بنواس banwās S (वनवास) s. m. 1. Living in a wood, separated from oneʼs family. 2. (met.) Disinherited (a son).

بن بلأو ban-bilāʼo वनविडाल S̱. s. m. A wild cat.

بزله bazla A. s. m. A jest. See بذله.

بلديان baldiyāṅ S̱. s. m. See بلديا baldiyā.

برتن bartan H s. m. A dish, plate, basin, &c. ves- sel, utensil.

بد bad H s. f. A bubo.

بجنا bujnā H s. m. A cloth used by menstruous women, a pessary.

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).

بٿري baṭrī H s. f. A small cup.

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