بکواس bak-wās S̱. (r. वच Speak and r. वश De- sire) s. f. Talkativeness. See بک بک.

بذر baẕr A s. m. Seed. بذرگر baẕr-gar, A hus- bandman.

بات bāt S̱. (Sans. वार्त्ता r. वृत Speak, be) s. f. 1. Speech, language, word, saying, report, dis- course. 2. Account, subject, question, cause, business, affair, matter, circumstance, particular, article. بات باندهنا bāt bāndhnā, To sophisti- cate, to prevaricate. بات بڙهانا bāt baṛhānā, To prolong a contest. بات بگاڙنا bāt bigāṛnā, To mar a plot, to spoil. بات بنانا bāt banānā, To make up a story, to make excuses. بات پانا bāt pānā, To accomplish oneʼs wishes, to effect oneʼs purpose. بات پهيرنا bāt phernā, To

بکنا bak-nā S̱. (from वाक् Speech) v. n. To prate, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, cackle.

بچکانا bichkānā H (trans. of بچکنا) v. a. To balk, to disappoint, to break oneʼs promise. P. H. بچکانا bach-kānā (perhaps, from بچه bachcha, q. v.) 1. adj. Small (generally applied to shoes and clothes). 2. s. m. A dancing boy.

بدره badra A s. m. A bag of money; a weight of ten thousand dirhems.

بـﮩرنا biharnā विहरण S̱. 1. v. n. To rejoice, to take pleasure. 2. v. a. To enjoy, to take plea- sure in, to rejoice, to delight.

بجوانا bajwānā S̱. (causal of بجانا q. v.) v. a. To cause to sound, to cause to play on an instru- ment of musick.

بهگتاٴي bhagtāʼī S̱. (from بهگت) s. f. Piety, devo- tion, religiousness.

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