بهتيجي bhatījī भ्रातृजा S̱. s. f. A niece, bro- therʼs daughter.

بسهروا bisahrūʼā H part. act. (from بساهنا) Pur- chaser.

بانس bāṅs वंश S̱. s. m. 1. A bamboo. 2. A measure of about ten feet, used to measure tanks, ditches, and excavations in general. (A cube of one bāṅs is called a chaukā). بانس پرچڙهنا bāṅs par chaṛhnā, v. n. To be branded with infamy.

بيت الصنم baitu-ṣ-ṣanam A s. m. An idol temple.

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

بيب beb H s. f. Name of a grass.

بخشي baḵẖshī P s. m. A general, a commander in chief. بخشي الممالک baḵẖshī-almamālik, A title or rank equivalent to commander-in-chief. بخشي خانه baḵẖshī-ḵẖāna, The pay-office, the generalʼs office. 2. (in compos.) s. f. Giving, forgiving.

بيوپاري byaupārī S̱. or byopārī, s. m. A merchant. See بيپاري baipārī.

باونا bāʼonā S̱. adj. Dwarfish. See باون bāwan.

بيدانتي bedānt-ī S (वेदांती) s. m. One who is conversant in the bedānt system.