ব [ b ] n the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet.

বই¹ [ bi¹ ] n the root of a kind of arum.

বই² [ bi² ] n a book; a register. বইয়ের পোকা (lit. & fig.) a bookworm. ˜পত্র n. books and similar other things. বই বাঁধানো v. to bind books; to get books bound. ̃মেলা n. a book fair.

বই³ [ bi³ ] prep without, except, other than (তোমা বই জানি না).

বইকি [ biki ] int. & adv of course (অতি ভোজনে শরীরের ক্ষতি হয় বইকি). ☐ int. denoting: denial, disbelief etc. (তা বইকি).

বইঠা [ biṭhā ] n a scull.

বউ [ bu ] n wife; a daughter-in-law; a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; a mar ried woman esp. one who usually keeps to a gynaeceum (usu. ঘরের বউ); a housewife; a newly-married wife (বউভাত). বউ-কথা-কও n. the Indian nightingale. বউ-কাটকি n. a woman given to torturing her daughter-in-law. ̃ড়ি n. a young wife; a childwife. ̃দিদি, (coll.) ̃দি n. an elder brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ভাত same as পাকস্পর্শ (see পাক²). ̃মা n. a son's wife, a daughter-in-law; a younger brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃মানুষ n. a mar ried woman usually keeping to a gynaeceum; a newly-married woman.

বউনি [ buni ] n the first (cash.) sale or earning of the day.

বউল [ bula ] n a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom.

বউলি [ buli ] n an earring or eardrop (বীরবউলি)

বংশ¹ [ baṃśa¹ ] n the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bam boo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bam boo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo.

বংশ² [ baṃśa² ] n a race; a family; lineage; pedi gree; posterity; offspring, children. বংশে বাতি দেওয়া (fig.) to continue a line of descent (as by a descendant). ̃ক্ষয়, ̃নাশ n. loss, end or extinction of a family or race. ̃গত a. hereditary. ̃গতি n. heredity. গৌরব n. family prestige or pride; the glory of a family. ̃জ a. born of a particular family; of good lineage; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family which has been socially lowered by matrimo nial alliance with an inferior family. ̃তালিকা n. a genealogical table, a fam ily tree; a genealogy. ̃তিলক n. one who is the gem or the crowning glory of a family; the most remarkable mem ber of a family. ̃ধর n. a descendant; a scion. ̃পরম্পরা same as বংশানুক্রম । ̃পরিচয় n. the family identity; the gene alogy. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase or multiplica tion of a race or family, growth in fam ily size; procreation; breeding. বংশবৃদ্ধি করা v. to increase or multiply one's race or family; to procreate; to breed. ̃বৈশিষ্ট্য n. a family characteristic. ̃মর্যাদা n. family prestige. ̃রক্ষা n. sav ing one's family or race; protection of one's family. ̃লতা same as বংশতালিকা । ̃লোপ same as বংশক্ষয় ।

বংশাঙ্কুর [ baṃśāṅkura ] n a bamboo shoot.

বংশানুক্রম [ baṃśānukrama ] n a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. he reditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from genera tion to generation; hereditarily.

বংশানুচরিত [ baṃśānucarita ] n a genealogical history or register; a genealogy.

বংশাবতংস [ baṃśābataṃsa ] n (fig.) one who is the orna ment or glory of one's family.

বংশাবলি [ baṃśābali ] n a genealogy; a genealogical table, a family tree.

বংশী [ baṃśī ] n a flute or pipe made of bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. ̃তট n. the bank of the Jamuna at Brindaban where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃বদন n. a fluter, a flutist, a piper: Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বট n. a banyan tree at Brindaban under which Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃রব, ̃ধ্বনি n. the note of a flute.

বংশীয় [ baṃśīẏa ] a born of a particular family or race; pertaining to a family or race; fa milial.

বংশোদ্ভব [ baṃśōdbhaba ] a same as বংশজ ।

বঁইচি [ bam̐ici ] n a kind of small juicy berry, (cp.) gooseberry or bramble.

বঁটি [ ban̐ṭi ] n a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, veg etables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক).

বঁধু, বঁধুয়া [ ban̐dhu, ban̐dhuẏā ] n (poet.) a friend; a lover, a sweetheart; a gallant; (cp.) a winsome marrow.

বক [ baka ] n a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heron shaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hy pocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in dis tillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope.

বকনা [ bakanā ] n. fem a young cow that has not yet calved, a heifer.

বকবক [ bakabaka ] int denoting: intolerable prattling or chattering; overmuch talking. বকবক করা v. to prattle or chatter disgustingly; to talk overmuch.

বকবকম [ bakabakama ] int denoting: the cooing of the pigeon or any similar noise.

বকবকানি [ bakabakāni ] n intolerable prattling; mean ingless jabber or chatter; overmuch talking.

বকমকাঠ [ bakamakāṭha ] n a kind of tree or its timber.

বকরা [ bakarā ] n the he-goat, the billy-goat; the goat.

বকরি [ bakari ] n the she-goat, the nanny-goat; the goat.

বকরিদ [ bakarida ] n a Muslim festival commemo rating Ibrahim's (cp. Abraham) sacri fice of his own son to God.

বকলম [ bakalama ] n the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of sign ing for another.

বকলস [ bakalasa ] n a buckle. বকলস আঁটা v. to buckle.

বকশি [ bakaśi ] a high government official of the Muslim regime in India whose chief duty was to act as a paymaster.

বকশিশ [ bakaśiśa ] n a reward; a tip. বকশিশ দেওয়া v. to reward; to tip.

বকা¹ [ bakā¹ ] v to indulge in garrulity; to prattle, to talk overmuch; to scold, to chide.

বকাণ্ডপ্রত্যাশা [ bakāṇḍapratyāśā ] n a hope as vain as the ex pectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope.

বকানো [ bakānō ] v to cause to talk overmuch.

বকাবকি [ bakābaki ] n a debate; an alteration; a scolding. বকাবকি করা v. to debate, to ar gue; to altercate, to bandy words; to scold; to chide.

বকুনি [ bakuni ] n scolding, chiding; garrulity, prattling. বকুনি খাওয়া v. to be scolded or chid or rebuked. বকুনি দেওয়া v. to scold, to chide, to rebuke.

বকেয়া¹ [ bakēẏā¹ ] n a kind of hem-stitch which may be undone easily.

বকেয়া² [ bakēẏā² ] a still unpaid or undone; out standing. ☐ n. arrears, arrearage. বকেয়া বাকি arrears or arrearage of the last year.

বক্কাল [ bakkāla ] n a medicinal tree-bark.

বক্তব্য [ baktabya ] a to be said; worth saying: under discussion; discussible. ☐ n. one's say; a subject or context or discussion.

বক্তা [ baktā ] a lecturing; speaking; having the gift of the gab, eloquent. ☐ n. a speaker, a lecturer; an orator. বক্তার a. eloquent; made eloquent by divine in spiration; garrulous. ☐ n. such a per son.

বক্তৃতা [ baktṛtā ] n a speech, a lecture; a prattling; cloquence; (facet.) a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা করা, বক্তৃতা দেওয়া v. to deliver a speech. to speak. to lecture; to prattle; to in dulge in a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা থামাও, বক্তৃতা রাখো stop talking, stop your harangue or garrulity. ̃শক্তি n. speaking power.

বক্ত [ bakta ] n the mouth.

বক্র [ bakra ] a bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. ☐ n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortu ous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinu ously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; oblique ness; squintness; curvature; crooked ness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতা কেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; look ing askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. con vex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curvi veined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity.

বক্রী [ bakrī ] a curved; tortuous, sinuous; (chiefly astrol.) antipathetic. ̃করণ n. curvation. ̃কৃত a. curved. ̃ভূত a. curved; turned antipathetic.

বক্রোক্তি [ bakrōkti ] n (rhet.) a figure of speech akin to pun and erotesis; (loos.) a sarcasm; a sarcastic utterance.

বক্ষ [ bakṣa ] n the breast, the bosom; the chest; (fig.) the heart. বক্ষঃস্হ a. lying on the breast or chest or in the heart. বক্ষঃস্হল n. the region of the chest. ̃স্পন্দন n. palpitation or throbbing of the heart.

বক্ষ্যমাণ [ bakṣyamāṇa ] a to be spoken of hereafter; (loos.) under discussion.

বখরা [ bakharā ] n a share. বখরা করা v. to divide into shares, to share, to apportion. বখরা দেওয়া v. to give a share, to share. বখরা পাওয়া v. to get a share, to share. বখরা নেওয়া v. to take a share, to share. ̃দার n. a sharer, a shareholder, a partner.

বখা [ bakhā ] v to be spoilt by bad association; to sow one's wild oats: to go to the bad. ☐ a. spoilt by bad association; dissipated; gone to the bad; (euph.) saucy. বখাটে a. same as বখা (a.). বখানো v. to make one sow one's wild oats, to cause to go to the bad, to deprave. বখামি, বখামো n. dis sipation, depravity; (euph.) sauciness.

