পঠ্যমান [ paṭhyamāna ] a that which is being read or pe rused or studied or recited.

পড়তা [ paḍ়tā ] n a continuous succession of win ning or lucky throws (as of dice); luck (পড়তা মন্দ); favourable time, fortune; good terms, amiability (তার সঙ্গে আমার পড়তা হলনা); an approximate number or amount, approximation (গড়পড়তা); (comm.) cost of production or procure ment. পড়তা পড়া v. (at dice etc.) to be able to make winning or lucky throws in a row; to have a favourable or fortu nate time; (comn.) to meet the cost of production or procurement. পড়তা পোষানো v. to meet or cover the cost of production or procurement.

পড়তি [ paḍ়ti ] n fall; decline (পড়তির মুখ); (comm.) a fall in prices, business etc., slump (উড়তি-পড়তি); the portion of materials or ingredient wasted or scat tered in course of production of an ar ticle (ঝড়তি-পড়তি); remainder, rem nant. ☐ a. falling, on the decline. পড়তি বাজার slump, market with falling prices.

পড়ন¹ [ paḍ়na¹ ] n falling, fall; decline.

পড়ন² [ paḍ়na² ] n (dial.) reading; perusal; study; recitation; recital.

পড়ন্ত [ paḍ়nta ] a about to fall; declining; about to terminate or end, coming to a close (পড়ন্ত বেলা, পড়ন্ত দিন); setting (পড়ন্ত রোদ). পড়ন্ত বেলা the closing hours of the day.

পড়পড়, পড়োপড়ো [ paḍ়paḍ়, paḍ়ōpaḍ়ō ] a about to fall or col lapse or cave in মাথার উপড়ে বাড়ি পড়পড়.

পড়পড়², পড়্পড়্ [ paḍ়paḍ়², paḍ়paḍ় ] int suggesting: the noise of roughly tearing cloth etc.

পড়শি [ paḍ়śi ] n a neighbour.

পড়া¹ [ paḍ়ā¹ ] v to fall, to drop (বৃষ্টি পড়া); to fall down, to drop down (পড়ে যাওয়া, তাল পড়া); to lean to (গায়েপড়া); (as an aux.) to perform an action (ঘুমিয়ে পড়া); to come to, to fall into (দুঃখে পড়া); to be uncultivated (জমি পড়ে থাকা); to be vacant or unoccupied (বাড়ি পড়ে থাকা); to stay or remain (পিছনে পড়া); to be unpaid or unreal ized, to get into arrears (অনেক টাকা পড়ে আছে); to be outstanding (কাজ পড়ে থাকা); to set in, to begin, to ensue (আকাল পড়া); to attack, to raid (ডাকাত পড়া); to infest (পোকা পড়া); to be at tacked (রোগে পড়া); to be caught (in) (জালে পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to be affected with, to contact, to incur (মরচে পড়া, টাক পড়া, দায়ে পড়া); to arrive or appear (গিয়ে পড়া); to come across or fall upon (পথে পড়া); to set in for a spell (ঠান্ডা পড়া); to come upon, to strike, to occur (মনে পড়া = to call to mind); to require or involve or to involve an ex penditure (অনেক টাকা পড়বে); to ex ude, to ooze, to flow out (রক্ত পড়া, রস পড়া, লাল পড়া); to fall off, to shed or to be shed, to fall (দাঁত পড়া, পাতা পড়া); to be placed (পাত পড়া); to be served (পাতে খাবার পড়া); to be paralyzed (অঙ্গ পড়ে যাওয়া); to come to a close, to decline (বেলা পড়া); to terminate; to be applied or set (হাত পড়া); to be al layed (রাগ পড়া); to be abated, to de crease (তেজ পড়া); to be directed or cast or set (চোখ পড়া); to be attracted (মন পড়া); to go into, to take in (পেটে পড়া); to be born (পেট থেকে পড়া); to be married (মেয়েটি বড় ঘরে পড়েছে). ☐ a. fallen, dropped; fallen down, dropped down; leaning to (গায়ে পড়া); hanging loose (ঝুলে-পড়া চামড়া); fallen into (বিপদে পড়া লোক); uncultivated or fal low; unoccupied, vacant; deserted (পড়া বাড়ি); staying, remaining, laid down (বিছানায় পড়া লোক); attacked; infested; caught; affected with; lying unclaimed or met with by chance (পড়া টাকা); abandoned, derelict (পড়া মাল). ̃নো v. to cause to fall or drop or lean to or in fest or be attacked or be affected with or require or involve or involve an ex penditure of or be turned or be directed or be cast or be set or be attracted or enter. পড়ে পড়ে কিল বা মার খাওয়া to take constant insult or suffer oppres sion without retaliation. পড়ে-পাওয়া v. to come upon something unexpectedly; to get a thing by chance and unexpect edly. পড়ে-পাওয়া a. got by chance and unexpectedly; that which has been ob tained unexpectedly. See also পাওয়া । বাজারে পড়তে না পাওয়া to have a ready market, to go or sell like hot cakes.

