ছ¹ [ cha¹ ] n the seventh consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

ছই [ chi ] n a portable covering made of straw for a boat or hackery.

ছউই [ chui ] n the sixth day of a month. ☐ a. (of the days of a month) sixth.

ছক [ chaka ] n a check of a checker-board; a checker-board; a descriptive form (আবেদনের ছক); a plan usu. a detailed one (আক্রমনের ছক); a rough sketch, a roughcast plan or outline (গল্পের ছক); a prescribed or traditional shape; a pat tern (উপন্যাসের ছকে ফেলা). ̃কাগজ n. squared paper; graph paper. ̃কাটা a. marked with squares; checkered; marked with descriptive columns. ছক কাটা v. to draw squares; (fig.) to rough cast; (fig.) to make a preliminary plan; (fig.) to draft.

ছকড়া-নকড়া [ chakaḍ়ā-nakaḍ়ā ] n utter disregard or neglect, utter disorder; utter waste or wasteful ness. ☐ a. lying at sixes and sevens, ly ing pell-mell; utterly neglected or wasted. ছকড়া-নকড়া করা v. to waste by utter disregard or neglect; to waste ut terly; to throw at sixes and sevens.

ছকা [ chakā ] v to sketch or draft; to roughcast; to make a preliminary or draft plan; to chalk out, to draw.

ছক্কা¹ [ chakkā¹ ] n a spiced dish of vegetables cooked almost dry.

ছক্কা² [ chakkā² ] n a playing card marked with six pips.

ছক্কাই-পাঞ্জাই [ chakkāi-pāñjāi ] n tall talk. ছক্কাই-পাঞ্জাই করা v. to boast; to brag.

ছটফট [ chaṭaphaṭa ] int expressing restlessness, anxi ety etc. ছটফট করা v. to become restless; to fidget; to be impatient with eager ness; to be troubled with anxiety; to toss about. ছটফটানি n. restlessness; fidgetiness; impatience. ছটফটে a. rest less.

ছটরা [ chaṭarā ] n a small bullet; a grapeshot.

ছটা [ chaṭā ] n glow, shine, lustre; light; beauty, glamour, splendour (রূপের ছটা); se quence, serial, succession (শ্লোকের ছটা); a series.

ছটাক [ chaṭāka ] n a measure of weight (= 1/16 সের); a little over 58 grams; a measure of area (4.18 square-metre).

ছড়¹ [ chaḍ়¹ ] n hide, skin (হরিণের ছড়).

ছড়² [ chaḍ়² ] n a long slender bar of metal or other material, a rod; a stick; a bow of a musical instrument (বেহালার ছড়); a long scratching mark, a long scratch (গায়ে ছড় লাগা).

ছড়া¹ [ chaḍ়ā¹ ] v to get scratched or grazed or bruised or flayed; to strip the skin or bark from.

ছড়া² [ chaḍ়ā² ] n a rhyme (ছেলে-ভোলানো ছড়া = a nursery rhyme; গ্রাম্য-ছড়া = a folk rhyme); a set of things threaded to gether or arranged as if threaded, a string (গোটছড়া); a bunch, a cluster (একছড়া কলা); a spell of sprinkling or a solution for sprinkling (গোবর ছড়া). ছড়া কাটা v. to cap verses, to quote apt verses.

ছড়াছড়ি [ chaḍ়āchaḍ়i ] n scattering about negligently and profusely; state of being scattered about negligently and profusely; profu sion, abundance. ছড়াছড়ি যাওয়া v. to lie scattered about neglectedly and abun dantly; to go a-begging.

ছড়ানো [ chaḍ়ānō ] v to scatter about in a disorderly manner, to strew; to scatter (বীজ ছড়ানো); to sprinkle (জল ছড়ানো); to give out, to emit (গন্ধ ছড়ানো); to spread (রোগ ছড়ানো).

ছড়ি [ chaḍ়i ] n a slender stick; a stick; a bow of a musical instrument; a walking-stick; (bot.) a spike (খেজুর ছড়ি). ছড়ি ঘোরানো v. to brandish one's stick; (fig.) to lord it over (a person), domineer, command undesirably.

ছড়িদার [ chaḍ়idāra ] n a person who helps and leads pilgrims (usu.) on an uphill journey.

ছতরি [ chatari ] n roof (esp. of a carriage); a wicker covering (as of a boat); a frame on a cot for rigging up a mosquito-net.

ছত্র² [ chatra² ] n a line of writing (দু ছত্র লেখা); a foot of a verse.

ছত্র³ [ chatra³ ] n an umbrella; a sunshade, a para sol. ̃ছায়ায় adv. (fig.) under the shelter or protection of.

ছত্রক [ chatraka ] n fungus; mushroom; a kingfisher.

ছত্রখান [ chatrakhāna ] a scattered about in a disorderly manner, all over the shop; scattered about, strewn here and there; scattered to pieces.

ছত্রণ্ড [ chatraṇḍa ] n a royal parasol and sceptre.

ছত্রধর, ছত্রধারী [ chatradhara, chatradhārī ] a. & n one who holds an open umbrella (as a regalia) over the head of a monarch or a person of im portance.

ছত্রপতি [ chatrapati ] n a king; an emperor; a title of the Maratha king Shivaji.

ছত্রভঙ্গ [ chatrabhaṅga ] n stampede, debacle; confusion and disorder; (rare) anarchy. ☐ a. stampeded; confused and disordered. ছত্রভঙ্গ করা v. to stampede, to dispel or disperse; to rout.

ছত্রাকার [ chatrākāra ] a shaped like an open umbrella; scattered about; scattered about in a disorderly (and usu. wasteful) manner, all over the shop.

ছত্রি¹ [ chatri¹ ] n a wicker covering as of a boat.

ছত্রি² [ chatri² ] n an Indian upcountry caste of Kshatriya origin; a member of this caste.

ছত্রী [ chatrī ] a umbrella-bearing; one who bears an open umbrella (as a regalia) over the head of a monarch or a person of importance or high status.

