছনে লেগো না); to pursue, to chase, to hound, to follow, to shadow (পিছনে পুলিশ লেগেছে); to be attracted (কাজে মন লাগা); to pierce (বুকে তির লাগা); to strike, to hit (ঘুসি লাগা, চোট লাগা); to stick (গলায় কাঁটা লাগা); to fall under the evil influence of (এঁড়ে লাগা, শনি লাগা); to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগা). লেগে থাকা v. to stick; to pursue doggedly or resolutely. 4)

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

(p. 927) lui a kind of very soft woollen wrapper. 51)

(p. 927) lāṭa4 a pillar (অশোকলাট). 8)

(p. 927) lēkacāra a lecture; (sarcas.) a harangue. লেকচার দেওয়া v. to lecture; (sarcas.) to harangue. লেকচার শোনা v. to attend a lecture. 70)

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

(p. 927) luṇṭhita looted, plundered; robbed; pillaged, sacked; recklessly misappropriated; enjoyed in a great measure; rolling esp. on the ground, sprawling, fem. লুন্ঠিতা । 65)

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

(p. 926) lākhō-lākhō in lakhs, many lakhs of; innumerable, countless. 2)

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

(p. 922) laḍ়iẏē, laḍ়uẏē skilled in or given to fighting, bellicose; military. লড়ুয়ে মনোবৃত্তি fighting spirit. লড়ুয়ে মোরগ a gamecock, a fighting-cock. 35)

(p. 921) lakṣādhika more than a hundred thousand or lakh. 14)

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