بکانا bikānā S̱. (caus. of بکنا) v. a. To sell. S̱. بکأو (from بکانا) bikāʼo, s. m. Sale, vent. bikāʼū adj. Saleable, for sale.

بانس bāṅs वंश S̱. s. m. 1. A bamboo. 2. A measure of about ten feet, used to measure tanks, ditches, and excavations in general. (A cube of one bāṅs is called a chaukā). بانس پرچڙهنا bāṅs par chaṛhnā, v. n. To be branded with infamy.

بدلا badlā A. s. m. Exchange, lieu, stead, a sub- stitute, recompense, revenge, requital. بدلالينا badlā lenā, v. a. 1. To alter. 2. To retaliate, take revenge. بدلي badle, In exchange, in re- turn for. A. H. بدلانا badlānā (caus. of بدلنا) v. a. To cause to alter, to change. A. H. بدلائي badlāʼī, s. f. Price of exchange. A. H. بدلنا badal-nā, v. a. To change, exchange, alter.

بساه bisāh H s. f. Purchase.

بؤي būʼī H s. f. A word used to frighten children, a goblin.

بجر वज्र bajr S or vajra, s. m. 1. A thunder- bolt. 2. A diamond. 3. adj. Hard. بجرپڙي اس پروغيره bajr paṛe us par wa g̠ẖaira, May lightning fall on him, &c. (An expression used in cursing any one).

بنفشه banafsha P s. f. A violet.

بدعت bidʼaﻌt A s. f. The introduction of novelty or change in religion, schism, heresy, innovation; violence, oppression, wrong.

بهچهنا bhachhnā भक्षण S̱. v. a. To eat, to take food. S. بهچهي भक्षी (r. भक्ष Eat) bhachchh̤ī (or bhak- sh̤ī) adj. m. Eater, eating, devouring.

بدي bad-ī P (from بد) s. f. Badness, wickedness, evil, ill, mischief, injury, misfortune. S. بديا विद्या (r. विद Know) bidyā or vidyā, s.f. Science, knowledge, intellect.