بٿأو baṭāʼū वाटिक S̱. s. m. A traveller, a robber.

بگهنها baghnah ā व्याघ्रनख S. s. m. Name of a medicinal herb with a fragrant root.

بارو bārū H s. f. Gunpowder.

بهرت bhart H s. m. A mixed metal composed of copper and lead.

بديهي badīh-ī A 1. adj. Unpremeditated, appa- rent, self-evident. 2. s. f. An axiom.

بس کهوپرا bis-khoprā S̱. s. m. The name of an animal of the lizard kind, about a yard long, and said to be venomous. (Lacerta iguana).

بانهـ bāṅh S (बाहु) s. f. 1. The arm. 2. Gua- rantee, protector or security (as, when a per- son trusts himself in the power of an enemy, a third person, who engages to return him to his house or fort in security, is his bāṅh). بانهـ پکڙنا bāṅh pakaṛnā, To protect. بانهـ ٿوٿنا bāṅh ṭūṭnā, To be destitute of friends or pro- tectors. بانهـ دينا bāṅh denā, To assist: see بازودينا bāzū denā. بانهـ گهنا bāṅh gahnā, To protect. بانهين چڙهانا bāṅheṅ chaṛhānā, To get ready, to prepare.

بي اڙ bīʼaṛ H s. f. Seed-bed, seedplot.

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.

بياج byāj S (व्याज) s. m. 1. Pretence, disguise. 2. Delay. 3. Interest. بياج خور byāj-ḵẖor, One who takes interest, an usurer.