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শুধু [ śudhu ] a empty (শুধু হাতে); bare (শুধু চোখে); mere, only (শুধু জল). ☐ adv. merely, simply, only (শুধু হাসছে). শুধু শুধু adv. for nothing (শুধু শুধু মার খাওয়া); in vain (শুধু শুধু চেষ্টা করা).

শুনশান [ śunaśāna ] a without a noise, completely si lent. ☐ n. complete silence.

শুনানি [ śunāni ] n (law) a hearing.

শুনানো [ śunānō ] v to make one hear; to inform; to cause to pay heed to; to sting with words, to revile, to give a person a piece of one's mind (কথা শুনিয়ে দিয়েছে). গল্প শুনানো v. to tell one a story. গান শুনানো v. to sing (one) a song.

শুভ [ śubha ] n weal, well-being, (the) good. ☐ a. doing good, beneficial, benefactory; auspicious; favourable; promising. fem. a. শুভা, শুভংকর (inc.) ̃কর same as ̃ঙ্কর । ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. an auspicious work; a solemn or religious rite or func tion or ceremony. ̃ক্ষণ n. an auspicious or favourable moment or time; an op portunity, a chance. ̃গ্রহ n. (astrol.) an auspicious or favourable planet or star. ̃ঙ্কর a. doing good, beneficial, benefactory. ̃ঙ্করী a. fem. of ̃ঙ্কর ।n. a system of arithmetical calculation in troduced by Shubhankar. ̃দ, ̃দায়ক same as ̃ঙ্কর fem. ̃দা । ̃দৃষ্টি n. an aus picious or favourable or kind look or (astrol.) aspect; the solemn rite of the bride and bridegroom looking at each other at a Hindu wedding. ̃ফল n. a happy result or outcome. ̃লক্ষণ n. an auspicious sign or mark or omen. ̃লগ্ন n. an auspicious moment. ̃সংবাদ n. good news. শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষা n. well-wishing. শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী a. well-wishing. ☐ n. a well wisher. fem. শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষিণী । শুভাগমন n. an auspicious coming; a kind visit, a wel come visit. শুভানুধ্যান same as শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষা । শুভানুধ্যায়ী same as শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী fem. শুভানুধ্যায়িনী । শুভানুষ্ঠান n. an auspicious or solemn function or ceremony. শুভার্থী same as শুভাকাঙ্ক্ষী fem. শুভার্থিনী । শুভাশীর্বাদ n. kind blessing or benediction. শুভাশুভ n. weal and woe; good and evil. শুভেচ্ছা n. well-wishes, good wishes.

শুভ্র [ śubhra ] a white; grey, hoary (শুভ্র কেশ); in candescent, bright (শুভ্র আলোক); (fig.) pure, unblemished, chaste, virtuous (শুভ্র মন). fem. শুভ্রা । শুভ্রতা n. whiteness; (fig.) purity.

শুমার [ śumāra ] n counting, enumeration (আদমশুমার = census); calculation; estimate.

শুরু [ śuru ] n commencement, beginning; start; inception. শুরু করা বা হওয়া v. to com mence, to begin; to start. শুরু থেকে শেষ from beginning to end.

শুরুয়া [ śuruẏā ] n soup.

শুল্ক [ śulka ] n duty on import or export, cus toms; tax, toll; a marriage-portion, a dowry; price. ̃শালা n. the customs house. শুল্কাধীন a. bonded. শুল্কাধীন পণ্যাগার bonded warehouse.

শুশনি [ śuśani ] n cress(es).

শুশুক [ śuśuka ] n the porpoise, the dolphin.

শুশ্রূষা [ śuśrūṣā ] n nursing (of the sick). শুশ্রূষা করা v. to nurse. ̃কারী n. a male nurse. ☐ a. nursing. fem. ̃কারিণী n. a nurse; a (nursing) sister.

শুষ্ক [ śuṣka ] a dry (শুষ্ক বস্ত্র); withered (শুষ্ক পুষ্প); sapless, pithless (শুষ্ক কাষ্ঠ); dull, uninteresting, pointless (শুষ্ক তর্ক); pale (শুষ্ক মুখ); parched (শুষ্ক কণ্ঠ); harsh (শুষ্ক স্বর); vapoury or empty or insipid (শুষ্ক বাক্য); merely formal (শুষ্ক ভদ্রতা). ̃তা n. dryness.

শূক [ śūka ] n a beard of corn, an awn; the chrysalis. ̃কীট n. the caterpillar; the chrysalis. ̃ঘ্ন a. larvicide. ̃ধান্য n. awned rice.

শূকর [ śūkara ] n the hog, the boar, the swine. fem. শূকরী the sow. বন্যশূকর n. the wild boar. ̃ছানা, ̃শাবক n. the pig. ̃পালক n. a swineherd. শূকরের মাংস pork, ham.

শূদ্র [ śūdra ] n the lowest of the four Hindu castes, Shudras; a shudra. শূদ্রা a. fem. a female shudra. শূদ্রাণী n. fem. a female shudra; a shudra's wife. শূদ্রী n. fem. a shudra's wife.

