بيڙي beṛī H s. f. 1. Irons fastened to the legs (of criminals, elephants, &c.), fetters. 2. A basket used to irrigate fields with.

بنا bannā A (from بنا) s. m. A mason, a builder.

بالفرض bi-l-farẓ A adv. With the supposition, granted.

بياهتا byāhtā S̱. f. (विवाहिता) adj. Married.

بچرنا bicharnā H v. a. To separate, detail. بچربچرکربولنا bichar bichar kar bolnā, To speak distinctly.

بيگما begmā T (dimin. of بيگم) s. f. A young lady.

بور būr H adj. Barren (land). s. f. Chaff, husk. بورکالڐو būr kā laḍḍū, A sort of sweetmeat made with the husk of grain. (The confectioners avow the imposition and cry out to passengers, "youʼll repent if you eat it, or regret not tasting it." Hence, great men are sometimes called بورکالڐو when they make a practice of encou- raging their dependants to hope, but do nothing for them at last; as, dancing attendance on them and neglecting them are each likely to produce regret. The term also means, any person or thing, which is fair without and foul within, or

بادامه bādāma P s. m. 1. A silkworm in the aurelia or chrysalis state. 2. A sort of silk. 3. A dervisʼs garment formed of patches.

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).

بڙهوتر baṛhotar S̱. s. m. (from بڙهنا) Interest, profit, advantage.