بسط bast̤ A s. m. Diffusiveness, spreading or ex- tending out.

بانکاچور bānkā-chūr S̱. s. m. A fop, a beau, a coxcomb, a bully, a bravo.

بساط bisāt̤ A (from بسط) s. f. What is spread out; carpeting, bedding, a chess-board, dice-board, expanse, surface, expansion, &c. This word is, also, adopted for h. بسات bisāt, q. v. ¶ basāt̤, An extensive plain.

بهون bhauṅ S̱. (for भ्रू) s. f. The eyebrow. بهون ٿيڙهي کرني bhauṅ ṭeṛhī karnī, v. a. To scowl, to frown, to browbeat, to look angrily raising the eyebrows. بهوين تانني bhaweṅ tānnī, To knit the eyebrows. ¶ bhūṅ (for भूमि) s. f. Ground, land, earth.

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.

بهٿ भट bhaṭ S s. m. A warriour, a hero.

بست bast S̱. (or bastu, for वस्तु) s. f. Thing, matter, substance, chattels, goods, baggage.

بجربٿو bajr-baṭṭū H s. m. Name of a fruit.

بورا borā H s. m. 1. A canvas bag (particularly, for holding about two maunds of rice), a sack. 2. A kind of bean like French beans. (Dolichos catsang).

بندا bandā P. (for بنده q. v.) s. m. A slave.