Bengali Erotic Dictionary
by Shamsher Ghulam Osmani Bangalistani "Naqli Telingani"
Women; Terms for, esp. Lewd Ones
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- "[ adhodesa ] n the lower portion or part; pos teriors, buttocks; downward direction." (Biswas Bengali, p.20)
- "[ nitamba ] n the buttocks, the hip (esp. of a woman); (of hills and mountains) a flank or side ... [?] a.
fem. having well-shaped or plump buttocks. * n. a woman with well-shaped or plump buttocks; a woman." (Biswas
Bengali, p.572)
- PAPIYASI. An adulteress.
~ "[ papiy.asi ] a. fem sinful; wicked; criminal; adulterous. * n. a sinful or wicked woman; a female
criminal; an adulter ess." (Biswas Bengali, p.642)
- Sroni. buttocks.
~ "[ sron-.i, sron-.i ] n the hip, the buttocks, the loins, the posteriors." (Biswas, Bengali, p.951)
Buttocks, Anus; Terms for
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- POD, Ponda, Anus.
~ "[ pon*da ] n (vul.) the anus; (vul.) the posteri ors, the buttocks, the hips." (Biswas Bengali, p.666)
Sudras, Nigros, Blacks; Terms For
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- Brsala
~ "[ br-.s-.ala ] n a Shudra (***************); a sinner. fem. ... a Shudra (...) woman; an adul teress or a
profligate woman." (Biswas Bengali, p.782)
- DRABID, "Dravidian".
~ "[ drabid-.... ] n Dravidians; a Dravidian; the Dravidian language; a region of South ern India inhabited
by the Dravidians. * a. Dravidian. ... n. fem. a Dravidian woman; the Dravidian language." (Biswas Bengali,
p.522)
- Habashi.
~ "[ habasi ] n an Abyssinian; an African negro." (Biswas Bengali, p.1050)
- Kele. Black.
~ "[ kele ] a (vul.) dark-skinned; dark-com plexioned. black; blackened." (Biswas Bengali, p.253)
- KALO. black
~ "[ kalo ] n the black colour. * a. black." (Biswas Bengali, p.232)
~ "[ kalojama ] n a kind of small juicy fruit akin to blackberry; a kind of sweet meat made from curd or
posset." (ibid.); "[ kalojire ] n black cummin." (ibid.)
- NIGRO. Black, esp. Negroid black. From Portuguese Nigro. The English Negro is virtually absent in indigenous
Native South Asian languages, the Portuguese-derived and far older "Nigro" being much more common.
~ "[ nigro ] ... negro" (Biswas Bangala, p.460)
~ "[ nigara ] ... nigger" (Biswas Bangala, p.460)
~ "[ nigara ] n (dero.) a dark-skinned man, a blackie, a negro, a nigger." (Biswas Bengali, p.570)
- SUDRA. Lowest caste.
~ "[ sudra ] n the lowest of the four Hindu castes, Shudras; a shudra." (Biswas Bengali, p.951)
~ "[ namasudra ] n a Hindu community placed low in the social order." (Biswas Bengali, p.555)
- Tentul. A tamil. Lit. "Tamarind".
References
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- Biswas, Sailendra. Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2000.
- Biswas, Sailendra. Samsada Bangala abhidhana. 7th ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2004.