بلاند bilānd H s. f. A span.

باهمني bāhman-ī S. s. f. The wife of a Brāhman, a Brāhmaness. See بامهني bāmhnī.

بکني buknī H s. f. Powder. See چورن.

باز bāz P 1. (Sans. वाज or वाजी) s. m. A hawk, a female falcon. بازدار bāz-dār, s. m. A

بند band P (Sans. बंध) s. m. f. A fastening, a knot, a bond, imprisonment, arrest, captivity, a bandage, belt, roll, string, joint, knuckle; a sort of poetical composition or ode. adj. Fast- ened, bound; shut, stopped. (In compos.) Bound, armed, or part. act. (of بستن) Binding, binder. بندخانه band-ḵẖāna, s. m. A prison. بندباندهنا band bāndhnā, To restrain an inunda- tion with dykes. بندبندپکڙنا band band pakaṛ- nā, To seize (as rheumatism, &c.) all oneʼs joints. بندبيٿهنا band baiṭhnā, To succeed in an affair. بندپکڙنا band pakaṛnā, To object to the argu-

ببري babr-ī P adj. Relating to the lion or tiger.

بروج burūj A s. plur. (of برج) Bastions, towers, signs of the zodiack.

بسيستا bisestā विशेषता S̱. s. f. Abundance.

برزن barzan P s. A street or quarter of a town, a desert or plain.

بينگ beng S̱. (for व्यंग) s. m. A frog, paddock, toad: see بهيک bhek. 2. byang (for व्यंग्य) Sarcasm, covert but intelligible expression of suspicion or contempt.