بيضوي baiẓawī A (from بيضه) adj. Fashioned in the shape of an egg. خط بيضوي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-baiẓawī, s. m. A form of the Persian Nastaﻌlīḳ charac- ter, in which the curved tails of the letters are segments of an oval: opposed to خط آفتابي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-āftābī, in which they are portions of a circle.

باطل bāt̤il A (from بطل) adj. False, vain, absurd, futile, ineffectual, ignorant, abolished. باطل السحر bāt̤ilu-s-siḥr, Annuller of enchantment, what or who frustrates incantation.

بهونا bhaunā भ्रमण S̱. v. n. To revolve.

بارو bārū H s. f. Gunpowder.

برهما ब्रह्मा brahmā S s. m. The Deity in the character of Creator, or matter personified. S. برهمانڐ ब्रह्मांड (ब्रह्म Brahm, and अंड an egg, to which the world is likened) brahmānḍ, s. m. 1. The globe, the world. (In creation there are said to have been innumerable Brah- mānḍas). 2. The top of the head.

بشري bashr-ī A adj. Human, relating to man.

بختيار baḵẖt-yār P adj. Fortunate, lucky.

بلديا baldiyā S̱. (See s̱. بردي) s. m. A cow-herd, a bullock-driver, a drover, a grain-merchant.

براه barāh S (or varāha for वराह) s. m. 1. A boar. 2. The third avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu in the form of a boar.

بٿانا biṭānā H v. a. To scatter, to sprinkle.