বখিল [ bakhila ] a miserly, parsimonious, stingy, niggardly.

বখেড়া [ bakhēḍ়ā ] n a hindrance; a trouble, a quar rel, dispute.

বগল [ bagala ] n the armpit; the flank; neighbourhood, proximity. বগলদাবা করা v. to carry or conceal under one's arm pit; (fig.) to appropriate secretly to oneself; (fig.) to take possession of or to bring under one's control. বগল বাজানো v. to rap one's armpit by putting a palm in it as a mark of mad delight; (fig.) to rejoice madly. বগলে adv. in the armpit; near, beside.

বগলা [ bagalā ] n one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা)

বগলি [ bagali ] n a purse made of cloth or woven with thread.

বগা [ bagā ] n (sarcas. or dero.) the egret, the heron, the crane; anything as un shapely as the egret (কাগাবগা)

বগি¹ [ bagi¹ ] n a hooded buggy.

বগি² [ bagi² ] n railway carriage, (cp.) a bogie.

বগি³ [ bagi³ ] n a high-rimmed metal dish (also বগিথালা).

বঙ্ক, বঙ্কা [ baṅka, baṅkā ] a (poet. & obs.) bent, curved, hunchbacked.

বঙ্কিম [ baṅkima ] a bent; curved; slightly bent; squint; oblique (বঙ্কিম চাহনি). ̃বিহারী n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ)

বঙ্গ, বঙ্গদেশ [ baṅga, baṅgadēśa ] n Bengal; the ancient name of East Bengal. ̃জ a. born or pro duced in Bengal. ☐ n. a section of kayasthas (কায়স্হ) of Bengal (also বঙ্গজ কায়স্হ). ̃দেশীয় same as বঙ্গীয় । ̃ভাষা n. Bengali. ̃বিভাগ, ̃ভঙ্গ n. the partition of Bengal. বঙ্গাধিপ same as বঙ্গেশ্বর । বঙ্গানুবাদ n. translation or rendering into Bengali. বঙ্গাব্দ n. the Bengali era (counted from 693 A.D.). বঙ্গীয় a. of Bengal; born or produced in Bengal; Bengali. বঙ্গেশ্বর n. a king of Bengal.

বচ [ baca ] n the sweet-flag.

বচন [ bacana ] n speech; utterance; a saying, an adage, an apophthegm, a maxim; (gr.) number (একবচন = the singular number; দ্বিবচন = the dual number; বহুবচন = the plural number). ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent, very talk ative. ̃বিন্যাস n. art or mode of speak ing; eloquence; arrangement of words or speech. বচনসর্বস্ব ব্যাক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. বচনীয় a. speakable; blamable.

বচসা [ bacasā ] n altercation; a brawl. বচসা করা v. to altercate, to wrangle, to bandy words; to brawl.

বজরা [ bajarā ] n a large pleasure or state boat; a man-of-war; a barge.

বজায় [ bajāẏa ] a in force or intact or in position. বজায় থাকা v. to be in force or intact or in position. বজায় রাখা v. to keep up, to keep going, to maintain.

বজ্জাত [ bajjāta ] a (lit. & rare) base-born; wicked; naughty; mischievous. বজ্জাতি n. wick edness; naughtiness; mischievousness, mischief-making.

বজ্র [ bajra ] n thunderbolt, thunder; the weapon of Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods; (loos.) lightning; (astrol.) a cross-sign (×) on the palm or sole of a person; diamond. বজ্র আঁটুনি ফসকা গেরো the more laws, the more flaws; (cp.) summum jus summum injustitia. ̃কঠিন, ̃কঠোর a. extremely hard, adamantine. ̃কীট n. the pangolin. ̃গম্ভীর a. deep and loud as thunderclap. বজ্রগম্ভীর স্বরে in a voice as deep as thunder, in a thunderous voice. ̃গুণন n. (alg.) cross-multiplica tion. ̃তুল্য a. adamantine; fatally se vere; thunderous. ̃ধর same as বজ্রপাণি । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ, ̃নির্ঘোষ n. thunderclap; thunder-peal; (fig.) a voice or noise as deep and loud as thunderclap. ̃পাণি n. one whose weapon is thunder, the thunderer; Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. ̃পাত n. a crash of thunder; thunder bolt. ̃বহ n. (phys.) a lightning con ductor. ̃বারক n. (phys.) a lightning ar rester. বজ্রাগ্নি n. lightning. বজ্রাঘাত n. a thunder-stroke; (fig.) a sudden and fa tal calamity. বজ্রাহত a. thunder-struck.

বঞ্চক [ bañcaka ] a. & n a deceiver; a swindler; one who deprives (another).

বঞ্চনা, বঞ্চন [ bañcanā, bañcana ] n deception; deceit; fraudulence; a fraud; deprivation. বঞ্চনা করা v. to deceive; to defraud; to de prive (of.). বঞ্চনাপূর্বক adv. deceitfully; fraudulently; craftily. বঞ্চনাময় a. decep tive; illusory.

বঞ্চা [ bañcā ] v (poet.) to deceive, to beguile; (poet.) to deprive (of); (poet.) to spend or pass ('সুখে বঞ্চিবে দিন'); (poet.) to live, to lead one's life.

বঞ্চিত [ bañcita ] a deceived; beguiled, defrauded; deprived. fem. বঞ্চিতা ।

বট [ baṭa ] n the banyan tree. ̃পত্র n. a banyan leaf. ̃মূল n. the base or foot of a ban yan tree.

বটকেরা, বটখেরা [ baṭakērā, baṭakhērā ] n banter, taunt.

বটঠাকুর [ baṭaṭhākura ] n an elder brother of one's hus band.

বটতলা [ baṭatalā ] n the foot of the banyan tree; Grub Street.

বটা [ baṭā ] v to be (সে চালাক বটে).

বটিকা, বটী [ baṭikā, baṭī ] n a pill, a globule.

বটু, বটুক [ baṭu, baṭuka ] n (obs.) a Brahmin lad.

বটুয়া [ baṭuẏā ] n a small purselike bag made of cloth.

বটে [ baṭē ] int just so (তাই বটে); exactly (বটেই তো); is it (বটে, এমন কথা?); well (কী বলছ বটে); (sarcas.) no doubt (বীরেরাই পালায় বটে; take care (বটে রে). বটে বটে oh yes, just so, there you are.

বটের [ baṭēra ] n a species of small partridge akin to the quail.

বডিস [ baḍisa ] n a bodice; bra.

বড়, বড়ো [ baḍ়, baḍ়ō ] a large, big; high, tall, lofty; long; lengthy; fat; loud; excessive; se vere; magnanimous, great; respectable, noble; older; elder; eldest; senior in position; rich, aristocratic; most impor tant, principal, chief; leading; eminent; highly contested. ☐ adv. very thor oughly (বড় মন্দ) ☐ int. denoting: slight contempt (চাকরি তো বড়); amazement (বড়ো যে এলে). বড়ো করা v. to make one flourish; to extol usu. unduly; to en large (as a photograph); to lengthen (as a story); to expand (রাজ্য বড়ো করা) to increase (নামযশ বড় করা); to magnify, to exaggerate (বড় করে দেখা বা বলা); to elevate or edify (চরিত্র বড়ো করা); to liberalize (মন বা হাত বড় করা); to make louder, to raise (গলা বড় করা); to dilate (চোখ বড় করা); to heighten (আশা বড় করা); to bring up (ছেলে বড়ো করা). বড় দেখানো v. to look large or big; to loom large; to magnify. বড় হওয়া v. to grow up; to come of age; to flourish; to be expanded; to be edified; to be liberal ized; to be glorified (মুখ বড় হওয়া). বড় একটা না not much, not at all; hardly; rarely; seldom; once in a blue moon. বড় কথা the most important word, chief words; tall-talk. ̃কর্তা n. a master or head of a family; the chief or boss of an organization; a headman. ̃কুটুম্ব, ̃কুটুম n. a wife's brother, a brother-in-law. বড় খেলা a highly contested match; a big or important match; a great game. বড় গলা loud voice (বড় গলায় গান); proud or arrogant tone (বড় গলায় ঘোষণা). বড় গল্প a long story. বড় গাছে নৌকা বাঁধা (fig.) to resort to a great pa tron. বড় ঘর a large or spacious room; a hall; a high or aristocratic or noble family. বড় জোর at most, at best. বড় জ্বালা a great or severe affliction. বড় ঝড় a great or violent storm. ̃ত্ব n. senior ity in age or position; greatness; mag nanimity. বড় দরের লোক a man of high status. ̃দাদা (coll.) ̃দা n. the eldest brother. বড় দাম a high or exorbitant price. ̃দিদি (coll.) ̃দি n. fem. the el dest sister. ̃দিন n. (astr.) the winter solstice; (pop.) the Christmas Day. বড় দুঃখ deep or intense sorrow. বড় দুর্দিন terribly hard times. বড় পেট a large belly; voracious appetite; (fig.) exorbi tant demand or tremendous greed. বড় বড় বানরের বড় বড় পেট (fig.) the more one has, the more one demands; the wealthier a man, the greater is his de mand. বড় বই an enormous book, a fat volume; (fig.) magnum opus. বড় বংশ a high or respectable or noble family. ̃বাবু n. a head clerk; the seniormost male member of a family. বড় বোন n. fem. an elder sister, the eldest sister. বড় ব্যাপার a great affair. বড় ভাই n. an elder brother, a big brother, the eldest brother. বড় মোকদ্দমা a big or leading case. বড় মজা a great fun. বড় মন a mag nanimous heart; a high mind; a master mind; an optimistic outlook. ̃মানষি n. ostentatious display or wealthiness or riches. ̃মানুষ n. a rich man; a great man. বড় মুখ elated or proud in speech (বড় মুখে বলা); nourishing a great hope (বড় মুখ দিয়ে আসা); dignified counte nance; prestige; renown. বড় মুখ ছোট হওয়া to feel disgraced; to be put out of countenance. ̃রানি n. the chief queen (of a king who has several wives). বড় লড়াই a hard fight; a great battle. ̃লাট see লাট² । ̃লোক same as বড়মানুষ । বড়লোকি same as বড়মানষি । বড় শরিক the senior partner of an estate. বড় শিকার a big game; big game hunting. বড় শীত severe cold. বড় সাহেব n. the senior partner of a firm; the boss of an office. বড় হাজরি see হাজরি ।

