[ r ] n the twenty-seventh consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

o [ rn ] n setting out, setting out on a journey; departure; dispatch ( o

o). o o v. to set out, to set out on a journey; to depart. o v. to see off,
to dispatch; to arrange for one's journey.
, [ ra, raa ] n color, hue; dye; paint; complexion; (of playing cards) a suit or one
of a suit or the trump-suit or a trump; exaggeration. v. to put color on, to paint,
to color; to dye. D v. to put color on, to color; to exaggerate. o v. to take on
color, to color. n. variegation in coloring; gaudiness. , a. variegated in colors;
gaudy. n. fun and frolics; drollery; frolicking. same as , a.
variegated in colors; diverse. v. to dye; to color; to paint, see also
[ ra mmahala ] n a pleasure house; a place for entertainment; a theatre hall.
r [ rarua ] n a recruit.

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[ raka
2
] n the gigantic roc bird of legends, the roc, the rok, the ruc.
[ rakama ] n a variety, a sort, a kind; manner, fashion style, way; characteristic or
habit ( i oi). adv. nearly or approximately, about ( a). ,
, o a. of or in various sorts of fashions, various; assorted; different (
, r). n. pl. (usu. dero.) ways, gestures or movements; symptoms
( ).
k [ rakta ] n blood. a. blood-red, sanguine, red; dyed in red; (of eyes) bloodshot or
reddened; inclined or attached (k, ank). k v. to retain blood heat, to be
still alive; (fig.) to be still young or in vigour. k v. to curdle one's blood, to
make one's blood freeze. k v. (lit.) to liquefy one's blood; (fig.) to work hard to
the impairment of one's health. k v. to bleed. k o v. to donate one's blood (as
to a blood-bank or a sick person); to transfuse blood (to the veins of a sick person);
(fig.) to shed or spill one's own blood ( n k o). k o v. (med.) to draw
one's blood for bacteriological examination. k D v. to bleed. k v. to stop
bleeding. k o v. to gain blood. k ak (fig.) a. written in blood; containing
the history of a great many losses of life or a massacre. v. (fig.) to shed one's own
blood for. k a. blood-bought. k same as k k m , k m
blood-relationship. k- same as kk n. a blood corpuscle. k a red
(blood) corpuscle. k a white (blood) corpuscle. + n. the coral. n. the
red lotus. n. the red oleander. n. the mountain ebony. { n. the red lotus. k
n. loss of blood; bloodshed; (fig.) great impairment of health and energy. k a. causing
or involving loss of blood; causing or involving bloodshed, sanguinary; (fig.) causing great
impairment of health and energy. k n. blood-letting, surgical drawing off of some of a patient's
blood. n. a river of blood; a pool of blood caused by a heavy haemorrhage ( k); a
great massacre, blood-bath ( k). k- a. easily irritable or angered, hot-blooded; hot
headed, hot-brained. k n. blood shot eye(s); an angry look. a. having reddish eyes; bloody-
eyed. + n. the red sandalwood. n. blood pressure. a. blood-sucking. n. a deadly
blood-sucking lizard; (fig.) an exorbitant extortioner; a bloodsucker, a vampire. dD the
vampire-bat. n. the red chinarose. h a. having a ruddy or bloodred tongue. n. clotting
or congealing of blood. n. donation of one's blood (as to a blood-bank or a sick person);
blood-transfusion; (fig.) act of shed ding one's own blood, blood-sacrifice. d, n. blood-
poisoning, pyaemia. same as k same as kk n. a red flag. k a. blood-
sucking. d n. the red lotus. n. bloodshed; haemorrhage. k v. to shed or spill blood.
k o v. to bleed. a. bloodless; without blood shed. k v. to suck or drink
(another's) blood; (fig.) to extort exorbitantly. a. blood sucking. k dD the vampire-
bat. N n. a lump of clotted or congealed blood; (fig.) an embryo. t n. (med.) haemorrhage
from the liver. n. thirst for blood. s a. bloodthirsty. p n. (med.) a kind of leucorrhoea
causing haemorrhage. n. blood-like; blood-red. n. blood-vomiting; (med.) haematemesis.
k v. to vomit blood. a. blood-red; ruddy; crimson. n. blood-red-colour; crimson
colour. n. red-coloured or crimson-coloured cloth. a. wearing a red coloured or crimson-
coloured cloth. fem. a. k k a woman in red or crimson. n. a blood-vessel; a
vein. a. blood carrying. same as kd n. a drop of blood. n. (myth.) a demon
each drop of whose blood, as soon as it fell to the ground, would in stantly create a new demon
equal to him; the pomegranate. k D (fig. & dero.) a family or collection which cannot be
thoroughly exterminated. b+ n. increase of blood in the body. g, a. & n. violet, purple.
N n. a blood-bank. n. plasma; serum. n. flesh and blood composing one's body; flesh
and blood. k the human body or the mortal frame (which is susceptible to pain).
k m blood-relationship. k a. blood-letting. k n. blood-letting. kk v. to
bleed (as a patient), to let another's blood. r a. blood stained; dyed in red. n. plasma. n.
a crimson glow or colour. n. the onyx. n. a streak of blood; a streak of crimson light or
colour. same as kk n same as k a. purifying or rectifying blood.
same as k k v. to suck another's blood; (fig.) to extort
exorbitantly. , , n. circulation of blood. n. blood transfusion. s n. (fig.) a
great massacre, blood-bath. n. haemorrhage. n. a stream or flow of blood. a.
bloodless; anaemic; pale. n. bloodlessness; anaemia; paleness. kk a. smeared with blood;
blood-stained (kk ); bleeding (kk ); dyed or painted in crimson, crimson (kk
). k n. blood-dysentery; bacillary dysentery; the bloody flux. k n. (med.)
plethora. k a. having a crimson glow, crimson; ruddy. k n. blood-starvation. km same
as k kk n. profuse bloodshed; mutual bloodshed; profuse haemorrhage. kl n.
anaemia. k a. reddish; crimson, blood-red, ruddy; reddened; flushed (e. g. flushed cheeks).
k n. redness; red or crimson glow; ruddiness or a flush. k n. the red lotus. k n.
ochre, red chalk.
k [ rakaka ] n a protector; a defender; a guard, a guardsman; a guardian; a rescuer, a saviour;
a preserver; a caretaker, a keeper; a maintainer; a depositor; a custodian.
k [ rakaa ] n same as k (n.). a. (used as a sfx.) protecting, defending, guarding
(k{k). a. obscurantist; conservative. kk n. supervision; care, custody, guarding.
kk v. to look after, to take care of; to su pervise; to guard. kk a. in one's care
or custody, under one's tute lage or guardianship. k a. that which is to be or can be protected
or defended or guarded or rescued or preserved or observed or taken care of or maintained or
deposited. fem. k
k [ rak ] n protection; defence; guarding; rescue, saving; preservation; observance, act of
abiding by; act of taking care of, keeping; maintenance, upkeep, retention; depositing. v. poet.
form of k k v. to protect; to defend; to guard; to rescue; to save; to preserve; to
observe, to keep; to look after, to take care of, to keep, to tend; to maintain, to keep up, to retain;
to deposit. pj k to keep or ful fil one's promise. k i no escape. n. an amulet
believed to have occult power to safeguard the wearer; safeguard ( n k). n.
same as k fem. t n. a manifestation of Goddess Kali ().
k [ rakigha ] n a guard-room.
k [ raki ] fem of k
k [ rakita ] a protected; defended; guarded; rescued, preserved; observed; taken care of;
tended; maintained, kept up; deposited. k fem. of k n. a kept woman; a mistress, a
concubine.
k [ rak ] n a guard, a guardsman.
k , kn [ rakbarga, raksainya ] n the defence army; household troops, guards.
k [ rakrja ] n a king of rakshasas.
[ raga ] n the flat portion of either side of the head above the cheekbone, the temple.
v. to have a morbid throbbing of temples. grazing the temple. a. a quick-
tempered.
D [ raga ] n fun; a practical joke; drollery. D v. to make fun (of); to play a practical
joke. D v. to see or enjoy fun; (fig.) to take delight in another's trouble, misfortune etc.
D [ raga n ] v to rub; to massage; to curry; to chafe, to fret.
DD [ raga raga i ] n mutual or repeated rubbing or currying or chafing or fretting or
importunating or higgling.
[ ragarag ] a (of colour) bright; too deep and bright red.
gD, D [ ragu , raga i ] a given to making fun or playing jokes; given to drollery,
drollish; funny, jocular, droll.
[ raghu ] n a great mythological king. { n. the dynasty or line of King Raghu
(). {, , n. a patriarch or king of the line of Raghu (). + n. a descendant of Raghu
(). same as { n. the bestman of the line of Raghu (). n. the jewel of the line of
Raghu ().
[ raina ] a coloured; dyed; dapple, varie gated; colourful.
[ raku ] n a kind of deer.
[ raga ] n fun; drollery; a practical joke, jest, banter; frolic; an entertaining show. v. to
poke fun at; to make fun (of), to make a song (of); to stage a comic show; to droll. v. to
see or enjoy fun; (fig.) to take de light in another's trouble, misfortune etc. v. to give an
entertaining show; (fig.) to make one suffer for, to make one pay for, to punish deservedly, to
pay one off.
[ ragaka ] n a pigment.
t [ ragacitra ] n a cartoon.
[ ragana ] n painting; the ixora.
p [ ragapria ] a fond of making fun or cracking jokes, jocular; given to drollery, drollish;
fond of fun and frolics, frolicsome.
[ ragabhumi ] n a battlefield; a place of public contest, an arena; a wrestling ground; a
theatre.
[ ragamaca ] n the stage.
[ ragarasa ] n fun and frolics; wit and humour.
[ ragal ] n a theatre.
- [ -rag ] sfx indicating: possession of a colour or colours ().
[ raglaa ] n a theatre.
[ ragi ] a. fem jocular; gay, frolicsome; sportive; taking frenzied delight in ();
(loos.) wanton.

