(p. 927) lipsu yearning or longing for; avid. 43)

(p. 927) lēdāḍ়u, lēdāḍ়ē lazy; not smart; unenterprising. 83)

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

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

(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) luṭa plunder, loot; robbery, dacoity; reckless misappropriation; act of scattering something before a crowd to be picked up (হরির লুট); enjoyment in a great measure. লুট করা v. to plunder, to loot; to rob; to misappropriate recklessly; to enjoy in a great measure (মজা লুট করা). লুটের মাল booty, plunder, spoil. ̃তরাজ, ̃পাট n. extensive plundering, pillage, sack. লুটতরাজ বা লুটপাট করা v. to plunder; to pillage, to sack. 58)

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

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

(p. 926) lājuka bashful, shy; coy; modest; diffident.

(p. 922) laguḍ় a heavy stick, a cudgel, a mallet, a club. লগুড়াঘাত করা v. to beat with a club or a cudgel. লগুড়াহত a. cudgelled, beaten with a stick, bastinadoed. 4)

(p. 921) lakṣa2 one hundred thousand, lakh, lac. a. numerous, countless (লক্ষবার বলেছি). লক্ষ লক্ষ innumerable, countless. 11)

(p. 933) lyāñcānō to limp. 21)

(p. 927) lēṭa delay. a. late. লেট করা v. to be late; to procrastinate. 79)