بسما basmā A. (Arab. وسمه) s. m. Staining (par- ticularly, the beard: or women staining the legs, so as to have the appearance of being dressed in tight drawers, when they are in fact naked).

بهونيارا bhūṅyārā S̱. s. m. (dakh.) See ته خانه un- der ته tah.

بيسک baisak S̱. s. (dakh.) Sitting: see نشست.

بانکا bānkā S̱. (r. वक Bend, be crooked) s. m. 1. A fop, a beau, a coxcomb, a buck, a bravo, a bully. 2. A knife or hook to cut bamboo with. 3. s. f. Name of a river. 4. adj. Crooked, foppish, coxcombish, arrant.

بهوئين چنپا bhūʼīṅ champā भूमिचंपक S̱. s. m. A kind of fire-works like a flower pot (resem- bling those commonly called انار anār).

بدايت badāyat A s. f. Beginning.

بردي bardī A s. f. Papyrus.

بلمبهـ bilambh S̱. s. m. Delay. See بلمب.

بهٿئي bhaṭaʼī H s. f. Praise, panegyrick, the en- comiums of a بهاٿ bhāṭ, which see.

بيدوا bed-wā S̱. s. m. A reader of the Beds.