بده बुद्ध budh S s. m. 1. A wise or learned man, a sage. 2. The planet Mercury. 3. Wed- nesday. ¶ बुद्ध buddha, The ninth avatār or Hindū incarnation.

بلنا balnā H v. n. To burn.

بلونا bilonā S̱. or bilowanā (विलोडन) v. a. To churn.

بيض baiẓ A s. m. A mark fixed to publick wri- tings by the magistrate or any principal officer.

باشه bāsha P s. m. A hawk, a sparrowhawk.

بهتني bhutnī S̱. (भूत بهوت) s. f. Wife of a devil, a female demon.

بيگنتي baigantī H s. A sort of wood.

بڙبهاگي baṛ-bhāgī S̱. adj. Very fortunate.

بسنت basant S (वसन्त) s. f. 1. The spring. 2. One of the Rāgs or musical modes of the Hindūs. 3. The name of the first of the six seasons, comprising Chait and Baisākh. 4. The small pox (a phrase peculiar to the Bangālīs). بسنت پهولنا basant phūlnā, v. n. To put forth the blossoms of mustard plants. آنکهون مين بسنت پهولني ānkhoṅ meṅ basant phūlnī, To dazzle. بسنت کي خبر basant kī ḵẖabar, Knowledge of, or care about, futurity.

برتر bar-tar P adj. High, higher, superiour, excel- lent.