শূন [ śūna ] a poet, corrup. of শূন্য ।

শূন্য [ śūnya ] n (math.) zero; cipher; nothing; the sky; an open or empty place, space, (the) void; inexistence; absence. ☐ a. destitute of, devoid of (জনশূন্য বুদ্ধিশূন্য); vacant; empty; stoical, indif ferent. ☐ in comp. (used as a sfx.) -less (গৃহশূন্য = homeless). ̃কুম্ভ n. an empty pitcher; (fig.—dero.) a man of no worth or substance, a man of straw. ̃ক্রান্তি-রেখা n. (astr.) the aclinic line. ̃গর্ভ a. containing nothing within, empty; hollow; (fig.) unsubstantial or insincere (শূন্যগর্ভ কথা = empty words). ̃তা n. vacancy; emptiness; stoicism, indifference. ̃দৃষ্টি n. a vacant or blank look. ̃পথ an aerial route. ̃পানে adv. towards the sky. ̃বাদ n. the Buddhist doctrine which holds that the world has evolved out of nothing and will pass into nothing; atheism, nihilism. ̃বাদী a. Buddhistic, Buddhist; atheisti cal, atheistic; nihilistic. ☐ n. a Bud dhist; an atheist; a nihilist. শূন্য মন n. a vacant or unoccupied mind; an indif ferent or stocial mind. ̃মনে adv. in a vacant mood. ̃মার্গ n. aerial path; pas sage through the air. ̃যাত্রা n. a flight. ̃স্হান n. empty or vacant space; a blank; a gap. ̃হস্ত a. empty-handed; fi nancially hard up, broke; not carrying any weapon. ̃হস্তে adv. empty-handedly; without (having any) money; without carrying any weapon. ̃হাত same as ̃হস্ত । ̃করণ n. act of making empty; evacuation. শূন্যীকৃত a. emptied; evacuated.

শূপকার [ śūpakāra ] n (loos.) a cook.

শূর [ śūra ] a valiant; heroic. ☐ n. a valiant man or fighter; a hero. শূরোচিত a. befitting a hero.

শূর্প [ śūrpa ] n a wicker-work platter or tray for winnowing.

শূল [ śūla ] n a stake for impaling a criminal; a trident; a pike; a skewer, a spit; pain, inflammation (দন্তশূল); colic. শূলে দেওয়া, শূলে চড়ানো v. to impale (as a criminal). ̃ঘ্ন a. curing inflammation or colic. ̃পক্ক a. skewered or spitted and roasted. ̃পানি n. one holding a tri dent in one's hand; Shiva (শিব). ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced with a trident or pike; spitted, skewered. ̃বেদনা, ̃ব্যথা n. colic pain. শূলাগ্র n. pikehead; the point of a trident or stake. শূলানি n. pain, ache, inflammation; (coll.) itching. শূলানো v. to become painful, to ache, to inflame; (coll.) to have an itching for (পিঠ বা মুখ শূলানো). শূলী same as ̃পাণি শূল্য a. roasted on a spit or skewer (শূল্য মাংস).

শৃগাল [ śṛgāla ] n the jackal, fem. শৃগালী ।

শৃঙ্খল [ śṛṅkhala ] n a chain; fetters, irons; rule, sys tem, arrangement, due order; restraint or discipline. শৃঙ্খল-নিয়ম n. (math.) chain rule. শৃঙ্খলা n. method, system; due succession or order, sequence; ar rangement, orderliness; restraint or dis cipline. শৃঙ্খলাবদ্ধ a. chained, fettered; methodical, systematic; orderly; disci plined. শৃঙ্খলাহীন a. disorderly; con fused; undisciplined; immethodical, unmethodical, unsystematic; haphaz ard. শৃঙ্খলিত a. chained, fettered.

শৃঙ্গ [ śṛṅga ] n a horn; an antler; a peak; summit; a wind-instrument ori. made of horn, a horn. ক্ষুদ্র শৃঙ্গ a cornicle. ̃ধ্বনি n. the sound of a (musical) horn.

শৃঙ্গাকার [ śṛṅgākāra ] a corniform.

শৃঙ্গার [ śṛṅgāra ] n (rhet.) the sentiment relating to sexual union or intercourse (usu. শৃঙ্গাররস); the erotic sentiment; sexual intercourse, coition; toilet and dressing (of a woman preparing herself to meet her lover or of an elephant, an idol etc.).

শৃঙ্গী [ śṛṅgī ] a horned; corniculate. ☐ n. a horned beast.

শেওড়া, শ্যাওড়া [ śēōḍ়ā, śyāōḍ়ā ] n a kind of wild tree.

শেখ [ śēkha ] n (Mus.) a Sheik(h).

শেখর [ śēkhara ] n a crown, a diadem, a coronet; a chaplet; a peak, a crest, a summit.

শেখা [ śēkhā ] v to learn; to study; to practise; to undergo training. ☐ n. learning; study ing. ☐ a. that which has been learnt or studied or practised. শিখানো, ̃নো v. to teach; to educate; to train; to instruct. ☐ a. that which has been taught; tu tored, instructed. শেখানো সাক্ষী a tutored or primed witness.

শেজ1 [ śēja1 ] n a bed.

শেজ2 [ śēja2 ] n a lamp within a chimney, a lan tern.

শেঠ [ śēṭha ] n an upcountry merchant.

শেফালি, শেফালী, শেফালিকা [ śēphāli, śēphālī, śēphālikā ] n the horsinghar, a white fragrant autumnal flower; its tree.

শেমিজ [ śēmija ] n a chemise.

শেরওয়ানি [ śērōẏāni ] n a kind of long coat worn by men.

শের [ śēra ] n the tiger; the lion.

শেল [ śēla ] n a sharp-pointed mythological missile. ̃সম a. like the aforesaid mis sile; as painful or fatal as a stroke of the aforesaid missile. বুকে শেলসম বাজা to cut (a person) to the heart.

