بنري banrī S̱. (see بنرا) s. f. A bride.

بهکهنا bhakhnā भक्षण S̱. v. a. To eat, to de- vour.

بيدوا bed-wā S̱. s. m. A reader of the Beds.

بانوا bānūʼā H s. m. The name of a water-bird.

بکل bikal S (वुकल) adj. Restless, uneasy, troubled. See بي کل under بي.

برچهک birchhik S̱. s. m. see برسچک brischik.

بکواس bak-wās S̱. (r. वच Speak and r. वश De- sire) s. f. Talkativeness. See بک بک.

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).

بچگانه bachcha-gān-a P adj. Fit for children, puerile.

بيالو byālū H s. m. Supper. See بياري.