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[ ragil
2
] a. fem coloured; dyed; dappled, variegated; red ( D); brown ( i).
[ racana ] n building; formation; creation; making; composition.
[ racan ] n building, construction; formation; creation; making; composition; a literary
composition; an essay. v. to build, to construct; to form; to create; to make; to compose,
to write (p ? ). - n. hairdo. v. to do up or dress one's hair.
n. method or style of building or making or of composition. n. skill in building or making
or in composition. +, p same as n. style (esp. literary style). n. writings,
literary or other works; collected writings. , same as
[ racait ] n a builder, a constructor; a creator, a maker; a composer; an author, a writer.
fem. t
[ racita ] a built; created; made; composed; written.
, [ raja, raj ] n dust; (bot.) pollen; the men strual flow; (phil. & theol.) the second of the
three natural qualities of creatures, the quality characterized by activeness and spiritedness (usu.
g).
[ rajaka ] n a washerman. fem. , a washer-woman.
[ rajata ] n silver. a. as beautifully white as silver. - see , a. silver-
white. a. silver-coloured, silvery. n. a silver coin. n. price paid in silver coins.
n. a silver-ring.
[ rajana ] n rosin; resin; gamboge.
[ rajan ] n the night. , n. the moon. n. the tuberose. adv. at night, by night.
* [ rajasbal ] a. fem in menses.
[ rajdarana ] n the first appearance of menses.
[ rajbandha ] n menopause; cessation of menses; change of life.
j [ rajju ] n rope, cord, string, cable. n. a ropeway. + a. fastened with a rope, roped,
corded, stringed. n. the fallacy of mistaking (snakes etc.) for a rope.

1
[ rajaka
1
] n gunpowder. n. the maga zine of a gun; a touch-hole.

2
[ rajaka
2
] a used in dyeing or colouring; pleasing, gratifying, delightful. n. a dye, a
paint, a colouring substance; a dyer. , n. a dye, a paint, a colouring substance; a pigment.
[ rajana ] n dyeing; colouring, colouration; pleasing or entertaining, gratification. a.
entertaining, pleasing, gratifying (). p n. the process of dyeing or colouring. n. art
of dyeing or colouring; art of pleasing.
n [ rajanarami ] n Rontgen rays; X-rays.
[ rajan ] a. fem of (a.)
[ raj ] v (poet.) to dye; to colour; to please.
[ rajik ] fem of
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[ rajita ] a dyed; coloured; entertained. v. to dye; to colour.
, [ raana, raan ] n circulation of a report, rumour, etc.; publicity; announcement; a
scandalous report. v. to circulate, to give publicity to; to announce.
[ ra ] v to be in circulation, to circulate; to be made public. v. to circulate; to make
public. (fig.) there is some truth in a rumour. a. circulated, made public,
noised abroad, reported.
[ raa ] n a rod (esp. one of metal).
D [ ra ] n (obs.) a run to flee. D o v. to start off running to flee, to be on the run, to bolt
away.
[ raa ] n a war, a battle, a fight, a combat; a noise, a sound. a. desiring to fight;
belligerent; militant. { n. a battle-axe. {, , kt same as +{, + and +kt
respectively. see n. planning and skilful movement of troops in a battle, efficient
manoevring of army etc. , same as + and + respectively. a. ever victorious in
battles. same as same as + n. act of making sounds; twanging (as of a
bow); tingling (as of a stringed instrument). n. a war cry. same as +{ n. the art
of planning an operation in war, war strategy or tactics. n. a war dance. n. skill in war
or warfare or fighting. same as same as p a. fond of fighting or war;
belligerent. n. war-music; military band. n. fighting attire; military dress; (fig.)
belligerent approach. n. a battlefield. n. a war-drum, a kettledrum. t same as +t
t same as +t a. fem. taking delight in fighting n. fem. a woman fond of war or
fighting. , n. a twang (as of a bow); a tingling sound (as of a stringed instrument).
v. to twang; to tingle. j, same as +j , n. a battlefield. h n. war cry, battle
cry. a. sounded; resounded; twanged; tingled, tingling. , o v. to sound; to
resound; to twang; to tingle. o v. to retreat or flee from the battlefield; to cease
fighting; to acknowledge defeat and retreat. n. extreme love of war, warmongering; a
passion for war.
[ rata ] a engaged in, employed in (); devoted to, attached to, addicted to ().

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[ rati
1
] n the smallest measure of weight in India (=1.875 grains); (fig.) a very small
amount.

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[ rati
2
] n the wife and consort of the Hindu love-god; sexual intercourse, copulation (also
=); (fig.) love, attachment; (rhet.) intent absorption of the mind.
) [ ratna ] n a jewel, a gem; (fig.) the best specimen of a class (n)). a. studded or inlaid
with a gem or gems. a. impregnated with gems. a. fem. (often sarcas.) giving birth to
excellent children. n. a jeweller; a lapidary. n. the coral island; treasure
island. p, pt, p a. fem. yielding gems; impregnated with gems; (fig.) giving birth to
excellent children. n. a dealer in gems or jewellery, a jeweller. n. a treasure of
jewels. a. bedecked with jewels, bejewelled. a. made of gems; gemmy. fem. n.
gems, jewels; jewellery. n. throne studded or bedecked with jewels. ) n. a mine or
quarry of gems; the sea, the ocean. ) n. gems, jewels; a jewel necklace. ), ) n. a
jewel ornament.
[ ratha ] n a chariot; the chariot of Jagannatha; the festival of Jagannatha going in a chariot for
a sea-bath; a car, a carriage, a vehicle. v. to draw the chariot of Jagannatha (by his
devotees on the occasion of his going for a sea-bath). o (fig.) to kill two birds
with one stone. a fair held on the occasion of the festival of Jagannatha going in a
chariot for a sea-bath. = n. a wheel of a chariot or (rare) of a carriage. , n. a charioteer;
(rare) a car-driver, a carman. t n. the Hindu festival of Jagannatha going in a chariot for a sea-
bath. same as = < a. riding in or mounted on a chariot or any vehicle; charioted. fem.
< v. to board a chariot or any vehicle. a. riding in a chariot or any
vehicle. n. a charioteer; a rider or passenger of any vehicle. fem. n. a charioteer;
(hist.) a famous hero who fights riding in a chariot; a (famous or valorous) warrior; (fig.) a hero.
[ rath ] a trashy ( ); good-for-nothing, worthless ( ).

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[ rada
1
] a nullified, revoked, repealed, stayed. n. nullification, revocation. repeal
(i); stay (). v. to nullify, to revoke, to repeal, to stay. h{ stay order.

