بندر bandar P s. m. A city, an emporium, a port, harbour, a trading town to which numbers of foreign merchants resort.

بيڙا beṛā वेटप S̱. s. m. 1. A raft, a float. 2. The raft which is floated by the Muhammadans in honour of ḵẖẉāja ḵẖiẓr. (Besides the anni- versary beṛa offered to propitiate him, hundreds of smaller ones with lamps may be seen on Thursdays of the month bhādoṅ particularly, which are offered by the Muhammadans to this saint). بيڙاباندهنا beṛa bāndhnā, v. a. To col- lect a crowd. بيڙاپارکرنايالگانا beṛā pār karnā or lagānā, To relieve from distress, to remove difficulties, to help one through a business (lit. to ferry over a raft). بيڙاپارهونا beṛā pār honā, To obtain deliverance from misfortune or distress, to succeed.

برسنا birasnā H v. n. To stay, to remain.

بهلکا bhalkā H s. m. 1. A gold patch fixed on the nose-ring. 2. A kind of bamboo. 3. Dawn of day.

بجاي ba-jāʼe P adv. Instead, in the place of.

بهيٿو bheṭū H s. m. A stalk, a stem. See بونٿ.

بليله balela P s. m. A fruit, the belleric myrobalan. See S̱. بهيڙا baheṛā.

بولاچالي bolā-chālī H s. f. Conversation.

باني bānī A part. act. (from بني) used substan- tively, A builder, architect, composer, author, inventor, founder.

بهيو bhev S̱. (perhaps, for भाव) s. m. A state or condition of being, innate property, nature, dis- position.