(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. 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. 921) laka āuṭa lock-out, closure declared by the owners of factories etc. 5)

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

(p. 922) laṭapaṭa expressing; the state of flapping loosely. লটপটে a. hanging loosely; flapping loosely. 29)

(p. 922) laṅga (dial.) clove. 18)

(p. 927) lēpaṭānō to wrap round oneself; to cling to; to be involved or implicated in; to coat or smear. 89)

(p. 922) laba (math.) a numerator; a minute division or fracton of time; very small amount or fraction. 46)

(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. 927) lōkācāra a popular practice, a custom, a usage; customs and usages collectively. লোকাচারের বিরুদ্ধে a. contrary to popular practice, opposed to prevailing custom or usage. 105)

(p. 922) lambā tall; lofty; long; long-continued; lengthy; (fig.) prostrate; (fig.) boastful or grandiloquent. n. length. লম্বা করা v. to lengthen; to expand; (fig.) to lay prostrate on the ground by beating. লম্বা দেওয়া v. to decamp; to run away, to flee, to take to one's heels. লম্বা হওয়া v. to lie prostrate; to grow in length, to become long. লম্বা কথা boastful or grandiloquent talk, tall talk, big talk. লম্বা চাল excessive pomp or eclat esp. that which is displayed beyond one's means. ̃ই n. length; the measure of length. লম্বাইচওড়াই n. length and breadth; the measure of length and breadth; bragging, boastful or grandiloquent talk (লম্বাইচওড়াই মারা). লম্বাংশ n. polar distance. ̃টে slightly tall, tallish; longish. লম্বায় adv. in length, lengthwise. ̃লম্বি adv. lengthwise, lengthways. 60)

(p. 927) līlā sport; pleasure; dalliance; activities (কৃষ্ণের লীলা); (sarcas.) undesirable activities (নেতাদের লীলা); significant but unintelligible work or sport (বিধাতার লীলা). ̃কমল n. a lotus carried in the hand playfully; a toy lotus. ̃কলহ n. a lover's quarrel; a mock quarrel. ̃কানন n. a pleasure garden. ̃কুঞ্জ n. a pleasure grove. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a field of activities; a venue of sports. ̃খেলা same as লীলা । লীলাখেলা সাঙ্গ করা v. (usu. sarcas.) to die; (iron-usu. of a criminal) to give up one's activities and surrender. ̃চঞ্চল a. frequently moving in playfulness; sweetly frolicsome. ̃বতী same as ̃ময়ী । ̃ভূমি same as ̃ক্ষেত্র । ̃ময় a. sweetly playful or sportive; given to sweet dalliance; attitudinizing; one whose activities, though significant, are not easily intelligible. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃য়িত a. having assumed a beautiful pose or posture, attitudinized; full of delicate movements. 49)

(p. 922) lanḍabhanḍa expressing; utter disruption or confusion or disorder or rout. লন্ডভন্ড হওয়া v. to be utterly disrupted or confused or routed. 41)

(p. 927) luṭānō to roll or cause to roll esp. on the ground; to welter or sprawl or wallow; to cause to welter or sprawl or wallow. 60)

(p. 926) lāgā to contact, to touch (গায়ে হাওয়া লাগা)); to be smeared or soiled with (কাদা লাগা); to be attached or affixed; to catch (আগুন লাগা); to touch at, to stop at (তীরে জাহাজ লাগা); to stop or park (গাড়ি লাগা); to join (চাকরিতে লাগা); to begin, to start, to commence (গ্রহণ লাগা); to form (ভিড় লাগা); to be engaged in, to set to (খেতে লাগা); to be felt (as) (ভালো লাগা, গরম লাগা); to feel pain (আমার লাগছে); to be felt as painful (ফোড়াটায় লাগছে); to fit or suit, to be appropriate (শব্দটা ওখানে লাগবে না); to be considered equal, to compete with (ধ্রুপদের কাছে কি অন্য গান লাগে); to require, to need (দু-দিন লাগবে); to cost (একশো টাকা লেগেছে); to work (ওষুধটা লেগেছে); to come true (ভবিষ্যত্দ্বাণী লেগেছে); to begin to quarrel (দু-পক্ষে লেগেছে); to be held (এখানে মেলা লাগবে); to pester, to tease (তার পিছনে লেগো না); to pursue, to chase, to hound, to follow, to shadow (পিছনে পুলিশ লেগেছে); to be attracted (কাজে মন লাগা); to pierce (বুকে তির লাগা); to strike, to hit (ঘুসি লাগা, চোট লাগা); to stick (গলায় কাঁটা লাগা); to fall under the evil influence of (এঁড়ে লাগা, শনি লাগা); to be seized with (ভিরমি লাগা). লেগে থাকা v. to stick; to pursue doggedly or resolutely. 4)