بيت bait A (Heb. ) s. f. 1. A house, temple, edifice. 2. A couplet, distich, verse (in poetry). بيت بحشي bait-baḥs̤-ī, s. f. Criticism of poetry. بيت بندي bait-band-ī, s. f. Poetry, verse.

بندي bandī P s. f. 1. (in compos.) Binding, tying, stopping, shutting, construction, &c. 2. (from بنده) Female slave or servant. بندي خانه bandī-ḵẖāna, A prison, gaol.

بوده bodh H s. m. A security. S. بودها बोद्धा (r. बुध Understand) boddhā, adj. Intelligent, ingenious, sensible.

باريک bārīk P adj. Fine, slender, minute, sub- tile. باريک بين bārīk-bīn, adj. Intelligent, quick of apprehension, penetrating, nice. باريک ميان bārīk-miyān, adj. Slender waisted.

بجهکانا bijhkānā S̱. (trans. of بجهکنا) v. a. To frighten, to scare, to alarm.

برهي barhī S (वर्ही) s. m. A peacock.

باگ bāg H s. f. A rein, a bridle. باگ لينا bāg lenā, To take the rein; to curb or pull up (a horse, &c.). باگ موڙنا bāg moṛnā, To turn the reins: and, this phrase is applied to the drying up of the small-pox; thus, when the pustules begin to blacken and dry up, they say, سيتلاني باگ موڙي sītlā ne bāg moṛī, or ماتاني باگ موڙي mātā ne bāg moṛī. باگ هاتهـ سي چهوٿنا bāg hāth se chhūṭnā, The reins to have slipped from the hand, denotes the loss of choice, power or controul.

بيوگي biyog-ī S (वियोगी) s. m. A lover suf- fering the pain of absence.

بهڙانا bhiṛānā H (caus. of بهڙنا) v. a. 1. To join, to place close to, to close. 2. To cause to fight.

برامده bar-āmada P s. m. A verandah, balcony, porch, gallery.