বড়বা [ baḍ়bā ] n (myth.) a sea-horse vomiting fire constantly; the mare. ̃গ্নি, ̃নল n. the fire vomited by the aforesaid sea-horse.

বড়শি, বঁড়শি [ baḍ়śi, ban̐ḍ়śi ] n a fish-hook.

বড়া [ baḍ়ā ] n a kind of cake fried in oil (ডালের বড়া, ডিমের বড়া); a cake-like juicy sweet-meat (তালের বড়া).

বড়াই¹ [ baḍ়āi¹ ] n boast, bragging. বড়াই করা v. to boast, to brag.

বড়াই², বড়ায়ি [ baḍ়āi², baḍ়āẏi ] n an old woman named Yogamaya (যোগমায়া) who acted as a go-between in the affaire de coeur of Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a de crepit old woman; a great grandmother.

বড়ি [ baḍ়i ] n a pill, a globule; a tablet, a ball (কালির বড়ি); a small conical ball made of the paste of pigeon-pea and dried in the sun (this ball is eaten after being fried or cooked).

বড়ু [ baḍ়u ] n (obs.) a son of a Brahmin.

ব়ড়ে, বোড়ে [ b়ḍ়ē, bōḍ়ē ] n (in chess) a pawn. বড়ের চাল (in chess) the move of a pawn; (fig.) a very unassuming and yet a danger spelling move.

বণিক [ baṇika ] n a merchant, a trader; a banian; a vaishya or trader by caste.

বণিকসংঘ [ baṇikasaṅgha ] n a corporation or association of the traders; a guild.

বণিকসভা [ baṇikasabhā ] n chamber of commerce, asso ciation of traders or merchants.

বণিগ্বৃত্তি [ baṇigbṛtti ] n trade; traffic; trading; com mercial spirit, commercialism.

বন্টক [ banṭaka ] n a distributor, one who appor tions or divides.

বন্টন [ banṭana ] n distribution; apportionment, di vision. বন্টন করা v. to distribute; to ap portion, to divide.

বন্টিত [ banṭita ] a distributed; apportioned, di vided.

-বত্ [ -bat ] sfx denoting: equivalent to, resem bling, like, as (পিতৃবত্).

বত্স [ batsa ] n the young of the cow (or of any animal), a calf; (in affectionate ad dress) a dear boy.

বত্সতর [ batsatara ] n a bull-calf; a steer. fem. বত্তরী a cow-calf; a heifer.

বত্সর [ batsara ] n a year; an era. বত্সরান্তে adv. at the end of a year; at year-ending.

বত্সল [ batsala ] a (used as a sfx.) affectionate, lov ing. fem. বত্সলা । বত্সলতা n. affectionateness, affection, love.

বত্সা [ batsā ] n (rare) (in affectionate address) a dear girl.

বত্সাদনী [ batsādanī ] n a medicinal plant, Menispermum glabrum.

বতারিখ [ batārikha ] adv date by date; datewise.

-বতী [ -batī ] fem of -বান্ ।

বত্রিশ [ batriśa ] n. & a thirty-two.

বদ [ bada ] a bad; evil, wicked; offensive (বদ গন্ধ); peevish (বদমেজাজ); infected, contaminated, defiled (বদরক্ত). ̃খদ a. ugly; troublesome or unmanageable or unwieldy. ̃খেয়াল a. wicked inclina tion or desire; evil intention or design; perverse propensity. ̃জবান n. abusive or filthy language. বদজবান করা v. to use abusive or filthy language. ̃জাত same as বজ্জাত । ̃নাম n. discredit; bad repu tation; infamy; calumny. বদনাম করা v. to calumniate; to slander; to speak ill of. ̃বু, ̃বো n. bad or foul smell, stink. ̃ভ্যাস n. bad or evil habit; indecent habit. ̃মতলব n. evil design, evil pur pose. ̃মেজাজ n. illhumour, bad tem per; petulance, peevishness. ̃মেজাজি a. ill-humoured, bad-tempered; petulant, peevish, cross-grained. ̃রসিকতা n. base or unrefined or indecent or vulgar humour or joke. ̃রাগী a. short-tem pered, choleric. ̃হজম n. indigestion; dyspepsia.

বদন [ badana ] n face, countenance; mouth; ap pearance. ̃কমল n. a lotus-like face; a face conceived as a lotus. ̃ভরে adv. with full-throated ease. ̃মন্ডল n. face, countenance.

বদনা [ badanā ] n a kind of small pitcher with a slender spout.

বদমাশ, বদমাইশ, বদমায়েশ [ badamāśa, badamāiśa, badamāẏēśa ] a wicked; rogu ish, mischievous; profligate; (in affec tion) naughty. বদমাশি, বদমায়েশি n. wick edness; roguery, mischief; profligacy; naughtiness. বদমাশি করা v. to indulge in wickedness or roguery or profligacy; to be naughty.

বদর¹ [ badara¹ ] n the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage).

বদর², বদরিকা, বদরী [ badara², badarikā, badarī ] n jujube.

বদল [ badala ] n exchange (মালবদল); barter; sub stitution; change, alteration (ভোলবদল); transfer (অফিস বদল). বদল করা v. to ex change; to barter; to substitute; to change, to alter; to transfer. বদলা n. a thing or person seized or killed in re taliation; requital, retaliation; a substi tute. বদলা নেওয়া v. to seize or kill in retaliation; to requite, to retaliate; to accept a substitute. বদলানো same as বদল করা । বদলা-বদলি n. exchange; change; mutual transfer. বদলি a. substi tuting; given or taken in exchange; bartered; substituted; transferred. ☐ n. substitution; a substitute; transfer; change. বদলি করা same as বদল করা । বদলে adv. in exchange of, in lieu of, in place of, instead, instead of.

বদান্য [ badānya ] a generous, bountiful, munificent, liberal, charitable. ̃তা n. generosity, bounty, munificence, liberality, charity.

বদ্ধ [ baddha ] a tied, bound, fastened; bound by an obligation (প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ); interwoven, dressed, put up (বদ্ধকবরী); shut, closed (বদ্ধদ্বার); confined, imprisoned, encaged (বদ্ধসিংহ); entrapped, en snared (বদ্ধ মৃগ); caught in (পাশবদ্ধ); clasped (আলিঙ্গনে বদ্ধ); restrained, ar rested (বদ্ধ স্রোত); stagnant (বদ্ধ জল); joined together (বদ্ধপাণি, একতাবদ্ধ); placed, put, arrayed, well-ordered (শ্রেণিবদ্ধ); firm (বদ্ধমূল); deep-rooted, deep-seated (বদ্ধ ধারনা); downright, thorough, confirmed, stark (বদ্ধ পাগল); (arith.) concrete (বদ্ধসংখ্যা). ̃দৃষ্টি n. a fixed or steadfast look, a gaze. ̃পরিকর n. firmly resolved; determined; reso lute; girdled. বদ্ধ পরিকর হওয়া v. to be firmly resolved; to gird up one's loins, to gird oneself up. বদ্ধ পাগল crazy to the extreme. ̃মুষ্টি a. having closed or clenched one's palm; (fig.) close-fisted, niggardly, miserly. ̃মূল a. deep rooted, deep-seated. বদ্ধাঞ্জলি হওয়া v. to fold or join one's palms. বদ্ধাধান n. (phys.) a bounded charge.

বদ্বীপ [ badbīpa ] n a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta.