শেষ [ śēṣa ] n (myth.) a king of snakes; end, ter mination; close; conclusion, finish; completion; ruin or destruction or death (শত্রুর শেষ দেখা); the rear, the backside, the back-end, the rearmost or backmost part or position (সবার শেষে); the last or lowest position or place (সব শেষে); remainder, balance; settlement, solution (তর্কের শেষ). ☐ a. last; con cluding; ultimate; final; lowest; rearmost; remaining. শেষ করা v. to fin ish, to complete, to end, to conclude; to ruin or destroy or kill, to do (one) in. শেষ হওয়া v. to be finished or con cluded; to end, to conclude; to close; to be ruined or destroyed or killed. শেষ অবস্হা, শেষ দশা n. the last or final stage; the end; the dying stage. ̃কালে adv. at last, in the end. ̃পাদ n. the last quar ter. শেষ বিচার n. the Last Judgment, Doom. শেষ বিচারের দিন the Judgment day, Doomsday. শেষ বিচারক n. the Final Judge. ̃ভাগ n. the last part; the re maining portion. ̃মুহুর্ত n. the last mo ment, the eleventh hour. ̃যাত্রা n. the last journey; death. ̃রক্ষা n. that which saves the situation at the last moment, happy ending of a situation which seems hopeless. ̃রাত, ̃রাত্রি n. the last part of the night; small hours. শেষাবস্হা same as শেষ অবস্হা । শেষাশেষি adv. at the last moment, at the eleventh hour; at last, in the end, at long last; ultimately; finally. শেষে adv. in the end; in conclu sion; towards the close; ultimately, fi nally; at last; last (সে শেষে এল). শেষোক্ত a. mentioned last of all; last-named.

শৈত্য [ śaitya ] n coldness, cold; chilliness, chill; frigidity; humidity.

শৈথিল্য [ śaithilya ] n looseness, flaccidity; dishev elled or blowsy state; slackness; lax ness; tiredness, fatigue; slowness, tar diness; absence of earnestness or care fulness.

শৈব [ śaiba ] a of or worshipping Shiva (শিব). ☐ n. a Hindu community worshipping Shiva (শিব); a member of this community.

শৈবলিনী [ śaibalinī ] n a river.

শৈবাল [ śaibāla ] n lichen, moss; alga (pl. algae).

শৈল [ śaila ] n a mountain; a rock; a hill. ̃জ a. born of or grown on a mountain or a hill; mountainous or hilly. ̃জা a. fem. of শৈলজn. same as ̃সুতা । ̃জায়া n. Menaka. (মেনকা) the wife of the Himalayas. ̃তত্ত্ব n. petrology; petrog raphy. ̃ময় a. mountainous or hilly. ̃শিরা n. a ridge. ̃সুতা n. daughter of a mountain; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা), the daughter of the Himalayas.

শৈলান্তরীপ [ śailāntarīpa ] n a promontory.

শৈলী [ śailī ] n style (রচনাশৈলী).

শৈলেন্দ্র [ śailēndra ] n the lord or king of mountains; the Himalayas.

শৈলেয় [ śailēẏa ] a hill-grown. ☐ n. a fragrant resin, benzoin, storax.

শৈলোত্ক্ষেপ-বৃষ্টি [ śailōtkṣēpa-bṛṣṭi ] n (geog.) relief-rain.

শৈশব, শৈশবকাল, শৈশবাবস্হা [ śaiśaba, śaiśabakāla, śaiśabābashā ] n infancy, ba byhood; childhood; childhood days. শৈশবকালীন a. of infancy or childhood days; infantile. শৈশবকালোচিত a. proper for infancy or childhood; child-like; babyish or childish. শৈশবসঙ্গী n. a com panion or friend of one's childhood. শৈশবস্মৃতি n. reminiscence(s) of one's childhood days. শৈশবাবধি adv. from or since childhood.

শোঁ [ śō ] int expressing: a swishing or whir ring or whizzing sound.

শোঁ-শোঁ [ śō-m̐śō ] int expressing: repeated or con tinuous whizzing sound.

শোক [ śōka ] n mourning or grief. শোক করা v. to mourn, to grieve (for). ̃গাথা,̃গীতি n. an elegy; a dirge. ̃গ্রস্ত a. bereaved; grief-stricken. ̃চিহ্ন n. a sign or token of mourning. ̃জনক a. mournful; woe ful, distressing, sad, lamentable. ̃যাত্রা n. a funeral procession. ̃সংগীত n. an elegy; a dirge. ̃সন্তপ্ত a. afflicted with grief, grief-stricken. ̃সভা n. a condo lence meeting. ̃সাগর n. an ocean of grief. ̃সূচক a. indicating grief or mourning. শোকাকুল a. beside oneself with grief, overwhelmed with grief. শোকাগ্নি same as শোকানল । শোকাচ্ছন্ন a. be set or overwhelmed with grief. শোকাতুর same as শোকার্ত । শোকানল n. the burning fire of grief. শোকাবহ same as ̃জনক । শোকাবিষ্ট same as শোকাচ্ছন্ন । শোকাবেগ n. outburst of grief. শোকাভিভূত same as শোকাচ্ছন্ন । শোকার্ত a. grief-stricken. শোকোচ্ছ্বাস same as শোকাবেগ ।

শোচন, শোচনা [ śōcana, śōcanā ] n mourning or grieving; lamentation; repentance; regret. শোচনীয় a. mournful; grievous; woeful; lamentable; sad; regrettable; sorry (শোচনীয় অবস্হা = a sorry plight); mis erable.

