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1 [ śa1 ] n the thirtieth consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

শংসন, শংসা [ śaṃsana, śaṃsā ] n praise, compliment. শংসাপত্র n. a certificate; a testimonial.

শংসিত [ śaṃsita ] a praised, complimented.

শক [ śaka ] n the Scythian race; a Scythian; an era introduced in 78 A.D. (also শকাব্দ); any year (বাংলা শক).

শকট [ śakaṭa ] n a vehicle, a carriage, a cart, a car. গো-শকট n. a bullock-cart; a hackery. বাস্পীয় শকট a railway train. ̃চালক n. a carter, a driver, a carman; a coachman.

শকটিকা [ śakaṭikā ] n a small or toy car.

শকড়ি [ śakaḍ়i ] n. & a that which has come in contact with cooked food or with the leavings of one's meal.

শকদ্বীপ [ śakadbīpa ] n Scythia.

শকরখন্দ [ śakarakhanda ] n the sweet potato, the yam.

শকল [ śakala ] n a portion, a part, a piece; a scale of fish; (bot.) bast. ̃তন্তু n. bast fibre.

শকার-বকার [ śakāra-bakāra ] n filthy words beginning with শ and ব; filthy revilings or abu sive language.

শকারি [ śakāri ] n the enemy or subduer of the Shakas (শক).

শকুন [ śakuna ] n the vulture; an omen. ̃জ্ঞ a. versed in augury.

শকুনি [ śakuni ] n the vulture; a character of the Mahabharata; (fig.) a relative who, by giving evil counsel, leads a family to ruin.

শকুন্ত [ śakunta ] n the bird; the vulture. ̃লা n. fem. one who has been protected by a bird.

শক্ত1 [ śakta1 ] a capable, able, fit for work (শক্তসমর্থ = hardy); strong, powerful; ef ficient; hard to win over or deceive (শক্ত ব্যবসায়ী).

শক্ত2 [ śakta2 ] a hard, not soft; strong; stiff, obdu rate; durable, tight; firm, steady; stub born; severe, rigorous; strict; rigid; strenuous; niggardly, stingy (খরচের বেলায় সে শক্ত); harsh (শক্ত কথা) excru ciating (শক্ত ব্যথা); difficult. শক্ত ঘানি (fig.) a very hard taskmaster; (fig.) a hard nut to crack; a very obdurate man. শক্ত পাল্লায় পড়া to have to deal with a person who is more than one's match, to catch a tartar. শক্তের ভক্ত নরমের যম (fig.) one who flatters a strong oppo nent but tyrannizes over a weak one, a jackal in Brobdingang playing the lion in Lilliput.

শক্তি [ śakti ] n power; strength, might; force; vigour; capacity; capability; potency (as of homoeopathic medicines); (phys.) energy; a state influential in in ternational affairs, a power; (Hindu. myth.) the female principle taking part in the work of creation, Sakti, Shakti, a female deity; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an ancient missile. ̃ক্ষয় n. loss of power or strength or energy; (of an army) loss of men. ̃ধর a. powerful, strong. শক্তি প্রয়োগ করা v. to apply force. ̃বর্গ n. pl. states influential in international affairs or taking part in a war, powers. ̃মত্তা, ̃শালিতা n. powerfulness, strength; forcefulness; possession of full vigour. ̃মান, ̃শালী a. powerful, strong. force ful; vigorous; nervous (শক্তিশালী গদ্য). fem. ̃মতী, ̃শালিনী । ̃শেল n. a dreadful or deadly mythological missile. ̃সঞ্চয় n. accumulation of strength or power; accumulation or preservation of en ergy. শক্তি সঞ্চার করা v. to infuse strength in; to invigorate; to energize. ̃সামর্থ্য n. power and capabilities. ̃সাম্য n. bal ance of power. ̃হীন a. powerless; weak; impotent. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. powerlessness; weakness; impotence.

শক্তু [ śaktu ] n a kind of farina made by grinding pulses, pulse-meal.

শক্য [ śakya ] a capable of being done. ̃তা n. practicability, feasibility; capability.

শত্রূ [ śatrū ] n Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods.

শখ [ śakha ] n a capricious inclination or liking; a fancy; a hobby; a pursuit for amuse ment (শখের চাকরি); one's own accord or choice. শখ করা v. to incline to or choose or pursue capriciously or for amusement; to undertake or invite or choose voluntarily (শখ করে বিপদ ডাকা).

