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.

بيپار baipār व्यापार S̱. s. m. Traffick, trade, business, labour.

باورچي bāwarchī T s. m. A cook. باورچي خانه bāwarchī-ḵẖāna, s. m. A kitchen.

بهنڐيلن bhanḍelan S̱. (from بهنڐيلا) s. f. An actress.

بيترا baitarā S̱. (from वायु Wind, and r. तृ Cross) s. f. Dry ginger.

بهاچر bhāchar H (dakh. for بڙاکهڙا) s. Large pot.

بهوپت bhūpat S̱. (भू Earth, and पति Lord) s. m. A sovereign, a prince.

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

بيگار begār H s. m. A person forced to work with or without pay.

بتهرنا bitharnā S̱. or bithurnā (perhaps from विस्तरण r. स्तृ Spread over, cover) v. n. To be scattered, to be sprinkled, to be spread.