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, [ rada
2
, radana ] n a tooth.
[ radabadala ] n additions and alterations; a reshuffle (s ).
+ [ radd ] n a stroke with the arm on the nape of another's neck. + o, + v. to strike
the nape of another's neck with one's arm.
+ [ raddi ] a trashy (+ = rotten stuff); worthless, good-for-nothing (+ ).
, , = [ randhana, randhanakrya, randhanakri ] n cooking; cook ery.
v. to cook. , , n. a cookhouse, a kitchen. t n. a cooking utensil.
[ randhita ] a cooked; (rare) dressed.
T [ randhra ] n a hole; a pore, a cavity; a bore (as of a gun); a fault, an offence; an opening
caused by a failing; (astrol.) the eighth house of the zodiac. n. a borer. n. a pin-hole
camera. a. entered into the hole. (astrol.) location of the Saturn in the eighth zodiacal
house of one's horoscope causing one's destruction. T a. porous.
p [ rapta ] a habituated, accustomed; acclimatized; thoroughly learnt or mastered. p v. to
be habituated or accustomed to; to be acclimatized to; to learn thoroughly. p p adv. gradually,
slowly, by degrees.
p [ raptni ] n export. a. exported. p v. to export. p n. export trade; foreign
trade. p l n. export duty.
[ raph ] n an amicable settlement, compromise; destruction (-). v. to come to
terms with, to make a compromise; to settle amicably. n. a deed of compromise.
[ raba ] n a sound, a noise; a rumour. u a rumour is in the air, there is a rumour.
v. to make a noise.
[ rabarab ] n height of power and prestige.
[ rabba ] n a stringed musical instrument akin to the vina.
[ rabra ] n india-rubber.
h [ rabhuta ] a one who has come uninvited at a feast on hearing a report of it; one who has
come uninvited (and is unwelcome).
[ rabi ] n the sun; the sungod. n. sunray, sunbeam; sunlight, sunshine. a.
brightened with sunrays; sunshiny, sunny. + n. the spring crop (namely, wheat, barley etc.).
n. sun's radiance. n. the solar year. , n. Sunday. n. the orb of the sun. n. the
ecliptic. n same as n. rabicrop (harvested in spring).
u-u [ rabiula-uala ] n the third month of the Muslim calendar.
+ [ rabndrasagta ] n the song composed by Rabindranath Tagore, Tagore song.
[ rabhasa ] n a strong upsurge of emotion; deep sorrow of grief; great delight, hilarity.
[ ramajna ] n the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, Ramad(h)an.
[ ramaa ] n sport; enjoyment; amorous dalliance; sexual intercourse, coition; a lover or
husband (). v. to indulge in sports or enjoyment; to dally amorously; to have
sexual intercourse with.
[ rama ] n a beautiful woman; a woman; a wife. r a lady-killer; a man who
captures the fancy of a woman or casts a magic spell on her. ) n. a jewel of a woman, an ideal
woman. s a. womanly, feminine. s feminine grace, womanly grace or beauty.
[ ramaa ] a delightful; beautiful, pleasant.
[ ramaram ] n abundance, plenty; affluence; pomp, clat, splendour. a. affluent,
plentiful; bountiful ( ).

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[ ram
2
] n. fem Goddess Lakshmi (); a lady-love, a sweetheart; a beautiful
woman. , , , n. Vishnu ( ), the husband of Goddess Lakshmi.
[ ramita ] a sexually enjoyed; dallied (esp. amorously); sported with; made pleasant. fem.

m [ rambasa ] n (geom.) a rhombus.
? [ rambh ] n (myth.) one of the nymphs of Paradise; the banana, the plantain; the banana-
tree.
?r [ rambhru ] n a woman having thighs as well shaped as banana-trees.
[ rani ] n the singing of the mythological story of Manasa ().
[ ral ] n a cylindrical piece of a treestump.
[ rarai ] n strings of various sizes taken collectively, cordage.
[ rai ] n cord, rope.
[ rauna ] n garlic.
n [ rami ] n a ray, a beam; a cord, a string, a rope; a bridle; eyelash. n, n
cosmic rays. g n. a bundle of rays. n a. radial. n + (phys.) the optical centre.
[ rasa ] n savour, flavour, taste; a liquid solution of anything hard ( ); a syrup; juice;
exudation (); morbid exudation ( ); sap ( ); essence (ar ); lymph or
mucus or phlegm ( ); semen; (poet.) strong attachment or love; (rhet.) sentiment
expressed or flavour contained in a writing ( ); (Vaishnavism) a way of worship
(); inner or true significance, purport (); charm; interest; sense of humour (
); fun, banter, wit and humour; delight, hilarity, enjoyment, pleasure ( ); (sl.) vanity
or audacity; monetary resources, money; quicksilver, mercury. v. to make fun (of); to
banter; to make a liquid solution of. v. to become swollen with drospy. o v. to find
interest in. v. to run out of funds. o v. to be come juicy; (sl.) to become vain or
audacious. n. a sweet and juicy drop made of the kernel of coconut. n. mercury
perchloride. n. a streak of mud painted on the bridge of the nose by a Vaishnava. , n.
charm and sweetness. a. dry and outspoken ( ); bald ( ). same
as ( n. a sweet and juicy drop made of posset and farina. g n. appreciation. g
v. to taste; (rhet.) to appreciate the flavour of. g a. capable of appreciation, appreciative;
receptive. n. (rhet.) flavoury; full of concentrated flavour. j a. appreciative of the inner or true
significance, capable of appreciation; well-versed in, having connoisseurship in, aufait. fem. j
j k one capable of appreciation; a connoisseur. j n. capability of appreciation; sense of
humour. a. juicy, succulent; sapful, sappy; full of wit and humour. D n. a sweet and juicy
drop made of pulped pigeon-pea. a. fem. full of wit and humour, intelligent and witty. n.
rheumatic affection in the joints attended with swelling. t same as j same as j
n. interruption of a spicy topic; interruption of enjoyment (usu. by coarseness). a. juicy; full of
wit and humour; full of flavour. fem. n. witty or humorous writing. n. the most
witty and humorous man; Krishna (); stibnite; antimony; quicksilver, mercury. n. a
chemical laboratory or workshop. z n. poetics. + n. cinnabar. a. stricken with excess of
phlegm or lymph or mucus. ^ a. (bot.) turgid. ^ n. (bot.) turgidity, turgescence. n. (bot.)
exudation. a. sapless; dry; dull; uninteresting.
[ rasada ] n provisions, rations (esp. of an army); food; (fig.) means or monetary resources
(^ ).

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[ rasan
1
] n the tonuge; the palate. g n. the tip of the tongue.

2
[ rasan
2
] n an ornament worn round the waist; girdle.
+ [ rasanndria ] n the sense-organ of taste, taste; (loos.) the tongue.
[ ras ] a juicy, succulent ( ); slightly putrefied or rotten or decomposed ( ).
n. gravy (of meat or fish). v. to become juicy or sappy; to soften ( ); to be stricken
with excess of lymph or phlegm in the body (- ); to become slightly putrefied or
rotten.
[ rasjana ] n stibnite; antimony; regulus.
[ rastala ] n (myth.) the lowest of the seven underworlds. o v. (fig.) to ruin or
destroy utterly. o v. (fig.) to be ruined or destroyed utterly.
( [ rastmaka ] a (rare) juicy; sappy; humorous, witty; (rhet.) flavoury.
[ rasdhikya ] n (morbid) excess of phlegm or lymph or mucus in the body.
[ rasna ] n a polishing stone, a stone for rubbing gold etc; (fig.) a spicy or pert remark.
[ rasn ] v to make juicy; to wet; (fig.) to make interesting by adding spicy or savoury
comments ( ); (fig.) to make deep appeal to or to steep in sentiment ( ). n. act
of steeping in juice; wetting; act of polishing gold etc.
[ rasbhsa ] n (rhet.) a defect characterized by semblance of flavours or introduction of
opposed flavour.
[ rasana ] n a medicine prolonging life and curing disease, an elixir; chemistry. a.
versed in chemistry. n. one versed in chemistry, an expert in chemistry; a chemist. , z n.
chemistry. n. a chemical laboratory. a. pertaining to chemistry ( );
versed in chemistry.
[ rasla ] n the mango tree or its fruit.
[ raslpa ] n a humorous or witty or amorous conversation. v. to be engaged
in humorous or witty or amorous conversation.
[ rasl ] a juicy, succulent; tasteful, delicious; sappy; humorous, witty; entertaining
( ); (rhet.) savoury ( ).
[ rasika ] a capable of comprehending the inner or true significance or the flavour (of),
appreciative (); versed in the art of love-making ( ); witty, humorous; jocose
( ). fem. n. a humorous or amorous frolic; a joke, a jest.
[ rasida ] n a receipt. v. to write out a receipt.
si [ rasui ] n cooking. si v. to cook. n. a kitchen. same as s
s
1
[ rasuna
1
] n garlic.
s
2
[ rasuna
2
] v. imper please wait or stop.
s [ rasu ] a employed in cooking profes sionally. s- a brahmin cook.
s [ rasula ] n (Mus.) a prophet.
+ [ rasndra ] n mercury.
t [ rasttra ] a (rhet.) having the intended flavour effectively established; acceptable as a
work of art.
[ rasdgra ] n (Vaishnava lit.) recollection of the flavour of a union.
[ rahamata ] n (Mus.) mercy, grace, kindness, benignancy.
[ rahamna ] a (Mus.) merciful, graceful, kind, benignant.
[ rahasya ] n a mystery; a secret; a riddle; pleasantry, a joke; fun. v. to make fun; to
joke; to poke fun at, to crack a joke at. , adv. by way of joke; jokingly.
v. to discover or solve a mystery, to puzzle out a mystery; to probe; to find out or expose a
secret. a. (capable of or engaged in) discovering or solving a mystery; (loos.) capable of
discovering the mysteries of crimes and detecting criminals. a. mysterious; occult; secret; hard
to comprehend. a. veiled or shrouded in mystery; mysterious; occult; secret. n.
confidential talk; secret conference; humorous or witty or amorous conversation; a joke.
v. to talk confidentially; to confer secretly; to be engaged in a humorous or witty or amorous
conversation; to joke. same as
[ rahita ] a lacking in, devoid of, destitute of (j); repealed, with drawn, abolished;
stayed, held over, postponed; stopped, discontinued. v. to repeal, to withdraw, to abol
ish, to annul, to abrogate, to revoke (i ); to stay, to hold over, to postpone (
); to stop, to discontinue (p ).
-
1
[ -r
1
] sfx indicating plurality, -s or -es ().

