بلاع ballāﻌ A adj. superl. (from بلع) used substan- tively, A glutton.

بکري bakrī वर्करी S̱. A goat (generally), a female goat.

بالا बाला bālā S 1. s. f. A female child, a girl not exceeding sixteen. 2. A medicinal and fra- grant plant. 3. s. m. An earring. 4. (for Sans. बाल) A male child, a boy. بالاچاند bālā chānd, The new moon.

بياکهيان byākhyān S (व्याख्यान from वि and आ and r. ख्या Speak) s. f. Explanation.

بخشش baḵẖshish P (from بخشيدن) s. f. Gift, do- native, donation, grant, boon, reward, giving, beneficence, pardon, forgiveness, liberality, gene- rosity. بخشش دينا baḵẖshish denā, To reward. P.H. بخشنا baḵẖsh-nā, v. a. To give, to grant, to forgive, to pardon.

بران barrān H s. See دفعه dafʼaﻌ.

بت but H s. m. 1. A hazard table. 2. A blow with the fist.

برتها वृथा brithā S or brathā or vr̤ithā, adj. Abor- tive, vain, in vain.

بمن वमन baman S or vaman, s. m. Vomit, emetick. بمن کرنا baman karnā, To vomit. P. A. بمنزله ba-manzila, In the place, instead, in the station or degree. A. P. بموجب ba-mūjib, By reason.

بان bān A s. m. 1. Name of a tree, سهجنا sahaj- nā (Guilandina moringa) the seeds of which are called ḥabbu-l-bān, Ben-nut; or, according to some, بکاين bakāyan (Melia sempervirens). 2. Name of the tree which yields Benzoin (Styrax Benzoe). 3. A tree, the leaves and flowers of which are sweet-scented, called by the Persians Bed-mushk.