برج burj H s. m. A cable.

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

باريابي bār-yāb-ī P s. f. Admittance at court or into company.

بتيس batīs H or battīs, adj. Thirty-two.

بچواني bich-wānī S̱. (from بيچ) s. m. A mediator, interposer, arbitrator, agent, ambassadour.

بـﮩتري bihtar-ī P s. f. Welfare, improvement, ad- vantage, the better.

بوٿي buṭī H s. f. 1. Drugs. 2. Flowers or sprigs (on muslin).

بتا batā H s. m. 1. A bamboo lath, a thin slip of bamboo. 2. An oblong stone on which pow- ders are levigated.

بردهنا baradhnā S̱. (from برد A bull) v. n. To bull a cow.

بـﮩکانا bahkānā H (trans. of بـﮩکنا) v. a. To balk, disappoint, mislead, deceive, beguile. S. بهکت भक्त (r. भज Serve) bhakt, 1. s. m. An adorer, a devotee, a votary, a zealot. 2. A Hin- dū performer for entertainment, a dancer, a player. 3. adj. Pious. 4. Desirous. بهکت راج भक्तराज bhakt-rāj, s. m. King or lord of the devout, an epithet of the deity. S. بهکت भक्ति (r. भज Serve) bhakti, s. f. Re- ligion, faith, devotedness, attachment, desire. بهکتونت bhakti-want, adj. Devoted, religious, pious.