পড়া² [ paḍ়ā² ] v to read, to go through, to peruse; to study; to recite (মন্ত্র পড়া, হলফ পড়া). ☐ n. reading, perusal; study; recital, recitation; an instalment of lesson, les son, exercise. ☐ a. that which has been read, perused; studied; recited. পড়া করা v. to learn or prepare one's lessons. প়ড়া ধরা, পড়া নেওয়া v. to test whether one can say one's lessons. পড়া দেওয়া, পড়া বলা v. to say one's lessons. (কারও) কাছে পড়া v. to read, to take lessons from. পড়ে শোনানো v. to read to. বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তে যাওয়া to go to school. ̃নো v. to teach; to cause to read or study or recite; to instruct, prepare by (repeated) instruc tion, to tutor, to rehearse, to prime (সাক্ষি পড়ান). পড়ার ঘর n. a study; a reading room. পড়ার নেশা n. a great lik ing for or attachment to reading; love of reading. ̃শোনা n. study; academic education, schooling. পড়াশোনা করা v. to study; to have one's schooling; to learn one's lessons. পড়াশোনায় মন থাকা to take care of one's lessons or studies, to be mindful of one's lessons or stud ies.

পড়ুয়া [ paḍ়uẏā ] n a student, a pupil; a scholar. ☐ a. given to study, studious; scholarly (পড়ুয়া ছেলে); employed in study, studying (পড়ুয়া অবস্হা).

পড়েন¹ [ paḍ়ēna¹ ] n woof, weft.

পড়েন² [ paḍ়ēna² ] n a mass of metal, adjusted to a standard and used for finding weight, a weight.

পড়ো² [ paḍ়ō² ] a uncultivated, fallow (পড়ো জমি); unoccupied, vacant, deserted (পড়ো বাড়ি বা ভিটে); deprived of the power of movement, confined to bed (ঘর-পড়ো, পড়ো লোক).

পণ [ paṇa ] n a promise, a resolve (পণ রক্ষা); a wager, a stake, a bet (পাশাখেলার পণ); price (প্রাণপণ); a condition or term, a stipulation (ধনুকভাঙা পণ); compulsory dowry (esp, what is given to a bride groom), marriage-money; a commod ity; a measure of counting (= 2 গন্ডা). পণ করা v. to resolve. পণ দেওয়া v. to pay the dowry, to pay the bridegroom (or the bride) compulsory dowry or marriage-money. পণ ধরা, পণ রাখা v. to lay a wager, to bet, to stake. পণ নেওয়া v. to exact compulsory dowry or mar riage-money. কন্যাপণ n. compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride. বরপণ compulsory dowry or marriage-money given to the bride groom. ̃কর n. betting tax. ̃কিয়া n. a table of reckoning by pans (পণ). ̃প্রথা n. the system of exacting dowry or marriage-money; (coll.) dowry system. ̃বদ্ধ a. bound by a promise, under pledge of.

পণব [ paṇaba ] n a kind of ancient tomtom.

পন্ড [ panḍa ] a abortive, futile, vain, useless, fruitless; spoiled, foiled, marred. পন্ড করা v. to render abortive, to bring to nothing, to baffle; to spoil, to foil, to mar, to undo. ̃শ্রম n. fruitless toil; abortive efforts.

পন্ডিত [ panḍita ] a learned, erudite; au fait, versed; wise; experienced; expert, skilled. ☐ n. a teacher of Bengali and Sanskrit lit erature and language, a pundit. ̃চূড়ামণি n. (lit. and fig.) the most precious jewel amongst learned men; the most learned man. ̃প্রবর, ̃বর same as পন্ডিতশ্রেষ্ঠ । ̃মন্ডলী n. an assembly of learned people; the learned commu nity, the intelligentsia. ̃মুর্খ a. versed in bookish learning but bereft of com mon sense, learned but unpractical; a wise fool, a wiseacre. ☐ n. such a man, a learned fool, a pedant. ̃মানী same as পন্ডিতম্নন্য । ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ a. most learned. ☐ n. the most learned man. পন্ডিতম্নন্য, পন্ডিতাভিমানী a. one who unduly as sumes an air of (superior) learning or wisdom. পন্ডিতম্নন্য ব্যক্তি a wiseacre. পন্ডিতি n. the post or office of a teacher of Sanskrit and Bengali; (sarcas). wis dom or learning (পন্ডিতি ফলানো). ☐ a. of or like ancient pundits (পন্ডিতি চালচলন); abounding in Sanskrit words and strictly following rules of Sanskrit grammar পন্ডিতি ভাষা.

