চিকীর্ষা [ cikīrṣā ] n desire for doing. চিকীর্ষু a. desir ous of doing.

চিকুর [ cikura ] n hair ('চিকুর ফুরিছে বসন উড়িছে'); lightning 'চিকুর ঝিকিমিকে' ̃জাল n. (long and luxurant) tresses; a lock of hair.

চিক্কণ [ cikkaṇa ] a smooth and bright; glossy; glaz ing, lustrous.

চিক্কুর¹ [ cikkura¹ ] n a thunderbolt; a flash of light ning. চিক্কুর ঝন্ঝনা thunderclap. চিক্কুর হানছে v. there is a thunderclap or a flash of lightning.

চিক্কুর² [ cikkura² ] n (dial.) shrill and loud cry. চিক্কুর দেওয়া, চিক্কুর মারা v. to utter a shrill and loud cry, to scream, to shriek.

চিঙ্গট [ ciṅgaṭa ] n the prawn or the shrimp. fem. চিঙ্গটি n. the shrimp.

চিচ্ছক্তি [ cicchakti ] n (phill. & theol.) inherent or spiritual cognition or perception.

চি়জ¹ [ ci়ja¹ ] n (inf & coll.) a thing, an article; a valuable thing; (iron.) a shrewd or wicked or queer person or character (সে একটি চিজ).

চিজ² [ cija² ] n cheese.

চিট¹ [ ciṭa¹ ] n a small piece of paper, a slip; a small letter usu. sent by hand, a note; a chit, a memorandum.

চিট² [ ciṭa² ] n viscosity, adhesiveness (চিট ধরা) ̃চিটে a. viscous, adhesive, sticky.

চিঠি [ ciṭhi ] n a letter; an epistle; a memorandum; a missive. ̃চাপাটি n. correspondence. ̃পত্র n. letter or letters; correspondence.

চিড় [ ciḍ় ] n a split, a crack, a rent, a slit; a crevasse; (fig.) dissension, estrange ment, separation. চিড় খাওয়া, চিড় ধরা v. to split, to crack.

চিড়বিড় [ ciḍ়biḍ় ] int expressing: continuous itch ing and irritation. চিড়বিড় করা v. to itch and irritate continuously.

চিড়িক্ [ ciḍ়ik ] int expressing: the feeling of smarting pain. চিড়িক মারা v. to smart.

চিড়িতন [ ciḍ়itana ] n (of playing-cards) the club.

চিড়িয়া [ ciḍ়iẏā ] n the bird. ̃খানা n. an aviary; (loos. & pop.) a zoo.

চিত² [ cita² ] a lying or laid on one's back or in a dorsal position, (fig.) killed or de feated (তোমার শত্রুরা রণক্ষেত্রে চিত). চিত করা v. to lay on one's back; (chiefly med.) to cause to turn to a dorsal posi tion; to cause to turn turtle; (fig.) to de feat. চিত হওয়া v. to lie on one's back; (chiefly med.) to turn to a dorsal posi tion; to turn turtle; (fig.) to be defeated. ̃পটাং, ̃পাত a. lying fully or flat on one's back. চিতপটাং বা চিতপাত হওয়া v. to lie or be laid fully on one's back; to be thrown to the ground on one's back. ̃সাঁতার n. a style of swimming by floating on one's back.

চিত³ [ cita³ ] a culled, collected, plucked; stored, saved up; composed.

চিত্ [ cit ] n (esp. in phil. & theol.) inherent or spiritual cognition or perception.

চিত্কার [ citkāra ] n a shout; a scream; a yell. চিত্কার করা v. to shout; to scream; to yell.

চিতল [ citala ] n a variety of flat-fish, the chital.

চিতা¹ [ citā¹ ] n a kind of herb (রাংচিতা, শ্বেতচিতা); musty spot on cloth caused by damp; mould, mildew; freckles, lentigo. চিতা পড়া v. to become mouldy.

চিতা² [ citā² ] n the Indian leopard, the cheetah.

চিতা³ [ citā³ ] n a funeral pyre. ̃রোহণ n. act of mounting one's funeral pyre for the purpose of being burnt. চিতারোহণ করা v. to mount one's funeral pyre willingly for the purpose of being burnt; to die (cp. to lie in one's grave). ̃ভস্ম n. the ashes of a funeral pile. রাবণের চিতা the funeral pyre of Ravana of the Ramayana, said to be burning for ever; (fig.) an everlasting grief or torment.

চিতানো [ citānō ] v to lie or lay flat on one's back, (med.) to lie or lay in a dorsal position; to swell or expand (বুক চিতানো); to awake.

