بر वर bar S or var, 1. s. m. A choice, a boon, a blessing, a good. 2. A bridegroom. (Lat. Vir). 3. adj. Excellent. 4. (वट) s. m. The In- dian fig tree. 5. (वरम्) conj. But, more- over, even. برداٴي bar-dāʼī, Giver of a choice or blessing.

برنجاري birinj-ārī P (برنج Rice, and آر Bringing) s. m. One who follows a camp with grain.

بيگ beg S (वेग) s. m. 1. Celerity, haste, ra- pidity; (adverbially) with haste, quickly, soon. 2. Dung.

بـﮩکانا bahkānā H (trans. of بـﮩکنا) v. a. To balk, disappoint, mislead, deceive, beguile. S. بهکت भक्त (r. भज Serve) bhakt, 1. s. m. An adorer, a devotee, a votary, a zealot. 2. A Hin- dū performer for entertainment, a dancer, a player. 3. adj. Pious. 4. Desirous. بهکت راج भक्तराज bhakt-rāj, s. m. King or lord of the devout, an epithet of the deity. S. بهکت भक्ति (r. भज Serve) bhakti, s. f. Re- ligion, faith, devotedness, attachment, desire. بهکتونت bhakti-want, adj. Devoted, religious, pious.

بردبار burd-bār P adj. Burthen-bearing; forbearing, patient, mild.

بهاکهنا bhākhnā भाषण S̱. v. a. To speak, say, tell, to call.

برين barain H s. f. A (female) seller of betel- leaf, or rather cultivator of betel.

بزرگ buzurg P adj. Great; reverend, venerable; (used substantively) a grandee, a great man, no- ble, a saint, an elder, an ancestor. (Pers. plur. بزرگان).

بچانا bachānā H v. a. 1. (trans. of بچنا) To save, to preserve, to protect, secure, to reserve, extricate, to spare, to defend, to guard, to leave, to avoid, to conceal. 2. (Perhaps, for بجانا q. v.) To sound (a musical instrument).

برده barda P s. m. and f. A captive, a slave. برده فروش barda-farosh, A slave merchant.