2
[ r
2
] n a word or sound of the mouth, an utterance. , D, v. to make a (or any)
sound by the mouth; to utter a (or any) word; to respond. D not to utter a word or
complain or protest even when repeatedly slapped or hit.
i
1
[ ri
1
] n mustard.
i [ rikir ] n young Radhika ().
i [ risari ] n rapeseed; mustard.
i [ riphla ] n a rifle.

1
[ r
1
] n a shank of any animal taken as food; the hough, the ham.

2
[ r
2
] n tin.
[ rcit ] n lead-wort.
[ rjhla ] n soldering with tin and lead, solder. v. to solder with tin and lead,
to solder.
[ rnt ] n tinsel, tinfoil.
z [ rmmistri ] n a tinker.
D [ rn ] a a widow; a prostitute; a concubine. D D a brothel.
D [ rn ] n an unproductive or barren tree.
D [ rn i ] n (vulg.) a widow.

1
[ rndhani
1
] n a variety of parsley.

2
, [ rndhani
2
, rndhuni ] n. fem (also masc.) a (professional) cook. a
Brahmin cook.
[ rndh ] v to cook. a. cooked. n. cook ing. v. to cause to cook or be cooked.
D n. cooking and serving at table.
[ rk ] n the full moon setting in the small hours of the morning (usu. ); the night of
such a fullmoon.
k [ rkasa ] n (myth.) one of a non-Aryan an thropophagous race of India, a rakshas(a); a
cannibal; (facet.) a glutton. k- n. a system of marriage in which the bridegroom abducts
the bride or marries her by force. k n. fem. of k a. relating to rakshasas (k ).
k . the terminal &frac15;th part of the daytime. k a. of or like a rakshas; monstrously
severe or great (k ); huge, gigantic, monstrous (k ).
[ rkh ] v to place, to lay, to keep; to shelter; to protect, to guard; to preserve; to save; to
rescue; to put into; to deposit; to keep for sale (e ); to maintain or grow on
one's person ( ); to keep up, to maintain ( ); to pawn or receive as a pawn (
o o); to engage, to employ ( ); to rear or tame (r , {{ ); to look
after, to tend, to herd (d r ); to adopt ( e ); to
maintain for one's enjoyment, to keep ( ); to set apart (a n ); to store
( ); to put by, to set by, to lay by ( ); to refrain from mentioning or uttering
( - ); to heed, to pay heed to, to obey, to comply with (an ); to fulfil, to
observe (pn ); to leave (u ); to leave behind ( e); to stop,
to pull up, to park (D e ); to cherish ( ); to bear ( ); to buy (
o ); to take settlement of ( ); to give ( ); to gratify, to please
( ). same as (v.). v. to comply with or obey or accede to another's
request; to keep one's promise or word. v. to have done or completed something
beforehand. v. to keep an eye over, to watch. v. to lay by, to save up; to store
up; to accumulate, to pile up. v. to shut up; to detain; to hold back; to store up. v.
to put off. v. to show due respect to. v. to keep in order; to arrange in order; to
display in order. o n. to leave behind.
[ rkhla ] n a cowherd; a herdsman. n. a cowboy. n. the profession or
wages of a cowherd or herds-man. a pastoral song, a pastoral, a bucolic. a. of
cowherds or herdsmen; pastoral.
[ rkhi ] n a piece of thread which one ties round the wrist of another in order to safeguard
the latter from all evils. n. the full moon day of the month of Shravan (n) when a rakhi is
tied round the wrist of another. n. act or the festival of tying a rakhi () round the wrist of
another.

1
[ rga
1
] n a dye, a paint, a colour, a hue; a red hue or colour or tinge; love, affection (
); attachment, inclination; anger, passion, rage. same as v. to show
temper. o v. to be angry. a. angry, angered. adv. angrily; with a show of rage.
v. to get or grow an gry. v. to anger; to irritate. a. blinded with rage. v a.
angered, angry. a. easily angered, quick-tempered, short-tempered, sulky, wrathful.

2
[ rga
2
] n any one of the six principal modes of Indian classical music; raga, a mode of
Indian classical music. n. (mus.) any one of the thirty-six modes of Indian music secondary
to the six ragas (); a musical mode or tune; a song. p a. (of modes in Indian music) based on
classical modes.
[ rghaba ] n a descendant of King Raghu (); Rama () of the Ramayana. p, n.
Sita () the wife of Rama () of the Ramayana. a monstrously large sheatfish; a man of
high social standing who is a virulent extortioner of people; a leading criminal (who generally
manages to escape punishment). n. Ravana () the enemy of Rama () of the
Ramayana.
[ r ] a red, scarlet, crimson; fair-com plexioned; flushed (j ); an elder, but
(generally) lower in the scale of seniority (). v. to become red or crimson, to redden; to
become bright, to brighten; to flush. v. to redden; to dye; to brighten; to cause to flush. n. a
cloth dyed in red ochre; a scarlet cloth. n. the red radish; (fig.) a handsome but worthless
man.

2
[ rja
2
] n a state or government.
-
3
[ -rja
3
] sfx denoting: a king (g); an excellent specimen ().

