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.

برئي baraʼī H s. m. A seller of betel leaf, a culti- vator of betel.

بڙي baṛī S (वटी) s. f. A dish made of pulse. S̱. H. بڙي ميان baṛe mīyāṅ, s. m. An old man: Sir! (applied to an elderly man).

بزرگ منش buzurg-manish P adj. Noble-minded.

بدر badr A s. m. The full moon.

بلم balam S̱. (वल्लभ) s. m. A lover, a hus- band.

بيوا bewā P. s. f. A widow. See بيوه bewa.

باشه bāsha P s. m. A hawk, a sparrowhawk.

برباد bar-bād P adj. (Given) to the winds; thrown away, misapplied, lost, wasted, destroyed, laid waste, ruined. برباددينا bar-bād denā or بربادکرنا bar-bād karnā, To give to the winds, to throw away, to lose, to waste, misapply, to ruin, des- troy, &c. بربادهونا bar-bād honā, To be thrown away, misapplied, or lost.

بعضا baﻌẓā A. adj. Some, certain ones, several.