পণ্য [ paṇya ] a that which is to be or can be sold, marketable, saleable, salable. ☐ n. a commodity, an article for traffic, (pl.) merchandise; price, cost, charge, fare. ̃জীবী a. living on or engaged in trade or business. ☐ n. a trader, a tradesman, a merchant, a businessman; a dealer. ̃দ্রব্য n. a commodity; (pl.) merchan dise, wares. ̃বীথি, ̃বীথী, ̃বীথিকা n. a row of shops; a market. ̃শালা n. a shop; a departmental store; a market; a manufactory. ̃স্ত্রী n. a woman of the street, a prostitute, a harlot. পণ্যাগার n. a warehouse. পণ্যাঙ্গনা same as ̃স্ত্রী । পণ্যাজীব same as ̃জীবী ।

পতগ [ pataga ] n the bird.

পতঙ্গ [ pataṅga ] n the grasshopper; an insect; the fly; the moth; the bird; an arrow; the sun. নাশক a. capable of killing in sects, insecticidal. পতঙ্গনাশক পদার্থ in secticide. ̃পরাগণ n. (bot.) entomoph ily. ̃পরাগত a. (bot.) insect-pollinated. ̃পরাগী a. (bot.) entomophilous. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. entomology. ̃বিজ্ঞানী, ̃বিদ n. an entomologist. ̃বৃত্ত a. impelled by the insectile desire of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃বৃত্তি n. the insectile impulse of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃ভুক a. in sectivorous. পতঙ্গভুক প্রাণী an insecti vore. ̃ময় a. infested with insects.

পতত্র [ patatra ] n a wing (of a bird). পতত্রি, পতত্রী n. the bird. পতত্রিরাজ n. Garuda the king of birds (গরুড়).

পতন [ patana ] n act of falling or dropping, a fall; act or state of being shed or showered; a shower; decline, downfall (সাম্রাজ্যের পতন); overthrow, defeat (শত্রুর পতন); slaughter, death (যুদ্ধে পতন); destruc tion (দেহের পতন); capture (দুর্গের পতন); depravation, corruption (সাধুর পতন); a defect (ছন্দপতন); failing, omission ('স্খলন-পতন-ত্রুটি'). পতন ঘটা v. to have a fall; to fall, to drop; to be shed or showered; to decline, to have a downfall, to be overthrown or defeated or killed or destroyed or captured or depraved or corrupted; to be omitted. পতন ঘটানো v. to cause a fall; to fell; to drop; to shed or shower; to cause de cline or downfall; to overthrow or de feat; to kill; to destroy; to capture; to deprave or corrupt; to cause an omis sion. ̃শীল a. falling, dropping; being shed or showered; declining; on the wane; perishable. পতনোন্মুখ a. about to fall or drop or decline; tottering.

পতপত, পত্পত্ [ patapata, patpat ] int suggesting: a flutter ing noise as of a flying flag or a sail moving in air or a flying kite or of the wings of a flying bird.

পতর [ patara ] n a metal hoop. পতর আঁটা v. to fas ten a metal hoop (to).

পতাকা [ patākā ] n a banner, a standard, a flag, a pennon. পতাকা অবনমিত বা অর্ধাবনমিত করা v. to lower or half-mast a flag. পতাকা উত্তোলন করা v. to hoist of flag. পতাকা নামিয়ে ফেলা v. to strike a flag. ̃দন্ড n. a flagstaff, a flagpole, a flagstick. ̃ধারী, ̃বাহী a. carrying or bearing a flag or standard. ☐ n. a stan dard-bearer; a flag-bearer; an ensign; (fig.) an outstanding leader. পতাকী a. same as পতাকাধারী । ☐ n. (astrol.) a circle drawn for ascertaining the good and evil (usu. পতাকীচক্র). fem. a. পতাকিনী ।

পতি [ pati ] n a husband; a master, an em ployer, a boss; an owner; an overlord, a ruler, a king; a chief; a leader. ̃গৃহ n. the husband's house, a woman's husband's house. পতিংবরা a. & n. fem. one who selects or chooses one's hus band. ˜ঘাতিনী a. & n. fem. one who murders or kills one's husband; one who is the cause of one's husband's death. ̃ত্ব n. the state of being a hus band; state of being a master or em ployer or boss; ownership; overlordship; rulership; kingship; of fice or post of a chief; leadership. পতিত্বে বরণ করা v. to accept or take as one's husband. ̃ত্যাগ n. act of desert ing or divorcing one's husband. ̃দেবতা n. one's husband regarded as one's de ity. ̃পরায়ণা a. fem. extremely devoted (and faithful) to one's husband. ̃-পত্নী n. husband and wife. ̃-পুত্র n. a hus band and a son or sons. ̃পুত্রহীনা a. de prived of both husband and son. ̃প্রাণা a. fem. one who looks upon one's hus band as one's life; one who can hardly live without one's husband, extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃বত্নী a. fem. having one's husband living. ̃বিয়োগ n. death of one's husband. ̃বিরহ n. sepa ration (temporary or permanent) from one's husband. ̃বিরহিণী a. fem. sepa rated (temporarily or permanently) from one's husband. ̃ব্রতা a. fem. one who has taken the vow of serving one's husband; extremely devoted to one's husband. ̃মতী a. fem. having a master or ruler. (পতিমতী পৃথ্বী). ̃সেবা n. serving one's husband. ̃হীনা a. widowed. পতিহীনা নারী a widow.