শঙ্কর [ śaṅkara ] n Shiva (শিব); a species of sea fish. fem. শঙ্করী Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).

শঙ্কা [ śaṅkā ] n fear, dread, terror; alarm; misgiv ing; perturbation. শঙ্কা করা v. to fear, to apprehend; to have a misgiving. ̃কুল a. perturbed; full of misgiving; greatly frightened. fem. ̃কুলা । ̃ন্বিত same as শঙ্কিত । fem. ̃ন্বিতা । ̃শূন্য a. fearless; free from misgivings. ̃হর, ̃হরণ a. one who or that which expels fear or misgiving. fem. ̃হরা । ̃হীন same as ̃শূন্য । fem. ̃হীনা ।

শঙ্কিত [ śaṅkita ] a frightened, alarmed; afraid; seized with a misgiving; perturbed; fearful, timorous.

শঙ্কু [ śaṅku ] n a long pin of wood or metal; a probe; a prod; a skewer; a wedge; a peg, a stake; a gnomon; (chiefly in conics) a cone.

শঙ্খ [ śaṅkha ] n the conch; a conchshell (esp. one that is sounded by blowing); a conchbangle. ☐ n. & a. billion (1,,,). ˜চক্রগদাপদ্মধারী a. carrying a conch-shell, a discus, a mace and a lotus. ☐ n. an appellation of God Narayana. ̃চিল n. a species of white-breasted kite. ̃চূড় n. the king cobra. ̃চূর্ণ n. conchshell powder. ̃চূর্ণী see শঙ্খিনী । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ n. the sound of blowing a conchshell. ̃ধ্বনি করা, ̃নাদ করা v. to blow a conchshell. ̃বণিক n. a dealer and worker in articles of conchshells. ̃বলয় n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell. ̃বিষ n. white arsenic, ratsbane. শঙ্খিনী n. a woman of the third of four sexual cat egories; the evil spirit of a woman who has died when her husband is still alive, a female ghoul (also শঙ্খচূর্ণী).

শচি, শচী [ śaci, śacī ] n the wife of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods.

শজনে [ śajanē ] n a kitchen plant, the horse raddish. ̃খাড়া n. the edible stem or stalk of this plant.

শজারু [ śajāru ] n the porcupine.

শতন [ śatana ] n rotting, decomposition, putrefac tion.

শটি, শটী [ śaṭi, śaṭī ] n zedoary. শটি ফুড n. pulver ized zedoary taken as food.

শঠ [ śaṭha ] a deceitful; swindling; knavish; sly; crooked. ☐ n. a knave, a crook. ̃তা, শঠতাচরণ n. deceit; swindling; knavery, chicanery; false play; sharp practice; slyness; crookedness. শঠতা করা v. to chicane, to deceive, to play false. শঠে শাঠ্যং an eye for an eye; a blow for a blow.

শণ [ śaṇa ] n hemp (plant or fibre); flax (plant or fibre). শণে তৈরি a. hempen; flaxen. শণের নুড়ি (lit.) a sheaf of fibres of flax; (fig.) grey hair.

শত [ śata ] n. & a hundred. ☐ a. many or innu merable. প্রতি শত per cent. শতক a. hav ing a number of hundreds; hundred. ☐ n. a hundred; an aggregate of one hun dred similar things (সদ্ভাবশতক); a cen tury. ̃করা a. & adv. per cent. শতকরা হার, শতকরা হিসাব percentage. ˜কিয়া n. a table of numbers up to 1. ̃কোটি n. & a. hundred crore. □ a. countless, in numerable. ̃খণ্ড n. a hundred pieces. ☐ a. reduced or torn to hundred pieces; reduced or torn to pieces; tattered. ̃গুণ n. a hundred times. ☐ a. hundred times of; a hundred times. ☐ adv. to or by hundred times; a hundred times; many or countless times, in or to a great de gree or extent, far. ̃গুণে adv. same as ̃গুণ (adv.). ̃গ্রন্হি a. patched at hundred places; tattered. ̃ঘ্নী n. a mythological missile which could kill a hundred per sons at one stroke. ̃চ্ছিন্ন a. torn at hun dred places; tattered. ̃তম a. hun dredth. fem. ̃তমী । ̃দল n. a hundred petalled or many-petalled object; the lotus. ̃দ্রু n. the river Sutlej. ̃ধা adv. in or to a hundred divisions; a hundred times as much; hundredfold; in or to numerous divisions. ̃ধার a. having a hundred ends or edges or streams. ̃ধারে adv. in hundred streams, in innu merable streams. ̃পদী n. the centi pede; the scorpion; the earwig. ̃বর্ষজীবী same as শতায়ু । ̃বার্ষিক a. centennial. শতবার্ষিক উত্সব the centenary. ̃ভিষা n. the twenty-fourth of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. ̃মারী n. (sarcas.) a bad physician who has killed a hundred patients, a charla tan, a quacksalver, a quack. ̃মুখ a. having one hundred mouths or outlets; (fig.) voluble, glib. মুখী n. (hum.) a besom. ̃মুখে adv. glibly; in multifari ous ways. ̃মূলী n. asparagus. ̃রূপা a. having many colours or shapes. ̃শ adv. by hundreds; hundredfold; hun dred times over; over and over again. ̃সহস্র n. & a. hundred thousand. □ a. many, innumerable.