4
[ rja
4
] pfx denoting: a king; government; excellent, best. n n. a princess. n. a court-
poet; a poet-laureate. same as * , n. the office and duties of a king; a royal duty; a
state affair; government service, public service. n. an officer or servant of the state, a
govern ment officer; a public servant. a. royal, regal; kingly, princely; (fig.) magnificent. {
n. a king's son, a prince. fem. { a princess. { n. a royal line or family, a dynasty. { a.
born of a royal family, princely-born. n. a royal or government treasury, a treasury. k n.
amnesty. gr n. a spiritual guide of a king or of a royal family. n. a king's palace or city. =
n. a sovereign king, a suzerain; a king of kings, an emperor. n. a mark on one's person
indicating that one is a king or will become a king; royal in signia. t, (pop.) t n. an umbrella
which is officially held over the head of a king. n. a holy mark painted on the forehead of a
king at coronation. k same as s n. monarchy; state administrative policy. t n. a
kingdom, a realm; a state; a domain; reign, rule; predominance. [ v. to reign, to rule, to
govern; (fig.) to domineer, to dominate. [ n. the time of one's reign, reign. n. a sceptre;
a punishment inflicted by a king or by a law-court; (astrol.) a visible vertical line on one's
forehead indicating the possibility of one's becoming a king. t a. given or conferred by a king
or government. t + a royal honour, a government honour, an official honour. m, m
n. a royal couple. same as n. an interview with a king; a visit to a king, seeing or
meeting a king. n. an ambassador (fem: an ambassadress); an envoy; a royal courier. adv.
before a king; in a royal court; in a court of justice. , n. a revolt against the king or
established authority, insurrection, insurgence, high-treason; sedition. a. insurgent;
treasonous; seditious. n. an insurgent; a rebel against the king or established authority.
fem. n. duties of a king, royal office. n. the capital of a country or state; a
metropolis. + same as { fem. + n. the genealogical tree or chronology or a
chronicle of a royal line or dynasty. n. politics; statecraft; (loos.) diplomacy. a.
political; (rare) diplomatic. n. a politician. j a. versed in politics; (loos.) versed in
statesmanship or diplomacy. j k a politician; a statesman; a diplomat. pop. var.
T n. the seat of a king, a throne; king ship; a royal or government charter; a kind of
black jewel. n. a public thoroughfare, a highway; a main road (of a city). n. the office of a
king, kingship. n. royal robes. same as T t same as { fem. t n. the
residence or palace of a king; the capital city of a king; (fig.) a magnificent building or city or
residence. r n. a king's of ficer; a government officer. p n. a government title given to the
leading feudal chief of India, vested with powers similar to that of a governor. p n. royal
favour or grace; government favour. p n. a royal residence, a palace. same as { n. a
lowly Hindu caste chiefly of North Bengal; a member of this caste. a. dynastic; born of a
royal family, of royal blood. fem. + n. a political prisoner. D same as p n. a
royal statute; a law. : n. a political revolution; a coup d'tat. n. royal robes or attire. n.
physician to a king or queen; a prince of physicians. k a. devoted to one's sovereign or state
government, loyal. k k a loyalist. s n. a royalist. k n. loyalty. n. a king's
residence or palace; a government house. n. fear of being punished by a king or a court of
justice. n. the king's language; the state language. n. a king's servant; a servant of a royal
household; a king's officer or man. n. an article of food or a thing fit for a king; a sweet and
juicy drop made of posset bigger than a a. fit to be eaten or used or enjoyed by a
king or a prince. n. a mason's labourer, a hodman: (loos.) a mason. s n. a king's counsellor,
a minister of state, a cabinet member. n. the chief queen of a king; queen-consort. n. a
king's mother; a queen-mother. same as z same as { n. a royal crown or
diadem; (fig.) kingship. n. a system of yoga in which action predominates. a. fit for a
king, princely. n. (astrol.) the most auspicious union of planets (as found in the horoscopes
of the bride and the bridegroom); (fig.) the most suitable union; the most advantageous
coincidence. k n. royal blood. n. a king of kings. D n. princes and princelings or princely
persons; (usu. dero.) very important or wealthy or affluent persons. n. a king of kings, an
emperor. fem. an empress. same as n. a king who leads an ascetical life, a
royal ascetic or sage. n. the female deity safeguarding a kingdom and looking after its wel
fare. k n. the administrative power of a king or government. , n. a king's bed, a royal
bed; a princely bed; a magnificent bed. n. a king's rule; punishment inflicted by a king. n
same as n. a deluxe edition (of a book). same as p r n. royal presence;
a royal court. n. a royal court, a court, a durbar. m n. royal treasure or riches, princely
treasure or riches. n. a monarch's government or court. k n. (law) an approver. n.
a throne; (fig.) kingship. (j) n. a sacrifice per formed by a monarch in order to establish his
suzerainty or supremacy over other kings. n. attendance on a monarch; king's or queen's
service; (rare) government service, public service. * n. tax or rent or revenue payable to a
monarch or to the government, revenue. *, *-= a. fiscal, financial. *- n. the
Board of Revenue. * n. a finance minister, a finance member, a finance secretary. n.
the gander; the swan. fem. n. the goose (pl. geese). n. regicide. n. a regicide. fem. s
? n. an elephant on which a monarch rides; an elephant fit to carry a monarch; an excellent
elephant. fem. ? coll. corrup. of a gosling.
[ rjagi ] n kingship; a kingdom.
n [ rjanya ] n a feudal or tributary prince; member of a royal family.
[ rjaputa ] n a Rajput. fem. a Rajput woman.
[ rjasika ] a endowed with g; majestic; princely; magnificent.

1
[ rj
1
] v (poet.) to exist or be present esp. gracefully (, ).

2
[ rj
2
] n a king, a monarch, a prince; a ruler; (in British India) a government title of
honour; (chess) the king; (fig.) a man of a magnificent and towering personality. v. to
make one king; (often sarcas.) to make one very wealthy or great. -u n. (lit.) a king and his
prime minister; (fig.) very wealthy and influential men. -u v. (fig. & dero.) to tell
cock-and-bull stories about one's own capabilities and importance. j, n. a royal
command or decree or mandate. n. a royal prerogative; a monarch's territory. n.
a king of kings, a suzerain, an emperor. nm, ng n. royal favour or grace or mercy;
favour or grace or mercy shown by the government. n n. a monarch's servant or fol lower or
attendant. n. the inner apartments of a monarch's residence; a royal gynaeceum.
n. a genealogical tree of a dynasty. n. royal ornament or emblem, regalia. n. royal
seat, a throne; (fig.) kingship.

1
[ rji
1
] a agreed, consenting; agreeing, ready. v. to make one agree. o v. to
agree, to consent.

2
[ rji
2
] n (used as a sfx.) a row, a line, a range (r, , ); a collection
(t).
[ rjinm ] n a letter or deed of consent; (in law) a joint petition of rival parties
consenting to compromise.
[ rjba ] n the lotus. a. lotus-eyed; beautifully blue-eyed.
+ [ rjndra ] n a great king; a suzerain; an emperor. fem. + the chief queen of a great
king or suzerain; an empress.
j [ rj ] n a queen; a queen-consort.
[ rjya ] n a state; a kingdom, a realm, a do main, a territory; reign, rule; (fig.) (in the
sense of immensity) a country, the earth, the universe ( ). n. n. a portion of a
state or kingdom or country; a state; a kingdom, a country. a. dispossessed of or driven from
one's kingdom; de throned, deposed. v. to de prive of or remove from one's king dom; to
dethrone, to depose. n. dispossession of or removal from one's kingdom; dethronement.
n. (in free India) the title of the governor of a state. same as n. the burden of
governing a state. v. to enjoy sovereignty. same as same as k
v. to defend or protect a state. n. getting or acquiring a kingdom or becoming a king;
getting the throne. n. greed for the throne; greed for expansion of one's territory. a.
greedy of the throne; greedy of expanding one's territory. n. administration of a state or
kingdom. v. to govern or rule a state or kingdom. n. a state government (in free
India). n. the boundary or extent of a kingdom. same as , n. the
lord or ruler of a state. v. to usurp a throne; to capture or acquire or take possession
of another realm or country unlawfully. , n. & a. one who usurps a throne; one
who captures or acquires or takes possession of another's realm or country unlawfully.
n. desire for a kingdom; ambition to rule; desire for expanding one's territory. a.
desirous of a kingdom; having ambition to rule; desirous of expanding one's territory. k
v. to invest one with kingship, to crown one king, to enthrone. n. coronation of a
monarch. n. a king. fem. a queen.
[ rh ] n the ancient name of the part of Bengal lying on the western bank of the Ganges.
, a. of Rarha ().
[ rta ] n (coll.) night. v. to spend or pass a night. v. to stay up far into the
night, to sit up late, to take late hours. to sit up and work late at night, to burn
the midnight oil. same as t adv. day and night; always; ceaselessly. , adv. all
night long, nightlong. a adv. in the darkness of night, under cover of the dark night.
adv. at night.
[ rtrti ] adv overnight; whilst there is still night; (fig.) within a very short time
( o).
[ rtula ] a blood-red, red, crimson.
-t [ -rtra ] in comp (used as a sfx.) denoting: night (at).
t [ rtri ] n night; night-time, night-tide (also t); (fig.) obscurity ( t ). t
v. it is night. t o v. to dawn. a. nightly, nocturnal. adv. by night, at
night. , a. active by night; nightfaring. fem. , v. to keep awake by
night. n. passing the night; night-rest; night-at tire, night-clothes, night-dress, night gear, a
night-gown, a nighty, a nightie. , , adv. by night, at night.
t [ rtryandha ] a night-blind, nyctalopic. t k a nyctalops. n. night-blindness,
nyctalopia.
, [ rdh, rdhik ] n (myth.) the lady-love of Krishna (). , , ,
n. Krishna, the lord of Radha (). n. Radha () and Krishna (). n. a
small saucer-shaped pancake made of kneaded flour stuffed with spicy paste of pigeon-pea.
n. the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadra ), the birth-day of
Radha (). , . same as
= [ rdhcakra ] n a merry-go-round.
d [ rdhpadma ] n the sunflower.
, [ rdhka, rdhmdhaba ] n Radha () and Krishna (). int.
expressing: ab horrence, disgust etc.
[ rdha ] n a son or foster-son or nursling of Radha (), generally used of Karna ( )
in the Mahabharata.

1
[ rn
1
] n the title of the rulers of Udaypur.