চিতাবাঘ [ citābāgha ] n the leopard.

চিতি, চিতিসাপ [ citi, citisāpa ] n a kind of variegated snake with stripes.

চিতি-কাঁক়ড়া [ citi-kān̐k়ḍ়ā ] n a variety of small crab, the fiddler.

চিতেন [ citēna ] n the tenor portion of a musical composition.

চিত্ত [ citta ] n the mind; the heart. ̃ক্ষোভ n. men tal depression; dejection; grief; sorrow. ̃গ্রাহী a. captivating; attractive; pleas ant. ̃চাঞ্চল্য n. mental agitation or per turbation; anxiety, worriedness; un steadiness of mind; lack or loss of atten tion. ̃চোর n. a captivator of the mind or heart. ̃জয় n. winning somebody's heart. ̃দমন n. control of the mind; self restraint. ̃দাহ n. anguish; mortification; envy. ̃নিরোধ n. absolute concentration of the mind to one and only one point; absolute inward concentration of the mind. ̃প্রসাদ n. mental contentment or pleasure, complacency. ̃বিকার n. per version or change of mental state or mood. ̃বিক্ষেপ n. distraction of the mind; loss of concentration or attention. ̃বিচলন n. perturbation; disquiet; mental agitation. ̃বিনোদন n. recreation, amuse ment, entertainment. ̃বিনোদন করা v. to amuse. ̃বিভ্রম n. beguilement of the mind; bewilderment. ̃বৃত্তি n. the fac ulty of the mind; feelings and inclina tions. ̃বেদনা n. affliction, heartache. ̃বৈকল্য same as ̃বিভ্রম । ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss of mental powers, dementia. ̃রঞ্জন n. amusement, recreation, entertainment. ☐ a. amusing or pleasing to the heart, pleasant. ̃রঞ্জিনী বৃত্তি aesthetic faculty of the mind. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification of the mind. ̃সংযম n. control of the mind; self-restraint. ̃স্হৈর্য n. serenity of the mind, mental composure, self-posses sion. ̃হারী, চিত্তাকর্ষক a. captivating, fas cinating. fem. চিত্তহারিণী । চিত্তোদ্বেগ n. anxiety, worry. চিত্তোন্নতি n. elevation of the mind.

চিত্র [ citra ] n a picture, a painting, a drawing; a portrait; (esp. in geom.) a figure; a sketch; an illustration; a film or cin ema; a description. ☐ a. amazing, won derful; variegated. ̃ক n. the Indian leopard, the cheetah; a painter. ̃কর, ̃কার, ̃কৃত্ n. a painter. ̃কলা n. (the art of) painting. ̃কাব্য n. an acrostic. ̃গন্ধ n. sweet fragrance; the yellow orpiment. ̃গুপ্ত n. (myth.) the name of the secretary or clerk of Yama (যম) the god of death. ̃ণ n. act of painting or drawing or sketching; illustration; decoration; description; delineation, portrayal. ̃তারকা n. a film star. ̃নাট্য n. a cinematic adaptation of a drama or story or fiction, scenario. ̃নাট্যকার n. a scenarist, a writer of scenarios. ̃নিপুণ a. skilled in painting. ̃নৈপুন্য n. skill in painting. ̃প়ট n. a (painter's) canvas; a plate or canvas. ̃পুত্তলিকা n. a painted image or puppet. ̃ফলক n. a plate with a painting; a plate for painting; an ea sel. ̃বত্ adv. like a picture. ̃বিচিত্র a. particoloured, motley, variegated; decorated with various paintings, mottled. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art and science of painting, painting. ̃ভানু n. fire; the sun. ̃ময় a. full of pictures or painting; picturesque; described or illustrated by pictures or drawings. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃মৃগ n. the spotted deer. ̃ল a. same as ̃ময় । ̃লিপি n. ideogram; pictogram, pictorial symbol or writing. ̃শালা n. a painter's studio, an atelier; a picture gallery. ̃শিল্প n. the art of painting. ̃শোভিত a. decorated with pictures. ̃সমালোচনা n. art criticism; film criti cism. ̃শিল্পী n. a painter, an artist. ̃সূচি n. list of illustrations (in a book).

চিত্রা [ citrā ] n the fourteenth of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy.

চিত্রাক্ষ [ citrākṣa ] a having beautiful eyes.

চিত্রাঙ্কন [ citrāṅkana ] n drawing or painting pictures.

চিত্রানুগ [ citrānuga ] a picturesque; vivid.

চিত্রাভিনেতা [ citrābhinētā ] n a filmstar, an actor of a film.