পতিত [ patita ] a fallen, dropped; shed; show ered; declined; downfallen; over thrown, defeated; killed, slain; de praved; degenerated; guilty of a failing or lapse; depressed পতিত জাতি; so cially cast out, excommunicate (সমাজে পতিত); outcasted (জাতে পতিত); un cultivated, fallow (পতিত জমি); de serted or unoccupied (পতিত ভিটা). পতিত করা v. to cast out from the soci ety, to excommunicate; to outcaste. পতিত হওয়া v. to fall, to drop; to be shed or showered; to be guilty of a failing or lapse; to be cast out or ex communicated; to be outcasted. ̃পাবন a. one who delivers sinners from dam nation. fem. ̃পাবনী ।

পতিতা [ patitā ] a. fem gone astray from the path of reghteousness and chastity; un chaste; taken to harlotry. ☐ n. a fallen woman; a prostitute, a harlot. ̃বাদ n. reclamation of fallow land or wastes. ̃বৃত্তি n. prostitution. পতিতোদ্ধার n. re demption or rescue of the sinful.

পত্তন [ pattana ] n a city, a town, a port; base, groundwork; construction; foundation, setting up, institution, inauguration; es tablishment; commencement, begin ning, outset; lease or settlement (তালুকের পত্তন নেওয়া); length (কোঁচার পত্তন). পত্তন করা v. to lay the foundation of; to construct; to found, to institute, to inaugurate; to establish; to com mence, to begin. পত্তন দেওয়া v. to lease out or settle. পত্তন নেওয়া v. to come into possession by dint of a lease or settle ment. পত্তন-আরক্ষা n. the port-police. ̃দার same as পত্তনিদার । ̃পাল n. port commissioner. পত্তনি n. a piece of land leased out, a leasehold; a settlement. ☐ a. leased out, held by dint of a settled tenure. পত্তনিদার n. a lease-holder, a les see, a tenure-holder.

পত্তি [ patti ] n a foot-soldier, an infantryman.

পত্নী [ patnī ] n a wife. পত্নীত্যাগ করা v. to desert or divorce one's wife. ̃বিয়োগ n. loss or death of one's wife.

পত্র [ patra ] n a leaf (as of a book or a tree); a page (পত্রাঙ্ক); a foil or plate (তাম্রপত্র); a letter, a missive (পত্রপ্রাপ্তি); a piece of paper printed or written (আদেশপত্র); a document or deed (বায়নাপত্র); a written marriage-contract (usu. পাঁতিপত্র); (of a bird) a wing; a correlative of কাগজ, দলিল etc. (চিঠিপত্র, কাগজপত্র, পুঁথিপত্র); a collection, and similar things, etcetera (বিছানাপত্র, মালপত্র, খরচপত্র). পত্র করা v. to make a marriage-contract in writing. পত্র দেওয়া v. to send one a letter, to write a letter to. ̃ক n. a leaf; (bot.) a pinna. ̃কন্টক n. (bot.) a leaf-spine. ̃ক্ষত n. (bot.) a leaf-scar. ̃দারক n. a saw. ̃পত্রিকা n. pl. journals and news papers. ̃পাঠ n. act of reading a letter. ☐ adv. as soon as a letter is read; forth with, at once, immediately. ̃পুট n. a cup made of tree-leaves. ̃বন্ধু n. a penfriend. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক n. a carrier or bearer of a letter; a messenger; a post man. ̃বাহী a. mail-carrying, mail. ̃বিনিময় n. act of writing letters to one another; exchange of letters; corre spondence. পত্রবিনিময় করা v. to write letters to one another; to correspond (with). বিন্যাস n. (bot.) phyllotaxy. ̃মঞ্জরি n. (bot.) a leafstalk, a petiole. ̃মুকুল n. (bot.) a leafbud. ̃মূল n. (bot.) a leaf-base. ̃মোচন n. (bot.) leaf-fall, defoliation. ̃যোগে adv. by letter. ̃রচনা n. act of writing or composing a letter; (bot.) foliation; (bot.) foliage. ̃রন্ধ্র n. stoma. ̃লেখা n. act of writing a letter; decorative paintings on one's person with sandal-paste or similar articles. ̃হরিত্ n. (bot.) chlorophyl.

