بچواني bich-wānī S̱. (from بيچ) s. m. A mediator, interposer, arbitrator, agent, ambassadour.

بيٿها baiṭhā H s. m. A paddle.

بستني bastanī P s. f. A cloth for binding toge- ther bundles of paper, books, ink-stands, &c.

بسگت basgit S̱. (r. वस Dwell) s. f. Residence.

بابني bābnī H s. f. A snakeʼs hole. See بانبهني.

باد bād P (imper. of بودن) Let it be, so be it.

بهل bhal भद्र S̱. adj. Good, well. See بهلا bhalā. بهل گهوڙيا bhal-ghoṛiyā, Having a good horse; a cavalier.

بڙا baṛā वड् S̱. adj. Large, great, big, greater, senior, elder, eldest, principal, &c. بڙارستاپکڙنا baṛā rastā pakaṛnā, To die. بڙاکرنا baṛā kar- nā, 1. To enlarge, to exalt, to promote. 2. To extinguish, to put out (a lamp, &c. as to use the direct phrase is deemed unlucky). بڙي پيٿ والاهونا baṛe peṭ wālā honā, To be patient. S̱. H. بڙاپا barā-pā (from بڙا) s. m. Grandeur, dig- nity, elevation.

بؤي būʼī H s. f. A word used to frighten children, a goblin.

بدري badrī बदरी S̱. s. f. A place of pil- grimage in the north of India. (See As. Res. vol. xi, p. 521). بدري دس badrī-dis, Towards Badrī Nāth.