চিত্রায়ণ [ citrāẏaṇa ] n drawing pictures, painting pic tures; making of a film. চিত্রায়িত a. (of a picture) drawn; painted; (of a film) made, produced; cinematised.

চিত্রার্পিত [ citrārpita ] a drawn in a picture, painted; motionless like a painted figure. বত্ adv. as motionless as a painted figure.

চিত্রালংকার [ citrālaṅkāra ] n (rhet.) a kind of writing in the shape of painting.

চিত্রিণী [ citriṇī ] n a woman of the second order of physical excellence.

চিত্রিত [ citrita ] a drawn in picture, painted; de scribed; written; decorated; pictur esque. ̃বত্ adv. like one painted; (dumb) like a picture.

চিদাকাশ [ cidākāśa ] n the Supreme Being conceived as unperturbed or indifferent as the sky or conceived as identical or coinciding with the mind; God as conceived from the idealistic and introspective view point; (loos. but pop.) the canvas of the mind conceived as the sky, the firma ment of the mind (চিদাকাশে উদয় হল).

চিদাত্মা [ cidātmā ] n the conscious mind or spirit; the knowing or cognitive self; the thinking principle.

চিদানন্দ [ cidānanda ] n the Supreme Being conceived as the source of (spiritual) conscious ness or cognition and delight of bliss.

চিদাভাস [ cidābhāsa ] n manifestation or introduction of (spiritual) consciousness or knowl edge; the soul of a living being, the in dividual soul, (cp. Latin) animus.

চিদ্রুপ [ cidrupa ] n the Soul or the Supreme Soul identified with (spiritual) consciousness and knowledge, the Supreme Being.

চিন² [ cina² ] n & a coll. corrup. of চিনা (চিন পরিচয়, অচিন).

চিনচিন [ cinacina ] int expressing very mild inflam mation or pain.

চিনা¹, চেনা [ cinā¹, cēnā ] v to recognize; to be ac quainted with; to know; to identify (লাশ চেনা); to choose or differentiate (ভালমন্দ চেনা); to learn (অক্ষর চেনা). ☐ a. acquainted; known; learnt; familiar. ̃নো, ̃নো v. to make one acquainted with, to introduce; to cause to know; to enable to chose or differentiate; to teach. চেনাচিনি act of being acquainted. চেনাপরিচয়, চেনাশুনা n. acquaintance.

চিন³ [ cina³ ] a small. ̃হাঁস n. small species of duck.

চিনি [ cini ] n sugar. ̃পাতা a. sweetened with sugar in course of processing. চিনিপাতা দই sweetened or sugared curd. চিনির বলদ (fig.) one who labours hard for another's profit but cannot share it; a drudge. যে খায় চিনি জোগায় চিন্তামণি (fig.) the cost of one's good habit is always met by Providence.

চিন্তক [ cintaka ] a one who thinks, thinking.

চিন্তন [ cintana ] n thinking; consideration, cogita tion, pondering; meditation; recollec tion. চিন্তনীয় a. subject to or requiring thought or consideration or cogitation or meditation; thinkable, cogitable.

চিন্তা [ cintā ] n thought, cogitation; meditation; consideration; recollection; imagina tion; fancy (উদ্ভট চিন্তা); anxiety worry (চিন্তায় পড়া, চিন্তাকুল); concern, fear (বৃদ্ধ বয়সের আঘাতচিন্তার কথা). চিন্তা করা v. to think; to cogitate; to meditate; to consider, to judge; to recollect; to imagine; to fancy; to devise; to be stricken with anxiety, to worry; to be stricken with fear. চিন্তা নেই never mind, don't worry; never fear. চিন্তা হওয়া v. to be worried; to be stricken with fear. চিন্তাকারী a. one who thinks or cogitates or meditates or considers or judges or recollects or imagines or fancies or de vises; anxious, worried; stricken with fear. ̃কুল, ̃কুলিত a. extremely wor ried or perturbed or anxious or fright ened or alarmed or concerned. ̃জনক a. causing anxiety or worry or fear of concern. ̃জ্বর n. morbidity caused by anxiety or worry or fear or concern. ̃নিমগ্ন, ̃ন্বিত, ̃ভিভূত, ̃মগ্ন a. (ex tremely) worried; (greatly) stricken with fear or concern; drowned in or overwhelmed with or lost in thought; thoughtful. ̃মণি n. a mythological wishing gem; a philosopher's stone; God Narayana (নারায়ণ); God. ̃শীল a. thoughtful, meditative, musing; pen sive; wise.