পত্রাঙ্ক [ patrāṅka ] n (of a book) page-number, page mark. পত্রাঙ্কন n. pagination. পত্রাঙ্কিত a. paginated. পত্রাঙ্কিত করা, পত্রাঙ্ক দেওয়া v. to paginate, to page.

পত্রাবলি, পত্রাবলী, পত্রালি, পত্রালী [ patrābali, patrābalī, patrāli, patrālī ] n. pl letters collectively, correspondence; (of a tree) leaves collectively, foliage; (of a book) pages collectively; decorative painting on one's person with sandal paste or similar articles. পত্রালিকা n. a tiny or concealed decorative painting on one's person with sandal-paste etc.

পত্রাশ্রয়ী [ patrāśraẏī ] a epiphyllous.

পত্রিকা [ patrikā ] n a letter, a missive, an epistle; a newspaper; a periodical, a magazine (দৈনিক পত্রিকা, মাসিক পত্রিকা); a paper containing a writing, a horoscope (জন্মপত্রিকা); (rare) a deed, a document; a leaf of young shoot (নবপত্রিকা).

পত্রী [ patrī ] a leafed; foliaceous; winged. ☐ n. a tree; a bird; an arrow; a letter, a mis sive; a newspaper, a periodical.

পত্রোত্তর [ patrōttara ] n the reply of a letter. পত্রোত্তরে adv. in reply to a letter.

পত্রোদ্গম [ patrōdgama ] n (bot.) foliation.

পথ [ patha ] n a passage, a path, a way, a road, a street, a route; doorway, an entrance; a mode or manner (সত্ পথে জীবনযাপন); a means, an expedient (মুক্তির পথ); range (দৃষ্টিপথ). অর্ধপথে মিলিত হওয়া to meet halfway; to compromise. পথ করা v. to make one's way; to make way. পথ চলা v. to travel on foot; to walk; to travel; (arch.) to wayfare. পথ চাওয়া v. to look forward to the coming of, to wait for or expect eagerly the coming of. পথ ছাড়া v. to get out of the way, to let one pass, to give one way, to make way for; to give up a way or practice (esp. a bad one). পথ জোড়া v. to block a way; to block one's way; to obstruct. পথ দেওয়া v. to make way for, to let one pass, to give one way. পথ দেখা v. to devise (ways and) means; to find a way out; (sarcas.) to go one's way, to depart; to find one's way. পথ দেখানো v. to show one the way; to guide; to lead the way; (sarcas.) to turn one out, to show one the door. পথ ধরা v. to follow a (par ticular) path; to adopt a (particular) method or practice; to set off, to de part, to take the road. পথ মাড়ানো v. to go or come by a particular way; (fig.) to associate with; (fig.) to come or go in the neighbourhood of. পথে আসা v. to yield, to submit; to follow the right track (at last). পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া v. (fig.) to block or obstruct a way. পথে বসা v. (fig.) to be utterly ruined or to be bank rupt, to have nothing to fall back on or to have none to turn to for support or help. পথে বসানো v. (fig.) to ruin utterly. পথের কাঁটা n. a thorn in one's side; (fig.) an obstacle, a hindrance. পথের কুকুর (fig.) a street beggar, (cp.) a street Arab. পথের পথিক a homeless person. এক পথের পথিক a fellow-traveller; (fig.) one who is in the same boat. ̃কর n. a road-cess. পথের সাথি n. a companion in travel; a co-passenger. ̃খরচ, ̃খরচা n. travelling expenses; travelling allow ance; (chiefly reli.) viaticum. ̃চলতি a. passing by the way, passing (পথ চলতি গাড়ি); wayfaring (পথচলতি লোক); hap pening or experienced during wayfar ing (পথচলতি ঘটনা). পথচলতি লোক same as পথচারী । ̃চারী n. a wayfarer, a pedes trian, a passer-by. fem. পথচারিণী । ̃চ্যুত same as পথভ্রষ্ট । ̃পার্শ্ব n. wayside, road side. ̃পার্শ্বস্হ a. wayside, roadside. ̃প্রদর্শক a. showing one the way, lead ing the way, guiding or leading. ☐ n. a guide; a leader, a pioneer. ̃প্রদর্শন n. act of showing one the way, guidance; act of leading the way. পথপ্রদর্শন করানো same as পথ দেখানো । ̃প্রান্ত n. wayside, roadside; the end of a road, (cp.) roadhead. ̃ভোলা, ̃ভ্রষ্ট, ̃ভ্রান্ত a. strayed, lost; failing to ascertain the right path; confused, nonplussed; guilty of moral or religious lapse, devi ating from the path of righteousness. ̃রোধ n. act of blocking a way, road block; act of obstructing (that makes movement difficult or impossible). ̃শ্রম, পথের ক্লান্তি n. the exertion or ex haustion from travel, wayweariness. শ্রান্ত a. tired with constant walking, wayworn. ̃হারা same as পথভ্রষ্ট ।

পথিক [ pathika ] n a wayfarer, a pedestrian, a passer-by; a traveller.