বধ [ badha ] n killing, slaughter. বধ করা v. to kill, to slay; to slaughter. ̃কর্তা n. a killer, a slayer; a slaughterer. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃দণ্ড n. capital punishment. ̃স্হলী, ̃স্হান n. a place of execution or slaughter; a slaughter-house. বধার্থ adv. for killing or slaughter. বর্ধাহ same as বধ্য ।

বধির [ badhira ] a deaf; (fig.) refusing to listen. বধির করা v. to deafen. বধির হওয়া v. to be come deaf; (fig.) to turn a deaf ear (to). বধিরতা, বধিরত্ব n. deafness.

বধূ [ badhū ] n a wife; a newly married woman; a bride; a married woman; a daughter-in-law (usu. বধূমাতা). ̃জন n. a married woman esp. one whose husband is alive. ̃বরণ n. ceremoniously welcom ing a bride or a daughter-in-law. ̃মাতা n. the daughter-in law. ̃হত্যা n. killing or murder of a married woman (usu.) in the husband's or father-in-law's house.

বধোদ্যত [ badhōdyata ] a on the point of killing or slay ing or slaughtering, ready to kill.

বধ্য [ badhya ] a (fit.) to be killed or slain or slaughtered. ̃পাল n. the supervisor of an execution. ̃ভূমি n. a place of execu tion or slaughter.

বন [ bana ] n a forest, a jungle, a wood; an arbour, a bower, a grove. ̃কপোত n. the wood-pigeon, the cushat. ̃কর n. forest revenue; a forest cess. ̃কর্মী n. a forester; a worker in the forest depart ment. ̃কুক্কুট n. the wild-fowl; the jungle-fowl; the wood-cock. ̃কৃত্যক n. forest service. ̃গোলাপ n. the briar, the briar-rose; the sweet briar. ̃চর, ̃চারী a. living in a forest; wild; silvan. ̃জ a. forest-grown. ̃জঙ্গল n. thickets, underwood; woodlands. ̃দেবতা n. a wood-god, a silvan. fem. বনদেবী । ̃পথ n. a forest path, a jungle path. ̃পরি n. a wood-nymph, a dryad. ̃পাল n. a conservator of forests. ̃ফুল n. a wild flower. ̃বাদাড় same as বনজঙ্গল । ̃বাস n. living in a forest; banishment to the forest. বনবাসে দেওয়া, বনবাসে পাঠানো v. to banish or exile (one) to the forest. বনবাসে যাওয়া v. to go to live in a forest as a punishment; to be exiled to the forest. ̃বাসী a. & n. living in a forest, a forest dweller. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃বিড়াল n. the wild-cat; the tiger-cat, the bush-cat, the serval; the cougar, the puma. fem. বনবিড়ালী । ̃বিহার n. wandering in a for est (for pleasure etc.). ̃বিহারী a. roving in forests and groves esp. for pleasure. ☐ n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বৃক্ষ n. a forest tree, a dryad. ̃ভোজ, ̃ভোজন n. a pic nic. ̃মধু n. wood-honey. ̃মল্লিকা n. the wild jasmine. ̃মহোত্সব n. the festival of tree plantation. ̃মানুষ n. any anthro poid ape such as the gorilla, the chim panzee etc. ̃মালা n. a garland of wild flowers. ̃মালী n. one wearing a gar land of wild flowers; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃মোরগ same as বনকুক্কুট । ̃রক্ষক n. a forest-ranger. ̃রক্ষী n. a forest-guard. ̃শূকর n. a wild hog. ̃শ্রী n. the beauty of the forest; the forest; the beautiful forest. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. of a forest; situated in a forest; forest-grown, wild; silvan (বনস্হ জীবন). ̃হংসী n. the wild-duck; the wild-goose.

বনবন¹ [ banabana¹ ] n bonbon.

বনবন² [ banabana² ] int denoting: a swift whirling motion. বনবন করে ঘোরা v. to rotate or whirl swiftly.

বনস্পতি [ banaspati ] n a tree that bears fruit appar ently without blossoms (such as, the fig tree); a very large tree.

বন [ bana ] v to get on together, to agree; to be on good terms (তাদের বনে না); to be reduced to or to be proved (বোকা বনা)..

বনাত [ banāta ] n broad-cloth; baize.

বনানী [ banānī ] n a great forest; an extensive for est.

বনানো [ banānō ] v to cause to get on together, to cause to agree.

বনান্ত [ banānta ] n the outskirts or end of a forest.

বনান্তর [ banāntara ] n another forest.

বনাবনি [ banābani ] n mutual agreement, amity, con currence, concord.

বনাম [ banāma ] prep versus.

বনিতা [ banitā ] n a woman; a wife.

বনিয়াদ [ baniẏāda ] n foundation, base, groundwork. বনিয়াদি a. traditional; traditionally aris tocratic or noble (বনিয়াদি বংশ); basic (বনিয়াদি শিক্ষা).

বনীকরণ [ banīkaraṇa ] n afforestation.

বনোয়ারি [ banōẏāri ] n one wearing a garland of wild flowers; an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ).

-বন্ত [ -banta ] sfx denoting: possession or endow ment (লক্ষ্মীবন্ত, রূপবন্ত).

বন্দক [ bandaka ] a singing in adoration, hymning; extolling; saluting; worshipping. ☐ n. one who sings in praise, a hymnist; one who extols; one who salutes; a worshipper, a votary; one employed to glorigy (esp. a prince) in songs (usu. at fixed hours and on particular occa sions).

বন্দন, বন্দনা [ bandana, bandanā ] n singing in adoration, hymning; a song of praise, a hymn; extolment; salutation; a salute; wor ship, adoration. বন্দনা করা v. to sing in adoration, to hymn; to extol, to salute; to worship, to adore. বন্দনীয় a. worthy of being glorified in songs; deserving obeisance; worshipful, adorable. fem. বন্দনীয়া ।

বন্দর [ bandara ] n a port. ̃পাল n. an overseer of the port, port commissioner. মুক্ত বন্দর a free port.

বন্দি [ bandi ] a imprisoned; confined; captivated. ☐ n. a prisoner; a captive. বন্দি করা v. to imprison; to capture, to take one pris oner.

বন্দিত [ bandita ] a glorified in songs, hymned; lauded, extolled; saluted; worshipped, adored. fem. বন্দিতা ।

বন্দিনী [ bandinī ] fem of বন্দী¹

বন্দিপাল [ bandipāla ] n a jailor, a jailer, a gaoler.

বন্দিমুক্তি [ bandimukti ] n release or liberation of prison ers.

বন্দিশালা [ bandiśālā ] n a prison, a jail, a gaol; a guard-house, a guard-room.

বন্দিশ [ bandiśa ] n (in music) style; style of compo sition.

বন্দী² [ bandī² ] a alt. spell. of বন্দি ।

বন্দুক [ banduka ] n a gun, a rifle, a bundook, a mus ket, a matchlock; a pistol, a revolver. ̃ধারী a. armed with or carrying a gun or rifle. বন্দুকধারী লোক a gunman; a musketeer, a rifleman.

বল্দেগি [ baldēgi ] n (Mus.) humble salutation. বন্দেগি জনাব I humbly salute you, sir; I bow to thee, sir.

বন্দেজ [ bandēja ] n arrangement; apportionment; distribution; allotment. বন্দেজ করা v. to arrange; to apportion; to distribute; to allot.

বন্দে মাতরম্ [ bandē mātaram ] v I salute thee, Mother. ☐ n. the first two words or (loos.) the title of the national song of India, Bandemataram.

বন্দোবস্ত [ bandōbasta ] n arrangement; preparation; pro vision; settlement; land settlement; tenure (জমির বন্দোবস্ত); a contract. বন্দোবস্ত করা n. to make arrangements; to make preparations (for); to provide for; to settle; to make a contract (with). বন্দোবস্ত দেওয়া v. to have tenure (of land etc.) settled on oneself. চিরস্হায়ী বন্দোবস্ত (hist.) The Permanent Settlement.

বন্ধ [ bandha ] n any device for binding or fastening (কোমরবন্ধ); a tie, a bond, bondage (প্রেমবন্ধ); a clasp, an embrace (ভুজবন্ধ); an obstacle (স্রোতোবন্ধ); construction (সেতুবন্ধ); composition (ছন্ধবন্ধ); re straint or stoppage (ইন্দ্রিয়বন্ধ). ☐ a. shut, closed (বন্ধ জানালা, বন্ধ অফিস); stopped, ceased, discontinued (কথাবার্তা বন্ধ); ob structed, confined, shut in (কারাগারে বন্ধ). বন্ধ করা v. to shut, to close; to stop, to cease, to discontinue; to obstruct; to confine, to shut in. গ্রীষ্মের বন্ধ the summar vacation. পূজার বন্ধ the Puja holidays, the Puja vacation.

বন্ধ্ [ bandh ] n a strike, a cease-work movement; closure.