চিন্তিত [ cintita ] a engaged in thinking; thoughtful; worried, anxious; stricken with fear or anxiety; recollected; considered; de vised; meditated. ̃পূর্ব a. premeditated. ̃ভাবে adv. anxiously; in a pensive mood, thoughtfully. চিন্ত্য a. requiring consideration, considerable; thinkable; cogitable.

চিন্ময় [ cinmaẏa ] a personifying (true) conscious ness or knowledge (often used as an epithet of the Supreme Being). fem. চিন্ময়ী ।

চিপটানো [ cipaṭānō ] v flatten by squeezing or press ing.

চিপিটক [ cipiṭaka ] n paddy moulded into flattened rice by boiling and then thrashing, flat tened rice.

চিবনো, চিবানো [ cibanō, cibānō ] v to chew, to masticate. ☐ a. chewed, masticated. কড়্মড়্ করে চিবানো v. to crunch. হামহাম করে চিবানো v. to munch.

চিবুক [ cibuka ] n the chin.

চিবুনি [ cibuni ] n chewing, mastication.

চিমটা [ cimaṭā ] n tongs; pincers; forceps. ̃নি n. act of pinching. ̃নো v. to pinch.

চিমটি [ cimaṭi ] n an instance of pinching, a pinch. চিমটি কাটা v. to pinch.

চিমড়ে [ cimaḍ়ē ] a tough like dried hide (চিমড়ে লুচি); very lean and dry (চিমড়ে গড়ন); obstinate or disobedient (চিমড়ে স্বভাব).

চিমনি [ cimani ] n a chimney.

চিরকুট [ cirakuṭa ] n a small piece of paper, a slip; a short letter, a memorandum, a note; a piece of rag; a piece of dirty and ragged loincloth.

চিরতা [ ciratā ] n a bitter-tasting medicinal herb, Swertia chirata.

চিরনদাঁতি [ ciranadān̐ti ] a fem having sparsely set teeth, having spaced teeth.

চিরা, চেরা [ cirā, cērā ] v to cleave, to split; to hew, to saw (কাঠি চেরা); to slice; to scratch (আমার গা চিরেছে); to incise, to gash, to cut; to cut open, to operate (পেট চিরে বার করা). ☐ a. cloven, cleft, split; sliced; scratched; incised, gashed; cut open, operated.

চিরাই, চেরাই [ cirāi, cērāi ] n act of hewing or sawing; charge or cost of hewing or sawing.

চিরাগত [ cirāgata ] a prevailing for ever; conven tional, of long usage.

চিরাচরিত [ cirācarita ] a practised for ever; practised through the ages; traditional.

চিরানো [ cirānō ] v to cause to cleave or split or hew or saw or slice or scratch or incise or gash or cut open or operate.

চিরাভ্যস্ত [ cirābhyasta ] a practised or habituated for a long time or for ever.

চিরাভ্যাস [ cirābhyāsa ] n a long or permanent practice or habit.

চিরায়ত [ cirāẏata ] a pervading or pervaded for ever; all-pervading; eternal and univer sal. চিরায়ত সাহিত্য classical literature, classics.

চিরায়মানা [ cirāẏamānā ] a fem existing or living for ever; immortal; long-lived.

চিরায়ু, চিরায়ুষ্মান [ cirāẏu, cirāẏuṣmāna ] a living for ever, immor tal; long-lived. fem. চিরায়ুষ্মতী immortal; long-lived; never-widowed.

চিরাশ্রিত [ cirāśrita ] a of one who is for ever shel tered or protected.

চিরুুনি [ ciruuni ] n a comb; an instrument for comb ing or carding wool etc., a card; a heckle.

চিল [ cila ] n a kind of rapacious bird, the kite.

চিলমচি [ cilamaci ] n a basin for washing hands and mouth, a wash-basin.

চিলে কোঠা [ cilē kōṭhā ] n an attic, a garret.

চিল্লাচিল্লি [ cillācilli ] n a hue and cry, an uproar, a hullabaloo, an outcry. চিল্লাচিল্লি করা v. to make a hullabaloo, to raise an uproar.

চিল্লানো [ cillānō ] v to shout, to give a loud or sharp cry; to make a hullabaloo, to raise an uproar.

চিহ্ন [ cihna ] n a stain, a stigma, a spot (কালির চিহ্ন, ক্ষতচিহ্ন); a mark, a line (সীমাচিহ্ন); an impression, a print (পদচিহ্ন); a sign (মৃত্যুর চিহ্ন, দুঃখের চিহ্ন); an insignia, a symbol (রাজচিহ্ন); a token (প্রণয়চিহ্ন); a hint, a beck, a beacon; a notation. ক্ষতচিহ্ন n. a cicatrice, a scar left by a healed wound. স্মৃতিচিহ্ন n. a memento, a keepsake. চিহ্নিত a. stained, stigma tized, branded, stamped; marked; marked off; printed; bearing a sign.