শোণিত [ śōṇita ] n blood. ̃ধারা n. a stream or flow of blood; (loos.) blood-circulation. ̃কণা, ̃কণিকা n. a small drop of blood; (anat.) a blood-corpuscle. ̃পাত n. bloodshed; haemorrhage. শোণিতপায়ী প্রাণী a blood-sucker. ̃পিপাসা n. blood thirstiness. ̃পিপাসু a. bloodthirsty. ̃প্রবাহ same as ̃ধারা । ̃মোক্ষণ n. (med.) blood-letting. ̃রঞ্জিত a. smeared with blood, bloodstained, blood bespotted, bloody. ̃শিরা n. a vein; an artery. ̃শোষণ n. act of sucking in oth ers' blood; (fig.) extortion. ̃স্নান n. blood-bath. স্রাব n. haemorrhage. শোণিতাক্ত same as ̃রঞ্জিত ।

শোণিমা [ śōṇimā ] n red glow or tinge; flush.

শোথ [ śōtha ] n dropsy. শোথ নামা v. to have drop sical swelling.

শোধ [ śōdha ] n repayment; payment, acquittance, clearing off (dues); revenge, ven geance, retaliation. শোধ করা v. to re pay; to pay. শোধ তোলা same as শোধ নেওয়া । শোধ দেওয়া v. to pay back, to re pay; to pay; to take revenge (upon), to avenge; to retaliate. শোধ নেওয়া v. to take revenge (on, upon), to avenge; to retaliate. শোধ যাওয়া v. to be repaid or paid. ̃বোধ n. settling or balancing of accounts; (fig.) having one's revenge on somebody, squaring up with some body; final settlement. শোধ্য a. repay able.

শোধক [ śōdhaka ] a purifying; sanctifying; conse cratory; cleansing, refining; rectifying; corrective; reformative; repaying; pay ing.

শোধন [ śōdhana ] n purification; sanctification, con secration; clearing or refining; rectifi cation; amendment, correction; revi sion; reclamation; reformation; repayment; payment; acquittance. শোধন করা v. to purify; to sanctify, to conse crate; to cleanse or refine; to rectify; to amend, to correct; to revise; to reform. শোধনী a. fem. same as শোধক । শোধনীয় a. to be or capable of being purified or sanctified or consecrated or cleansed or refined or rectified or corrected or reformed or repaid or paid.

শোধরানো [ śōdharānō ] v to rectify or be rectified; to correct or be corrected; to mind one's ways.

শোধাক্ষম [ śōdhākṣama ] a insolvent. শোধাক্ষমতা n. insol vency.

শোধিত [ śōdhita ] a purified; sanctified, conse crated; cleansed, refined; rectified শোধিত কোহল; amended, corrected; revised; reclaimed; reformed; repaid; paid.

শোনা [ śōnā ] v to hear; to listen (to); to obey (কথা শোনা); to comply with; to pay heed to. ☐ a. that which has been heard or listened to; heard or learnt from oth ers (শোনা কথা). ̃নো v. to make one hear; to inform or tell; to cause to obey; to cause to pay heed to. গান শোনানো v. to sing (one) a song. ̃মাত্র adv. immediately on hearing, directly upon hearing.

শোভন [ śōbhana ] a beautiful, lovely; comely, debo nair; graceful; elegant; decorous; de cent; becoming. fem. শোভনা । শোভনীয় a. becoming.

শোভমান [ śōbhamāna ] a existing or being present beautifully; looking beautiful or deco rous. fem. শোভমানা ।

শোভা [ śōbhā ] n beauty; beautiful show; glam our. শোভা করা v. to beautify; to embel lish; to adorn; to grace. শোভা পাওয়া v. to exist or be present beautifully; to look beautiful or decorous; to behove or become. শোভা হওয়া v. to look beau tiful or decorous; to have a beautiful show; to be adorned or graced. ̃কর a. beautifying; adorning; decorating; giv ing grace to; giving glamour to. ̃ময় a. beautiful; graceful; having a beautiful show; glamorous. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃যাত্রা n. a procession. শোভাযাত্রা করে যাওয়া v. to go in a procession. শোভাযাত্রা বার করা v. to take out a procession. ̃যাত্রী n. a processionist. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. having no beauty; having no beautiful show.

শোভিত [ śōbhita ] a beautifully existing; beautified; embellished; decked; adorned; deco rated; graced.

শোভী [ śōbhī ] a beautifying; adorning; adding grace to. fem. শোভিনী ।

শোফার [ śōphāra ] n a chauffeur (fem. a chauffeuse).

শোয়া [ śōẏā ] v to lie down, to go to bed; to sleep. শুয়ে পড়া v. to lie down; to go to bed; to lie prostrate. ̃নো v. to cause to lie down; to lay down; to force to lie prostrate; to cause to succumb. ̃বসা n. (fig.) deportment, bearing; (fig.) act of living with another as neighbours or in the same society; (fig.) social intercourse. ̃বসা করা v. to live with another as neighbours or in the same society; to have social inter course with.

শোর [ śōra ] n a loud (and confused) noise, an uproar. শোর তোলা v. to raise an uproar. ̃গোল n. an uproarious noise; hue and cry; clamour.

শোরা [ śōrā ] n nitre, salt-petre. ̃ঘটিত a. nitric.

শোল [ śōla ] n a large tubular fish.

শোলা [ śōlā ] n spongewood, hat-plant, sola. শোলার কাজ n. sola work, artistry with spongewood or sola. শোলার টুপি n. a sola hat.

