بک بک bak bak S̱. (see s̱. بک) s. f. Prattle, foolish talk, babble, clack, gabble. بک بک کرنا bak bak karnā, To prattle, to chatter, to gab- ble. (Arab. بق بق).

بکهئي bikhaʼī विषयी S. adj. Sensual, worldly.

بوکري bokrī वर्करी S̱. s. f. A she goat.

بسرانا bisrānā S̱. (causal of بسرنا) v. n. To forget, to cause to forget, to mislead. S̱. بسرانت 1. (for विश्रांत) bisrānt, adj. Rested, reposed. 2. (for विश्रांति) bisrānti, s. f. Rest, repose, cessation from toil or occupation.

بچهرو bachhrū वत्स S̱. s. m. A calf.

بين bīn P part. act. (from ديدن) in compos. Seeing, beholding, looking, regarding. S̱. بين 1. ben or benu or bain (for वेणु) s. f. A flute, pipe, fife. 2. bīn (for वीणा) s. f. A kind of lute. (See Asiat. Res., vol. i. art. xiii.). 3. bain (for वाणी) s. m. f. A word, speech.

بوسيدگي bosīda-gī P s. f. Rottenness, corruption.

بياسي byāsī S̱. (द्व्यशीति) adj. Eighty two.

ب be called با bā in Arabic, is the second letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets: and, in the representation of Hindī words by the letters of these alphabets, it corresponds to the Nā- garī ब; or, with ه (he) subjoined, to भ. When used numerically, according to the ابجد or arrangement of the Arabic alphabet to sig- nify numbers, it stands for two; hence, it is used to denote the second day of the week, Monday; and, in astronomical calculations, the sign Gemini. By way of abbreviation, more- over, it is occasionally written for the month رجب rajab, of which word it is the final letter. At the middle or end of a word, this letter is sometimes changed to ف پ or م as, تپ tap for تب tab, A fever; زفان zafān for زبان za- bān, Language; غژم g̠ẖuzhm for غژب g̠ẖuzhb, A grape-stone. In Persian words, too, it is occasionally interchanged with و and in such as are borrowed or derived from the Sanskrit, it is frequently substituted for the Nāgarī letter व.

بهيو bhayau S̱. (in Braj, for بهيا bhayā, q. v.) Was, became, become.