পথিকৃত্ [ pathikṛt ] a preparing the way. ☐ n. a pioneer.

পথিপার্শ্বস্হ [ pathipārśbasha ] a wayside, roadside.

পথিমধ্যে [ pathimadhyē ] adv on the way, on the road, en route.

পথেঘাটে [ pathēghāṭē ] adv anywhere and everywhere, at all places, in all parts; everywhere; here and there.

পথ্য [ pathya ] a wholesome. ☐ n. sick-diet; diet for the convalescent. পথ্য করা v. to take for the first time such diet as is suitable for a convalescent. ̃বিচার n. dietetics, dietary. পথ্যাপথ্য n. proper and im proper diet, good and harmful diet.

পদ [ pada ] n a leg, a foot; a pace, a footstep, a step; a footprint, a vestige; a line of po etry (ত্রিপদী, চতুর্দশপদী); a distich (চর্যাপদ); a song or lyric (বৈষ্ণব পদাবলি); a post, an office, an employ ment (পদপ্রার্থী); a position, a station, a rank (রাজপদ); favour, grace, shelter, refuge (as may be granted by a vener able person) (পদেরাখা); a place or habitation (জনপদ); (gr.) an inflected word, a part of speech, a word (নামপদ); a fourth part, a quarter (usu. পাদ); an item (বহু পদ রান্না হয়েছে); (arith. alg. & log.) a term (বহুপদ = a polynomial). পদে থাকা v. to continue somehow in a (particular) post or sta tion, (pop.) to be in a tolerable condi tion; to be so so. পদে পদে, প্রতি পদে at every step. ̃কর্তা n. a composer of a distich or song or lyric, a poet. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী a poetess. ̃ক্ষেপ n. stepping or pacing; a pace, a step, a stride. প্রতি পদক্ষেপ at every step. পদক্ষেপ করা v. to set foot, to tread; to come. ̃গর্ব, ̃গৌরব n. glory or dignity peculiar to an of fice, post, position, rank etc., a pre rogative, official status. ̃চারণ n. pac ing; strolling or walking. পদচারণ করা v. to pace; to stroll, to walk. ̃চালনা n. pacing; strolling or walking; kicking; (in football etc.) footwork. পদচালনা করা v. to pace; to stroll, to walk; to kick; to foot. ̃চালিত a. (of a lever or treadle) driven or operated or propelled by foot. ̃চিহ্ন n. a footprint, a footmark; a vestige. ̃চ্ছায়া (loos.) ̃ছায়া n. shelter at one's feet; (fig.) favour, grace, gra cious protection. ̃চ্যুত a. dismissed from office, dismissed, (sl.) sacked; cashiered. পদচ্যুত করা v. to dismiss, (sl.) to sack; to cashier. ̃চ্যুতি n. dismissal; cashierment. ̃তল n. the sole (of the foot). পদতলে adv. under foot (পদতলে পিষ্ট); at one's feet (পদতলে লুটিয়ে পড়া). পদতলে পতিত হওয়া v. to fall at the feet (in humble submission). ̃ত্যাগ n. res ignation, relinquishment of a post or position or office, abdication. পদত্যাগ করা v. to resign, to submit resignation, to relinquish. ̃ত্যাগ পত্র n. letter of res ignation. ̃দলন n. trampling; (fig.) act of disobeying or discarding slightingly. পদদলন করা v. to trample; (fig.) to dis obey or discard slightingly. ̃দলিত a. trampled; slightingly disobeyed or dis carded; (fig.) downtrodden. fem. পদদলিতা । পদদলিত করা same as পদদলন করা । ̃ধূলি n. dust of one's feet (placed on head by another in reverence). ̃ধ্বনি same as পদশব্দ । ̃ন্যাস n. (gr.) syntax. ̃পঙ্কজ n. feet conceived as lotuses, lo tus-like beautiful feet. ̃পরিচয় n. pars ing. ̃পল্লব n. feet conceived as petals, feet as tender as petals. ̃পৃষ্ঠ n. the in step. ̃প্রান্ত n. the corner of one's feet. ̃প্রান্তে adv. at one's feet. ̃প্রার্থী a. offer ing one's candidature for a post or employment, applying for a post or employment. ☐ n. an applicant, a can didate. fem. ̃প্রার্থিনী । ̃বিক্ষেপ n. act or manner of stepping (as in a dance or walking); pacing or walking. ̃বিন্যাস n. act or manner of stepping (as in a dance or walking); (gr.) syntax. