بـﮩنا bahnā S̱. (r. वह Run, flow) v. n. 1. To flow, to glide. 2. To float. 3. To blow. 4. To pass, drive.

بجنتري bajantarī S̱. (वाद्य A musical instrument, and यंत्री A musician) s. m. One who plays on musical instruments. بجنتري محال bajan- taṛī-maḥāl, s. m. 1. The quarter inhabited by musicians. 2. A brothel. 3. Taxes on musi- cians and female dancers. P. A. بجنس ba-jins, By kind, in detail, particu- larly.

بهول bhūl S̱. (perhaps, from r. भ्रम Err) s. f. For- getfulness, errour, mistake, miss, blunder.

بانبهني bāmbhnī H s. f. A snakeʼs hole.

بزرگواري buzurg-wār-ī P s. f. Greatness, emi- nence.

بچانا bachānā H v. a. 1. (trans. of بچنا) To save, to preserve, to protect, secure, to reserve, extricate, to spare, to defend, to guard, to leave, to avoid, to conceal. 2. (Perhaps, for بجانا q. v.) To sound (a musical instrument).

بهيا bhaiyā भ्राता S̱. s. m. Brother.

باٿکا वाटिका bāṭikā S s. m. A villa.

بيس bais S̱. s. m. 1. (for वैश्य) The third of the four Hindū tribes or varns: see برن. 2. Name of a tribe of Rājpūts. (A prince of that tribe formerly reigned at Daunriākherā. His dominions, which extended over a great part of Oude, on the north bank of the Ganges, are still called Bais-wāṛā). 3. (for वयस्) Age.

بريان biriyāṅ H s. f. Time.