শোষ [ śōṣa ] n dryness; juiceless or sapless state; (med.) consumption; (med.) si nus. ☐ a. dried up within (শোষ মূলো).

শোষ-কাগজ [ śōṣa-kāgaja ] n blotting-paper.

শোষক [ śōṣaka ] a absorbing; drying up; sucking in; (fig.) extorting. ☐ n. an absorber; a sucker; (fig.) an extortioner, sponger.

শোষণ [ śōṣaṇa ] n absorption; act of drying up; suction; (fig.) extortion. শোষণ করা v. to absorb; to dry up; to suck in; (fig.) to extort.

শোষিত [ śōṣita ] a absorbed; dried up; sucked in; (fig.) subjected to extortion.

শোহরত [ śōharata ] n announcement, proclamation. ঢোল-শহরত n. proclamation by beat of drums.

শোহিনী [ śōhinī ] n an Indian musical mode.

শৌখিন [ śaukhina ] a given to niceties; given to luxury, luxurious; having refined or delicate taste; dainty; fancy (শৌখিন জিনিস = fancy goods). ̃তা n. luxuri ousness; inclination to niceties; posses sion of refined or delicate taste; dainti ness.

শৌচ, শৌচকর্ম, শৌচক্রিয়া [ śauca, śaucakarma, śaucakriẏā ] n purity; sanctity; scriptural cleansing or purification of one's body and mind; washing or cleansing of one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels. শৌচ করা v. to wash or cleanse one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels; to cleanse or pu rify scripturally one's body and mind; to sanctify. শৌচাগার n. a latrine, a lava tory, a toilet.

শৌণ্ড [ śauṇḍa ] a drunken, inebriate, intoxicated; greatly addicted or habituated to (পানশৌণ্ড); celebrated (দানশৌণ্ড). শৌণ্ডিক, শৌণ্ডী same as শুঁড়ি2 । শৌণ্ডিকালয় same as শুঁড়িখানা ।

শৌর্য [ śaurya ] n valour, prowess; heroism; strength and courage. ̃শালী a. valorous, valiant; heroic; strong and courageous. fem. ̃শালিনী ।

শ্ব [ śba ] n the dog. ̃দন্ত n. a canine tooth. ̃বৃত্তি n. dog-like behaviour, doggish ness; servitude, servility; mean or cringing flattery.

শ্বশুর [ śbaśura ] n a father-in-law; an uncle-in-law. ̃ঘর n. a woman's father-in-law's house, a husband's house. ̃বাড়ি শ্বশুরালয় n. a man's or woman's father-in-law's house.

শ্বশ্রু [ śbaśru ] n a mother-in-law; an aunt-in-law.

শ্বসন [ śbasana ] n breathing, respiration; (loos.) in halation. কৃত্রিম শ্বসন artificial respira tion.

শ্বাপদ [ śbāpada ] n any carnivorous ferocious beast of prey; (loos.) a wild beast. ̃সংকুল ̃সমাকীর্ণ a. infested with ferocious beasts of prey.

শ্বাস [ śbāsa ] n breathing, respiration; breath; asthma; asthmatic spasm; the last gasp. শ্বাস ওঠা v. to be in the last gasp; to be attacked with a spell of asthmatic spasm. শ্বাস ছাড়া v. to breathe out, to ex hale. শ্বাস নেওয়া v. to breathe in, to in hale. দুর্গন্ধ শ্বাস n. foul breath; (med.) halitosis. শ্বাসকষ্ট n. breathing trouble; laboured breathing, dyspnoea; laboured breathing of a dying person. ̃কেন্দ্র n. (anat.) the respiratory centre. ̃ক্রিয়া n. breathing, respiration. ̃গ্রহণ n. inhalation. ̃গ্রহণ করা same as শ্বাস নেওয়া । ̃ত্যাগ n. exhalation. ̃ত্যাগ করা same as শ্বাস ছাড়া । ̃নালী n. (anat.) the windpipe, the trachea. ̃প্রশ্বাস n. breathing, respiration. ̃যন্ত্র n. (anat.) the respiratory organ, lungs. ̃রোগ n. any disease characterized by breathing trouble, such as, asthma, bronchitis etc. ̃রোধ n. suffocation or choking; bated breath. ̃রোধ করা v. to suffocate; to choke; to make breathless. ̃রোধ হওয়া v. to be suffocated or choked; to be come breathless. ̃রোধক a. suffocating, choking. শ্বাসারি n. a medicine or cure for breathing trouble.

শ্বেত [ śbēta ] n the white colour. ☐ a. white; (of hair) grey. ̃কায় a. white complex ioned. ̃কুষ্ঠ n. leucoderma. ̃চর্ম a. white-skinned, white-complexioned. ̃দ্বীপ n. a mythological island, the is land of the moon; (often facet.) the British Isles. ̃পাথর, ̃প্রস্তর n. marble. ̃প্রদর n. leucorrhoea, whites. ̃রক্ত কণিকা a white corpuscle. ̃শ্মশ্রু a. greybearded. ̃সর্ষপ n. white mustard, Brassica alba. ̃সার n. starch. ̃অযুক্ত শ্বেতসার (bot.) simple starch. ̃হস্তী n. (lit. & fig.) a white elephant. শ্বেতাঙ্গ a. one whose complexion is white. □ n. the white man; a European or American. শ্বেতাভ a. having a slightly white glow or tinge, whitish; (loos.) incandescent. শ্বেতি, । শ্বেতী n. leucoderma.

