بناسپتي banās-pattī वनस्यपत्र S̱. s. f. Forest leaves.

بڙي baṛī S (वटी) s. f. A dish made of pulse. S̱. H. بڙي ميان baṛe mīyāṅ, s. m. An old man: Sir! (applied to an elderly man).

برکات barakāt A plur. (of برکت barakat, Heb. ) s. f. Blessings, auspiciousness, pros- perity. بابرکات bā-barakāt, adj. Fortunate, prosperous, fortunate in every undertaking and communicating good fortune to every thing one is concerned in, productive of advantage and success.

بايان bāyāṅ वाम S̱. adj. Left (hand, &c.). s. m. The bass part in musick, the bass sound (especially, of طبله t̤abla, ڐولک ḍholak and پکهاوج pakhāwaj, which are played on with the left hand). بايان پانوپوجنا bāyāṅ pāṅw pūj- nā, To acknowledge the cunning of an artful person.

برگ barg P s. m. 1. A leaf. 2. Warlike appa- ratus, provision or necessaries for a journey. 3. A musical instrument. 4. Melody. (Plur. برگها). برگ گل barg-i-gul, Leaf of a rose: met. the lip of a mistress.

بهاشا भाषा bhāsh̤ā S s. f. See بهاکها bhākh̤ā.

بونڐي bonḍī H s. f. The germ of a plant after the flower is shed.

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.

بهاگيرتهـ bhāgīrath S̱. (for भगीरथ) s. m. Name of a pious king at whose intercession the river Ganges first descended from heaven.

بشني bishnī S̱. s. m. A rake, &c. See بسني bisnī.