بارج bārij S (वारिज comp. of वारि Water, and ज Born) s. m. A lotus. بارج نين bārij- nayan, adj. Having eyes like the flower of the lotus.

بهڙنا bhiṛnā H v. n. To close (as two armies), to join battle, to come together, to be joined, to

بگهن bighan विघ्न S̱. s. m. Hinderance, stop, prevention, interruption.

بهنگيرن bhang-eran S̱. s. f. A female seller of bhang.

باب bāb A s. m. 1. A door, gate. 2. A chap- ter, section or division of a book. 3. Subject, head, affair, business, point, matter, reason, manner, mode, species, sort.

بهدرا bhadrā भद्र S̱. s. m. Name of a bird, a lark.

بيگانه begāna P adj. Strange, not domestick, not an acquaintance or friend, foreign, unknown; stranger. بيگانه خو begāna-ḵẖo, Of an unfriendly or savage disposition. بيگانه وضع begāna-waẓﻌ, adj. Strange-mannered. بيگانه وضعي begāna- waẓʼīﻌ, s. f. Strangeness of manners.

بليالينا balaiyā lenā A. S̱. To draw oneʼs hands over the head of another in token of taking his mis- fortunes on oneʼs self. See بلاٴين لينا.

بيڙا bīṛā S̱. s. m. 1. The same as s̱. بيرا bīrā, q. v. 2. A thong tied to the hilt of a sword by which it is retained in the scabbard, a sword knot. بيڙااٿهانا bīṛā uṭhānā, v. a. To undertake a bu- siness. بيڙاڐالنا bīṛā ḍālnā, To propose a pre- mium for the performance of a task. (These expressions originate in a custom that prevailed of throwing a bīṛā of betel into the midst of an assembly, in token of proposal to any person to undertake some difficult affair then requisite to be performed; and, the person who took up the betel bound himself to perform the business in question).

بهجنيک bhajnīk S̱. (भजनिक r. भज Serve, worship) s. m. A singer, an adorer.