শ্মশান, শ্মশানপুরী, শ্মশানভূমি [ śmaśāna, śmaśānapurī, śmaśānabhūmi ] n a cremato rium, a crematory, a cremation ground; (fig.) a deserted and cheerless place, house etc. শ্মশানে পরিণত করা v. to turn into or reduce to a cheerless desert. শ্মশানকালী n. Goddess Kali (কালী), the presiding deity of cremato ria. শ্মশানচারী a. roaming or living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানচারিণী । শ্মশানবন্ধু n. one who accompanies or carries a dead body to the crematorium. শ্মশানবাসী a. living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানবাসিনী । শ্মশানবৈরাগ্য n. the perception of transitoriness of the world, with which the mind of a visitor to a crematorium becomes imbued for a while; (fig.) sham distaste or aversion for the world just before death.

শ্মশ্রু [ śmaśru ] n beard (of man's face). ̃মণ্ডিত a. covered with beard, bearded. ̃ল a. covered with beard, bearded. ̃শূন্য ̃হীন a. beardless. ̃শোভিত a. bedecked with beard, bearded.

শ্যাওলা [ śyāōlā ] n lichen, moss; alga.

শ্যাম [ śyāma ] a cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottle green; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complex ion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). ☐ n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a di lemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloud like colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complex ion. ☐ a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল ।n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the black headed munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). ☐ n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-fam ily, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottle green, or green.

শ্যেন [ śyēna ] n the hawk, the falcon; the eagle, fem. শ্যেনী । ̃চক্ষু, ̃দৃষ্টি a. hawk-eyed, falcon-eyed; eagle-eyed. শ্যেন দৃষ্টিতে লক্ষ করা to watch with a piercing or keen eye, to watch like a hawk.

শ্রদ্ধা [ śraddhā ] n love and respect, admiration, rev erence; esteem; confidence, faith (নেতার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা); devotion (সশ্রদ্ধ পূজা); inclination, desire (খাবারে শ্রদ্ধা). শ্রদ্ধা করা v. to love and respect, to ad mire, to revere, to esteem; to have confidence or faith in. ̃ন্বিত, ̃বান, ̃লু ̃শীল a. respectful, having faith or con fidence in, faithful. ̃ভাজন, ̃স্পদ n. an object of reverence, a reverend person. fem. ̃স্পদা । ̃ভাজনেষু, ̃স্পদেষু to you or him as the reverend one (a form of addressing a reverend person in a let ter).

শ্রদ্ধেয় [ śraddhēẏa ] a reverend, venerable. fem. শ্রদ্ধেয়া ।

শ্রবণ [ śrabaṇa ] n hearing; listening (to); audition; the ear. শ্রবণ করা v. to hear; to listen (to); give an audition. ̃গোচর a. com ing within the range of hearing, au dible. ̃পথ n. the ear; hearing. ̃বহির্ভূত same as ̃শ্রবণাতীত । ̃বিবর n. the ear hole. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃যোগ্য a. worth listening to, fit to hear; audible. ̃সুখকর a. pleasing to the ear. শ্রবণা n. the twenty-second of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. শ্রবণাতীত a. incapable of being heard, inaudible. শ্রবণীয় same as শ্রব্য । শ্রবণেন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of hearing, the ear.

শ্রব্য [ śrabya ] a fit to hear; audible; intended to be heard (শ্রব্য কাব্য = a poem intended to be heard, not seen i.e., excluding drama). ̃তা n. audibility.

শ্রম [ śrama ] n labour, toil; physical or manual labour; diligence, assiduity, industry (শ্রম বিনা লেখাপড়া হয় না); exertion, fa tigue; rigour (সশ্রম কারাদণ্ড). শ্রম করা v. to labour, to toil; to do physical or manual labour; to apply oneself dili gently or assiduously; to exert oneself; to undergo rigours. উত্পাদক শ্রম produc tive labour. ̃কাতর a. reluctant to toil, grudging labour; lazy. ̃জ n. produced by toil or industry. ̃জনক a. toilsome, strenuous, fatiguing. ̃জল n. perspira tion (caused by toil), sweat. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by manual labour. ☐ n. same as শ্রমিক । ̃ণ n. a Buddhist mendicant, ascetic. fem. ̃ণা ̃বণ়্টন, ̃বিভাগ n. (econ.) division of labour. ̃বিমুখ same as ̃কাতর । ̃মন্ত্রক n. the Ministry of Labour. ̃মহাধ্যক্ষ n. Labour Commissioner. ̃লভ্য a. ob tainable by effort or application. ̃লব্ধ a. earned by toil or industry. ̃শিল্প n. an industry. ̃শীল, ̃সহিষ্ণু a. devoted to labour, laborious, painstaking, hardy, industrious, diligent, assiduous. ̃শীলতা n. industry, diligence, assiduity. ̃সাধ্য a. involving labour; laborious, toil some; strenuous; attainable by hard work. শ্রম স্বীকার করা v. to take pains. শ্রমাপনোদন করা v. to allay or remove fa tigue; to refresh, to freshen up. শ্রমিক n. a manual labourer, a labourer; a work man, an industrial worker. শ্রমিক আন্দোলন n. labour movement. শ্রমিক গোলযোগ n. labour unrest; labour trouble. শ্রমিকদল n. a gang of labourers; (pol.) the Labour Party. শ্রমিক-সংঘ n. a trade union. শ্রমোপজীবী same as শ্রমজীবী । fem. শ্রমোপজীবিনী ।

