(p. 933) lōbha greed, avidity, covetousness; strong desire or inclination; strong desire to appropriate to oneself what belongs to others; thirst for worldly possessions; avarice, cupidity; allurement, enticement, temptation. লোভ করা v. to be greedy of, to covet, to have a strong desire or inclination for; to desire strongly to appropriate to oneself what belongs to others; to be thirsty of worldly possessions. লোভ জন্মানো v. to make one greedy. লোভ দেখানো v. to tempt, to allure. লোভে পড়া v. to fall into a temptation; to become greedy of. লোভে পাপ পাপে মৃত্যু (fig.) temptation leads to sin and sin to death; (fig.) avarice leads to vice and vice to death. লোভ সংবরণ করা to check or control one's greed or tempatation. ̃জলক same as লোভনীয় । ̃ন n. act of tempting or alluring, enticement. a. same as লোভনীয় । ̃নীয় a. covetable; tempting, alluring; lucrative (লোভনীয় চাকরি); attractive, charming (লোভনীয় চেহারা). লোভাতুর, লোভার্ত a. stricken with (extreme) greed; greatly tempted; very much eager. fem. লোভাতুরা, লোভার্তা । লোভী a. greedy, avid, covetous; strongly desirous of or inclined to; strongly desirous of appropriating to oneself what belongs to others; greedy of worldly possessions; avaricious; easily tempted or allured. 5)

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

(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) laṭapaṭa expressing; the state of flapping loosely. লটপটে a. hanging loosely; flapping loosely. 29)

(p. 922) lajjita ashamed; put to shame; abashed. fem. লজ্জিতা । 27)

(p. 922) lanṭhana a lantern. 37)

(p. 933) lōbāna benzoin. 4)

(p. 926) lāgānō to attach, to affix; to apply, to set (আগুন লাগানো); to paint or smear or wash with (রং লাগানো); to touch (গায়ে গা লাগানো); to expose to (রোদ লাগানো); to bring to, to stop at (ঘাটে নৌকা লাগানো); to employ, to engage, to set to (কাজে লোক লাগানো, পড়ায় মন লাগানো); to apply, to use (বেত লাগানো); to involve (in), to set (to) (ঝগড়া লাগানো); to require, to need, to take, to spend (সময় লাগানো); to cost (খরচ লাগানো); to invest, to lay out (ব্যবসায় টাকা লাগানো); to rouse (মনে ভয় লাগানো); to cause to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগানো); to hit, to strike (মনে লাগানো, গাছে ঢিল লাগানো); to report (against) maliciously and secretly, to earwig, to calumniate (কারও নামে লাগানো). লাগানি-ভাঙানি n. malicious and secret report against a person, earwigging. 7)

(p. 922) labējāna feeling like dying; extremely distressed or harassed. 51)

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

(p. 922) lasasi milk-shake; yoghurt. 70)

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

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

(p. 927) lāśa a human carcass, a corpse, a dead body. 28)