بچکانا bichkānā H (trans. of بچکنا) v. a. To balk, to disappoint, to break oneʼs promise. P. H. بچکانا bach-kānā (perhaps, from بچه bachcha, q. v.) 1. adj. Small (generally applied to shoes and clothes). 2. s. m. A dancing boy.

بدعتي bidʼaﻌt-ī A. adj. Tyrant, oppressor.

بند band P (Sans. बंध) s. m. f. A fastening, a knot, a bond, imprisonment, arrest, captivity, a bandage, belt, roll, string, joint, knuckle; a sort of poetical composition or ode. adj. Fast- ened, bound; shut, stopped. (In compos.) Bound, armed, or part. act. (of بستن) Binding, binder. بندخانه band-ḵẖāna, s. m. A prison. بندباندهنا band bāndhnā, To restrain an inunda- tion with dykes. بندبندپکڙنا band band pakaṛ- nā, To seize (as rheumatism, &c.) all oneʼs joints. بندبيٿهنا band baiṭhnā, To succeed in an affair. بندپکڙنا band pakaṛnā, To object to the argu-

بينگ beng S̱. (for व्यंग) s. m. A frog, paddock, toad: see بهيک bhek. 2. byang (for व्यंग्य) Sarcasm, covert but intelligible expression of suspicion or contempt.

بڙم buṛam H s. Sound of water.

بانٿنا bānṭnā वंटनं S̱. v. a. To share, distri- bute, divide, participate, dispose.

برسوان baras-wān S̱. adj. Annual, anniversary.

بهبهر bhabhar भयभर S̱. s. m. Solicitude, alarm. بهبهرپڙنا bhabhar-paṛnā, v. n. To be alarmed, to be frightened.

بغرا bug̠ẖrā P s. m. Macaroni. (Called also سوين and سيوئين).

بزم bazm P s. f. Banquet, assembly, company.