ছদ [ chada ] n a leaf of a tree (সপ্তচ্ছদ); a cover ing, a mantle (পরিচ্ছদ). ছদন n. the act of covering; a cover.

ছদ্ম [ chadma ] a feigned, disguised, assumed, pre tended; counterfeit, faked. ̃নাম n. as sumed name, pen-name, pseudonym. ̃বেশ n. a disguise. ছদ্মবেশ ধারণ করা v. to disguise oneself, to assume a dis guise. ̃বেশী a. disguised. fem. ̃বেশিনী । ছদ্মবেশী লোক an imposter; a person in cognito. ̃বেশে adv. in disguise, incog nito.

ছনছন, ছন্ছন্ [ chanachana, chanchan ] int expressing a feeling of physical indisposition. শরীর ছন্ছন্ করা to feel indisposed or out of sorts.

ছন্দ¹ [ chanda¹ ] n inclination, liking, proneness, de sire (ছন্দানুগমন); control (স্বচ্ছন্দে); man ner, way, fashion (বিবিধ ছন্দে). ছন্দানুগমন n. act of moving or working at will; wilfulness. ছন্দানুগামী a. moving or working at will; wilful. ছন্দানুবর্তন n. act of moving or working at another's will; act of complying with another's will. ছন্দানুবর্তী a. moving or working at another's will, complying. ছন্দানুবৃত্তি same as ছন্দানুবর্তন । ছন্দানুসরণ same as ছন্দানুগমন । ছন্দানুসারী same as ছন্দানুগামী ।

ছন্দ², ছন্দঃ [ chanda², chandḥ ] n poetical metre; prosody. ছন্দপতন, ছন্দপাত, ছন্দোভঙ্গ n. an instance of defect or break in the poetical metre (cp. catalectic); (fig.) disturbance (জীবনের ছন্দপতন). ছন্দবিশ্লেষণ n. scansion. ছন্দঃশাস্ত্র, ছন্দশাস্ত্র n. prosody.

ছন্দেবন্দে [ chandēbandē ] adv by means fair or foul, by hook or by crook.

ছন্দোবদ্ধ [ chandōbaddha ] a versified. ছন্দোবদ্ধ পদ metrical composition.

ছন্দোবন্ধ [ chandōbandha ] n versification; metrical rhythm.

ছন্ন [ channa ] a covered; overcast; obscured; dis appeared, removed ('পাপতাপ হবে ছন্ন'); lost. ̃ছাড়া a. ruined, homeless; Bohe mian, vagabond, roving. ̃মতি a. out of one's senses, out of one's right wits, not in the proper frame of mind.

ছপ [ chapa ] int expressing a splashing noise. ছপছপ int. expressing repeated or con tinuous splashing noise.

ছবি¹ [ chabi¹ ] n glow, lustre (রবিচ্ছবি); beauty, show (মুখচ্ছবি).

ছবি² [ chabi² ] n a painting, a picture; a portrait. ছবি তোলা to take a photograph or snap shot, to photograph. ছবি আঁকা to draw or paint a picture.

ছমছম [ chamachama ] int expressing an uncanny or eerie sensation. ছমছমে a. uncanny, eerie, weird.

ছয় [ chaẏa ] n. & a six.

ছয়লাপ [ chaẏalāpa ] a overfull; overflowing; flooded; strewn with (ঘরখানা কাগজপত্রে ছয়লাপ); extravagantly wasted, squandered (জিনিসপত্রের বা টাকাপয়সার ছয়লাপ). ছয়লাপ করা v. to fill to excess; to flood; to stew; to waste extravagantly, to squan der.

ছরকট, ছরকোট [ charakaṭa, charakōṭa ] n mess; mismanagement.

ছল [ chala ] n deception, deceit, fraud; dissimu lation; a hoax, a deceptive trick, a stratagem; course (কথাচ্ছলে); form, shape ('বৃষ্টিছলে মেঘ কাঁদে'); a beck ('কথা কয় ছলে'); a pretext, a pretence, a plea (প্রণামের ছলে, ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে); a fault or fail ing, a defect (ছল ধরা). ছল করা v. to hide one's real feelings, thoughts etc. to give a wrong idea of them, to feign. ছল ধরা v. to find fault with, to cavil. ছল পাতা v. to lay a trap. ̃চাতুরি n. fraud and deceit. ̃গ্রাহী a. fault-finding, cav illing. ☐ n. a faultfinder, a caviller. ̃ছুতো n. faults and pretexts, pretexts and pretences; a negligible fault or de fect; excuses (to explain or defend one's conduct etc.) ছলেবলে adv. by force or fraud, by hook or by crook.

ছলচ্ছল [ chalacchala ] int expressing rippling noise. ☐ a. making a rippling noise, rippling ('ছলচ্ছল...তরঙ্গা').

ছলছল [ chalachala ] int expressing the noise made by running water (ছলছল করে বয়ে চলা); tearfulness (চক্ষু ছলছল করা). ☐ a. tear ful, lachrymose, moist (ছলছল চোখে). ছলছল করা v. to become tearful.

ছলনা, ছলন [ chalanā, chalana ] n deception, deceit, fraud; dis simulation; beguilement, double-deal ing; hoaxing. ছলনা করা v. to deceive; to beguile; to hoax; to play (a person) false.

ছলা [ chalā ] v to deceive; to beguile; to hoax.

ছলাকলা [ chalākalā ] n tricks and posturings; false gestures.

ছলাত্ [ chalāt ] int expressing the sound of dash ing any liquid against a hard substance.

ছলিত [ chalita ] a deceived, cheated; beguiled; hoaxed.

ছা [ chā ] n a young one of a bird and also of small animals (পাখির ছা); an infant, a child, an offspring (ছাপোষা). ̃পোষা a. burdened or encumbered with the re sponsibility of rearing several or many children on a small income; (fig.) meek and timid; fearful.

