بڙاٴي baṛā-ī वड्ता S̱. s. f. 1. Greatness, largeness, excellence, bulk, bulkiness, bigness. 2. Magnifying, boasting. بڙاٴي کرنايامارنا baṛā-ī karnā or mārnā, To extol, to magnify, to boast, to vaunt. بڙاٴي دينا baṛā-ī denā, To honour.

بکهم bikham S (विषम) adj. 1. Odd (number). 2. Difficult. See بشم bisham.

بوڙنا boṛnā H v. a. To cause to dive, to immerse, drown, sink.

بلال bilāl A n. prop. Name of the man who in Muḥammadʼs time called the people to prayers. H.S̱. بلالانا bulā lānā, v. a. To summon.

بامنهـ bāmanh S̱. (see براهمن) s. m. A Brahman.

بيٿهانا baiṭhānā S̱. (caus. of بيٿهنا q. v.) v. a. To cause to sit down, seat, set, settle, place, station, apply, plant, calm, becalm.

بکٿ bikaṭ S (विकट) adj. Difficult: terrible. P.A. بکثرت ba-kas̤rat, In abundance.

بد bad P adj. Evil, bad. بداختر bad-aḵẖtar, adj. Unfortunate, under a bad star. بداخلاق bad-aḵẖlāḳ, adj. Of bad habits. بداسلوب bad-uslūb, adj. Ill-shaped, ill-made, inelegant, of bad conduct. بداصل bad-aṣl, adj. Low-born. بداصولي bad-uṣūlī, s. f. Bad breeding. بداطوار bad-at̤wār, Ill-mannered. بدانديش bad-andesh, adj. Evil-minded, malicious, malevo- lent, inimical. بدانديشي bad-andesh-ī, s. f. Malevolence, malice, malignity, ill will. بدآئين bad-āʼīn, adj. Of bad manners, observing no religious precepts. بدباطن bad-bāt̤in, adj. Ill-natured, evilminded, false-hearted. بدباطني bad-bāt̤in-ī, s. f. Malice, illnature. بدبخت bad-baḵẖt, adj. Unlucky, unfortunate, wretched, rascally. بدبختي bad-baḵẖt-ī, s. f. Misfor- tune, bad luck, adversity. بدبر bad-bar, adj. Evilminded. بدبو bad-bū, 1. adj. Fetid. 2. s. f. Stink. بدپرهيز bad-parhez, adj. Not controuling oneʼs inclinations and passions, in- temperate. بدپشمي bad-pashmī, s. f. Badness of hair or wool, bad coat (of a horse, &c.). بدچشم bad-chashm, adj. Malignant, envious, coveting other menʼs goods (particularly, wives). بدحال bad-ḥāl, adj. In bad circumstances, ill-conditioned. بدحالي bad-ḥāl-ī, s. f. Badness of condition or of circumstances. بدحواس bad-ḥawāss, adj. Senseless, stupified, in consterna- tion. بدحواسي bad-ḥawass-ī, s. f. Stupidity,

ب be called با bā in Arabic, is the second letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets: and, in the representation of Hindī words by the letters of these alphabets, it corresponds to the Nā- garī ब; or, with ه (he) subjoined, to भ. When used numerically, according to the ابجد or arrangement of the Arabic alphabet to sig- nify numbers, it stands for two; hence, it is used to denote the second day of the week, Monday; and, in astronomical calculations, the sign Gemini. By way of abbreviation, more- over, it is occasionally written for the month رجب rajab, of which word it is the final letter. At the middle or end of a word, this letter is sometimes changed to ف پ or م as, تپ tap for تب tab, A fever; زفان zafān for زبان za- bān, Language; غژم g̠ẖuzhm for غژب g̠ẖuzhb, A grape-stone. In Persian words, too, it is occasionally interchanged with و and in such as are borrowed or derived from the Sanskrit, it is frequently substituted for the Nāgarī letter व.

بندهاٴي bandhāʼī S̱. (from بندهانا) s. f. Bond, binding, fastening.