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.

بريده burīda P part. pass. (from بريدن) Cut, am- putated, clipped.

باديه bādiya A s. m. A desert, a forest.

بو bū A (for ابو Heb. ) Father; possessed of, en-

برهمچاري ब्रह्मचारी brahmachārī S s. m. A re- ligious student, a Brāhmaṇ from the time of his investiture with the sacerdotal thread till he becomes a householder, a person who continues with his spiritual teacher studying the Veda, a Panḍit learned in the Veda, an ascetick.

بکري bakrī वर्करी S̱. A goat (generally), a female goat.

بقا baḳā A s. f. Duration, permanence, remaining, eternity, immortality.

باده bāda P s. m. Wine, spirits. باده پرست bāda- parast, adj. Addicted to wine; drunkard. باده کش bāda-kash, Wine-drawer. باده کشي bāda- kash-ī, s. f. Wine-drawing. باده گسار bāda-gusār, or باده نوش bāda-nosh, wine-drinker. باده نوشي bāda-nosh-ī, s. f. Wine-drinking.

بهال bhāl S̱. (भल्ल or भाल्लुक) s. m. A bear.

بورا borā H s. m. 1. A canvas bag (particularly, for holding about two maunds of rice), a sack. 2. A kind of bean like French beans. (Dolichos catsang).