ছাই [ chāi ] n ashes; a negligible or worthless thing; trash, rubbish; nothing (ছাই জানে). ̃পাঁশ, ̃ভস্ম n. pl. (fig.) trash, rubbish; nonsensical talk, stuff and nonsense. ছাইচাপা আগুন (lit.) fire smouldering under ashes; (fig.) a latent quality or a suppressed feeling. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. an ashtray. ছাই ফেলতে ভাঙা কুলো a neglected person of a family who is made to do all unpleasant and unimportant jobs. ̃রং n. ash colour, dull grey colour. ̃রঙা a. ash, grey.

ছাউনি¹ [ chāuni¹ ] n roofing, roof (খেলার বা খড়ের ছাউনি); an awning.

ছাউনি² [ chāuni² ] n a cantonment; a military en campment or base.

ছাওয়া [ chāōẏā ] v to cover; to roof, to thatch; to spread; to overcast; to pervade; to be set. ☐ a. covered; roofed, thatched; spread; overcast; shaded; shady; per vaded; beset. ☐ n. act of covering or roofing or thatching; shade, a shaded place. ছাওয়ানো v. to cause to cover or roof or thatch.

ছওয়াল [ chōẏāla ] n (dial.) a son, a child, offspring.

ছাঁকনি, ছাঁকনা [ chān̐kani, chān̐kanā ] n a sieve, a strainer.

ছাঁকা [ chān̐kā ] v to sieve, to sift, to strain; to fil trate. ☐ a. sieved, sifted, strained; fil tered; true or clear (ছাঁকা কথা); espe cially selected or chosen, select (ছাঁকা ছাঁকা প্রশ্ন বা মানুষ); unmixed, unadulter ated, pure (ছাঁকা গঙ্গাজল); easily avail able (ছাঁকা পয়সা); used in sifting or filtration (আটা-ছাঁকা চালুনি, চা-ছাঁকা ন্যাকড়া). ছাঁকা তেলে ভাজা to fry in so much oil or fat as to necessitate strain ing. ছেঁকে ধরা v. to beset, to encircle, to hem in; to besiege; to surround from all sides.

ছাঁকি জাল [ chān̐ki jāla ] n a scoop-net, a dipping-net.

ছাঁচ¹ [ chān̐ca¹ ] n eaves (of a roof or thatch); a pent-house. ̃তলা n. the space below the overhanging roof or thatch.

ছাঁচ² [ chān̐ca² ] n a mould (সন্দেশের ছাঁচ); any food shaped in a mould (ক্ষীরের ছাঁচ); a ma trix; likeness, similarity, image (একই ছাঁচে গড়া).

ছাঁচকার [ chān̐cakāra ] n a moulder.

ছাঁচি [ chān̐ci ] a pure, genuine; indigenous (ছাঁচি কুমরো). ছাঁচি কুমড়ো, ছাঁচি পান, ছাঁচি বেত see কুমড়ো, পান and বেত respectively.

ছাঁট [ chān̐ṭa ] n clippings, loppings, cuttings, scrap of anything; style of cutting or crop ping, cut (জামার ছাঁট, চুলের ছাঁট). ☐ a. scrap (ছাঁট কাগজ).

ছাঁটা [ chān̐ṭā ] v to cut, to cut off, to clip, to trim, to crop, to lop, to prune; (rare) to husk; to exclude (দল থেকে ছাঁটা); to retrench; to cut short, to reduce (খরচ ছাঁটা, গল্প ছাঁটা). ☐ a. clipped, trimmed, cropped, lopped, pruned; husked, husking; ex cluded; retrenched; reduced. ̃ই n. cut ting off or clipping or trimming or cropping or pruning; exclusion; re trenchment; reduction; scrap. ছাঁটাই করা v. to cut off, to clip, to trim, to prune; to exclude; to retrench; to reduce. ̃প্রস্তাব n. a cut motion. ̃নো v. to cause to cut off or clip or trim or prune; to cause to be cut off or clipped or trimmed or pruned. ছেঁটে ফেলা v. to cut off, to clip, to trim, to lop; to exclude.

ছাঁত্ [ chān̐t ] int expressing the sound caused by casting something in hot oil or fat; sud den and sharp sensation of something alarming or disturbing (বুকের মধ্যে ছাঁত্ করে ওঠা).

ছাঁদ [ chān̐da ] n shape, form, cut (মুখের ছাঁদ); type, style, manner (অক্ষরের ছাঁদ, কথার ছাঁদ, নানান ছাঁদ).

ছাঁদন [ chān̐dana ] n act of encircling or tying round; act of binding the hind feet of a cow at the time of milking. ̃দড়ি n. the string or cord or rope with which the hind feet of a cow are tied at the time of milking.

ছাঁদনাতলা [ chān̐danātalā ] n a canopied place in the open where a Hindu marriage ceremony is held.

ছাঁদা [ chān̐dā ] v to pack or wrap (chiefly used as a correl. of বাঁধা); to bind, to tie, to tether the hind feet of a cow at the time of milking; to commence (গল্প ছাঁদা, বাড়ি ছাঁদা); to design, to plan, to contrive, to contemplate (ফন্দি ছাঁদা). ☐ a. designed, planned, contrived, contemplated; commenced, started. ☐ n. a packet of food that a guest takes or manages to obtain from his host to carry home.

ছাগ, ছাগল [ chāga, chāgala ] n the he-goat; the goat. fem. ছাগী, ছাগলী the she-goat. ছাগলদাড়ি n. a goatee. ছাগদুগ্ধ n. goat's milk. ছাগলনাদি,, n. dung-pellets of a goat. ছাগশিশু ছাগলছানা n. the young of a goat, a yeanling, a kid. ছাগলাদ্য ঘৃত an Ayurvedic (আয়ুর্বেদীয়) medicine pre pared from the fat of a castrated goat.

ছাট [ chāṭa ] n a beating in of rain driven by wind; a spray or sprinkle (জলের ছাট, বৃষ্টির ছাট).