শতরঞ্জ, শতরঞ্চ [ śatarañja, śatarañca ] n chess.

শতরঞ্জি, শতরঞ্চি [ śatarañji, śatarañci ] n a durrie, a carpet.

শতাংশ [ śatāṃśa ] n one hundred parts; (pop.) one hundredth part.

শতাব্দ, শতাব্দী [ śatābda, śatābdī ] n a century.

শতায়ু [ śatāẏu ] a living for a hundred years. শতায়ু ব্যক্তি a. centenarian.

শতেক [ śatēka ] a one hundred; many hundreds; many, innumerable; nearly or approxi mately a hundred. ̃খেয়ারি n. fem. (in vulgar reviling) a cursed woman who has seen the death of a hundred near ones.

শনশন [ śanaśana ] int expressing: the noise caused by the speedy flight of the wind, arrow etc.

শনাক্ত [ śanākta ] n identification. শনাক্ত করা v. to identify.

শনি [ śani ] n (myth.) a deity who is the son of the sun-god; the Saturn; Saturday (usu. শনিবার); (fig.) one who ruins utterly. শনির দশা (astrol.) the influence of Sat urn; (fig.) the state of utter distress or ruin. শনির দৃষ্টি (astrol.) the aspect of Saturn; (fig.). state of utter distress or ruin. ̃বলয় n. the ring of Saturn.

শনৈশ্চর [ śanaiścara ] n (myth.) a deity who is the son of the sun-god; Saturn.

শপ [ śapa ] n a finely woven large mat.

শপথ [ śapatha ] n an oath, a swearing; a vow; a promise. শপথ করা v. to take an oath, to swear; to vow; to promise. শপথ করানো v. to cause to take an oath, to cause to swear or vow or promise. শপথ করে, ̃পূর্বক adv. on oath, with an oath. ̃পত্র n. an affidavit. ̃প্রমাণক n. a Commis sioner of affidavits.

শপাং, শপাত্ [ śapā, ṃśapāt ] int expressing; the noise of a quick and forceful stroke as of a whip; the swishing noise.

শপাশপ [ śapāśapa ] int expressing: repeated শপাত্ sound; the noise of gulping any thin food greedily and quickly.

শব, শবদেহ [ śaba, śabadēha ] n a dead body, a corpse. শবদাহ, শবদাহন n. cremation. শবদাহ করা v. to burn a dead body, to cremate. শবদাহক n. one who cremates, a cremator. শবদাহনচুল্লি n. a cremator; an incinerator.শবদাহস্হান n. a crematorium. শবপরীক্ষা n. post-mortem; autopsy. শবপরীক্ষা করা v. to make a post-mortem of, to autopsy. শবব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dis sect a dead body. শবযাত্রা n. a funeral procession শবযান n. a bier. শবসত্কার n. obsequies, funeral rites; cremation. শবসত্কার করা v. to perform the obse quies of; to cremate. শবসাধনা n. a form of mystical rite or religious meditation performed by sitting upon a dead body in a crematorium usu. on a new-moon night; (fig.) a dreadful endeavour to achieve something. শবাকার a. corpse like; looking like a corpse. শবাগার n. a morgue. শবাচ্ছাদন-বস্ত্র n. shroud; a wind ing-sheet; dead-clothes. শবাধার n. a bier. শবানুগমন করা v. to follow a corpse to the funeral place. শবানুগামী, শবানুযাত্রী n. one who follows a corpse to the fu neral place, a mourner. শবাসন n. a pos ture of yogic exercise in which one lies still with the face up. শবাসনা a. fem. mounted upon a corpse. ☐ n. Goddess Kali (কালী).

