بلال bilāl A n. prop. Name of the man who in Muḥammadʼs time called the people to prayers. H.S̱. بلالانا bulā lānā, v. a. To summon.

بندهيا बंध्या bandhyā S adj. Barren.

برهمچاري ब्रह्मचारी brahmachārī S s. m. A re- ligious student, a Brāhmaṇ from the time of his investiture with the sacerdotal thread till he becomes a householder, a person who continues with his spiritual teacher studying the Veda, a Panḍit learned in the Veda, an ascetick.

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.

به ba P prep. By, with, in, to. See ب.

بـﮩايم bahāʼịm A s. plur. (of بـﮩيمه Heb. ) Beasts.

بني banī H s. f. A bride.

بغچه bag̠ẖcha P. See باغچه bāg̠ẖcha.

بهورا bhūrā H adj. Fair, auburne or brownish (as hair).

بهانڐن bhānḍin S̱. s. f. An actress.