برتري bar-tar-ī P s. f. Excellence, superiority. S. برتمان वर्त्तमान (r. वृत Exist, be current) bar- tamān or vartamān, adj. Present, existent; the present tense.

برهمچاري ब्रह्मचारी brahmachārī S s. m. A re- ligious student, a Brāhmaṇ from the time of his investiture with the sacerdotal thread till he becomes a householder, a person who continues with his spiritual teacher studying the Veda, a Panḍit learned in the Veda, an ascetick.

بستر bistar P s. m. 1. Bedding, carpeting. 2. A bed, &c.

بزرگي buzurg-ī P s. f. Grandeur, greatness, exal- tation, eminence, seniority, nobleness.

بگانا bigānā P. adj. Strange, &c. See بيگانه.

بلوکنا biloknā S̱. (वि and r. लोक Look) v. a. To see, to look at, to behold.

بولنا bolnā H (perhaps, from s. r. वद Speak) v. n. 1. To speak, talk. 2. To sound, emit sound, to articulate. 3. To tell, to say. بول اٿهنا bol uṭhnā, To speak out, to exclaim. بولناچالنا bolnā-chālnā, To converse, speak together. بولي سوبولنا bole so bolnā, To speak repeatedly.

باي بڙنگ bāʼe biṛang विडंग S̱. s. m. Name of a medicinal seed.

بت bat S̱. contract. of بات A word, affair, or of بات Wind, generally used in composition; as بت باهري bat-bāharī, adj. External, foreign. بت بڙهأو bat-baṛhāʼo, s. m. Prolixity, talka- tiveness, chicanery, wrangling. بت بنا bat-banā (بت Word, and بنا from بنانا To make) An ora- tor, a sophist. بت سونهاکرنا bat soṅhā karnā (بت Wind, and سونها from سونهين Opposite) To ventilate. بت کهاؤ bat-kahāʼo, s. m. Talk, conversation.

برداشته bar-dāshta P part. pass. (from برداشتن) Raised up, elevated; removed.