بله balah A adj. Weak, silly, simple, ignorant, unskilful.

بهچهـ bhachh S̱. (or bhaksh for भक्ष्य) 1. adj. Eat- able. 2. s. m. Food.

برد burd H s. f. A term used at chess when the king only, on one side, remains on the board; (hence, also) an opportunity of making some acquisition.

بيد bed P s. f. 1. A willow. 2. A sort of cane, a ratan. (Calamus rotang. Sans. वेत्र). بيدباف bed-bāf, One who works on ratans, a bas- ket maker. بيدبافي bed-bāf-ī, Weaving with ratans (as, the bottoms of chairs and the pannels of doors or windows). بيدمشک bed-mushk, An odoriferous sort of bed or willow. P.A. بيد ba-yad, In the hand.

بيمات be-māt विमाता S̱. s. f. A step-mother. بيمات بهاٴي bemāt-bhāʼī, A brother born of a different mother by the same father, a half bro- ther by the fatherʼs side.

بانکاچور bānkā-chūr S̱. s. m. A fop, a beau, a coxcomb, a bully, a bravo.

بهيڙي bheṛī भेडी S̱. s. f. An ewe.

بني banī H s. f. A bride.

بچ वच bach S or vach, s. f. Orris root.

باڙي bāṛī वाटी S̱. s. f. An enclosed piece of ground, a garden, orchard, kitchen garden; a house with the garden, orchard, &c. attached to it.