বন্ধক [ bandhaka ] n pawning, mortgage, hypotheca tion; a pawn, a pledge. বন্ধক দেওয়া v. to pawn, to pledge, to mortgage, to hy pothecate. বন্ধক রাখা v. to lend money taking something in pawn or mortgage. ̃গ্রহীতা n. a pawnbroker; a pawnee; a mortgagee. ̃দাতা n. a pawner; a mortgager. ̃পত্র n. same as বন্ধকি দলিল । বন্ধকি a. of pawning or mortgage or hypothecation (বন্ধকি দলিল = a mort gage deed); carrying on pawnbroking (বন্ধকি দোকান = a pawnshop); pawned, mortgaged, hypothecated (বন্ধকি সম্পত্তি). বন্ধকি কারবার a pawnbroker's business. বল্ধকি দোকান a pawnshop.

বন্ধন [ bandhana ] n binding, fastening, tying; tether ing; a tie, a bondage (বন্ধনমোচন); clasping or embracing, a clasp or em brace (ভুজবন্ধন); obstruction, an ob stacle (স্রোতোবন্ধন); restraint, stoppage; confinement (কারাবন্ধন); composition (করবীবন্ধন); construction (সেতুবন্ধন); unification (হৃদয়ে হৃদয়ে বন্ধন). বন্ধন করা v. to bind, to tie, to fasten; to tether; to clasp, to embrace; to obstruct, to re strain, to stop; to confine, to shut in; to unite. ̃গ্রন্হি n. a knot. ̃দশা n. captiv ity; imprisonment, incarceration. ̃ফলক n. a splint. ̃মুক্তি n. freedom from bondage or captivity. ̃রজ্জু n. a rope for tying or fastening, a tether. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a tying post. ̃হীন a. without ties or fetters; united; unfettered; un controlled; unrestrained. বন্ধনী n. any device to bind or fasten, a tic, a band, a ligament; (print. & math.) a bracket. বন্ধনীভুক্ত a. bracketed.

বন্ধু [ bandhu ] n a friend; a well-wisher; a benefac tor, a patron; an ally; a comrade; an as sociate; a lover. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. friendship; amity; alliance. বন্ধুত্ব করা v. to make friends with. বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ a. friendly; ami cable. ̃নি n. fem. a female friend; a friend's wife. ̃প্রীতি n. love or affec tion toward a friend. ̃বর n. close or intimate friend; an affectionate way of addressing or referring to a friend. ̃বান্ধব n. friends and relations. ̃বিচ্ছেদ n. estrangement or separation from friends; estrangement or separation from a friend. ̃সুলভ a. friendly. ̃হীন a. friendless.

বন্ধুর [ bandhura ] a uneven, rugged; rough. ̃তা n. unevenness, ruggedness; roughness.

বন্ধুলি [ bandhuli ] n a variety of crimson flower or its plant.

বন্ধ্য [ bandhya ] a fit to be bound or tied; unproduc tive, barren, sterile; childless. fem. বন্ধ্যা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. fitness for being bound or tied; unproductivity, barren ness, sterility; childlessness.

বন্য [ banya ] a grown or growing or dwelling or roving in the forest, wild; of the forest, silvan; unfit for civilized society; un civilized; savage.

বন্যা¹ [ banyā¹ ] fem of বন্য ।

বন্যা² [ banyā² ] n a flood; an inundation; a deluge. বন্যার জল floodwater. ̃পীড়িত a. flood stricken. ̃প্লাবিত a. flooded. ̃বিধ্বস্ত a. devastated by the flood; flood-stricken.

বপক [ bapaka ] n a sower; a planter.

বপন [ bapana ] n sowing; planting, plantation. বপন করা v. to sow; to plant. ̃যন্ত্র n. a sow ing-machine.

বপা [ bapā ] n (poet.) to sow or plant.

বপু [ bapu ] n the body. ̃স্মান a. heavy-bodied, burly, corpulent, hefty. fem. ̃ষ্মিতী ।

বপ্র [ bapra ] n ground; a field; a wall; a rampart; ̃ক্রীড়া n. act of digging earth with the horn or trunk (as by a bull or an el ephant).

বমন [ bamana ] n vomiting; belching or ejecting (as by a volcano). বমন করা v. to vomit, to spew, to spue; to belch, to eject vio lently. বমনেচ্ছা n. nausea. বমনোদ্রেক n. nausea, retching. বমনোদ্রেককর a. nau seous, nauseating; vomitive; emetic. বমনোদ্রেককর ওষুধ an emetic.

বমাল [ bamāla ] adv together with the stolen or looted thing (বমাল ধরা পড়া).

বমি [ bami ] n vomited matter, vomit, spew, spue. গা বমি-বমি করা v. to have nausea. বমিত a. vomited; violently ejected (as by a volcano).

বয় [ baẏa ] n a servant or serving-lad (esp. one employed in a hotel etc.)

বয়ঃ [ baẏḥ ] n age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. ado lescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit.

বয়কট [ baẏakaṭa ] n boycott; (social or political) re fusal. বয়কট করা v. to boycott.

বয়ন¹ [ baẏana¹ ] n (poet. & obs.) the face.

বয়ন² [ baẏana² ] n weaving; knitting. বয়ন করা v. to weave; to knit. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art of weaving. ̃যন্ত্র n. a weaving machine; the loom. ̃শিল্প n. the weaving indus try. ̃শিল্পী n. a weaver.

বয়নামা [ baẏanāmā ] n a sale certificate; a deed of sale.

বয়লার [ baẏalāra ] n a boiler.

বয়স [ baẏasa ] n age; agedness (বয়স ঢাকা পড়া); youth or majority. বয়স হওয়া v. to come of age; to grow old, to become aged. বয়সের গাছ পাথর নেই (fig.) hoary with age. বয়সের ধর্ম the natural prop erty or tendency of age. ̃কাল n. youth; majority, adulthood; one's greener days. ̃-ফোঁড়া n. an acne. বয়সা n. breaking or cracking of voice on at taining adolescence. বয়সী a. of a par ticular age (বালকবয়সী); equal in age (আমার বয়সী); advanced in age, aged, old. বয়সোচিত a. right and proper for one's age, befitting one's age, natural to a particular age.

-বয়স্ক¹ [ -baẏaska¹ ] sfx of a particular age, aged, old (তিন বত্সর বয়স্ক = three years old; aged three years).

বয়স্য [ baẏasya ] n a friend of the same age; a boon companion; an intimate attendant or flatterer. fem. বয়স্যা ।

বয়া [ baẏā ] n a buoy; a life-buoy.

বয়ান² [ baẏāna² ] n a narration; a description.

বয়ান 3 [ baẏāna 3 ] n face, countenance ('হসিত বয়ানে চাহে মেঘপানে').

বয়াম [ baẏāma ] n a jar (usu. with a detachable lid and made of porcelain or glass).

বয়েত [ baẏēta ] n a couplet (esp. one in Arabic or Persian or Urdu).

বয়োগুণ [ baẏōguṇa ] n tendencies or propensities natural to a particular age.

বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ [ baẏōjyēṣṭha ] a older, elder; elderly.

বয়োধর্ম [ baẏōdharma ] n same as বয়োগুণ ।

বয়োতীত [ baẏōtīta ] a past youth, past the prime of life.

বয়োবদ্ধ [ baẏōbaddha ] n age-bar.

বয়োবৃদ্ধ [ baẏōbṛddha ] a advanced in age, aged, old; older. fem. বয়োবৃদ্ধা । বয়োবৃদ্ধি n. increase of age. বয়োবৃদ্ধির সঙ্গে সঙ্গে with the in crease of age, as one grows old.

বর [ bara ] n a desire granted by a deity or a su perior person, a boon; a benison, a benediction, a blessing; a bridegroom; a husband. ☐ a. desired; greatest, most distinguished (নৃপবর); excellent, splen did, fine (বরতনু). বর দেওয়া v. to grant a boon. বর পাওয়া v. to obtain a boon. বরের ঘরের মাসি কনের ঘরের পিসি (fig.) one who hunts with the hound and runs with the hare. ̃কনে n. pl. the bride and the groom. ̃কর্তা n. the head of the bridegroom's party. ̃দ a. granting a boon; benedictory. ̃দা a. fem. of বরদ । ☐ n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দাতা a. & n. one who grants a boon. fem. ˜দাত্রী । বরদান করা v. to grant a boon. ̃দান n. act of granting a boon or prayer. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's party. ̃পণ n. a dowry in cash paid by the bride's parents or party to the bridegroom. ̃পুত্র n. a min ion (esp. of a deity), a darling, a favourite. ̃প্রদ same as বরদ । fem. ̃প্রদা । ̃বর্ণিনী n. an excellent woman; a woman of peerless beauty. ̃মাল্য n. a garland of flower which the bride puts ceremonially round the neck of the bridegroom whilst accepting him as her husband; a garland of highest honour. ̃যাত্রী, ̃যাত্র n. one who accompanies a bridegroom to a wedding.

