(p. 1050) hājāśukhā excessive rain or flood and drought. 45)

(p. 1056) hālakā not heavy, light (হালকা ধাতু = light metal); of short weight; easily digested (হালকা খাবার = light meal); easy; mild; gently blowing (হালকা হাওয়া); unimportant, negligible, frivolous (হালকা ব্যাপার); airy (হালকা কথা); carefree (হালকা মন); light (in all the foregoing senses). হালকা করা v. to lighten; to reduce the amount of (কাজ হালকা করা); to disburden, to relieve (মন হালকা করা). হালকাভাবে গ্রহণ করা to take or treat lightly. 2)

(p. 1047) harapha any letter of the alphabet, a character; (print.) a type. হরফ-ঢালাই n. typecasting. হরফ ঢালাইয়ের কারখানা a typefoundry. 15)

(p. 1060) huṅkāra a roar; a menacing shout or cry. হুঙ্কার ছাড়া, হুঙ্কার দেওয়া, (poet.) হুঙ্কারা v. to roar; to utter a menacing shout or cry. 8)

(p. 1056) hita good, benefit; well-being, weal, welfare. a. good, beneficial, salutary, wholesome. হিতে বিপরীত an attempt to do good resulting in a great harm. হিত করা same as হিতসাধন করা ̃কথা same as হিতোপদেশ । ̃কর a. same as হিত (a.). fem. হিতকরী । ̃কামনা n. well-wishing. হিতকামনা করা v. to wish one good. ̃কামী a. well-wishing. ̃কারী a. same as হিত (a.). n. a benefactor. fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃বাদী a. telling beneficial or salutary words; giving beneficial advice or good counsel. fem. ̃বাদিনী । ̃সাধন করা v. to do good to; to benefit; to promote the well-being of. হিতাকাঙ্খা same as হিতকামনা । হিতাকাঙ্খী, হিতার্থী same as হিতকামী । fem. হিতাকাঙ্খিণী । হিতার্থিনী । হিতাহিত n. good and evil; right and wrong. হিতাহিতজ্ঞান n. knowledge of ascertaining or differentiating good and evil or right and wrong. হিতাহিত বিবেচনা করা v. to discriminate between good and evil or right and wrong. হিতৈষণা n. desire or disposition to do good (to); benevolence. হিতৈষী a. desirous of doing or disposed to do good (to.); benevolent. fem. হিতৈষিণী । হিতোপদেশ n. salutary or beneficial or good advice or teaching. হিতোপদেশক a. giving salutary or beneficial or good advice or teaching; didactic. হিতোপদেষ্টা n. & a. one who gives salutary or beneficial or good advice or teaching. 39)

(p. 1050) hātā2 a ladle; a sleeve (of a coat, shirt etc.). হাত দিয়ে তোলা v. to ladle out. ফুলহাতা a. having sleeves up to wrists. হাফহাতা a. having sleeves up to elbows only. 56)

(p. 1047) harakata obstacle, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, stumbling block. 7)

(p. 1056) hāluikara one who makes sweetmeats, a confectioner. 7)

(p. 1056) himaśima extreme exhaustion or fatigue; trouble; bewilderment. হিমশিম খাওয়া v. to be almost fainting with exhaustion or fatigue or harassment; to cower in fear etc.; to be in deep waters or great difficulties. 48)

(p. 1047) halāẏudha one using a plough as one's weapon; Balaram (বলরাম), the elder brother of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 41)

(p. 1044) h the thirty-third and last consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 1060) hēlāphēlā utter contempt or slight or disrespect or neglect. হেলাফেলা করা v. to slight or disrespect or neglect utterly. হেলাফেলা করে adv. without any effort; negligently. 78)

(p. 1044) haṇḍā, haṇḍikā, haṇḍī (now rare) an urn. 28)

(p. 1050) hām̐suẏā a crescent-shaped knife with a haft. 33)

(p. 1044) hata killed, slain; ruined, destroyed, spoiled, pulled down, impaired; lost, bereft of; frustrated, foiled; bad, wretched. ̃কুচ্ছিত a. (coll.) very ugly or uncouth; very mean or vile; very indecent. ̃গৌরব a. deprived of glory, shorn of glory; past all glory. ̃চেতন, ̃চৈতন্য, ̃জ্ঞান a. deprived of consciousness, unconscious; stupefied, utterly perplexed or confounded, flabbergasted. ̃চ্ছাড়া a. graceless; wretched; reckless and dissipated. হতচ্ছাড়া লোক a scapegrace; a wretch; a reckless and dissipated person; a rascal, a rogue, a scoundrel, a loafer. ̃প্রায় a. almost or nearly killed. ̃বাক a. speechless owing to amazement; dumb; dumbfounded. ̃বীর্য a. having lost one's vigour, rendered vigourless; weakened. ̃বুদ্ধি, ̃ভম্ব a. stupefied, nonplussed, utterly perplexed or confounded, flabbergasted. ̃ভাগা, ̃ভাগ্য a. unfortunate, illfated; wretched, miserable. fem. ̃ভাগিনী, ̃ভাগী। ̃মান a. dishonoured; humbled; humiliated; slighted; disgraced. ̃শ্রদ্ধ a. having lost one's reverence for or faith in; disgusted, browned off. ̃শ্রদ্ধা n. irreverence; apathy; disregard; neglect; slight; disdain, despise. ̃শ্রী a. deprived or shorn of one's grace or beauty or prosperity or glory. 29)