(p. 927) lēṇṭi, lēṅaṭi a small threadbare or loincloth. 69)

(p. 927) lāṭhi a stick, a staff. ̃খেলা n. an exhibition fight with sticks. লাঠি খেলা v. to fight with sticks as an exhibition; to practise fighting with sticks. ̃পেটা করা v. to beat or belabour with a stick. ̃বাজি করা v. to fight or persecute with sticks. ̃য়াল n. a (skilled) figther with sticks. ̃য়ালি n. skill in, or the profession of, fighting with sticks. 12)

(p. 926) lāṅula, lāṅgula a tail (of beasts.) ̃হীন a. tailless, anurous, anourous. 13)

(p. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 922) lahanā dues, amount outstanding. 72)

(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. 922) laṅkēśa the king of Lanka. 17)

(p. 927) lipi a letter, an epistle, a missive; a note; a writing (ভাগ্যলিপি); an inscription (অনুশাসন-লিপি); a script or alphabet (ব্রাহ্মীলিপি). ̃কর n. a writer, a scribe; a copyist; a penman; an amanuensis; a composer of a letter. লিপিকরপ্রমাদ n. a slip of the pen; an error committed by the copyist. ̃কা n. a short letter, a chit or note; a letter. ̃কার same as ̃কর । ̃কৌশল n. penmanship; the art or style of writing. ̃চাতুর্য n. dexterity in writing or composing. লিপিবদ্ধ বা লিপিভুক্ত করা v. to place on record, to record; to write or include in a letter, book etc. বিদ্যা n. penmanship; calligraphy; the art of composing letters. 39)

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

(p. 927) lāpha a leap, a jump, a bound, a skip. লাফ দেওয়া, লাফ মারা v. to take a leap, to jump; to skip. লাফে লাফে by leaps and bounds. লাফানো v. to jump, to leap, to bound; to skip; to fret. n. jumping, leaping, bounding, skipping; fretting. লাফানে a. given to jumping or leaping; frisking; fretful. লাফালাফি n. frisking, gambolling; flouncing, fuss. লাফালাফি করা v. to frisk, to gambol; to flounce; to fuss. 13)

(p. 927) lālita carefully brought up; carefully reared or tended; fondly cherished. ̃পালিত a. carefully nourished and brought up. 25)

(p. 921) lakṣapati a man worth a hundred thousand rupees or more, (loos.) a millionaire; a very wealthy man. 13)

(p. 921) laṅkā a kind of beautiful fan-tailed pigeons; (sarcas.) a fop, a dandy. 10)

(p. 922) lalāṭa the forehead, the front; the temple; fate; luck; destiny. ̃ভূষণ n. an ornament for the forehead. ̃রেখা n. a line on the forehead (esp. one indicating one's destiny). ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's destiny as indicated by the lines on one's forehead. ললাটিকা n. a holy mark of sandal-paste, clay etc. put on the forehead; an ornament for the forehead. 66)

(p. 922) lagna2 (astrol.) the rising-time of any zodiacal sign or the time of the sun's transition to a zodiacal sign; (astrol.) a suitable or auspicious time or moment (বিয়ের লগ্ন); a point of time (মরণলগ্ন). ̃পত্র n. a written marriage-contract fixing astrologically the time of marriage. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. failing to commence one's work within the astrologically appointed hours; (fig.) one who has missed the opportune moment. 6)