بسن bisan व्यसन S̱. Calamity) s. m. 1. Evil, fault. 2. Desire, lust.

بندري bandarī H s. f. 1. A sort of chintz from Machhlībandar. 2. A sword from Rājbandarī. 3. Name of a grass.

برابري bar-ā-bar-ī P s. f. Equality, exactness, emulation, rivalry, competition. برابري کرنا bar- ā-bar-ī karnā, To resist, oppose, vie, withstand, emulate, rival, equal.

بياهنا byāhnā S̱. 1. (from विवाह) v. a. To give or take in marriage, to marry. 2. v. n. See بيانا byānā.

بيري bīrī H s. f. A composition which being rub- bed on the teeth stains their interstices of a red- dish colour.

بچهوا bichhūʼā H or bichhuʼā, s. m. 1. A sort of dagger. 2. An ornament worn on the toes.

بٿ baṭ S̱. (r. वट or वड Wrap, entwine) s. m. 1. Tripe. 2. (from بٿنا To twist) Twist. 3. A wrinkle or fold of the abdomen. 4. (in compos. a contract. of باٿ) Road; as in بٿ پاڙ baṭ pāṛ, q. v.

بيستون besitūn P n. prop. A celebrated mountain in Persia, which Farhād dug through at the command of his mistress Shīrīn.

بيت الله baitu-l-lāh A s. m. (House of God) The temple of Mecca.

بس وباس bas-o-bās S̱. (r. वस Dwell, and वास A dwelling) s. m. Home, dwellingplace, resi- dence, country.