بدهنا badhnā बधन S̱. v. a. To smite, kill. ¶ bidhnā (r. विध or intransitive of بيدهنا) v.n. To be pierced or perforated.

بولي bolī H s. f. 1. Speech, dialect, language. 2. Conversation, talk, saying. بولي کرنا bolī karnā, To jeer, to jest.

بأصله bi-aṣli-hi A By its origin or nature.

بجربٿو bajr-baṭṭū H s. m. Name of a fruit.

بادکش bād-kash P s. m. A fan, a ventilator.

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-

بوني bonī S̱. (from بونا) s. f. The season of sowing.

بسم الله bismi-l-lāh A In the name of God, or بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم bismi-l-lāhi-r-rahmāni-r-raḥīm, In the name of God the most merciful. (An invocation generally used by Muhammadans at the beginning of all actions and works). بسم الله کرنا bismi-l-lāh karnā, To begin, to com- mence. بسم الله هوا bismi-l-lāh hūʼā, Said of a child who has just commenced learning to read. A. P. بسمه پوس basma-posh, see under وسمه wasma.

بهبکانا bhabkānā H (caus. of بهبکنا) v. a. 1. To kindle, to light. 2. To provoke, to exasperate, to enrage. 3. To spur a horse.

ندورنا bidornā H v. a. 1. To screw. 2. To mock at, to laugh at, to ridicule.