(p. 1050) hāṭa a market (esp. one held on fixed days of the week); a fair; (fig.) a disturbingly noisy place (ঘর তো নয়-হাট); (fig.) a concourse, an assemblage (বোকার হাট); (fig.) abundance, plenty (রূপের হাট). হাট করা v. to visit a market for buying and selling, to market; (fig.) to open fully or to open to public view (দরজা বা হৃদয় হাট করা). হাট বসানো, হাট মেলানো v. to establish a market; (fig.) to cause to assemble; to make a loud disturbing noise. ভাঙা হাট a market or fair on the point of closing for the day or for the term or for good; (fig.) anything disrupted or on the point of winding up. ̃বার n. a market-day. হাটুরিয়া, (coll.) হাটুরে n. a market-man (fem. a market-woman). a. carrying goods (and also people) to the market (হাটুরে নৌকা); going to the market for buying or selling, market-bound, marketing (হাটুরে লোক). হাটে হাঁড়ি ভাঙা to disclose or reveal one's guilt or wrong-doing in public, (cp.) to wash one's dirty linen in public. 48)
