(p. 951) śuśrūṣā nursing (of the sick). শুশ্রূষা করা v. to nurse. ̃কারী n. a male nurse. a. nursing. fem. ̃কারিণী n. a nurse; a (nursing) sister. 14)

(p. 939) śahurē of or living in a town or city, urban; townish; cockney. শহুরে জীবন town-life, urbanity. শহুরে হাওয়া (usu. dero.) influence of a town or city, urbanity. ̃পনা n. (dero.) urbanity, townishness; affected cockneyish behaviour or speech. 46)

(p. 944) śikakābāba meat with spices roasted on a skewer. 28)

(p. 944) śikha Sikhs; a Sikh. 38)

(p. 942) śālati a dugout made of the trunk of a sal tree. 43)

(p. 935) śakuna the vulture; an omen. ̃জ্ঞ a. versed in augury. 14)

(p. 944) śikani nasal mucus. শিকনি ঝাড়া v. to blow one's nose. (তোমার) শিকনি পড়ছে (your) nose runs. 30)

(p. 935) śaṃsana, śaṃsā praise, compliment. শংসাপত্র n. a certificate; a testimonial. 3)

(p. 942) śālaprāṃśu as tall as a sal tree. 45)

(p. 942) śāmiẏānā an awning, a canopy; a canopied place. 22)

(p. 944) śālika a kind of small yellow-beaked singing bird of the myna group, the house myna. 2)

(p. 939) śākuna of birds, avian. ̃বিত্ n. an augur. ̃বিদ্যা n. augury. শাকুনিক n. a fowler; an augur. 51)

(p. 949) śītātapa winter and summer; cold and heat. ̃নিয়ন্ত্রিত a. air-conditioned. 11)

(p. 935) śakta2 hard, not soft; strong; stiff, obdurate; durable, tight; firm, steady; stubborn; severe, rigorous; strict; rigid; strenuous; niggardly, stingy (খরচের বেলায় সে শক্ত); harsh (শক্ত কথা) excruciating (শক্ত ব্যথা); difficult. শক্ত ঘানি (fig.) a very hard taskmaster; (fig.) a hard nut to crack; a very obdurate man. শক্ত পাল্লায় পড়া to have to deal with a person who is more than one's match, to catch a tartar. শক্তের ভক্ত নরমের যম (fig.) one who flatters a strong opponent but tyrannizes over a weak one, a jackal in Brobdingang playing the lion in Lilliput. 18)

(p. 944) śirōruha hair growing on one's head. 79)