ছাড় [ chāḍ় ] n omission (লেখার ছাড়); release (হাজত থেকে ছাড়); escape (বিপদ থেকে ছাড় নেই); exemption (দায় থেকে ছাড়); allowance, discount, rebates, commis sion (ছাড় বাদ দেওয়া); permission (ছাড়পত্র); a permit for unloading a ship. ̃ছোড় n. rebate, discount; escape. ̃পত্র n. a passport; a permit for move ment.

ছাড়া [ chāḍ়ā ] v to quit, to forsake (সংসার ছাড়া); to put or take off or leave or change (কাপড় ছাড়া, বাড়ি ছাড়া); to give up (নেশা ছাড়া); to begin to move off or leave, to depart (গাড়ি ছাড়া); to release, to set free (চোরকে ছেড়ে দিয়েছে); to undergo remission, to subside (জ্বর ছাড়া); to ex empt, to overlook (ছেড়ে কথা বলা); to get detached or disentangled, to come off, to loosen (জোড় ছাড়া, জট ছাড়া); to make louder, to raise, to open out (গলা ছাড়া); to post (চিঠি ছাড়া); to stop beat ing, to sink (নাড়ি ছাড়া); to bring forth, to lay (ডিম ছাড়া); to throw, to shoot (বাণ ছাড়া); to cast or slough off (খোলস ছাড়া). ☐ a. deserted (গ্রামছাড়া); bereft of, deprived of, separated from, evicted from (মা-ছাড়া, ভিটেছাড়া); set free, let loose (ছাড়া গোরু); abandoned by, forsaken by (লক্ষ্মীছাড়া); excluded from (সৃষ্টিছাড়া). ☐ n. release or exemp tion (ছাড়া পাওয়া). ☐ prep. except, with out, but (তোমাকে ছাড়া চলবে না) ছাড়া-ছাড়া a. not thickly set, sparse; incoherent (ছাড়া-ছাড়া কথা). ̃ছাড়ি n. separation; parting; estrangement. ̃নো v. to cause to quit or forsake or put off or change or give up; to obtain release (আসামিকে ছাড়ানো); to cause remission; to detach or disentangle, to cause to come off, to loosen; to cause to make louder or open out; to cause to cast off. ছাড়া পাওয়া v. to get released; to get or enjoy an exemption.

ছাড়ান [ chāḍ়āna ] n (pron. ছাড়ান্) release or exemp tion.

ছাত [ chāta ] n roof; ceiling.

ছাতলা [ chātalā ] n a fine woolly or pasty growth usually caused by damp and dirt, mould, mildew; fungus; (of teeth) tar tar; (of tongue etc.) a morbid or dirty coating; rust.

ছাতা¹ [ chātā¹ ] n umbrella: (coll.) brolly; parasol.

ছাতা² [ chātā² ] n a fungus; a mushroom; mould, a dirty or morbid coating, rust, tartar. ছাতা-ধরা, ছাতা-পড়া a. mouldy, musty, having a dirty or morbid coating, rusted, having tartar. ব্যাঙের ছাতা a mushroom; a fungus.

ছাতি² [ chāti² ] n the width of the chest (বুকের ছাতি); chest; (fig.) courage. ছাতি ফাটা v. to feel as if one's chest will split (in thirst, sorrow etc.); to feel like dying. ছাতি ফোলানো v. to expand one's chest; to make an exhibition of one's strength; to vaunt, to brag, to rattle the sabre.

ছাতিম [ chātima ] n a large tree with digitate leaves.

ছাতিয়া [ chātiẏā ] n (poet. & obs.) chest.

ছাতু [ chātu ] n flour made of barely, pigeonpea, maize etc.; farina. ̃খোর n. (sl.) an upcountry Indian whose staple food is barley or maize.

ছাত্র [ chātra ] n a student, a pupil; a learner; a dis ciple. fem. ছাত্রী । ̃জীবন, ছাত্রাবস্হা n. stu dent-life. ̃নায়ক n. a class monitor. ̃নিবাস, ছাত্রাগার, ছাত্রাবাস n. a students' boarding-house, a hostel. ̃বৃত্তি n. a scholarship; a middle school examina tion held formerly in Bengal. ̃সংসদ n. a students' union or association.

ছাদ [ chāda ] n roof; ceiling. ছাদের ঘর an attic. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which covers; one who builds a roof or thatches. ̃ন n. act of covering or roofing or thatch ing; a roofing or thatching material.

ছাদিত [ chādita ] a covered; roofed; thatched.

ছানতা [ chānatā ] n a perforated ladle, a strainer ladle.

ছানা¹ [ chānā¹ ] v to knead; to make into a paste by pressing with hands, to soften by kneading (কাদা ছেনে পুতুল গড়া). ☐ a. kneaded; made into a paste by pressing with hands, softened by kneading.

ছানা² [ chānā² ] n posset. ছানা কাটা v. (of milk) to turn or be turned into posset; to curdle. ছানার জল whey. ̃বড়া see ছানাবড়া ।

ছানা³ [ chānā³ ] n a young of a bird or beast. ̃পোনা n. young ones collectively of a bird or beast; (hum.—of men) little ones. ছানা বিয়ানো v. to bring forth young ones. কুকুরছানা n. a pup, a puppy. ছাগলছানা n. a kid. বিড়ালছানা n. a kitten. মুরগির ছানা n. a chick or a chicken. শিয়ালছানা n. a cub. শূকরছানা n. a pig. হরিণছানা n. a fawn. হাঁসের ছানা n. (পাতিহাঁসের) a duckling; (রাজহাঁসের) a gosling.

ছানাবড়া [ chānābaḍ়ā ] n posset cake. চোখ ছানাবড়া হওয়া (fig.) to be dumbfounded or flabber gasted; to look aghast, to be awestruck.

ছানি¹ [ chāni¹ ] n an opaque condition of the cornea, cataract. ছানি কাটা, ছানি তোলা v. to remove a cataract by ophthalmic surgery. ছানিপড়া v. to be affected with cataract.