বরং [ bara ] adv rather, in preference.

বরকন্দাজ [ barakandāja ] n a footman or follower carry ing a fire-arm.

বরখাস্ত [ barakhāsta ] a removed from service, dis missed; cashiered. বরখাস্ত করা v. to re move from service, to dismiss; to cash ier.

বরগা¹ [ baragā¹ ] n a rafter (কড়ি-বরগা).

বরগা² [ baragā² ] n a temporary lease of land on condition that a fixed portion of crop will be paid as revenue. ̃দার n. a les see holding a piece of land under the aforesaid condition, a sharecropper.

বরজ² [ baraja² ] n a plantation or (loos.) a plant of betel-leaves.

বরঞ্চ [ barañca ] adv rather, preferably.

বরণ² [ baraṇa² ] n devotional or respectful or cor dial (and esp. ceremonial) reception or acceptance or nomination or election, welcome (প্রতিমাবরণ, গুরুবরণ, বধূবরণ, সভপতিপদে বরণ); submissive or delib erate acceptance (দুর্ভাগ্যবরণ); appoint ment, employment. বরণ করা v. to re ceive or accept or nominate or elect devotionally or respectfully or cor dially (and esp. ceremonially), to wel come; to accept submissively or volun tarily; to appoint, to employ. ̃ডালা n. a wicker-tray holding articles with which one is received ceremonially. ̃পত্র n. a warrant. বরণীয় a. fit to be re ceived or accepted or nominated or elected devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), fit to be welcomed; fit to be accepted sub missively or voluntarily; adorable; venerable; acceptable. fem. বরণীয়া ।

বরদার [ baradāra ] n a bearer, a carrier (আসাবরদার = a mace-bearer); one who carries out, a complier (হুকুমবরদার).

বরদাস্ত [ baradāsta ] n bearing or enduring, act of brooking; toleration; patience. ☐ a. en dured, tolerated, borne (বরদাস্ত হয় না). বরদাস্ত করা v. to bear, to bear with; to endure, to brook; to tolerate.

বরন [ barana ] n (poet. form of বর্ণ) colour; com plexion.

বরফ [ barapha ] n snow; ice. ̃জল n. ice-water. ̃তুল্য a. icy.

বরফট্টাই [ baraphaṭṭāi ] n bragging, tall talk; ostenta tious display or show. বরফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to make an ostentatious show.

বরফি [ baraphi ] n a kind of rhomb-shaped sweet meat made of condensed cowmilk.

বরবটি [ barabaṭi ] n a variety of kidney bean, Vigna sinensis; cow pea.

বরবাদ [ barabāda ] a utterly spoilt or wasted; cast away; (loos.) rejected. বরবাদ করা v. to cast away; (loos.) to reject; (rare) to spoil or waste.

বরয়িতা [ baraẏitā ] n one who receives or accepts or nominates or elects devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), a welcomer; one who accepts submissively or voluntarily. fem. বরয়িত্রী ।

বরা² [ barā² ] n the boar, the hog.

বরাঙ্গ [ barāṅga ] n the best part of the body; the head. ☐ a. fine-limbed.

বরাঙ্গনা [ barāṅganā ] n an excellent lady.

বরাত [ barāta ] n charge, commission (কাজের বরাত); order (often pl.); necessity or business (এদিকে একটু বরাত ছিল); au thority to represent, assignment; order (to supply goods): fate, luck (মন্দ বরাত). বরাত দেওয়া v. to entrust a charge, to commission; to authorize or assign. ̃চিঠি n. a letter of authority or assign ment; (comm.) a bill of exchange. ̃গুণে adv. by virtue of good luck. ̃জোরে adv. through good luck, through a stroke of luck. বরাতি a. (of a task) entrusted.

বরাদ্ধ [ barāddha ] n fixation, allotment; estimate, budget; ration (বরাদ্ধ-অনুযায়ী বন্টন). ☐ a. fixed, allotted; estimated; rationed. বরাদ্ধ করা v. to fix beforehand, to allot; to estimate; to ration.

বরানুগমন [ barānugamana ] n act of accompanying a bride groom to a wedding.

বরাবর [ barābara ] adv always or each time (বরাবর ভুল করা); all through, all along (বরাবর জঙ্গলের ভিতর দিয়ে); straightway (বরাবর উত্তরে যাও). ☐ prep. to, towards, near, along (নদী বরাবর). ☐ a. equiva lent or similar to ('সুধা বিষে বরাবর'). বরাবরেষু prep. to, addressed to (used in Bengali letterwriting).

বরাভয় [ barābhaẏa ] n a particular sign made with fin gers indicating grant of desire and as surance of safety.

বরাভরণ [ barābharaṇa ] n dress and ornaments given as gifts to a bridegroom by the bride's party.

বরারোহা [ barārōhā ] a. fem having well-shaped and well-developed hips.

বরাসন [ barāsana ] n a seat for the bridegroom at a wedding; a seat of honour; highest seat; a dignified or beautiful seat.

বরাহ [ barāha ] n the boar, the hog; the third incar nation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) when he slew Bara (বরা) the demon. fem. বরাহী the sow.

বরিষ্ঠ [ bariṣṭha ] a best; greatest; most honourable; chief; seniormost; (loos.) senior. fem. বরিষ্ঠা । বরিষ্ঠ সেবক a staff nurse.

বরীয়সী [ barīẏasī ] fem of বরীয়ান ।

বরীয়ান [ barīẏāna ] a better; greater; more honourable; senior.

বরুণ [ baruṇa ] n (myth.) the Hindu seagod (cp. Neptune Poseidon).

বরেণ্য [ barēṇya ] a honourable; best; desirable; de serving honourable or cordial recep tion or welcome. fem. বরেণ্যা ।

বরেন্দ্র, বরেন্দ্রভূমি [ barēndra, barēndrabhūmi ] n ancient Gauda (গৌড়) or North Bengal.

বর্গ [ barga ] n a class, a tribe, a genus, a species (প্রাণীবর্গ); a collection, an aggregate (বন্ধুবর্গ); (math.) the product of a quan tity multiplied by itself, square (বর্গমূল); (gr.) any one of the five groups into which Bengali consonantal stops (that is, the letters from ক্ to ম্) are classified (ক্-বর্গ, চ্-বর্গ, ট্-বর্গ, ত্ বর্গ, প্-বর্গ); a chapter or section of a book; (theol.) any one of the four prin cipal pursuits of life (see চতুর্বর্গ). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a square area, a square. ̃ঘন n. (math.) the square of a cube. ̃ফল n. square. ̃মূল n. (math.) the square root. বর্গমূল নির্ণয় করা বা বার করা v. to find the square root of.

বর্গি [ bargi ] n (hist.) the Maratha cavalry notori ous for their free-booting inroads.

বর্গিয়, বর্গ্য [ bargiẏa, bargya ] a of a class, tribal, generic, specific; (math.) relating to a square; (gr.) of or classified into the groups of the Bengali stops. বর্গীয় বর্ণ (gr.) any one of the twenty five consonantal stops of the Bengali alphabet.

বর্জন [ barjana ] n act of giving up; abandonment; disownment (স্ত্রী-পুত্র বর্জন); boycott (বিদেশি দ্রব্য বর্জন). বর্জন করা v. to give up; to abandon; to disown; to boycott. বর্জনীয় a. fit to be given up or aban doned or disowned or boycotted. fem. বর্জনীয়া ।

বর্জাইস [ barjāisa ] n (print.) bourgeois.

বর্জিত [ barjita ] a given up; abandoned; disowned; boycotted; omitted, left out ('নি' বর্জিত); deprived of, devoid of (সুখবর্জিত). fem. বর্জিতা ।

বর্জ্য [ barjya ] a same as বর্জনীয় ।

বর্ণ [ barṇa ] n colour; complexion; a race; a letter of the alphabet (স্বরবর্ণ); any one of the four Hindu castes (চতুর্বর্ণ). ̃চোরা a. (chiefly of mangoes) of a deceptive colour; (fig.) hypocritical. বর্ণচোরা আম see আম⁴ । ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge of the alphabet; literacy. ̃জ্ঞানহীন a. illiterate. ̃জ্যেষ্ঠ n. a Brahmin. fem. ̃জ্যেষ্ঠা । ̃দৃক n. a chromoscope. ̃পরিচয় n. same as ̃জ্ঞান । ̃বিদ্বেষ n. hatred towards other (usu. lower) castes. ̃বিপর্যয় n. met athesis. ̃বিশ্লেষণ n. analysis or separa tion of the letters of a word. বর্ণবিশ্লেষণ করা v. to analyse or separate the letters of a word. ̃বৈচিত্র্য n. variety of colour. ̃মণ্ডল n. the alphabet. ̃রেখাচ্ছটা n. (phys.) line of spectrum. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ n. a Brahmin. ☐ a. belonging to the highest caste. fem. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠা । ̃সঙ্কর a. hybrid, half-bred; mongrel, crossbred. ☐ n. a hybrid, a half-caste, a half-breed; a mongrel; a cross-breed. ̃সাম্য n. re semblance or symmetry in colour. ̃হীন a. colourless; pale.

