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গৌর [ gaura ] a cream-coloured tinged with red; (loos.) fair-complexioned. ☐ n. a name of Chaitanya. ̃চন্দ্র n. a name of Chaitanya. ̃চন্দ্রিকা n. a song in praise of Chaitanya before beginning the scheduled song; prefatory remarks, a prologue, a preamble, a preface.

গৌরব [ gauraba ] n importance; glory; majesty; dig nity; honour; cordial reception; pride; excellence; worth. গৌরব করা v. to be proud of, to pride in. ̃গাথা n. tales of glory; song, poem etc. composed in praise of a person or one's country. ̃রবি n. the sun of glory. গৌরবান্বিত, গৌরবিত, ̃মণ্ডিত a. important, glorious; majestic; dignified; honoured; proud. গৌরবের বিষয় a creditable or highly praiseworthy affair or thing, a glory, a glorious achievement.

গৌরাঙ্গ [ gaurāṅga ] a having a cream-coloured com plexion tinged with red; (loos.) fair complexioned. ☐ n. a name of Chaitanya. fem. গৌরাঙ্গা, গৌরাঙ্গী ।

গৌরী [ gaurī ] a. fem having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; (loos.) fair complexioned. ☐ n. a woman or a girl having a cream-coloured complexion tinged with red; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an unmarried girl of eight years. ̃কান্ত n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). ̃দান n. giving away in marriage an under-age girl; giving away in marriage an eight year old Hindu girl. ̃পট্ট n. the pedestal symbolizing Gauri (গৌরী) or Durga on which the symbol of Shiva is placed. ̃শঙ্কর n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) and Shiva (শিব); Mount Everest.

গ্যাঁজানো [ gyān̐jānō ] v to gossip uselessly, to go on gossiping without any purpose.

গ্যাঁট [ gyān̐ṭa ] int expressing firmly motionless or immobile state (গ্যাঁট হয়ে বসে থাকা= to sit tight, to stick firmly to one's pur pose, opinions etc.).

গ্যাস [ gyāsa ] n gas; (inf. and sl.) a bluff, a fib. গ্যাসীয় a. gaseous.

গ্রথন [ grathana ] n act of stringing (as flowers in a wreath); composition (as of an essay or a book). গ্রথিত a. strung; composed. গ্রথিত করা v. to string; to compose.

গ্রন্হ [ granha ] n a book. ̃কার, ̃কর্তা n. an author; a writer. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী an authoress. ̃কীট n. a bookworm. ̃ন, ̃না same as গ্রথন । গ্রন্হিত same as গ্রথিত ।̃স্বত্ব n. copyright.

গ্রন্হাগার [ granhāgāra ] n a library. গ্রন্হাগারিক n. a librarian.

গ্রন্হানুরাগ [ granhānurāga ] n love for books, fondness for books. গ্রন্হানুরাগী a. & n. (a person) fond of books, a book-lover, a bibliophile.

গ্রন্হাবলি [ granhābali ] n books; works of a particular author or authoress.

গ্রন্হালয় [ granhālaẏa ] n a library; a bookshop.

গ্রন্হি [ granhi ] n a knot, a joint (of bones), a knuckle; a node, a gland. ̃কলা n. glan dular tissue. ̃রস n. glandular secre tion. ̃সম্বন্ধীয় a. glandular. শিরাগ্রন্হি n. varicose veins.

গ্রন্হিক [ granhika ] n a soothsayer, an astrologer, a fortune-teller.

গ্রন্হিচ্ছেদক, গ্রন্হিভেদক [ granhicchēdaka, granhibhēdaka ] n pickpocket, a cut purse.

গ্রন্হিবদ্ধ [ granhibaddha ] a knotted, tied together.

গ্রন্হিবন্ধন [ granhibandhana ] n act of tying into a knot, knot ting; the Hindu practice of tying a cor ner of the bride's sari with a corner of the bridegroom's scarf at wedding. গ্রন্হিবন্ধন করা v. to tie into a knot, to knot; to tie a corner of the bride's sari with a corner of the bridegroom's scarf at wedding.

গ্রন্হিল [ granhila ] a knotty.