ছানি² [ chāni² ] n (law) a review of judgment.

ছানি³ [ chāni³ ] n a beck, a signal (হাতছানি).

ছানি⁴ [ chāni⁴ ] n hay or fodder for cattle.

ছান্দ¹ [ chānda¹ ] n (poet. obs.) a bond or tie ('মায়া ছান্দে বিশ্ব পড়ি কাঁদে').

ছান্দ² [ chānda² ] n (poet. obs.) manner, style, fash ion ('বিনাইয়া নানা ছান্দে').

ছান্দস [ chāndasa ] n a Vedic scholar or teacher. ☐ a. originating from the Vedas, Vedic; re lating to poetical metre, metrical.

ছান্দসিক [ chāndasika ] a versed in prosody or poetic metre. ☐ n. one who is versed in prosody.

ছাপ [ chāpa ] n a seal, a stamp; a print, an impres sion; a mark, a stain. ছাপ দেওয়া, ছাপ মারা v. to seal, to stamp; to print; to mark.

ছাপর [ chāpara ] n a covering, a roof, a thatch. ̃খাট n. a bedstead fitted with rods for hang ing a mosquito-net.

ছাপয়ল [ chāpaẏala ] v (obs. & poet.) covered, veiled, concealed, hid.

ছাপা¹ [ chāpā¹ ] v to print. ☐ a. printed. ☐ n. print (ছাপার অক্ষর). ̃ই n. printing; cost of printing, printing charges. ̃খরচ n. cost of printing. ̃খানা n. a printing house, a letter-press, a press. ̃নো v. to cause to print; to get printed. ☐ a. printed.

ছাপা² [ chāpā² ] v to lie or become covered or sup pressed or concealed. ☐ a. covered, suppressed; concealed. ̃ছাপি n. con cealment; act of keeping secret from one another; act of overflowing or go ing beyond bounds. ☐ a. overflowing (পুকুরে জল ছাপাছাপি হয়েছে). ̃নো v. to conceal, to hide; to overflow or go be yond bounds. ☐ a. concealed; over flowing (কূল-ছাপানো জল).

ছাপ্পান্ন [ chāppānna ] n. & a fifty-six.

ছাব্বিশ [ chābbiśa ] n. & a twenty-six. ছাব্বিশে n. the twenty-sixth day of a month. ☐ a. (of days of a month) twenty-sixth.

ছায়া [ chāẏā ] n a reflection, a shadow; shade, umbra (ছায়ায় বসা); semblance, resem blance, likeness (ছেলেটি বাপেরই ছায়া); slight influence (এ কবিতায় রবীন্দ্রনাথের ছায়া আছে); a faint shadow (এ উত্সবে আনন্দের ছায়াও নেই); a constant com panion (ছায়া হয়ে সঙ্গে থাকা); a spectre, an apparition, a ghost (ছায়াশরীর); dark ness (রাতের ছায়া, সন্ধ্যার ছায়া); glow, shine, lustre (রত্নচ্ছায়া); shelter or pro tection ('দেহ পদচ্ছায়া'); the name of the wife of the Hindu sungod. ছায়া না মাড়ানো to keep one's distance, to stand or keep aloof. ̃চিত্র n. a cinemato graphic film; a cinema. ̃তরু n. a large tree giving shade. ̃ত্মজ, ̃সুত n. Sat urn, the son of the sungod. ̃দেহ, ̃শরীর n. a spectre, an apparition, a phantom, a ghost. ̃নট n. an Indian musical mode. ̃পথ n. galaxy, the Milky Way. ̃বাজি n. magic; magic lantern. ̃ভিনয় n. shadow-play. ̃মণ্ডপ n. a canopied place in the open (esp. where a Hindu wedding-ceremony is held). ̃ময় a. shady, umbrageous, shadowy, bowery (ছায়াময় স্হান); spectral, apparitional, ghostly (ছায়াময় দেহ). ̃মুর্তি n. an appa rition, a phantom, a spectre, a ghost.

ছার [ chāra ] n ashes; (fig.) a contemptible thing, rubbish (কী ছার বলছ); (fig.) a con temptible person (সে কোন ছার); (fig.) the mortal body ('রাগ দ্বেষ মোহ লইয়া ছার'). ☐ a. base; contemptible. ̃কপালে n. (vul. in abuses) an unfortunate or ill starred man. ☐ a. unfortunate or ill starred. fem. ̃কপালী । ̃খার n. ruin, downfall (ছারখারে যাওয়া). ☐ a. ruined, downfallen (ছারখার হওয়া). আমি কোন ছার not to speak of a humble man like me.

ছারপোকা [ chārapōkā ] n the bug.

ছাল [ chāla ] n epidermis, scarf-skin; scarf; skin; hide; leather; bark (of trees). ছাল ছাড়ানো, ছাল তোলা v. to flay, to skin.

ছালট [ chālaṭa ] n bark (of trees).

ছালটি [ chālaṭi ] n cloth woven with the yarn of jute, hemp etc.

ছালন [ chālana ] n spicy curry.

ছালা [ chālā ] n a sack, a gunny-bag.

ছি [ chi ] int fie. ছি-ছি n. reproach, upbraiding, abuse, condemnation. ছি-ছি করা v. to reproach, to upbraid, to look down upon, to condemn.

ছিঁচকাদুনে [ chin̐cakādunē ] a lachrymose, prone to be tear ful; maudlin. fem; ছিঁচকাদুনি ।

ছিট¹ [ chiṭa¹ ] n a drop, a blob (কালির ছিট); chintz; a faint sign (পাগলামির ছিট); slight mental derangement, eccentric ity, a fad or caprice.

ছিট² [ chiṭa² ] n a fragment, a piece or portion. ☐ a. detached, separate (ছিটমহল).

ছিটকানো [ chiṭakānō ] v to spatter (both t. & i.); to re bound, to fly off (only i). ☐ a. spat tered; rebounded, flown off.

ছিটকিনি [ chiṭakini ] n a bolt or cleat.