বর্ণন, বর্ণনা [ barṇana, barṇanā ] n description; narration; de lineation; depiction; a statement; col oration. বর্ণনা করা v. to describe; to nar rate; to delineate; to depict; to colour, to paint. বর্ণনা দেওয়া v. to give an ac count (of). বর্ণনাকুশল a. proficient in describing or narrating or delineating or colouring or painting. বর্ণনাতীত a. in describable. বর্ণনাতীত হওয়া v. to be in describable, to beggar or defeat de scription. বর্ণনাপত্র n. a written state ment describing or narrating some thing. বর্ণনীয় n. to be described or nar rated; describable.

বর্ণনুক্রম [ barṇanukrama ] n the alphabetical order. বর্ণানুক্রমিক a. arranged alphabetically. বর্ণানুক্রমে adv. in the alphabetical order, alphabetically.

বর্ণান্ধ [ barṇāndha ] a colour-blind.

বর্ণাপেরণ [ barṇāpēraṇa ] n (phys.) chromatic aberration.

বর্ণালি, বর্ণালী [ barṇāli, barṇālī ] n (phys.) a spectrum. শুদ্ধ বর্ণলি a pure spectrum. শোষণবর্ণালি n. spectrum absorption. সৌরবর্ণালি n. a so lar spectrum. বর্ণালিগত, বর্ণালিবিষয়ক a. spectroscopic. বর্ণালিবিশ্লেষণ n. spectrum analysis. বর্ণালিবীক্ষণ n. a spectroscope. সমক্ষবর্ণালিবীক্ষণ a. direct vision spectro scope. বর্ণালিমাপক n. a spectrometer. বর্ণালি-লিখন n. spectrography. বর্ণালি-লেখ n. a spectrograph. বর্ণালি-লেখী a. spec trographic.

বর্ণাশুদ্ধি [ barṇāśuddhi ] n misspelling, spelling mistake.

বর্ণাশ্রম [ barṇāśrama ] n the four stages of the life of a Hindu as enjoined in the Vedas (see চতুরাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties of the aforesaid four stages of life.

বর্ণিত [ barṇita ] a described; narrated; delineated; stated; depicted; painted, portrayed.

বর্ণীয় [ barṇīẏa ] a relating to colour; (phys.) chro matic.

বর্ণে বর্ণে [ barṇē barṇē ] adv word for word; completely, totally; to the letter.

বর্তন [ bartana ] n a utensil, a vessel; livelihood, oc cupation.

বর্তনী [ bartanī ] n (phys.) a circuit. খন্ডিত বর্তনী an open circuit. সংহত বর্তনী a closed cir cuit. বর্তনী-ছেদক n. a circuit-breaker. বর্তনীপ্রবাহ n. a circuit-current.

বর্তমান [ bartamāna ] n the present time, the present; current times, modern times; (gr.) the present tense. ☐ a. present (opp. ab sent); of the present, present; present day, current, modern; now existing or living or alive. বর্তমান থাকা v. to be present; to be existing or living or alive (now). বর্তমান কাল same as বর্তমান (n.). ̃কালীন a. present-day, current; occur ring or being done when one is present or alive. বর্তমানতা, বর্তমানত্ব n. presence; existence; state of being alive. বর্তমানে adv. at present; when one is living or alive or present (পিতা বর্তমানে)..

বর্তা, বর্তানো [ bartā, bartānō ] v to devolve on (পিতার গুণ পুত্রে বর্তায়); to keep going (বেঁচেবর্তে থাকা); to be kept going or be gratified (এ চাকরি পেলে সে বর্তে যাব).

বর্তিকা [ bartikā ] n a lamp; a wick of a lamp; a brush (esp. of a painter).

-বর্তিনী [ -bartinī ] fem of -বর্তী ।

বর্তিষ্ণু [ bartiṣṇu ] a durable, lasting; stable.

-বর্তী [ -bartī ] a (used as a sfx.) present, located (অগ্রবর্তী); amenable to (বশবর্তী).

বর্তুল [ bartula ] a spherical. ☐ n. a sphere; a ball; a spherical solid iron projectile used in games, a shot. ̃নিক্ষেপ n. putting the shot.

বর্তুলাকার [ bartulākāra ] a spherical, round, circular.

বর্ত্ম [ bartma ] n a road, a path, a way; a set of rules of conduct or moral practice; (fig.) a means.

বর্ধক [ bardhaka ] a causing or promoting increase or growth or development or improve ment or prosperity or expansion, aug mentative, multiplicative.

বর্ধন [ bardhana ] n increase, augmentation, multipli cation, growth, development, expan sion. ☐ a. same as বর্ধক (গৌরববর্ধন কার্য). বর্ধন করা v. to increase, to augment, to multiply, to enhance; to develop, to ex pand. ̃ক্ষম a. capable of being in creased or augmented or multiplied or grown or developed or expanded. ̃শীল a. in a state of increase or aug mentation or enhancement or develop ment or expansion, growing, thriving, prosperous. বর্ধানাঙ্ক n. (phys.) power (of a lens).

বর্ধিত [ bardhita ] a increased, augmented, multi plied, enhanced; grown; developed, expanded; accelerated (বর্ধিত বেগ). বর্ধিত করা same as বর্ধন করা (see বর্ধন).

বর্না, বর্নানো [ barnā, barnānō ] v (poet.) to describe, to nar rate, to delineate, to depict.

বর্বর [ barbara ] n one of an uncivilised human race; a barbarian; a boorish fellow; a rude or ignorant or stupid or beastly or cruel man. ☐ a. uncivilized, barbarous, bar baric; boorish; rude; ignorant, stupid, beastly, atrocious, heinous (বর্বর হত্যা). বর্বরতা n. lack of civilization, barbarity, barbarism; boorishness; rudeness; ig norance, stupidity; beastliness; atroc ity. বর্বরোচিত a. barbarous; atrocious; heinous; beastly; uncivilized.

বর্ম [ barma ] n a coat of mail, an armour, a mail.

বর্মা [ barmā ] n Burmah. ☐ a. Burmese (বর্মা চুরুট).

বর্মি [ barmi ] n a Burmese, a Burman. ☐ a. Bur mese.

বর্শা [ barśā ] n a spear, a lance; a pike. ̃দন্ড n. the shaft of a spear; a pikestaff. তিমি ধরার বর্শা n. a harpoon. ̃ধারী a. armed with a spear or lance or pike. ☐ n. a spearman; a pikeman. ̃ফলক n. a spearhead. ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced with a spear, speared, harpooned.

বর্ষ [ barṣa ] n a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an an nual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge.

বর্ষণ [ barṣaṇa ] n rainfall; rain (বর্ষণহীন মেঘ); raining; act of falling down in a stream; shower ing; a shower; act of scattering or sprin kling or dispersing upon (আতরবর্ষণ কিরণবর্ষণ); (fig.) gracious bestowal (আশীর্বাদবর্ষণ, ধন্যবাদবর্ষণ, উপহারবর্ষণ). বর্ষণ করা v. to rain upon, to shower, to scatter or sprinkle or disperse upon; to bestow graciously (upon). ̃মুখর a. vibrant with the patter of rain. ̃শীল a. disposed to rain; raining. বর্ষণোন্মুখ a. on the point of coming down as rain; on the point of raining; (fig.) on the point of weeping, tearful (বর্ষণোন্মুখ আঁখি).

বর্ষা [ barṣā ] n the rainy season, the rains; rain; rainfall. ☐ v. poet. form of বর্ষণ করা (see বর্ষণ). ̃কালীন a. happening during the rainy season; rainy. ̃গম n. the break of the monsoon. ̃তি¹ n. an umbrella; a raincoat, a mackintosh, a waterproof. ̃তি² a. grown in the rainy season. ☐ n. a room on the roof. বর্ষাত্যয় n. termination of rain or of the rainy season, autumn. ̃ধৌত a. washed by rain. ̃বসান n. same as বর্ষাত্যয় ।

-বর্ষিণী [ -barṣiṇī ] fem of -বর্ষী ।

বর্ষিষ্ঠ [ barṣiṣṭha ] a oldest; eldest; very old, burdened with age.

বর্ষী [ barṣī ] a (used as a sfx.) raining, shower ing, scattering, sprinkling, dispersing (আলোকবর্ষী).

-বর্ষীয় [ -barṣīẏa ] a (used as a sfx.) of the age of, aged (ষোড়শবর্ষীয়). fem. -বর্ষীয়া ।

বর্ষীয়সী [ barṣīẏasī ] fem of বর্ষীয়ান ।

বর্ষীয়ান [ barṣīẏāna ] a older; elder; elderly; very old.

বর্ষোপল [ barṣōpala ] n hail-stone.

