باغباني bāg̠ẖ-bān-i P s. f. Gardening.

بانهـ bāṅh S (बाहु) s. f. 1. The arm. 2. Gua- rantee, protector or security (as, when a per- son trusts himself in the power of an enemy, a third person, who engages to return him to his house or fort in security, is his bāṅh). بانهـ پکڙنا bāṅh pakaṛnā, To protect. بانهـ ٿوٿنا bāṅh ṭūṭnā, To be destitute of friends or pro- tectors. بانهـ دينا bāṅh denā, To assist: see بازودينا bāzū denā. بانهـ گهنا bāṅh gahnā, To protect. بانهين چڙهانا bāṅheṅ chaṛhānā, To get ready, to prepare.

بانهيان bāṅhiyāṅ S̱. (from بانهـ) s. m. A patron.

بانو bānū P s. f. A lady, a princess.

بانوا bānūʼā H s. m. The name of a water-bird.

بانوسا bānūsā H s. m. A kind of cloth.

بانوسي bānūsī H s. f. A kind of cloth.

بانوي bānawe H or bānavwe, adj. Ninety-two.

باني bānī A part. act. (from بني) used substan- tively, A builder, architect, composer, author, inventor, founder.

باني bānī H s. f. 1. The price paid for a work. 2. Ashes. 3. The thread with which cloth is woven. (Sans. वाणि Weaving).

باني بوني bānī-bonī S̱. s. f. The price of weaving. A. P. باني کار bānī-kār, s. Architect; composer, author, beginner, instigator. A. P. باني کاري bānī-kār-ī, s. f. Architecture; com- position, commencing a business, instigation. باو bāʼo (वायु) s. f. Wind, air. باوباندهنا bāʼo bāndhnā, To prevail over an adversary by flattery or invective without argument. باوبندي bāʼo-band-ī, s. f. Sophistry, exaggerated praise

باني वाणी bānī S or vāṇī, s. f. Speech, voice, language; name of the goddess Saraswatī.

بانٿ bānṭ S̱. s. m. 1. (from वंटनं) Share, dis- tribution. 2. (वंटक) A weight (i. e. the standard by which things are weighed). 3. Food given to a cow while she is milked. بانٿ چونٿ bānṭ chonṭ, Share, distribution.

بانٿا bānṭā S̱. s. m. Share, portion.

بانٿنا bānṭnā वंटनं S̱. v. a. To share, distri- bute, divide, participate, dispose.