ছিটগ্রস্হ [ chiṭagrasha ] a capricious, eccentric; a bit touched.

ছিটমহল [ chiṭamahala ] n land or holding lying detached from the parent estate; an enclave.

ছিদ্যমান [ chidyamāna ] a in the process of being cut up or hewed.

ছিদ্র [ chidra ] n a hole; a slot; a pore; a perfora tion; an opening; a fault, a defect, a shortcoming (পরের ছিদ্র খোঁজা); a weak point. (শত্রুর ছিদ্রে ঘা দেওয়া). ̃দর্শী a. fault-finding. ☐ n. a fault-finder. ̃যুক্ত a. porous, perforated; leaky. ছিদ্রনুসন্ধান, ছিদ্রান্বেষণ n. act of looking for others' fault. ছিদ্রানুসন্ধায়ী, ছিদ্রান্বেষী a. fault-find ing. ছিদ্রিত a. holed; perforated; bored; pierced; having a hole or holes.

ছিনতাই [ chinatāi ] n theft or appropriation by snatching.

ছিনানো [ chinānō ] v to snatch; to seize; to wrest. ☐ a. appropriated by snatching or sei zure.

ছিনাল [ chināla ] n an unchaste or lewd woman, an adulteress; a strumpet, a whore; a co quette, a flirt. ছিনালি n. coquetry, flirta tion. ছিনালি করা v. to coquette, to flirt.

ছিনিমিনি [ chinimini ] n act of playing ducks and drakes; (fig.) reckless use or expendi ture, squandering. ছিনিমিনি খেলা v. to play ducks and drakes; (fig.) to use or spend recklessly, to squander, to fritter away.

ছিন্ন [ chinna ] a torn, rent; split, cloven; cut down (ছিন্ন বৃক্ষ); uprooted; detached, sepa rated; removed (ছিন্নসংশয়). ছিন্না a. fem. of ছিন্ন । n. a prostitute, a harlot. ̃দ্বৈধ a. freed from hesitation. ̃নাস a. one whose nose has been cut off or ampu tated. ̃পক্ষ a. one whose wings have been clipped off; (fig.) rendered pow erless, frustrated. ̃পত্র n. a fragment of a letter. ̃বাস a. one whose clothes are torn; wearing ragged clothes, in tatters, out at elbows. ☐ n. torn or tattered clothes. ̃বিচ্ছিন্ন, ̃ভিন্ন a. torn or cut or broken to pieces; fragmented; torn asunder; ruined by dissensions or fac tions. ̃মস্তক, ̃শির, ̃শীর্ষ a. truncated; decapitated; lopped. ̃মস্তা n. a trun cated manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃মূল a. uprooted, weeded out. ছিন্নমূল জনগণ uprooted or homeless people; refugees, displaced persons. ̃মুষ্ক, ছিন্নাণ্ড a. castrated.

ছিপ¹ [ chipa¹ ] n a very fast-moving lightweight and long boat.

ছিপ² [ chipa² ] n a fishing-rod, an angle, ছিপে মাছ ধরা v. to angle.

ছিপছিপে [ chipachipē ] a slim; slender; lean.

ছিপানো [ chipānō ] v to slip, to give (one) the slip, to hide; to keep in hiding, to lie con cealed. ☐ a. slipped away, hidden; concealed.

ছিপি [ chipi ] n a cork, a stopper. ছিপি আঁটা v. to cork, to stopple.

ছিমছাম [ chimachāma ] a smart and tidy, spruce, spick and span.

ছিয়াত্তর [ chiẏāttara ] a. & n seventy-six. ছিয়াত্তরের মন্বন্তর the famine that occurred in Ben gal and also in several other provinces of India in the Bengali era 1176 (1769 A.D.).

ছিয়াশি [ chiẏāśi ] n. & a eighty-six.

ছিয়ে [ chiẏē ] int (obs. & poet.) fie.

ছিল [ chila ] p of the verb-root আছ or থাকা ।

ছিলমচি [ chilamaci ] n the rod of the hookah on which the chillum is placed, the chillum holder.

ছিলা [ chilā ] n a bowstring; fringe of a piece of cloth, fringe of the sari worn by the In dian women.

ছিলিম [ chilima ] n the bowl of a hookah, a chillum; a quantity of tobacco that may be smoked in a chillum at one time, chillumful (এক ছিলিম তামাক).

ছুঁচো [ chun̐cō ] n the mole, the musk-rat; (fig. & dero.) a mean person. ˜মি n. mean ness, baseness, rascality; pettiness, little-mindedness. ছুঁচো মেরে হাত গন্ধ করা (fig.) to sue a beggar and get a louse. ছুঁচোর কেত্তন (fig.) disgusting noise, hul labaloo, a state of noisy confusion, bedlam let loose.

ছুঁচোবাজি [ chun̐cōbāji ] n a squib.

ছুঁড়ি [ chun̐ḍ়i ] n (dero.) a young woman, a lass. ওঠ্ ছুঁড়ি তোর বিয়ে (fig.) a sudden call for an action esp. an important one, feverish haste.

ছুঁত [ chun̐ta ] n touch, contagion, contact impurity caused by touching what is untouchable, contactile impurity; a defect, a fault. ̃মার্গ n. the Hindu system of untouch ability; fear of being defiled by contact with so-called 'low-caste' people.

ছুকরি [ chukari ] n (usu. dero.) a young woman or maid, a lass.

ছুচুন্দরী [ chucundarī ] n the female musk-rat, the she mole.

ছুট¹ [ chuṭa¹ ] n a string for dressing hair; a fillet; a wearing cloth.

ছুট² [ chuṭa² ] n recess; leisure; escape, exemp tion; release; relief.

ছুট³ [ chuṭa³ ] n a commercial discount (ছুট বাদ দেওয়া); an omission (ছুট যাওয়া); a run (এক ছুটে). ছুট দেওয়া, ছুট মারা v. to run off, to spurt off, to bolt; to run away, to scamper off. এক ছুটে adv. in a run; in a breath.