2
[ rn
2
] n a balustrade or a raised terrance on either side of the flight of steps of a pond.
[ rnra ] n a (postal) runner.
[ rni ] n a queen.
r [ rnn ] n cooking. r v. to cook. n. a kitchen. r, D n. act of cooking and serving
out meals.
[ rba ] n a kind of refuse or inferior treacle.
D [ rba i ] n a sweetmeat prepared by condensing films of milk. g D macaroni.
[ rbaa ] n Ravana, the arch-villain of the Ramayana. (fig.) unquenchable fire;
(fig.) ceaseless affliction. n. an enemy of Ravana. n. a son of Ravana.
[ rbia ] n rubbish. a. trashy.
[ rma ] n the seventh incarnation of Vishnu ( ), the hero of the Ramayana. a. good
looking; beautiful. pfx. large, big (, ); extremely, utterly ( {D). sfx. a
glaring specimen (). (fig.) occurrence or fancying of an incident when
there is not even the ghost of its cause in view, (cp.) putting the cart before the horse.
(fig.) neither this nor that. i o i i ao i (fig.) O the times! O the manners! ,
, int. expressing: abhorrence, slight etc. n. an Indian musical mode. D n. a kind
of red-tinged writing-chalk. + n. same as int. same as n. a kind of large
chopper (used in beheading animals etc.). n, n n. the rainbow. n. a song in glory of Rama
(). n. the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra (t); the birthday
of Rama (). n. (facet.) the cock or hen, the fowl. [, n. the reign or rule or realm of
Rama (); (fig.) an ideal realm or rule, (sarcas.) unrestrained predominance or monopoly.
int. expressing: abhorrence, disgust etc.; phew; an expression of salutation in courtesy among
upcountrymen. n. the life and activities of Rama (); an opera illustrating the life and
activities of Rama (). , (coll.) n. a funnel-shaped wind instrument or mouthpiece made
of a buffalo's horn. same as
[ rm ] n. fem a beautiful woman; a lady love, a sweetheart.
[ rmaakra ] n the author of the Ramayana.
[ rmta ] n a Vaishnava sect.
[ rmym ] n any man in the street, Tom and Tim, Tom Dick or Harry.

1
[ ra
1
] n a judicial pronouncement, a judgment, a verdict. o v. to deliver or
pronounce a judgment.

2
[ ra
2
] n a king, a prince; a title of zemindars or important persons. a. large, big; long
(). n. one proficient in fighting with staffs; a kind of dance with staffs. n. fem.
(fig.) an extremely terrible woman, a termagant, a virago. d, , n. different official
titles once conferred on important citizens.
[ rata ] n a tenant of a piece of agricultural land, a ryot; a raiyat. a. relating to ryots;
(of agricultural land) settled permamently and hereditarily on a ryot; raiyatwari.

1
[ ra
1
] n the reins, the bridle. v. (lit. & fig.) to give rein to, to give the reins
to. v. to draw rein, to pull up; to restrain or bring under control, to give little freedom to.

2
[ ra
2
] n a heap, a pile; (astrol.) the birth sign; nature, temperament. n. a name
according to one's astrological birth-sign. -, - a. flippant, frivolous. a. reserved in
speech and manner, grave; imposing.
[ ri ] n a heap, a pile; a collection; (math.) a number, a quantity; (astrol.) any one of the
twelve signs of the zodiac. heaps of. = n. (geog. & astrol.) the zodiac. n.
(astrol.) the time taken by a planetary body in passing through a sign of the zodiac.
[ rkta ] a piled up, heaped up; collected, amassed, accumulated.
T [ rra ] n a state, a kingdom; a country. a. widely circulated or proclaimed (esp. all over
a state or country). T v. to circulate or to noise abroad or proclaim widely. n. an
ambassador (fem. an ambassadress). n. a ruler or popular leader of a state. k n. a charge
d' affaires. n. the Public Service Commission. , variants of and
(see
4
). n. the president of a state; the president of the Republic of India. n. a
group or a union of states; (loos.) the United Nations. p n. the head of a state. j n. Political
Science. : n. a civil strife; a revolution. n. state language. n. a commonwealth. s n.
a minister of state. , n. the United Nations Organization. T within the jurisdiction or
control or a state; a. territorial. Tt a. nationalized. Tt v. to nationalize. T, T a.
pertaining to a state or country; national; territorial. T n. nationalization.

2
, t, [ rsa
2
, rsaytr, rsall ] n the festival of dancing of Krishna () and
Radha () on n. the full moon night of the month of Kartik ().
n. Krishna (). , , n. the plat form on which the festival of rasa () is
held. same as
[ rsana ] a gustatory.
[ rsabha ] n the he-ass; the ass. fem. the she-ass. n. braying; hee-haw. + a.
putting even the ass to shame, worse than the ass. + n. a voice the harshness of which
would put even the ass to shame. a. like an ass, ass-like.
[ rsanika ] a of chemistry, chemical; versed in chemistry. n. one versed in
chemistry, a chemist. k chemical affinity. a chemical. k
chemical examination.
? [ rst ] n a road, a thoroughfare, a way. ? the roadside, the wayside. ? an open
way, a highway. ? a public road, a highway.
s [ rsn ] n a kind of orchid. s t a. or chidaceous, orchideous.
[ rh ] n a road, a way, a highway; a means (s). . n. travelling expenses. n. a
highwayman. n. highway robbery.
[ rhi ] n a traveller.
[ rhitya ] n want, lack; absence.
h [ rhu ] n (myth.) a truncated demon; (astrol.) the ascending node; (fig.) an enemy or one
who causes ruin or an evil influence. h (astrol.) the phase of the influence of the ascending
node as indicated by one's horo scope; (fig.) a period marked with calumny, want, misfortune,
misery etc. g? a. (astrol.) eclipsed; (fig.) illfated; (fig.) fallen into obscurity, obscured; (fig.)
fallen under the influence of an evil person or of one who causes ruin.
[ ri ] n (mus.) the second note in the natu ral scale, D.
[ ri ] n a ring, a small hoop.
[ riktha ] n share, one's share of money or property.
k [ rikta ] a empty; devoid of, destitute of; extremely poor, indigent, penniless. k v. to
empty. n. emptiness; destitution. ? a. empty-handed; fundless, broke, penniless. k a. fem. of
k n. (astrol.) the fourth, ninth and fourteenth lunar days of a fortnight.
, [ rikaa, rika ] n a jinricksha(w), a ricksha(w).

2
,
2
[ rih
2
, rih
2
] n a kind of small scaleless fish.
, [ rinijhini, rinajhina ] int denoting: a jingling sound.
[ ripia ] n a rivet; rivetting. v. to rivet.