শ্রাদ্ধ [ śrāddha ] n a respectful and well-wishing of fering to the manes, obsequies, sraddha; (sarcas.) extravagant use or spending, waste; (কথার শ্রাদ্ধ, টাকার শ্রাদ্ধ); (rather vul.) tremendous perse cution or utter ruin; vituperation; (sl.) an undesirable affair. শ্রাদ্ধ করা v. to per form one's sraddha ceremony; (sarcas.) to use or spend extravagantly; to waste, (rather vul.) to persecute tre mendously or ruin utterly; to revile. শ্রাদ্ধ খাওয়া v. to partake of the feast given on the occasion of a sraddha cer emony. শ্রাদ্ধ গড়াবে v. (sl.) the (undesir able) affair will go a long way. ̃কার্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. (performance of) obsequies or sraddha. ̃শান্তি n. sraddha and similar other rites so that the manes enjoy blessed peace.

শ্রান্ত [ śrānta ] a fatigued, tired, wearied, ex hausted. শ্রান্ত করা v. to fatigue, to tire, to weary, to exhaust. শ্রান্ত হওয়া v. to be tired or fatigued, to get tired; to be wearied or exhausted. ̃ক্লান্ত a. ex tremely tired or exhausted. ̃দেহ a. having a tired or exhausted body. শ্রান্তি n. fatigue, weariness, tiredness, ex haustion. শ্রান্তি বোধ করা v. to feel tired or exhausted. শ্রান্তিকর, শ্রান্তিজনক a. fa tiguing, tiring, wearisome; laborious. শ্রান্তিহর a. removing or allaying weari ness or exhaustion or fatigue; refresh ing. শ্রান্তিহীন a. untiring, tireless.

শ্রাবণ1 [ śrābaṇa1 ] n the fourth month of the Bengali calendar. ধারা-শ্রাবণ n. Shrabana (শ্রাবণ) the month of incessant rain or cease less downpour.

শ্রাবণ2 [ śrābaṇa2 ] a auditory.

শ্রী [ śrī ] n Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী); Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী); wealth, riches; af fluence, prosperity; good luck, fortune; beauty, grace (মুখশ্রী); appearance; style, manner, attitude (কথার শ্রী); an appellation affixed to the name of a holy person dead or living or to that of a sacred thing or place (শ্রীসত্যেন্দ্র বসু, শ্রীচৈতন্য, শ্রীখোল, শ্রীক্ষেত্র); an Indian musical mode. ̃করকমল n. a lotus-like auspicious hand. ̃করকমলেষু to your or his lotus-like auspicious hand (a form of addressing a person politely in a let ter). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. Puri in Orissa. ̃খণ্ড n. sandalwood. ̃ঘর n. (sarcas.) a prison, a gaol, a jail. ̃ঘরবাস a. imprisonment, incarceration. ̃চরণ n. an auspicious foot. ̃চরণেষু । to your or his auspicious feet (a form of addressing a venerable person in a letter). ̃চরণকমল n. a lotus like auspicious foot. ̃চরণকমলেষু same as ̃চরণেষু । ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati is worshipped. ̃ফল n. the wood-apple. ̃বত্স n. the clockwise circle of hair on the bosom of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃বত্স লাঞ্ছন n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase of wealth; prosperity; advancement, improvement. ̃বৃদ্ধি লাভ করা v. to have one's wealth increased; to prosper, to thrive; to advance, to im prove. ̃বৃদ্ধিসাধন করা v. to cause to prosper or thrive; to promote prosper ity or wealth; to cause to advance, to improve. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from or bereft of prosperity; deprived of beauty or grace or glamour; dilapidated; ruined. ̃মণ্ডিত a. beautified; beautiful; grace ful. ̃মতী a. fem. of শ্রীমান ।n. a beau tiful woman or girl; a young woman; Radha (রাধা). ̃মত্ a. gracious or glori ous usu. affixed to the name of a saintly man or to that of a sacred book (শ্রীমদ্রামানুজ, শ্রীমদ্ভাগবত). ̃মন্ত a. fortu nate, prosperous; wealthy, affluent. ̃মান a. beautiful, graceful, fortunate, wealthy, affluent (usu. affixed to the name of a junior person). ̃মুখ n. an auspicious face. ̃যুক্ত, ̃যুত same as শ্রীমান (usu. affixed to the name of a se nior or respectable man). fem. ̃যুক্তা । ̃ল same as ̃যুক্ত (usu. affixed to the name of an especially respectable or adorable man). ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. deprived of grace or beauty or prosperity; ugly; wretched.

শ্রুত [ śruta ] a heard; famous, celebrated. ̃কীর্তি a. one whose deeds or feats have be come widely famous. ̃ধর, ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি, ̃লেখক same as শ্রুতিধর, শ্রুতিলিখন, শ্রুতিলিপি, শ্রুতিলেখক (see শ্রুতি).

শ্রুতি [ śruti ] n hearing; audition; the ear; hear say (জনশ্রুতি); a myth; a legend; my thology; legends collectively; the Vedas; (mus.) a subtle note that is heard at the time of changing the voice from one note to another, (cp.) a quar ter-tone. ̃কটু, ̃কঠোর a. grating on ears, harsh to hear, grating, jarring; ca cophonous, cacophonic. ̃গোচর a. coming within the range of hearing, audible. ̃নাট্য n. a drama that is en joyed not by seeing it acted but by lis tening to it. ̃ধর a. capable of remem bering whatever one hears. ☐ n. such a person. ̃পথ n. the ear-hole; the range of hearing, earshot. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃মূল n. the root or base of the ear. ̃লিখন n. act of writing to dicta tion; shorthand writing, stenography. ̃লিপি n. a script written to dictation or by shorthand. ̃লেখক n. a writer taking dictation; a shorthand writer, a stenog rapher. ̃সুখকর a. pleasant to hear.