ছুটন্ত [ chuṭanta ] a running, on the run; racing.

ছুটা, ছোটা [ chuṭā, chōṭā ] v to run; to flow speedily (স্রোত ছোটা); to flow out profusely or rapidly (ঘাম ছোটা); to come or go out (আগুন ছুটছে); to pour down profusely or rap idly ('বাদল ছুটেছে'); to fly, to go off (তির ছোটা); to come off flying (খিল ছোটা); to release from influence, to re lax influence (নেশা ছোটা); to come off, to fade (রং ছোটা); to break (ঘুম ছোটা). to stream out (মুখ ছোটা); ঘুম ছোটা v. to awake. নেশা ছোটা v. to get sober. মুখ ছোটা v. to vituperate; to be vociferous. ছুটাছুটি, ছোটাছুটি n. act or spell of running about; bustle. ছুটানো v. to cause to run or to flow speedily; to cause to flow out profusely or rapidly; to expel; to cause to come off flying; to remove the influence of; to break (ঘুম ছুটানো); to cause to stream out (মুখ ছুটানো).

ছুটি [ chuṭi ] n leisure, recess; break; break-up; a holiday; a vacation (গ্রীষ্মের ছুটি, পূজার ছুটি); a leave of absence; retirement; relief; release. ছুটির দিন a holiday. লম্বা ছুটি a furlough, long leave.

ছুড়া, ছোড়া [ chuḍ়ā, chōḍ়ā ] v to throw, to hurl; to cast, to fling; to shoot (তির ছোড়া, গুলি ছোড়া); to fire (বন্দুক ছোড়া). পাথর ছুড়ে মারা to pelt (one) with stones. ছোড়াছুড়ি n. act of throwing at one another; act of throw ing continuously. ছোড়ানো v. to cause to throw or cast or fling or shoot or fire.

ছুমন্তর [ chumantara ] n charms and incantations; magic.

ছুরি, ছুরিকা [ churi, churikā ] n a knife; a pen-knife (usu. পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি); a clasp-knife; a dag ger; a dirk. ছুরি মারা v. to knife, to knive, to stab. গলায় ছুরি মারা (lit.) to cut one's throat, to assassinate, to kill; (usu. fig.) to ruin esp. by exacting a heavy payment. ছুরিকাঘাত n. a stab, stabbing.

ছুরিত [ churita ] a besmeared, coated; entangled; inlaid, beset; bedecked; pervaded; in volved.

ছুলা, ছোলা [ chulā, chōlā ] v to peel (নারকেল ছোলা); to scrape (জিভ ছোলা). ☐ n. act of peeling or scraping; something to scrape with (জিভ ছুলছে). ছোলানো v. to cause to peel or scrape.

ছুলি [ chuli ] n nettle-rash, urticaria; a skin dis ease akin to ringworm.

ছে [ chē ] n (dial.) a slice; (dial.) recess or sus pension, interval, stoppage (বৃষ্টির ছে নেই).

ছেঁচকি [ chēn̐caki ] n a dry dish of vegetables cooked in a little oil.

ছেঁচড়া² [ chēn̐caḍ়ā² ] n a dry dish of vegetables and fish-bones cooked in a little oil.

ছেঁচড়ানো [ chēn̐caḍ়ānō ] v to drag along the ground esp. forcibly.

ছেঁচড়ামি [ chēn̐caḍ়āmi ] n swindling, cheating; knavery; unwillingness to repay debts.

ছেঁচা² [ chēn̐cā² ] v to pound, to thrash. ̃নো v. to cause to pound or thrash or be pounded or be thrashed.

ছেঁড়াখোড়া [ chēn̐ḍ়ākhōḍ়ā ] a torn and worn-out, torn and ragged.

ছেঁদা [ chēn̐dā ] n a hole, a cavity, a slot, a rent. ছেঁদা করা v. to make a hole, to bore, to perfo rate.

ছেঁদো [ chēn̐dō ] a of no importance, airy, evasive (ছেঁদো কথা). ছেঁদো কথা n. meaningless, worthless or useless talk.

ছেক¹ [ chēka¹ ] n stoppage, remission, cessation, suspension.

ছেচল্লিশ [ chēcalliśa ] n & a. forty-six.

ছেত্তা [ chēttā ] a one who cuts or cleaves or sev ers. ছেত্তব্য a. to be cut or split, to be cleft or fit to be cleft or cut.

ছেদ [ chēda ] n act of cutting or severing (শিরশ্ছেদ); a section (দীর্ঘচ্ছেদ); cessa tion, suspension (বৃষ্টিতে বা কথায় ছেদ পড়া); a part, a chapter (পরিচ্ছেদ); (gr.) any of the punctuation marks (also ছেদচিহ্ন). ছেদ পড়া v. to cease. ̃ক a. one who or that which cuts or cleaves or severs. ☐ n. a cutter; (geom.) a section, a sector. ̃ক-দন্ত n. a canine tooth. ̃ন n. act of cutting or cleaving or sever ing. ছেদনী n. a cutting tool, a cutter. ছেদনীয়, ছেদ্য a. that which is to be or can be cut or cleaved or severed. ̃হীন a. unceasing, ceaseless; incessant. ছেদিত a. cut, cleft, severed.

ছেদবিন্দু [ chēdabindu ] n point of intersection.

ছেনি [ chēni ] n a chisel esp. a small one.

ছেবলা [ chēbalā ] rej spell. of ছ্যাবলা ।

ছেলে [ chēlē ] n a boy; a lad; a male child; a son; (vul.) a person (মেয়েছেলে). ̃খেলা n. a boy's or child's play; a very easy task; act of trifling with; dalliance. ছেলেখেলা করা v. to trifle with, to play with. ̃ছোকরা n. pl. young men or chaps or fellows; lads. ̃ধরা n. a child-lifter, a kidnapper of children. ̃পিলে, ̃পুলে n. pl. children, kiddies; one's sons and daughters collectively (not necessarily minor ones). ̃বেলা n. childhood; in fancy. ছেলেভুলানো খেলনা n. the child's toys. ছেলেভুলানো গান n. lullaby. ছেলে ভুলানো ছড়া n. nursery rhyme. ̃মানুষ a. tenderaged; inexperienced; childish; young and inexperienced (cp. a green horn). ̃মানুষি, ̃মি n. frivolity; silliness; immaturity; childishness. ছেলেমেয়ে boys and girls; children; sons and daughters.

