بوهاٴي bauhāʼī H s. f. A woman afflicted with ve- nereal disease.

بهانت bhānt H or bhānti, s. f. Manner, mode, method, kind, sort. بهانت بهانت bhānt-bhānt or bhānti-bhānti, adj. Various.

برستا barastā S̱. (from برسنا) s. m. Rain. S. برسچک (वृश्चिक) brischik or vr̤ischik, s. m. A scorpion; Scorpio (the sign of the zodiack).

بڙبڙيا baṛbaṛiyā S̱. part. act. (from بڙبڙانا) A chat- terer, a mutterer, a grumbler.

بهاوک भावक bhāwak S s. m. Friend, lover.

بيضوي baiẓawī A (from بيضه) adj. Fashioned in the shape of an egg. خط بيضوي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-baiẓawī, s. m. A form of the Persian Nastaﻌlīḳ charac- ter, in which the curved tails of the letters are segments of an oval: opposed to خط آفتابي ḵẖat̤t̤-i-āftābī, in which they are portions of a circle.

بهرنگ भृंग bhr̤ing S s. m. A large black bee, fabled to be enamoured of the lotus.

بهنبهنانا bhimbhinānā H or bhambhanānā, v. n. To buzz (as a fly), to hum (a bee, &c.).

بدري bidrī H s. f. A kind of tutanag inlaid with silver, used to make ḥuḳḳa bottoms, cups, &c. and, so called from Beeder, the name of a city and province. A.P. بدري badr-ī, adj. Of or relating to the full moon.

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.