(p. 1050) hān̐ṭu the knee. হাঁটু গাড়া, হাঁটু পাতা v. to kneel down, to be on one's knees. এক হাঁটু জল knee-deep water. 23)

(p. 1050) hān̐cā to sneeze. ̃নো v. to cause to sneeze. 19)

(p. 1047) haryakṣa a lion. 30)

(p. 1060) hēthā, hēthāẏa (poet.) here. 59)

(p. 1060) hēraphēra alteration or modification esp. to a slight degree; (slight) difference; (accts.) manipulation (as in a balance sheet). হেরফের করা v. to alter or modify or differentiate (esp. slightly); (accts.) to manipulate. 72)

(p. 1050) hā1 open mouth or expanse of open mouth or beak; a gape; an opening, an orifice (গর্তের হাঁ). হাঁ করা v. to stare with open mouth, to open one's mouth, to gape. হাঁ হওয়া v. to become wide open, to gape; to form a large hole in oneself. হাঁ-হওয়া a. gaping (such as wound). 10)

(p. 1050) hāti2 the elephant; (fig.) a very corpulent or hefty or bulky or gigantic person. হাতি পোষা v. to keep an elephant; (fig.) to employ or keep somebody who entails tremendous expenditure for the employer or keeper. হাতির খোরাক an elephant's feed; (fig.) an enormous feed. হাতির দাঁত a tusk. হাতির শুঁড় a trunk. 60)

(p. 1050) hāpha half. হাফ-আখড়াই n. a kind of Bengali song-tournament. হাফ-গেরস্ত n. a demi-rep. হাফ-টিকিট n. a ticket (of railway, cinema, theatre etc.) issued at a concessional price to children, a concessional ticket. হাফ-ডে n. a halfholiday; work or wages for half the usual daily working hours, half time (also হাফ-রোজ). 73)

(p. 1060) hētbābhāsa a fallacy. 58)

(p. 1060) huḍ়muḍ় indicating: movement in a crowd shoving one another; sudden crumbling down of a large and heavy object. হুড়মুড় করে ভেঙে পড়া v. to crumble down noisily, to fall with a crash. 17)

(p. 1050) hābuḍubu alternately rising above and going under water (as done by a drowning person), fidgety struggle of a drowning person to keep above water; (fig.) struggle to escape something, deep engrossment or involvement (কাজ বা দেনায় হাবুডুবু). হাবুডুবু খাওয়া v. to struggle with fidgetiness to keep afloat; (fig.) to be deeply engrossed, to be over head and ears. 79)

(p. 1050) hārēma a harem. 107)

(p. 1056) hāsinī (used as a sfx.) smiling or laughing (মধুরহাসিনী). 16)

(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) hlāda, hlādana delight, gladness, joy. হ্লাদিত a. delighted, gladdened; joyful. হ্লাদিনী n. (Vaishnav phil.) God; Radha (রাধা).