(p. 922) labaṅga clove; the clove-tree. ̃লতা, ̃লতিকা n. a creeper bearing fragrant flowers, (cp.) the clove-pink; a kind of sweet pastry; (fig.) a modest and charming female. 47)

(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. 922) laṭarapaṭara the state of flapping or hanging loosely; (loos.) flirting, flirtation; debauchery. 31)

(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. 927) lēpa1 quilt stuffed with cotton used as a wrap during sleep. লেপের ওয়াড় a quilt case. 85)

(p. 933) lōphā to catch or take hold of a thing in the air, to take hold of a thing before it touches the ground; (fig.) to accept or receive eagerly. লোফালুফি করা v. to take or hold catches; to catch repeatedly; throwing and catching. 3)

(p. 922) labja speech; language; a dialect; a mode of speaking; an idiom. 48)

(p. 926) lācāḍ়i a Bengali poetical metre suitable for dancing; a song composed in this metre. 14)

(p. 926) lāga reach; contact; touch; contiguity; nearness. ̃সই a. appropriate, fitting, suitable. 3)

(p. 922) laṅgarakhānā a place where cooked food is distributed in charity to a number of persons. 19)

(p. 922) lahu2 (obs. & poet.) mild, gentle (লহুলহু হাস). 77)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 933) lyāṇḍ়ā2 lame. n. a lame person. 23)

(p. 922) lambōdara pot-bellied, corpulent. n. God Ganesha (গণেশ). 63)

(p. 927) lāsya, lāsa a woman's dance; artistic or amorous gestures and postures of women. লাস্যময়ী a. fem. given to dancing; having artistic or amorous gestures and postures. 29)