بيا بيا biyā biyā P A mode of calling pigeons.

بانک bānk S̱. (वंक r. वक Bend, curve) 1. s. m. A crook, curvature, bending. 2. A reach or turning of a river. 3. Fault, offence, wickedness. 4. s. f. A semicircular ornament worn on the arms. 5. A kind of dagger. 6. An exer- cise with the dagger. 7. A settee.

برگشتگي bar-gashta-gī P s. f. Retrocession, inver- sion, turning back, apostasy, abjuration.

بويسيا bawesiyā H 1. adj. Talking nonsense, a babbler. 2. s. m. A catamite.

پهرا bharrā H s. m. A panick. فوج مين بهراپڙا fauj meṅ bharrā paṛā, The army was seized with a panick.

بيترني baitarnī S (वैतरणी) s. f. 1. A river, according to the Hindūs, which is to be crossed by the dead on their way into the world of spirits, like the Styx of the ancients. 2. A river in Orissa.

بوڙهاپن būṛhā-pan वृद्धत्वं S̱. s. m. Old age.

بهيتريا bhītariyā आभ्यन्तरिक S̱. adj. used substantively, 1. The people who live in a house, not strangers, domestick. 2. Men who preside at a temple (i. e. بهنڐاري A steward; پوجاري A priest; رسوٴيا rasoʼiyā, A cook). 3. Those among the guests at a wedding feast who eat in company with the relations of the bride (those, who partake of the feast without, being called باهريا).

بهونپو bhoṅpū H s. m. A horn, wind instrument.

بورانا baurānā S̱. (from بورا baurā) v. n. To be mad, to madden.