2
[ ripu
2
] n an enemy, an adversary; any one of the six inherent vices or cardinal passions of
man, namely, sex passion, anger, greed, infatuation, vanity and envy (collectively called
D). n. conquest of an enemy; subdual of one's inherent vices. v. to subdue
passions or inherent vices. a. one who has vanquished one's enemies or subdued one's
cardinal passions or inherent vices. s, , a. giving oneself up to one's cardinal passions
or inherent vices.
[ ripra ] n a statement of facts ( ), a written statement of the result of
an investigation (kk , ), a report; an accusation or adverse report (
). v. to report; to report against.
[ riphu ] n darning. v. to darn. n. darning.
[ ribhalabra ] n a revolver.
, [ rimajhima, rimijhimi ] int expressing: a pattering sound as of rain falling.
[ riras ] n desire for sexual intercourse; sex appetite; lust.
[ rila ] n a reel.
[ ria ] n envy, malice; grudge.
, [ ria, rii ] n a sin; woe; misfortune; (astro.) evil planetary aspect or influence; (rare)
weal.
[ risl ] n a cavalry. , n. the commander of a cavalry, a risaldar.
o [ rica ] n a wrist-watch.
[ rihrsla ] n rehearsal of a dramatic performance. o o v. to rehearse.
[ rti ] n method, mode; custom, usage, practice, convention, rule; nature, habit; style,
manner; way, fashion, go ( ). = same as n n. pl. manners and
customs. r+ a. contrary to custom or usage, unconventional, informal; contrary to one's nature
or habit; contrary to a particular style or manner or way or fashion, going against the current.
adv. in keeping with custom or usage or convention or form; (pop.) considerably. thoroughly,
soundly ( D). , + a. in keeping with custom or usage; customary.
n [ rtyanusr ] adv as usual; in keeping with the custom or practice or rule or form,
customarily, conventionally, formally.
ri
1
[ rui
1
] n a kind of very delicious fresh water fish, (cp.) the trout.
ri
2
[ rui
2
] n the white ant.
ri [ ruitana ] n (of playing-cards) a diamond or the suit of diamond.
rk [ ruka ] a rough; dry; harsh; rude; haughty; angry; hard (rk); uneven, rugged (rk
). adv. rudely, harshly, roughly. a. rough-spoken. * a. haughty, arrogant; peevish,
cross grained.
r
1
, [ rukh
1
, rkh ] v to get angry, to fly up in a passion; to be on the point of attacking,
to be aggressive or affronting; to arrest the motion of, to stop (D ); to intercept, to obstruct,
to check, to oppose the onset of (= ).
r
2
, r, r [ rukh
2
, rukhu, rukh ] a dry; devoid of anything liquid such as curry or
condiment (r ); devoid of oil, not sleek, dry (r , r ); not provided with food,
without board (r i ).
r [ ruga ] a sick, ill; diseased; sickly; emaciated or debilitated. fem. r
r [ ruc ] v to be agreeable to one's taste or liking.
r [ ruci ] n beauty, lustre, glow (nr); taste, choice, liking ({r); good taste; relish,
inclination, propensity ( r, r); desire for food, appetite. a. appetizing; tasteful;
savoury; pleasant; (loos.) decent or elegant. a. (usu. sarcas.) over-careful about good taste
and decorum, fastidious; overnice; puritanical. r+ a. contrary to one's taste or liking; indecent;
indecorous; inelegant, adv. according to different tastes, according to difference in taste or
liking. a. decorous; beautiful; elegant; bright. fem. r
r [ ruji ] n livelihood, living. r v. to earn one's livelihood, to earn a living.
r
1
[ ruju
1
] a submitted, preferred; brought be fore a court, filed. r v. to submit, to prefer;
to bring before a court, to file ( r ).
r
2
[ ruju
2
] a straight; facing.
r -r [ ruju-ruju ] a facing or confronting one an other.
r [ rui ] n a kind of thin saucer-shaped bread; bread. r D v. to make bread (by kneading,
rolling and baking). r v. to roll bread (into the shape of a saucer). r v. to bake
bread. o n. a baker. r a bakery.
r [ ruina ] n a routine. a. fixed by a routine, rigidly fixed or regular, routine (r-
); (fig.) monotonous (r- ).
r+ [ ruddha ] a shut, closed, bolted; confined; incarcerated; suppressed (r+ =+); choked;
suspended (r+ ^+); motionless (r+ ); obstructed, block aded (r+ p); intercepted,
arrested, prevented. r+ v. to shut, to close, to bolt, to confine; to incarcerate; to suppress; to
choke; to suspend; to make motionless; to obstruct, to blockade; to intercept, to arrest; to
prevent. k n. a closed room. r+k a closed-door meeting, a meeting or
conference in camera. a. having one's voice choked. adv. with a choked voice. a.
having one's motion arrested; stopped; obstructed or blockaded. a. (phys.) adiabatic. a.
having the door or doors closed, close-door. a closed-door conference, a conference in
camera. a. breathless, with bated breath; out of breath. adv. with bated breath,
breathlessly.
r [ rudra ] n the manifestation of Shiva () as a destroyer. a. furious, terrible; destructive.
rk [ rudrka ] n a kind of dried fruit which is used as a bead. n. a rosary composed of
these fruits.
r [ rudr ] n (fem. of r) shiva's () wife, Goddess Durga (d).
r, [ rudh, rdh ] v to shut, to close, to bolt; to suppress (=+ ); to choke ( );
to arrest ( r); to stop, to make motionless ( ); to obstruct, to blockade ( ); to
hinder (ur r); to prevent, to intercept, to ward off (= ); to restrain, to check ( ).
r [ rudhira ] n blood; (fig.) one's money. r v. to suck or drink another's
blood; (fig.) to extract money oppressively from, to extort. n. stream of blood. a. blood-
sucking; (fig.) given to exacting money op pressively; extortionary. a. smeared with blood,
bloody. s n. (lit. & fig.) blood-bath. a stream of blood. rk same as r: a.
drenched with blood, bloody.
rn n, rnrn, r, rr [ runujhunu, runurunu, runajhuna, runaruna ] int denoting: a
sweet jingling sound as of the bells of a dancer's anklets.
ri [ rubita ] n a collection of Arabic or Persian quatrains, Rubaiyat.
r [ rumla ] n handkerchief, (coll.) hanky.
r
1
[ rula
1
] n a strip for ruling lines, a ruler; a baton, a truncheon ( r g ); a straight
line printed or drawn; a strip of metal for printing straight lines or to space out lines; a law; a
precedent (r ); ruling. r v. to mark with straight lines, to rule; to make a law. r
v. to give or issue a ruling, to rule. r v. to mark with straight lines, to rule. r o
v. to give or issue a ruling, to rule; (print.) to insert a metal rule.
r [ ruli ] n a bangle for the wrist.
r, r [ ruita, rua ] a angered, enraged; angry. fem. r, r r v. to anger, to
enrage. r o v. to get angry, to be enraged, to fly up in a passion.
< [ rh ] a (gr.) expressing a conventional meaning not supported by etymology or
derivation (< b); (gr.) conventional and not supported by etymology or derivation (< a);
(pop.) rough, harsh, rude, haughty (< , < ). < an element. n. roughness,
harshness, rudeness, haughtiness.
< [ rh i ] n origination, emergence; fame; (gr.) power of conveying a conventional meaning
not supportable by etymology or derivation.
< [ rpa ] n form, body, figure; shape, appearance; build; beauty, grace; mode, manner,
fashion, type, kind, sort (e<, <); complexion, colour, hue; nature, habit; (gr.) conjugation
( <), declension (b<); (phil.) a concept. < adv. in form; in beauty (< k). <
(fig.) an uncommonly beautiful person. < (fig. & sarcas.) an utterly ugly person. < n.
(rhet.) a figure of speech akin to metaphor and allegory. <-a n. figurative meaning. n. a
folktale; a legend, a fairy tale. < n. an allegorical tale or story, an allegory. <- n. a
metaphorical or allegorical expression. n. a moulder; an artist; a dresser (esp. of actors and
actresses). g n. pl. beauty and merits. n. (sl. & facet.) a silver coin, a rupee; money. a.
originating from or caused by beauty. ( n. (ling.) morphology; aesthetics. n. thirst for
beauty. k a. adept in assuming disguises; (of an actor or actress) proficient in using make-up;
(of an artist) proficient in shaping or moulding. ? n. pewter, white metal; German silver. <
v. to assume the disguise of, to disguise oneself as; to assume the person of a dramatic
character; to impersonate; to appear as. a. as suming the form or shape of; disguised as;
impersonating; appearing as. fem. fem. of , a. handsome,
beautiful. , n. charm of beauty. +, a. infatuated with beauty. fem. +,
n. pl. youth and beauty. mr a. full of youth and beauty, young and handsome.
fem. mr n. pl. personal beauty or grace or charm. n. charm of personal
beauty. a. fem. handsome, beautiful. n. fem. a beautiful woman.
< [ rpntara ] n a different form or shape; translation; transformation; (geog.)
metamorphosis. < , < v. to render or change into a new form or shape; to
translate; to transform; (geog.) to metamorphose. < a. rendered or changed into a new form
or shape; transformed; (geog.) metamorphic. < same as <
< [ rpaa ] n embodiment; shaping or form ing; dramatic impersonation; act of giving a
concrete shape; narration, de diction.
< [ rpita ] a embodied; shaped; (of a dramatic character) impersonated; invested with a
concrete shape; narrated, depicted.
<
1
[ rp
1
] n a kind of ruddy-faced monkey, the ape.
<
2
[ rp
2
] sfx denoting; assuming a particular form or shape (<); assuming a dress or
disguise (h<).
< [ rppajbin ] n a prostitute.
< [ rpya ] n silver. <k n. mint-master.

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[ r
2
] int expressing; a call to draw attention (esp. in contempt or affection), ho, hoa, hey;
surprise, pain, sorrow etc.; oh, ah.
u [ rucini ] n rhubarb.
o [ r ] n an annual balance-sheet.
o [ rja ] n custom, usage; practice; fashion; vogue; practice of music. o v. to
practise; to practise music. o v. to be in vogue or fashion; to be the practice of; to be in
practice. o o v. to come into fashion or vogue.
[ rka ] n a wicker container for measuring grain (its capacity is usually about one seer).

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[ rkba
1
] n a stirrup.

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, [ rkba
2
, rkbi ] n a small saucer or plate.
[ rkhaka ] n tracer.
[ rkhana ] n cross.
[ rkh ] n a line; a streak; a stripe; a stria (pl. striae); a furrow; a row; a faint sign, a thin
line ( ); (phys.) rulings. v. to draw a line. a. linear. n. geometry. n.
drawing of lines, lineation. a. lineate, lineated; striated; striped; furrowed. t n. a line-
drawing; a rough sketch. v. to draw a line; to make an impression (as on one's mind),
to impress.
[ rkhita ] a crossed. a crossed cheque.
[ rcaka ] a purgative, laxative, aperient; (bot.) excretory. n. a purgative, a laxative, an
aperient.
[ rcana ] n evacuation of bowels, purging, purgation; (bot.) excretion. v. to
evacuate bowels, to purge. s n. the excretory system. s n. an excretory organ.
, [ rjagi, rjaki ] n any coin less than a rupee in value; small coin, change.
i [ rji ] n a quilt; a kind of wrapper stuffed with carded cotton.
S, [ rjisri, rjisri ] n registry, registration; a register. a. registered. S
v. to register. S a n. a registry office, a registry. S-, S-i n. a register.
[ ra ] n price or cost, rate; speed (ei ).
[ rca ] n a wrench.
D [ r i ] n a euphorbiaceous plant or its seed, Ricinus communis. D castor-oil.
[ ri ] a ready. v. to make ready. o v. to get ready.
[ rima ] n radium.
[ ri ] n radio, a radio set.
[ ru ] n dust; powder; pollen; a minute particle or grain.
[ rt ] n semen. n. emission of seminal fluid.
[ rti ] n a (carpenter's) file or rasp.
[ rpha ] n (r) this sign on Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding-r sound; an
upright antenna or hair on heads of some creatures (d).
[ rphri ] n a referee.
[ rbat ] n the last of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy.
[ rb ] n the river Rabi.
[ rta ] n exemption; a show of respect; favour. v. to exempt; to respect; to
favour.
[ r ] a arrived uninvited on hearing the report of a feast; uninvited. n. a beggar
arrived uninvited on the report of a feast.

