بادبان bād-bān P s. m. 1. A sail. 2. A vessel used to hold a lamp for the purpose of protecting it from the wind.

بـﮩره مندي bahra-mand-ī P s. f. Prosperity, hap- piness.

بيـﮩده behuda P adj. Contract. of بيـﮩوده behūda, q. v.

بيش وکم besh-o-kam P adj. Not much, a moderate quantity, more or less.

بلاٴي bilāʼī विडाली S̱. s. f. 1. A she cat. 2. A grater for scraping pumpions, &c. see کدوکش.

بوجهنا bojhnā H (from بوجهـ) v. a. 1. To load. 2. To scald or parch rice.

بڙهوتر baṛhotar S̱. s. m. (from بڙهنا) Interest, profit, advantage.

بساط bisāt̤ A (from بسط) s. f. What is spread out; carpeting, bedding, a chess-board, dice-board, expanse, surface, expansion, &c. This word is, also, adopted for h. بسات bisāt, q. v. ¶ basāt̤, An extensive plain.

بکـ bakkī S̱. part. act. (from بکنا) Talkative; a prater, chatterer, jabberer. (Sans. वक्ता).

بوجهنا būjhnā S̱. (r. बुध Understand) v. a. To un- derstand, to comprehend, to think. بوجهـ لينا būjh lenā (at cards) To settle the account of gain and loss. بوجهکي būjh-ke, Wittingly.