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. an advancement in office or rank, promotion. ̃ব্রজ n. act of going on foot, act of walking. ̃ব্রজে adv. on foot. ̃ভরে adv. under the weight of one's feet (esp. when walking haugh tily). ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. removed or dismissed from a position or office. ̃মর্যাদা n. the dignity of a post or position. ̃যুগল n. a pair of feet or legs. ̃রজ, ̃রেণু same as পদধূলি । ̃লেহন n. act of licking one's feet; (fig.) act of cringing, footlicking, bootlicking. ̃লেহী a. licking one's feet; (fig.) cringing, footlicking, bootlicking. পদলেহী ব্যক্তি a cringeling, a footlicker, a bootlicker, a servile per son. ̃শব্দ n. a footfall. ̃সেবা n. mas saging one's feet and legs; (fig.) wor ship; (dero.) act of serving abjectly, cringing, footlicking, bootlicking. ̃স্খলন n. a false step; stumbling; (fig.) a moral lapse or slip or aberration. পদস্খলন হওয়া same as পদস্খলিত হওয়া । ̃স্খলিত a. stumbled; (fig.) lapsed, sin ful. fem. পদস্খলিতা । পদস্খলিত হওয়া v. to stumble; (fig.) to lapse. ̃স্হ a. placed in a post or station; (pop.) in high of fice. পদাংশ n. (gr.) a syllable or part of a word. পদাগ্র n. the tip of a foot. পদাঘাত n. a kick. পদাঘাত করা v. to kick, to spurn. পদাঙ্ক n. a footprint, a footmark, a vestige. পদাঙ্গুল n. a toe. পদাঙ্গুলাকার a. (bot.) pedate. পদানত a. prostrate at one's feet; thoroughly subdued or dominated; submissive or dependent (পরের পদানত হয়ে জীবনধারণ). fem. পদানতা । পদানুগমন n. act of following one's footprints. পদানুগমন করা v. same as পদানুবর্তী হওয়া । পদানুবর্তী a. following one's footprints; act of following; (fig.) succeeding. fem. পদানুবর্তিনী । পদানুবর্তী হওয়া to follow one's footprints; to fol low; (fig.) to succeed. পদান্বয় (gr.) syn tax; parsing. পদান্বয়ী a. (gr.) preposi tional. পদান্বয়ী অব্যয় (gr.) a preposition. পদাবনত a. prostrate at one's feet; thor oughly subdued or dominated; submis sive or dependent; demoted or de graded in rank or office. fem. পদাবনতা । পদাবনতি n. demotion or degradation in rank or office. পদাবলি, পদাবলী n. a col lection or anthology of songs or lyrics or distichs (বৈষ্ণব পদাবলী). পদাভিলাষী a. desirous of holding a (particular) post or office. fem. পদাভিলাষিণী । পদাম্বুজ, পদারবিন্দ same as পদপঙ্কজ । পদার্পণ n. (lit.) act of placing one's feet upon; (rare) stepping or pacing; (pop.) act of stepping in or coming. পদার্পণ করা v. to place or set one's feet upon; to step in, to come. পদাশ্রয় n. shelter at one's feet; (fig.) favour, grace, gracious protec tion. পদাশ্রয় দেওয়া v. to give shelter at one's feet; (fig.) to treat with favour or grace, to protect graciously. পদাশ্রয়ী, পদাশ্রিত a. sheltered at one's or another's feet; (fig.) enjoying favour or grace (of), favoured, graciously protected (by). fem. পদাশ্রিতা । পদাহত a. kicked, spurned; (fig.) grievously insulted.

