(p. 933) lyā the leg, the shank; causing to stumble by pushing one's leg into anothers. ল্যাং দেওয়া, ল্যাং মারা v. to cause to stumble or fall by pushing one's leg into another's to trip; (sl.) to betray. 19)

(p. 927) luṭā to plunder, to loot; to rob; to misappropriate recklessly; to enjoy in a great measure; to roll esp. on the gorund (ভূমিতে লুটায়); to welter, to sprawl, to wallow. also লোটা v. (মজা লোটা). 59)

(p. 922) lampha1 lamp esp. a small kerosene lamp. 56)

(p. 922) lagni investment (of money) in business enterprise; usury. লগ্নি করা v. to invest, to lay out; to lend at interest. ̃করণ n. investing, investment. 8)

(p. 922) latikā a small creeper; a creeper. 40)

(p. 927) lu a very hot wave of summer wind that blows sometimes in a tropical region or in a desert; simoom. 50)

(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. 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. 927) lēja, lyāja a tail; the hind-part of anything, the rump, the rear (সৈন্যবাহিনীর লেজ). জাহাজের বা নৌকার লেজ the stern. লেজ গুটানো v. (fig.) to turn tail, to run away with tail between the legs. লেজ মাড়ানো v. (fig.) to twist one's tail, to annoy. লেজ মোটা হওয়া to be puffed up or overbearing or bumptious or conceited. লেজে খেলানো v. (fig.) to harass one by giving false hopes or by keeping in suspense. ̃কাটা শিয়াল (sarcas.) a disgraced person endeavouring in vain to keep up appearance. লেজা n. the tail of a fish; the hind part of anything. লেজামুড়ো n. (fig.) anything in its entirely, alpha and omega. লেজুড় n. a tail; the rump, the rear; what is attached or affixed to the rear end; (sarcas.) degrees or titles (তার নামের অনেকগুলি লেজুড়). 78)

(p. 933) lōhu, lau blood. 16)

(p. 922) lā2 (dial.) a boat. 78)

(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. 927) lōpa destruction; abolition; extinction; disappearance; concealment; (gr.) elision. লোপ করা v. to destroy; to abolish; to conceal, to hide. লোপ পাওয়া, লোপ হওয়া v. to be destroyed or abolished; to become extinct or obsolete; to disappear or vanish; to be concealed; (gr.) to be elided. ̃প্রাপ্ত same as লুপ্ত ।

(p. 922) laghūkaraṇa lightening; simplification; (math.) reduction; (chem.) dilution; attenuation; commutation. 14)

(p. 927) lōcana the eye. ̃রঞ্জন a. pleasing to the eye. 115)