(p. 1056) hālakā not heavy, light (হালকা ধাতু = light metal); of short weight; easily digested (হালকা খাবার = light meal); easy; mild; gently blowing (হালকা হাওয়া); unimportant, negligible, frivolous (হালকা ব্যাপার); airy (হালকা কথা); carefree (হালকা মন); light (in all the foregoing senses). হালকা করা v. to lighten; to reduce the amount of (কাজ হালকা করা); to disburden, to relieve (মন হালকা করা). হালকাভাবে গ্রহণ করা to take or treat lightly. 2)

(p. 1060) huka a hook. ̃কৃমি n. a hook-worm, ankylostoma. 5)

(p. 1060) hēm̐ẏāli a riddle, an enigma, a puzzle. 54)

(p. 1047) haladi (dial.) turmeric. 36)

(p. 1060) hōthā, hōthāẏa (poet.) there. 94)

(p. 1056) hāluikara one who makes sweetmeats, a confectioner. 7)

(p. 1049) hastinī the female elephant, the cow-elephant; the worst of four types of women from the point of view of sexual union. 13)

(p. 1056) hāli1 a ploughman. 5)

(p. 1050) hāmalā an attack; an assault; a raid; a riot; a row. হামলা করা v. to launch an attack or assault or raid (upon); to riot; to kick up a row. 85)

(p. 1050) hābalā dull-witted; idiotic. 75)

(p. 1050) hābhāta, hābhātē one without means of procuring one's daily food; (fig.) an utterly indigent or wretched person. a. having no means to procure one's daily food; utterly indigent or wretched. 81)

(p. 1046) ha-ya-ba-ra-la gibberish, abracadabra; disorder, messy condition. 26)

(p. 1047) harapha any letter of the alphabet, a character; (print.) a type. হরফ-ঢালাই n. typecasting. হরফ ঢালাইয়ের কারখানা a typefoundry. 15)

(p. 1047) hariṇa the buck, the stag, the deer (pl. deer); the antelope. fem. হরিণী the doe, the hind, the female deer or antelope. ̃ছানা, ̃শাবক, ̃শিশু n. a fawn. ̃নয়না, ̃লোচন, হরিণাক্ষী a. fem. fawn-eyed. ̃বাড়ি n. a prison-house of ancient Calcutta; a prison, a gaol, a jail, a house of correction. হরিণের মাংস n. (as food) venison. 20)

(p. 1046) handara (obs.) a hundred weight. 17)