اجابت ijābat A (inf. iv. of جوب) s. f. Answering (of prayer or of a petition), consent, appro- bation, compliance.

استجابت istijābat A (inf. x. of جوب Heb. and Ch. ) s. f. Answering, hearing and accepting (prayer).

البته albatta A adv. Certainly, indeed, positively, absolutely, assuredly, really.

امبت ambat S̱. (Sans. अम्ल amla) adj. Sour.

انابت inābat A (inf. iv. of نوب) s. f. Conver- sion to God, repentance.

انبت ambat S̱. adj. Sour. See امل अम्ल.

انبتانا ambatānā S̱. (from अम्ल Sour) v. n. To grow sour, to be acidulated.

بابت bābat A s. f. Account, head, article, item; business, affair, matter; on account (of).

باوبتاس bāʼo-batās S̱. s. f. Possession by a demon or devil; misfortune, calamity. See آسيب āseb. S̱. H. باوبهک bāʼo-bhak, adj. A prattler, trifling talker, babbler. S̱. H. باوجهک bāʼo-jhak, adj. A prattler, trifling talker, babbler.

بت bat P s. m. A line drawn to distinguish separate names in a catalogue or articles in an account; a mark, a score.

بت bat H s. m. The worm which is destructive to shipping, (Teredo).

بت bat S̱. contract. of بات A word, affair, or of بات Wind, generally used in composition; as بت باهري bat-bāharī, adj. External, foreign. بت بڙهأو bat-baṛhāʼo, s. m. Prolixity, talka- tiveness, chicanery, wrangling. بت بنا bat-banā (بت Word, and بنا from بنانا To make) An ora- tor, a sophist. بت سونهاکرنا bat soṅhā karnā (بت Wind, and سونها from سونهين Opposite) To ventilate. بت کهاؤ bat-kahāʼo, s. m. Talk, conversation.

بتا batā H s. m. 1. A bamboo lath, a thin slip of bamboo. 2. An oblong stone on which pow- ders are levigated.

بتاس batās S̱. (from वात) s. f. Wind, air. بتاس پهيني batās-phenī, s. f. A kind of sweetmeat, sugar-cakes.

بتاسا bat-āsā S̱. (from वात Air) s. m. A kind of sweetmeat, sugar-cakes (of a spongy texture, or filled with air, as the word implies); a bubble.