পদক [ padaka ] n a locket; a medal. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. one who has won a medal, medalled. পদকপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি a medallist.

পদবি [ padabi ] n a title, an appellation; a nick name; a family name, a surname.

পদাতি, পদাতিক [ padāti, padātika ] n a foot-soldier, an infan tryman; a footman.

পদাধিকারে, পদাধিকারবলে [ padādhikārē, padādhikārabalē ] adv by virtue of one's office or position, ex-officio.

পদার্থ [ padārtha ] n meaning of a word; connotation of a term; a thing, an article, a mate rial, substance, intrinsic worth (লোকটার আর পদার্থ নেই); (log.) category; (phil. & sc.) matter; (sc.) an element. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. physics. ̃বিজ্ঞানী, ̃বিদ, a. versed in physics. ☐ n. a physicist, a person skilled in physics.

পদোন্নতি [ padōnnati ] n advancement in rank or of fice, promotion.

পদ্ধতি [ paddhati ] n a way, a path, a road; a method, a mode, a manner, a system, a rule; a custom, a practice; a row, a stretch, a series; a current; a line. পদ্ধতি অনুসারে methodically, systematically.

পদ্ম [ padma ] n the lotus, the lily. ☐ n. & a. one thousand million. ˜কাঁটা n. a thorn on the stem of a lotus. ̃কেশর n. the fila ment of the lotus. ̃গন্ধি a. smelling like a lotus. ̃দিঘি n. a large pond full of lo tuses, a lotus-pond. ̃নাভ a. having a lotus in one's navel. ☐ n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃নাল n. lotus-stalk. ̃নেত্র a. lotus eyed. ̃পত্র n. a leaf of a lotus-plant. ̃পলাশ n. a lotus-petal or a leaf of a lo tus-plant. পলাশলোচন a. having eyes as large as lotus-petals. ☐ n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃পাণি. a. having a lotus in one's hand. ☐ n. Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the sun or Sun-god; Buddha. ̃বন n. a clump of lotus. ̃বীজ n. lotus-seed. ̃মধু n. es sence or honey of the lotus. ̃মুখী a. fem. having a face as beautiful or sweet as a lotus. ̃যোনি a. born out of a lotus. ☐ n. Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). ̃রাগ n. ruby; spinel. ̃লোচন a. lotus-eyed.

পদ্মা [ padmā ] n goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী); Manasa (মনসা) the snake-goddess; a river of Eastern Bengal.

পদ্মাকর [ padmākara ] n a large pond full of lotuses, a lotus-pond.

পদ্মাক্ষ [ padmākṣa ] a lotus-eyed. ☐ n. the lotus-seed.

পদ্মাপুরাণ [ padmāpurāṇa ] n a legend in verse narrating the glory of Padma (পদ্ম) or Manasa (মনসা) the snake-goddess.

পদ্মাবতী [ padmābatī ] n Manasa (মনসা) the snake-god dess.

পদ্মালয়া [ padmālaẏā ] a living in a lotus. ☐ n. goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী).

পদ্মাসন [ padmāsana ] n a particular posture of yogic sitting; one seated in this posture; an appellation of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). পদ্মাসনা a. seated on a lotus. ☐ n. goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী).

পদ্মাসীনা [ padmāsīnā ] a. fem seated on a lotus. masc. পদ্মাসীন ।

পদ্মিনী [ padminī ] n a collection of lotuses; a clump of lotuses; (inc.) the lotus; a woman belonging to the best of the four physi cal categories from the sexual point of view. ̃কান্ত, ̃বল্লভ n. the sun.

পদ্য [ padya ] n a verse, a poem; poetry.

পনস [ panasa ] n the jack-fruit; the jack-tree.

-পনা [ -panā ] sfx denoting: showy or feverish practice or imitation, -ness (গিন্নিপনা, গুনপনা).

পনির [ panira ] n cheese.

পনেরো [ panērō ] n. & a fifteen. ̃ই a. (of the days of a month) fifteenth. ☐ n. the fifteenth day of a month, the fifteenth.

পন্হ [ panha ] n (poet. & obs.) a way, a path ('পন্হ বিজন অতি ঘোর').

পন্হা [ panhā ] n a way, a path; a means, an expedi ent (উদ্ধারের পন্হা); a system of religious practice (তান্ত্রিক পন্হা); a manner or mode or style or school. ̃নুসরণ n. act of following a particular path or sys tem or mode.

পন্হানুসারী [ panhānusārī ] a following or obeying a par ticular path or system or mode.

পন্হী [ panhī ] a (used as a sfx.) belonging to a par ticular school or religious community (নানকপন্হী), following a particular doc trine (প্রাচীনপন্হী), following a particular style or mode (রবীন্দ্রপন্হী), -ist.

পন্নগ [ pannaga ] n the snake, the serpent; the rep tile; the lizard. fem. পন্নগী ।

পবন [ pabana ] n wind, air; the Wind-god (cp. Aeolus, Aiolos) (also পবনদেবতা). ̃গতি, ̃বেগ n. the speed of the wind, the fast pace of the wind. ̃নন্দন, পবনাত্মজ n. (myth.) Hanuman (হনুমান) the son of the Wind-god. ̃বেগে adv. with the speed of the wind, as fast as wind. ̃হিল্লোল n. a gentle undulating current of air.

পবিত্র [ pabitra ] a sacred, holy; sanctimonious; sanctified; pure, clean; virtuous. fem. পবিত্রা । ̃তা n. sacredness, holiness; sanctity; purity, cleanliness; virtuousness. পবিত্রিত, পবিত্রীকৃত a. sanc tified, consecrated, made holy or sa cred; purified, cleaned. পবিত্রীকরণ n. sanctification; purification, cleansing.

পমেটম [ pamēṭama ] n pomatum, pomade.

পয় [ paẏa ] n auspiciousness, luck; good fortune.

পয়ঃ [ paẏḥ ] n milk; water. ̃প্রণালী n. a drain, gutter; a watercourse.

পয়গম্বর [ paẏagambara ] n (Mus.) a human being accred ited as a messenger of God, a prophet.