بلمانا bilmānā S̱. (from वल्लभ Beloved) v. a. To allure, to tantalize.

بنب विंब bimb S or vimba, s. m. Name of a tree bearing a red fruit. (Bryonia grandis. Lin. Momordica monadelpha. Roxb.).

بت but H s. m. 1. A hazard table. 2. A blow with the fist.

بـﮩورنگي bahūrangī S̱. (बहु Much, many, and रंग Colour) adj. Various or variable (in co- lour), many coloured; changeable.

بهٿهي bhaṭhī भ्राष्ट़ S̱. s. f. A furnace, a kiln.

بهونکڙا bhonkṛā H adj. Very fat.

بدنا badnā S̱. (वदन Saying) v. a. 1. To wager, to bet. 2. To settle, to predestinate, to take (as witness), to obey, to acknowledge, to agree, not to refuse.

بکيا bakiyā H s. f. A claspknife, a penknife.

بيڙا bīṛā S̱. s. m. 1. The same as s̱. بيرا bīrā, q. v. 2. A thong tied to the hilt of a sword by which it is retained in the scabbard, a sword knot. بيڙااٿهانا bīṛā uṭhānā, v. a. To undertake a bu- siness. بيڙاڐالنا bīṛā ḍālnā, To propose a pre- mium for the performance of a task. (These expressions originate in a custom that prevailed of throwing a bīṛā of betel into the midst of an assembly, in token of proposal to any person to undertake some difficult affair then requisite to be performed; and, the person who took up the betel bound himself to perform the business in question).

بنديا bundiyā S̱. (from विंदु) s. f. A kind of sweetmeat (like drops).