بازخواست bāz-ḵẖẉāst P s. f. Reiterated inqui- ry, minute in- vestigation or examination.

بسولي basūlī H s. f. An instrument for cutting bricks.

بيلچه bel-cha P (dimin. of بيل) s. m. A hoe, a spade, a small mattock.

بهياونا bhayāwnā S̱. (from भय Fear) adj. Terri- ble, frightful. See بهيانک.

ب be called با bā in Arabic, is the second letter of the Arabic and Persian alphabets: and, in the representation of Hindī words by the letters of these alphabets, it corresponds to the Nā- garī ब; or, with ه (he) subjoined, to भ. When used numerically, according to the ابجد or arrangement of the Arabic alphabet to sig- nify numbers, it stands for two; hence, it is used to denote the second day of the week, Monday; and, in astronomical calculations, the sign Gemini. By way of abbreviation, more- over, it is occasionally written for the month رجب rajab, of which word it is the final letter. At the middle or end of a word, this letter is sometimes changed to ف پ or م as, تپ tap for تب tab, A fever; زفان zafān for زبان za- bān, Language; غژم g̠ẖuzhm for غژب g̠ẖuzhb, A grape-stone. In Persian words, too, it is occasionally interchanged with و and in such as are borrowed or derived from the Sanskrit, it is frequently substituted for the Nāgarī letter व.

بهال भाल bhāl S s. f. The forehead; fortune.

بلکنا bilaknā H v. n. 1. To sob, to cry violently (as a child). 2. To long for, to desire eagerly.

بهٿ کٿيا bhaṭ kaṭaiyā S̱. s. f. The name of a prickly plant. (Sola- num jacquini, Willd.).

باراني bārān-ī P adj. Relating to, or depending on rain, of rain. s. f. A great coat or a cloak for keeping off the rain.

برهيلا barhelā वराह S̱. s. m. A wild hog. See بڙهيلا baṛhelā.