بانان bāṅāṅ वाम S̱. adj. Left (hand). See بايان bāyāṅ.

بانس bāṅs वंश S̱. s. m. 1. A bamboo. 2. A measure of about ten feet, used to measure tanks, ditches, and excavations in general. (A cube of one bāṅs is called a chaukā). بانس پرچڙهنا bāṅs par chaṛhnā, v. n. To be branded with infamy.

بانس پهوڙ bāṅs-phoṛ S̱. (वंशस्फोट from वंश Bamboo, and r. स्फुट Break) s. m. Name of a cast who work on bamboos.

بانسا bāṅsā H s. m. The bridge of the nose.

بانسري bāṅsrī S̱. or bāṅsurī (वंशी) s. f. A flute, fife, pipe.

بانسلي bāṅslī S̱. s. f. 1. A flute, &c.: see بانسري bāṅsrī. 2. A purse: see بسني basnī.

بانسي bāṅsī वंशी S̱. 1. s. f. Flute, fife, pipe. 2. adj. Made of bamboo.

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.

راي بانس rāʼe-bāṅs S̱. s. m. A kind of spear.

صبان ṣabāṅ A. s. (dakh. from صباح) The morn, the morrow; in the morning. A.P. صباٴي ṣabāʼī, adj. Of the gentle breeze, &c.

هاتها بانہي يا پاٴي کرنا hāthā-bāṅhī S̱. or -pāʼī karnā, To scuffle or struggle together.