برادر birādar P s. m. Brother. برادرپرور birādar- parwar, Kind to friends and relations.

بهنڐلي bhunḍlī H s. f. A kind of worm covered with hair, the palmer worm.

بيس bīs विंशति S̱. adj. Twenty.

برهم ब्रह्म brahm S or brahma, God, the cause and essence of the world from which all things are supposed to proceed and to which they return. برهم استر brahm-astra, s. m. A fabled weapon, which, consecrated by a formula addressed to Brahmā, deals infallible destruction to those against whom it is discharged. برهمبهوج brahm- bhoj, Feeding of Brāhmaṇs. برهم ديت brahma- daitya, An apparition, Satan, ghost. برهمراتر ब्रह्मरात्रि brahma-rātri, s. f. A night of Brah- mā, comprising a thousand ages of the gods, or 216,000,000 of those of mortals. See کلپ kalpa, sign. 2. برهم راکهس brahma-rākhas, A kind of

بهانور bhāṅwar S̱. (r. भ्रम Move about) s. f. Revolution, circulation. بهانورپاڙناياپهرنا bhāṅwar pāṛnā or phirnā, or بهانوري پهرنا bhāṅwrī-phirnā, v. n. 1. To circle, to circumambulate. 2. To be sacrificed.

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.

بـﮩمن bahman S̱. s. m. A Brāhman. See براهمن.

باني بوني bānī-bonī S̱. s. f. The price of weaving. A. P. باني کار bānī-kār, s. Architect; composer, author, beginner, instigator. A. P. باني کاري bānī-kār-ī, s. f. Architecture; com- position, commencing a business, instigation. باو bāʼo (वायु) s. f. Wind, air. باوباندهنا bāʼo bāndhnā, To prevail over an adversary by flattery or invective without argument. باوبندي bāʼo-band-ī, s. f. Sophistry, exaggerated praise

بهنگيرا bhang-erā S̱. s. m. One who sells bhang.

بخيل baḵẖīl A (from بخل) adj. Miser, niggard.