শবর [ śabara ] n an ancient non-Aryan hunting community of India; a member of this community; a hunter. fem. শবরী ।

শবল [ śabala ] a dappled, variegated; brindled. fem. শবলা, শবলী ।

শবেবরাত [ śabēbarāta ] n a Muslim festival.

শব্দ [ śabda ] n a sound; a noise; a cry or call (পাখির শব্দ, কুকুরের শব্দ); a word. শব্দ করা v. to make a sound or noise; to cry or call. ̃কর, ̃কারী a. making a sound or noise; crying or calling. ̃কোষ n. a lexicon; a dictionary. ̃তত্ত্ব n. philol ogy. ̃তরঙ্গ n. a sound-wave. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. philological. ☐ n. a philologist. ̃দ্বৈত n. reduplication of words. ̃প্রকরণ n. orthography. ̃বহ a. conveying sounds or sound-waves. ̃বিন্যাস n. arrange ment of words; (gr.) syntax. ̃বেধী var. of ̃ভেদী । ̃ব্রহ্ম n. the Supreme Being consisting of sound only (cp. Logos); the Vedas. ̃ভাণ্ডার n. the treasure of words; the total corpus of words of a language. ̃ভেদী a. capable of hitting the target by merely hearing the sound made by it. ̃যোজনা n. adding or supplementing words. ̃ময় a. full of sound; noisy; word. ̃শক্তি n. different imports of a word; the capacity of words for conveying significance, power of words. ̃শাস্ত্র n. the science of words; grammar; philology; branches of learning collectively. ̃হীন a. sound less; noiseless; speechless; silent. শব্দাতীত a. beyond words; not express ible in words. শব্দায়মান a. in the state of making sounds, sounding; resounding. শব্দার্থ n. the meaning of a word, a word-meaning. শব্দালংকার n. any one of the figures of speech based on sound, such as, alliteration, onomatopoeia etc. শব্দিত a. sounded; filled with sound; re sounded.

শম [ śama ] n cessation, desistance; alleviation, mitigation; mental (and also sensual) restraint or calm; subsidence or con quest of desire.

শমন2 [ śamana2 ] n Yama (যম) the god of death; death. ̃দ্বার n. death's door. ̃ভবন, ̃সদন n. the abode of death; the Hades; death's door. শমনসদনে যাওয়া v. to die. শমনসদনে প্রেরণ করা v. to kill; to send (one) to one's death.

শমি [ śami ] n a kind of tree the Acacia suma.

শমিত [ śamita ] a allayed; subsided; repressed, re strained; calmed; quelled.

শমীধান্য [ śamīdhānya ] n any leguminous grain, pulse, bean etc.

শম্বর [ śambara ] n a kind of antelope with branched horns; a mythological demon. শম্বরারি n. the enemy or slayer of Shambar (শম্বর) the demon; Madana (মদন) the Hindu love-god.

শম্বুক, শম্বূক [ śambuka, śambūka ] n the snail. ̃গতি n. snail-like pace or movement; (fig.) procrastina tion, sluggishness, slowness. ☐ a. snail-paced; snail-slow; sluggish, slow.

শম্ভু [ śambhu ] n Shiva (শিব).

শয্যা [ śayyā ] n a bed; bedding; a couch or cot. শয্যা তোলা v. to put up or put away a bed. শয্যা পাতা v. to make a bed. শয্যা নেওয়া v. to become bedridden; to lie down. ̃কণ্টকী, (loos.) ̃কণ্টক n. a malady in which one feels as if one's bed is a bed of thorns. ̃গত same as ̃শায়ী । ̃চ্ছাদন, ̃চ্ছাদনী n. a bedspread, a coverlet, a bedcover; a bedsheet. ̃পার্শ্ব n. bedside. ̃প্রান্ত n. the end of a bed. শয্যা রচনা করা v. to make a bed. ̃শায়ী a. bedridden, bedfast; lying down. fem. ̃শায়িনী । ̃সঙ্গী, ̃সহচর n. a bedfellow; a husband; a paramour (fem. ̃সঙ্গিনী, ̃সহচরী a concubine, a paramour).