চীন [ cīna ] n China. চীন সাধারণতন্ত্র n. the Chi nese Republic.

চীনা [ cīnā ] n a Chinaman, a Chinese. ☐ a. Chi nese. চীনাংশুক n. Chinese silk. ̃ঘাস China grass. ̃বাদাম n. ground-nut, pea nut, monkey-nut. ̃মাটি n. porcelain, chinaclay, kaolin. ̃মাটির বাসন chinaware, china, porcelain. ̃সিঁদুর n. the Chinese vermilion or red lead.

চীবর [ cībara ] n a piece of scanty loincloth as worn by an ascetic; a piece of rag.

চীর [ cīra ] n a piece of rag; bark of a tree; a slip of paper.

চীর্ণ [ cīrṇa ] a torn; cleaved; split; cracked.

চুঁইচুঁই [ cum̐icum̐i ] int expressing: a mild singing sound caused by boiling; an uneasy feeling caused by extreme hunger or contraction.

চুঁচি [ cun̐ci ] n (vul.) the breasts of a woman.

চুঁয়া, চোঁয়া [ cum̐ẏā, cōm̐ẏā ] a giving out a bad smell as of the smoke of coal (চোঁয়া দুধ); tasting of bile, bilious (চোঁয়া ঢেকুর = bilious eruc tation). চুঁয়ানো v. to calcine slightly or partly. ☐ a. calcined slightly or partly.

চুক [ cuka ] n (used as a correl. of ভুল) a fault, a defect, a failing.

চুকচুক [ cukacuka ] int expressing: mild sound of licking or sipping liquids; sound of sucking or lisping.

চুকলি [ cukali ] n act of informing against mali ciously (and usu. falsely), tale-bearing; backbiting. চুকলি খাওয়া v. to inform against maliciously (and usu. falsely); to backbite. ̃খোর a. given to tale-bear ing or backbiting. ☐ n. a tale-bearer; a backbiter.

চুকা¹ [ cukā¹ ] a (dial.) sour, acid. চুকা পালং a va riety of sorrel.

চুকা², চোকা [ cukā², cōkā ] v to be finished, to end, to terminate (কাজ চোকা); to be decided or settled (মামলা চুকেছে); to be solved (সমস্যা চুকে যাবে); to be repaid (দেনা চোকা).

চুকানো [ cukānō ] v to finish, to end, to complete; to decide or settle; to solve; to repay.

চুক্তি [ cukti ] n a term, a condition, a stipulation (দলিলের চুক্তি); a contract, an agreement (চুক্তি করা); a settlement (মামলার চুক্তি হওয়া); completion or termination (এতক্ষণে খাটুনির চুক্তি). চুক্তি করা v. to make a condition, to stipulate; to enter into an agreement, to contract. ̃নামা n. a deed of agreement, a contract. ̃ভঙ্গ n. breach of contract.

চুঙ্গি, চুঙি [ cuṅgi, cuṅi ] n a narrow and small pipe or tube; duty on exports and imports; octroi or duty levied on goods entering a town for sale (also চুঙ্গিকর).

চুচুক [ cucuka ] n the nipple, the teat, the pap.

চুচুকৃতি [ cucukṛti ] n a mild noise of licking or sip ping or sucking or lisping or kissing; the nipple, the teat, the pap.

-চুঞ্চু [ -cuñcu ] a (used as a sfx.) famed for profi ciency in (ন্যায়চুঞ্চু; বিদ্যাচুঞ্চু).

চুটকি¹ [ cuṭaki¹ ] n (sl.) a tuft of uncut hair kept at the back of the head by some Brah mins.

চুটকি² [ cuṭaki² ] n a ring with small bells worn by women on their toes; a sound made by rubbing the thumb and the middle fin ger (cp. fillip, flip); a pinch; easy fa miliar talk or writing gossip. ☐ a. light; flippant; short light and humorous or sarcastic (চুটকি সাহিত্য).

চুটানো [ cuṭānō ] v to do one's utmost, to employ or exert utmost strength or power, to ap ply one's energies to the full (চুটিয়ে কাজ করা).

চুড় [ cuḍ় ] n a bracelet.

চুড়ি [ cuḍ়i ] n a variety of thin bangle. ̃দার a. (of garments) plaited. ☐ n. the Indian woman's pyjama-like dress plaited at the fringes, the salwar.