بولتا boltā H part. act. (from بولنا used substan- tively) The faculty of speech; soul, life.

باغيچه bāg̠ẖ-īcha P (dimin. of باغ) s. m. A small garden, a private garden.

بخش baḵẖsh P 1. part. act. (from بخشيدن) in compos. Giving, imparting, bestowing, forgiving; giver, forgiver. 2. s. m. Share, portion, lot, forgiveness. بخش دينا baḵẖsh denā, To give, to bestow, to forgive. P.H. بخشانا baḵẖshānā (caus. of بخشنا) v. a. To cause to give, to procure pardon for another.

براهمني ब्राह्मणी brāhmaṇ-ī S s. f. The wife of a Brāhmaṇ, a female of the brāhmaṇ cast.

بطيخ bit̤t̤īḵẖ A s. m. A muskmelon. P. A. بظاهر ba-z̤āhir, In appearance, on the outside, externally.

برياٴي bariyāʼī S̱. (from برا. Sans. वड्ता) s. f. Boast, exultation.

باسٿهـ bāsaṭh S̱. (Sans. द्विषष्टि) adj. Sixty-two. S. باسديو (वासुदेव) bāsudev or Vāsudeva, n.prop. Name of Kr̤ish̤ṇa, the son of Vasudeva.

بجربٿو bajr-baṭṭū H s. m. Name of a fruit.

بنا binā A s. f. Building, foundation. بناکرنا binā karnā, To build.

باسک bāsak S̱. (वासुकि) s. m. The chief of serpents, which is fabled to support the universe, and which was used as a string to whirl the mountain Mandar in churning the ocean for the amr̤it, &c.