بتهوا bathūʼā वास्तूक S̱. s. m. A kind of greens or potherbs (Chenopodium album).

بمان bimān S (विमान) s. m. A car or chariot of the gods (sometimes serving as a seat or throne, and at others carrying them through the skies self-directed and self-moving).

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.

بهيو bhev S̱. (perhaps, for भाव) s. m. A state or condition of being, innate property, nature, dis- position.

ببيسي babesī H s. f. The piles.

بيتنا bītnā S̱. (from व्यतीत) v. n. To pass, come to pass, happen, befall: see بتنا bitnā.

باٿي वाटी bāṭī S s. f. A habitation, dwelling- house, home, a garden-house.

بلبل bulbul P s. f. 1. A nightingale. 2. (in India) A shrike. (Lanius boulboul. Lath.).

بستر bastar S or bastra (वस्त्र) s. m. Cloth, clothes, raiment, apparel.

باوري bāʼorī H or bāʼoṛī, s. f. See باولي bāʼolī,