ছেষট্টি [ chēṣaṭṭi ] n & a. sixty-six.

ছোঁ [ chō ] n a sudden swoop or spring with an attempt to seize or bite, a pounce. ছোঁ মারা v. to pounce (upon), to swoop down on.

ছোঁকছোঁক [ chōn̐kachōn̐ka ] int expressing the watering state of the mouth in greed. ছোঁকছোঁক করা v. to fret in suppressed greed.

ছোঁচা [ chōn̐cā ] a ludicrously greedy of food; given to ludicrous thieving of food. ̃মি n. ludicrous greed for food; practice of ludicrous thieving of food. ছোঁচামি করা v. to indulge in ludicrous greed for food or in ludicrous thieving of food.

ছোঁচানো [ chōn̐cānō ] v to wash the posterior after evacuation.

ছোঁড়া² [ chōn̐ḍ়ā² ] n (dero.) a young man, a lad.

ছোঁয়া [ chōm̐ẏā ] v to touch. ☐ n. touch (ছোঁয়া লাগা) ☐ a. touched, contacted; touching (আকাশছোঁয়া). ̃চ n. (usu. dero.) touch, contact, contagion, influence. ̃চে a. contagious. ছুঁয়ি n. mutual touch or contact; impurity caused by touch or contact. ̃নো v. to cause to touch or be touched. ̃লেপা n. act of touching the untouchable; impurity caused by the touch of the so-called untouchable.

ছোকরা [ chōkarā ] n (usu. dero.) a young man; a lad; a boy; a greenhorn; a boy servant; a serving-boy; a page; an underage em ployee. ☐ a. tender-aged, young; young and inexperienced.

ছোট [ chōṭa ] a small, little, tiny (ছোট ছেলেমেয়ে, ছোট কুকুর, ছোট গাছ, ছোট পুকুর); short (ছোট গল্প, ছোট দড়ি); trifling (ছোট ব্যপার); mean, base, low (ছোটমন, ছোট নজর, ছোটলোক); lower, subordinate, concerned with small causes (ছোট আদালত); junior (ছোট সাহেব); younger (ছোট ভাই); youngest (ছোট ছেলে, ছোট বউ); socially depressed (ছোট জাত); holding lesser amount of shares, junior (ছোট তরফ); belittled (লোকের চোখে ছোট হওয়া); modest ('বড় যদি হতে চাও, ছোট হও তবে ') ̃খাটো a. (very) trifling (ছোট খাটো ব্যাপার); (very) small (ছোটখাটো ঘর বা গাছ); (very) short (ছোটখাটো গল্প). ̃জজ a puisne judge. ̃লোক n. a base or mean-minded person; a rude or un civil person; a person belonging to a socially depressed class. ̃হাজরি see হাজরি ।

ছোটা² [ chōṭā² ] n a piece of dried bark of banana or dried straw used as a string.

ছোট্ট [ chōṭṭa ] a (very) small, little, tiny; (very) short; (very) trifling; young.

ছোড় [ chōḍ় ] n separation; act of leaving or giv ing up (নাছোড়) ☐ a. separated, de tached, parted (ছোড় হওয়া). ̃ই v. (obs. & poet.) leave(s), give(s) up; discontinue(s). ̃ন n. act of leaving or giving up or discontinuing. ̃ব v. 3rd per. (obs. & poet.) will leave, will give up, will discontinue. ˜বি 2nd per. (obs. & poet.) of ছোড়ব । ˜ভঙ্গ a. stampeded; confused and disorderly; separated or detached from the bunch.

ছোপ [ chōpa ] n stain (ছোপ লাগা); tint (লালের ছোপ); a paint (রঙের ছোপ). ছোপানো, ছুপানো v. to dye. ☐ a. dyed.

ছোবড়া [ chōbaḍ়ā ] n the inedible outer portion or skin of fruits; coconut-coir; refuse of anything the juice of which has been extracted (ছোবড়া করা).

ছোবল [ chōbala ] n a sudden stroke with nails or fangs or teeth or tongue. ছোবল মারা, ছোবলানো, ছুবলানো v. to strike suddenly with nails or fangs or teeth or tongue, to snap.

ছোরা [ chōrā ] n a dagger, a dirk. ছোরা মারা v. to stab, to knife.

ছোলঙ্গ [ chōlaṅga ] n the shaddock.

ছোলদারি [ chōladāri ] n a small triangular tent (esp. one used in the army).

ছোলা¹ [ chōlā¹ ] n vetch, gram, chick-pea.

ছোহারা [ chōhārā ] n dried date, currant.

ছ্যাঁক [ chyān̐ka ] int expressing the sound of any thing falling into hot oil or fat. ছ্যাঁকছ্যাঁক adv. expressing or indicating a slight temperature (গা ছ্যাঁক ছ্যাঁক করছে). ছ্যাঁকছেঁকে a. expressing or indicating a slight temperature.

ছ্যাঁকা [ chyān̐kā ] n a slight burn caused by contact with anything hot or burning; a spell of cauterization or searing. ☐ v. to singe lightly in oil or fat. ছ্যাঁকা দেওয়া v. to cauterize; to sear.

ছ্যাকড়া, ছ্যাকড়াগাড়ি [ chyākaḍ়ā, chyākaḍ়āgāḍ়i ] n a hackney carriage.

ছ্যাবলা [ chyābalā ] a frivolous, babbling awkwardly, puerile. ̃মি n. frivolity, levity; undig nified prattle.