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').