1
[ rla
1
] n a rail; a railway train or carriage (also D); a railway line, a railline (usu.
i); railings. e n. a railway engine. n. a railway engine-driver. n. railroad,
railway. n. railway station.
[ rli ] n railings.
[ ra ] n a lingering faint resonance of a sound or note gradually dying out; a feeling that
lingers faintly before dying out completely.
[ rama ] n silk. n. silk-worm. g n. cocoon. a. made of silk, silken, silk.
[ rri ] n mutual envy or malice or grudge; mutual rivalry.
[ rsa ] n a contest of speed, a race; a horse-race; a race-meeting. o v. to contend in
speed, to race. D a racehorse, a racer.
sD [ rsu ] n a racing man, a racegoer; a race-addict.
? [ rsta ] n capital, funds; wherewithal; provision of money, shift. n a. having no capital;
out of funds; shiftless.
? [ rstr ] n a restaurant.
i [ rhi ] n exemption; escape; acquittal. i o v. to exempt; to let go unpunished; to
acquit. i o v. to be exempted (from); to escape; to be allowed to go unpunished; to be
acquitted.
[ rhna ] n mortgage; pawn. o v. to mortgage; to pawn. a. mort gaged; in
pawn, at pawn. + same as
[ raikhika ] a linear; lineal, lineate.
[ rnda ] n a prescribed circuit (as of a constable), a round, a beat. o v. to go on a
round, to patrol.
[ rm ] n wool; fur; hair.
[ rka ] n cash purchase, cash and carry; ready money, cash. a. ready ( = ready
money). n. cash credit. adv. in ready money, in hard cash, cash down. n. cash
payment (of a bill etc.) n. cash balance.
D [ rka ] n an account of cash, a cash ac count; ready money, cash; cash-book (D
o); jewellery; gold and silver ornaments. D a jeweller's shop.
[ rk ] n a short letter or note, a chit.
[ rkha ] n a stubborn resolve or desire; spiritedness; growth ( ). v. to be
seized with a strong resolve or desire. v. to exhibit spiritedness (usu. affected or
impotent). , a. of strong resolve; stubborn; spirited; exuberantly growing ( ).
[ rga ] n a disease, an ailment; morbidity; (fig.) an incorrigible bad practice or addiction, a
vice ( ). v. to recover from a disease, to be cured of a disease; to come
round; (fig.) to be freed from a vice. o, D, v. to fall ill, to be attacked with
a disease; (fig.) to become a victim to a vice. v. to suffer from an illness. z a. disease-
stricken, sick. g a. diseased, ailing, sick. a. causing disease; unwholesome; (bot.)
pathogenic. n. a virus, a bacterium (pl. bacteria), a bacillus (pl. bacilli). a. worn-out or
run down by disease. n. the cause of a disease. ( n. pathology. k a. cured of or
recovered from a disease; free from disease (k ). k v. to cure of a disease; to
bring round. k o v. to recover from a disease; to come round. k n. recovery from a
disease. s n. the agonies of a disease. k n. a symptom of a disease. n. a sick-bed.
same as k n. pl. disease and bereavement. a. diseased, ill, sick; sickly; lean,
delicate; debilitated, emaciated. o v. to grow thin or thinner, to become emaciated; to lose
flesh. = a. attacked with a disease, diseased, ill. a. somewhat lean; gaunt; slim.
n. pathophobia. - a. lean and feeble. a. afflicted with disease or ailment.
a. suffering from a disease; ailing, sick, ill. n. a sickman, a patient. fem.
treatment of a disease. s same as s n. healing or cure of a disease;
abatement of a disease.
[ rcaka ] a tasteful, pleasant to the taste; delicious, palatable; dainty.
[ rcan ] n same as
[ rja ] n a date ( ); a day of the month (i ); a day ( ); daily wages (d-
); daily supply ( d). a. daily, everyday. v. to arrange for the daily
supply (of.) - adv. daily, every day. a. of everyday, daily ( ). - n.
the Day of Judgment (according to scriptures). n. earning; income. v. to earn. ,
(coll.) a. one who earns, earning. n. a diary, a journal.

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[ rj
2
] n holy fasting of Muslims from sunrise to sundown during the month of Ramadan
(). , v. to keep this fast.
[ rik ] n a slice of bread.
[ rdana ] n weeping or crying (esp. loudly), wailing. v. to weep or cry (esp.
loudly), to wail. a. given to weeping or crying or wailing, lachry mose.
, [ rdha, rdhana ] n obstruction, blockade; hindrance; resistance. v. to
obstruct, to block, to blockade; to hinder; to resist. a. obstructive, blocking, hindering;
resistant. -{ n. (phys.) a resistance coil. - n. (phys.) a resistance thermometer.
pop. form of r n. (phys.) specific resistance. a. obstructed; blocked;
blockaded; hindered; resisted. same as fem. .
[ rpaa ] n plantation; sowing. v. to plant; to sow. s n. a sowing-machine.
a. to be planted or sowed. v. to plant; to sow. a. planted; sown, sowed.
[ rma ] n hair (chiefly of the body); wool; fur.
{ [ rmakpa ] n a pore of the skin of the body.
, [ rmanha, rmanhana ] n rumination. v. to ruminate, to chew the
cud. n. a ruminant.
[ rmaa ] a hairy; woolly; furry; shaggy.
[ rmca ] n horripilation, gooseflesh; thrill. a. horripilant; thrilling; (loos.) horrible
a. horripilated; thrilled.
[ rmna ] a Roman. n. a Roman.
[ rmbali ] n a collection of hair; hair (collectively).
, [ rmdgama, rmdbhda ] n sprouting or growth of hair.

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[ r
1
] n a juicy seed-vessel of any fruit, a replum, a legume, a pod.

2
[ r
2
] v to sow, to plant ( ). a. sown or planted, that which has been sown or
planted. v. to cause to sow or plant.
[ rka ] n a raised terrace in the front part of a building.
[ rdda ] n an award of a share; an award. a communal award.
r [ rrudyamna ] a in a state of weeping or wail ing continually, bitterly or loudly. fem.
r
[ rla ] n a suppressed noise; a sound, a noise, an outcry, a cry.
[ rlra ] n a roller. o v. to beat or flatten with a roller, to roll, to use a roller.
[ ranacauki ] n a symphony or serenade of sanai (i) and other instruments.
i, [ rani, rani ] n light; illumination; lustre.
[ rs ] v (imper.) wait.
[ ra ] n roast.
, [ rha, rhaa ] n act of riding or mounting or climbing.
[ rhi ] n (astr. & astrol.) the fourth of the twenty-seven stars of Hindu as tronomy;
(myth.) the name of the wife of the moon-god; a nine-year old unmarried girl ( ).
, [ rhita, rhitaka ] n a variety of fresh water fish, the trout.
[ raudra ] n sunshine, the sun. a. terrible, dreadful. u v. the sun is up.
v. to bask in the sun; to take a sun-bath. o v. to expose to the sun's rays, to spread in the
sun to dry, to sun. + a. sunburnt. a. fierce-looking, of a formidable appearance. a. sun-
baked, sunned. n. (rhet.) the emotion of rage. same as s sun-bath. s
v. to sun bathe. a. shining in the sun light, brightened with sunshine, sun clad.
[ raupya ] n silver, argent. see a. made of silver, silvern. a. full of
silver, silvery; made of silver, silvern. n. a silver coin. n. pl. silvers. adv. in
exchange of silver; in exchange of silvers or money. n. a silver ornament; (in pl.)
silvers.
[ bauraba ] n (Hindu myth.) a terrible hell.
[ rnd ] n a carpenter's plane.
[ rpra ] n a woollen wrapper.
[ rl ] n (coll.) a show of vanity or superiority, showing-off; boastful manner of speaking,
bragging.