بياض bayāẓ A s. f. 1. Whiteness. 2. A blank book, a commonplace-book. 3. Name of a figure in the science of رمل or geomancy.

باج bāj P s. m. f. A tax, duty, toll, impost, &c. tribute. باجدار bāj-dār, A tax-gatherer, a col- lector of tribute or revenue. باج گذار bāj-guzār, One who pays taxes, duties, &c.

بيڙا beṛā वेटप S̱. s. m. 1. A raft, a float. 2. The raft which is floated by the Muhammadans in honour of ḵẖẉāja ḵẖiẓr. (Besides the anni- versary beṛa offered to propitiate him, hundreds of smaller ones with lamps may be seen on Thursdays of the month bhādoṅ particularly, which are offered by the Muhammadans to this saint). بيڙاباندهنا beṛa bāndhnā, v. a. To col- lect a crowd. بيڙاپارکرنايالگانا beṛā pār karnā or lagānā, To relieve from distress, to remove difficulties, to help one through a business (lit. to ferry over a raft). بيڙاپارهونا beṛā pār honā, To obtain deliverance from misfortune or distress, to succeed.

به bih P 1. adj. Good, better. 2. s. A quince.

بهيرو भैरव bhairav S s. m. A name of Siva, but more especially of an inferiour form or mani- festation of that deity. H. P. بـﮩ‍يروبنه bahīr o buna, The baggage of an army.

بناسپتي banās-pattī वनस्यपत्र S̱. s. f. Forest leaves.

بن کهنڐ ban-khanḍ S (वनखंड) s. m. A forest.

بلهاري bali-hārī S̱. s. f. (from बलि) Sacrifice. بلهاري جانا balihārī jānā and بل جانا bal jānā, To be sacrificed.

بسوي biswī S̱. (from विश्व) adj. Worldly, re- lating to the world.

بارگير bār-gīr P s. m. 1. A horseman (soldier) who does not find his own horse. 2. A beast of burthen. S. بارن वारण (r. वृ Cover, screen) bāran or vāraṇ, s. m. 1. Forbidding, prohibiting, pre- venting. 2. An elephant.