بـﮩ‍ي bihī P s. f. 1. A quince; and (in India) a guava. بـﮩ‍ي دانه bihī-dāna, s. m. Quince-seed. 2. (from به Good) Goodness, the being well or better.

ب be called با bā in Arabic, is the second letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets: and, in the representation of Hindī words by the letters of these alphabets, it corresponds to the Nā- garī ब; or, with ه (he) subjoined, to भ. When used numerically, according to the ابجد or arrangement of the Arabic alphabet to sig- nify numbers, it stands for two; hence, it is used to denote the second day of the week, Monday; and, in astronomical calculations, the sign Gemini. By way of abbreviation, more- over, it is occasionally written for the month رجب rajab, of which word it is the final letter. At the middle or end of a word, this letter is sometimes changed to ف پ or م as, تپ tap for تب tab, A fever; زفان zafān for زبان za- bān, Language; غژم g̠ẖuzhm for غژب g̠ẖuzhb, A grape-stone. In Persian words, too, it is occasionally interchanged with و and in such as are borrowed or derived from the Sanskrit, it is frequently substituted for the Nāgarī letter व.

باطن bāt̤in A (from بطن) s. m. The inward part, the inside, the internal; the heart, the mind. adj. Internal, hidden, concealed.

بهکهري bhikhrī H s. f. An unfilled grain, a shri- velled grain.

بهل بهل اجالا bhal bhal ujālā S̱. s. m. Dawn or break of day. S̱.H. بهل پن bhal-pan, s. m. Goodness.

بيري bīrī H s. f. A composition which being rub- bed on the teeth stains their interstices of a red- dish colour.

بهچن bhachan भक्षण S̱. s. m. Food, eating.

بڙپنا baṛ-panā S̱. (from بڙا) s. m. Greatness, grandeur, dignity.

بهوکڙ bhūkar S̱. adj. (dakh.) Hungry, needy.

بسيرا baserā S̱. (r. वस Dwell) s. m. 1. A time before evening when birds return to their nest. 2. A nightʼs lodging. 3. A birdʼs roost, a bird remaining on its roost. بسيراکرنا baserā karnā, To roost.