শ্রেণি, শ্রেণী [ śrēṇi, śrēṇī ] n a line, a row, a range; a se ries (সংখ্যাশ্রেণি); a community, a class (ধনিকশ্রেণি); a collection, a herd, a flock, a swarm (হস্তিশ্রেণি, পিপীলিকা শ্রেণি); a school or college class, a class, a form (ষষ্ঠ শ্রেণি, বি.এ. শ্রেণি); a division (তিন শ্রেণিতে বিভক্ত); (phys.) a grade. ̃ফল n. sum of series. ̃বদ্ধ, ̃বিন্যস্ত a. arranged in a line or row, aligned, arrayed; (esp. in bot.) classi fied. ̃বন্ধ, ̃বিন্যাস n. alignment, arrayment; classification. ̃বন্ধ-পদ্ধতি, ̃বন্ধ-প্রণালী n. the system of alignment or arrayment or (chiefly in bot.) classi fication. ̃বন্ধসূত্র n. principles of classi fication. ̃বিভাগ n. classification; divi sion into castes or communities or classes or groups. ̃ভুক্ত a. included in a particular line or class.

শ্রেয় [ śrēẏa ] n good; weal; welfare; benefit; vir tue; religion; final salvation, beatitude. ☐ a. good; beneficial; auspicious; proper; best, excellent; (pop.) prefer able, better, superior. ̃সী fem. of শ্রেয়ান । ̃স্কর a. doing good (to), benefi cial. fem. ̃স্করী । শ্রেয়ান a. better; supe rior; more beneficial; (loos.) good, ex cellent, beneficial. শ্রেয়োলাভ n. attain ment of good or virtue or final salva tion.

শ্রেষ্ঠা [ śrēṣṭhā ] a greatest; chief, principal; best, ex cellent; (pop.) greater or better, supe rior. fem. শ্রেষ্ঠা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. the state of being the greatest or chief or best or excellent; superiority or pre-eminence.

শ্রেষ্ঠী [ śrēṣṭhī ] n a merchant prince; a merchant; a banker; an opulent man.

শ্রোণি, শ্রোণী [ śrōṇi, śrōṇī ] n the hip, the buttocks, the loins, the posteriors.

শ্রোতব্য [ śrōtabya ] a to be heard, proper to hear.

শ্রোতা [ śrōtā ] n a hearer; a listener.

শ্রোতৃবর্গ, শ্রোতৃমণ্ডলী [ śrōtṛbarga, śrōtṛmaṇḍalī ] n the audience.

শ্রোত্র [ śrōtra ] n the ear; the Vedas.

শ্রোত্রিয় [ śrōtriẏa ] n a Brahman versed in the Vedas; a class of Brahmans who are not kulins (কুলীন); a Brahman of this class.

শ্রোত্রী [ śrōtrī ] fem of শ্রোতা ।

শ্রৌত [ śrauta ] a enjoined or sanctioned in the Vedas, Vedic.

শ্লথ [ ślatha ] a loose, flaccid (শ্লথ চর্ম); dishev elled (শ্লথ করবী); blowsy (শ্লথ বেশবাস); slack, loose, loosened, slackened, re laxed (শ্লথ বন্ধন); not strict, lax (শ্লথ শাসন); tired, worn-out, fatigued শ্লথ দেহ); slow, tardy, slowed down, re tarded (শ্লথগতি); not earnest or careful (সে পড়াশোনায় বড়ো শ্লথ).

শ্লাঘনীয়, শ্লাঘ্য [ ślāghanīẏa, ślāghya ] a praiseworthy, laudable, commendable; desirable.

শ্লাঘা [ ślāghā ] n praise, laudation, commendation, eulogy; self-praise.

শ্লিষ্ট [ śliṣṭa ] a connected, joined; attached; re lated; embraced; (rhet. & gr.) contain ing a pun, equivocal. ˜প্রয়োগ n. equivocation.

শ্লীপদ [ ślīpada ] n elephantiasis.

শ্লীল [ ślīla ] a courteous, polite; modest; decent. ̃তা n. courtesy, politeness; modesty; decency. শ্লীলতাহানি n. violation of mod esty, outraging the modesty (of a woman).

শ্লেষ [ ślēṣa ] n (rhet.) pun; (loos.) a ridicule hinted artfully, an irony, an insinua tion. শ্লেষ করা v. to direct an ironical re mark (at or against); to insinuate (against). শ্লেষোক্তি n. an ironical or in sinuating or quibbling remark.

শ্লেষ্মা [ ślēṣmā ] n nasal mucus, catarrh, rheum; mucus; phlegm. বুকে শ্লেষ্মা জমা v. to have congestion in one's chest. শ্লেষ্মা ঝরা v. to have one's nose running. ̃ঘটিত same as শ্লৈষ্মিক । ̃প্রধান a. hav ing predominance of phlegm, phleg matic.

শ্লৈষ্মিক [ ślaiṣmika ] a mucous; catarrhal, rheumatic; phlegmatic. শৈষ্মিক ঝিল্লী the mucous membrane.

শ্লোক [ ślōka ] n a couplet, a distich, a verse, a poem; fame, renown (পুণ্যশ্লোক). ̃বদ্ধ শ্লোকাত্মক a. versified.