বল¹ [ bala¹ ] n a ball; a playing ball; a football. বল করা, বল দেওয়া v. (in cricket) to bowl. বল খেলা v. to play football. বলখেলা n. the game of football. বলবেয়ারিং n. ball-bearings.

বল² [ bala² ] n power, might; force; strength; ability; energy; an armed force; a man or piece in chess; support or help; a supporter or helper. ̃কর, ̃কারক a. strengthening, invigorating, (med.) tonic. ̃ক্ষয় n. loss or decay of strength; loss or decrease of soldiers or men (of an army etc.). (in chess) loss of pieces. ̃ক্ষয়কর a. weakening; caus ing loss of strength; causing loss of soldiers or men; (in chess) loss of pieces or men. ̃গর্ব same as বলদর্প । ̃গর্বিত same as বলদৃপ্ত । ̃তুল্যাঙ্ক n. (phys.) a mechanical equivalent (of heat.) ̃ত্রিভুজ n. a triangle of forces. ̃দর্প n. pride of strength or power. ̃দায়ক a. strengthening; invigorating; energizing. ̃দৃপ্ত a. proud of strength or power, conceited with strength or power. ̃পূর্বক adv. by force; by vio lence. ̃প্রদ same as বলকর । বল প্রদান করা v. to strengthen or invigorate. ̃প্রয়োগ n. exercise or application or use of force or violence. বলপ্রয়োগ করা v. to apply force; to force. ̃প্রয়োগে adv. by force; by violence. ̃বত্ a. opera tive, in force, intact. বলবত্ করা v. to put (a law etc.) into force. ̃বতী fem. of ̃বান । ̃বত্তর a. stronger; more force ful. ̃বত্তা n. powerfulness; (rare) force fulness; possession of strength. ̃বন্ত same as বলবান । ̃বর্ধক a. invigorating. ̃বর্ধন n. increase of strength or power; invigoration; acceleration of force. ☐ a. causing increase of strength or power; invigorating, (med.) tonic; ac celerating the force of. বলবর্ধন করা v. to increase strength or power; to invigo rate, (med.) to tone up; to accelerate the force of. ̃বান a. strong; powerful robust, sturdy. ̃বিদ্যা n. mechanics. ̃বিন্যাস n. arraying of troops; arraying of pieces in chess. ̃ভরসা n. strength and support; support and prop. ̃শালিতা same as বলবত্তা । ̃শালী same as বলবান । fem. ̃শালিনী । ̃শূন্য same as ̃হীন । ̃শ্রেণি n. (phys.) system of forces. ̃সামান্তরিক n. (mech.) a parrallelogram of forces. ̃সাম্য, বলস্হিতি n. (phys.) equilibrium of forces. ̃হীন a. devoid of strength, weak; powerless, infirm; impotent. fem. ̃হীনা ।

বলক [ balaka ] n swelling up of milk by boiling. বলকা a. swelled up by boiling (এক বলকা দুধ = milk swelled up but once by boiling).

বলদ¹ [ balada¹ ] n the bull, the bullock; the ox.

বলন¹ [ balana¹ ] n speaking or narrating.

বলন² [ balana² ] n growth; increase; (bot.) nuta tion.

বল-নাচ [ bala-nāca ] n ball-dance. বল-নাচ নাচা v. to take part in a ball.

বলয় [ balaẏa ] n an ornament for the wrist, a bangle, a bracelet; an annulus, a circu lar region, a sphere; an orb or orbit; a belt (শান্তবলয়). ̃গ্রাস n. (astr.) an annu lar eclipse. বলয়াকার, বলয়াঙ্কিত a. ring shaped, circular, annular. বলয়িত a. en circled, enclosed, surrounded (সাগর বলয়িত = sea girt); having a ring; ring shaped, circular, annular. বলয়ী a. (bot.-of roots etc.) annulated.

বলা [ balā ] v to say; to deliver a lecture, to speak; to mention (ও কথা আর বোলো না); to inform; to tell (এ খবর কাউকে বোলো না); to permit (ডাক্তার ভাত খেতে বলেছে); to order or request, to ask (আসতে বলো); to counsel or advise (কী করি বল); to invite, to call (বিয়েতে কাউকে বলিনি); to speak out, to express (মনের কথা বলা); to narrate, to relate (গল্প বলা); to rubuke or censure; to consider (ধন বল, মান বল, সবই দুদিনের).

বলাক [ balāka ] n a kind of small goose capable of flying high. fem. বলাকা । বলাকা n. a flight of geese.

বলা-কওয়া [ balā-kōẏā ] n earnest solicitation or re quest (অনেক বলা-কওয়ার পর রাজি হওয়া); without any mention even (বলা-কওয়া নেই, একটা কাজ করে বসল).

বলাত্কার [ balātkāra ] n doing forcibly; act of forc ing, violence, outrage; forcible out rage of modesty or chasity, rape, rav ishment. বলাত্কার করা v. to do forc ibly; to force, to outrage; to outrage one's modesty or chastity forcibly, to rape, to ravish.

বলাধান [ balādhāna ] n infusion of strength, invigora tion. বলাধান করা v. to infuse strength (into), to strengthen, to invigorate.

বলাধিক্য [ balādhikya ] n excess or abundance or in crease of strength or forces.

বলাধ্যক্ষ [ balādhyakṣa ] n the commander of an army; a commander-in-chief.

বলানো [ balānō ] v to make one say or speak or tell or confess or divulge.

বলান্বিত [ balānbita ] a powerful; strong; having armed forces or soldiers.

বলাবল [ balābala ] n ability and disability; strength and weakness.

বলাবলি [ balābali ] n conversation; talk; talking; dis cussion; repeated requests. বলাবলি করা v. to converse; to discuss; to request repeatedly.

বলি¹ [ bali¹ ] n a line or folding of the skin (ত্রিবলি); a wrinkle of the skin; a pro trusion of the large intestine as in piles.

বলা² [ balā² ] n a sacrifice; sacrificing, sacrifice, immolation; a sacrificial beast, a vic tim; (fig.) one subjected to forcible death or suffering; a victim. বলি দেওয়া v. to immolate, to sacrifice; to victim ize.

বলিত [ balita ] a marked with lines of folding of the skin, furrowed; wrinkled, wrinkly.

বলিদান [ balidāna ] n immolation, sacrifice. বলিদান দেওয়া v. to immolate, to sacrifice; to victimize.

বলিভুক [ balibhuka ] n the crow or any other bird, subsisting on orts of a meal.

বলিয়ে [ baliẏē ] a having good speaking power, eloquent; having the gift of the gab. বলিয়ে-কইয়ে a. having the gift of good talking, eloquent.

বলিষ্ঠ [ baliṣṭha ] a robust, stout, sturdy, burly; vig orous, forceful (বলিষ্ঠ রচনা), কায় a. having a strong-built body, burly. তা n. robustness, stoutness, sturdiness; vigour.

বলিহারি [ balihāri ] a (iron.) excellent (বলিহারি বুদ্ধি). ☐ adv. rendered speechless, dumb founded (বলিহারী যাই). ☐ int. excellent, bravo.

বলী² [ balī² ] a full of strength, powerful, strong; heroic, valorous.

বলীবর্দ [ balībarda ] n the ox; the bull.

বলীয়ান [ balīẏāna ] a very strong or powerful.

বলে [ balē ] v says; speaks; talks. ☐ adv. & conj. because, as, on the plea of, owing to (মা বকেছেন বলে খাবে না?). □ adv. shortly, presently (বৃষ্টি এল বলে).

বল্কল, বল্ক [ balkala, balka ] n the rind of a tree, bark. বল্কলধারী a. wearing bark (instead of a loincloth). fem. বল্কলধারিণী ।

বল্গা, বল্গা [ balgā, balgā ] n the mouthpiece of a bridle, bit; rein. বল্গা আঁটা v. (lit. & fig.) to bit. বল্গা-হরিণ n. the reindeer. ˜হীন a. reinless.

বল্মীক, বল্মিক [ balmīka, balmika ] n an ant-hill.

বল্লব [ ballaba ] n a milkman; a cook.

বল্লভ [ ballabha ] n a husband; a lover, a sweet-heart; a favourite. fem. বল্লভা, (inc.) বল্লভী ।

বল্লরি, বল্লরী [ ballari, ballarī ] n a spike; a creeper.

বল্লা [ ballā ] n (dial.) the wasp.

বল্লাল্লি [ ballālli ] a relating to king Ballal Sen. বল্লাল্লি প্রথা the order of nobility of certain families as introduced by Ballal Sen.

বল্লি, বল্লী [ balli, ballī ] n a creeper.

বশ [ baśa ] n will, order, command, control, hold, authority, domination (বশে থাকা); influence (মোহবশে). ☐ a. subject to another's will or command; subju gated; controlled; influenced; charmed (জাদুতে বশ); obedient; submissive; very much fond (of) and obedient (to) (বাচ্চাটি তার ভারি বশ). বশ করা, বশে আনা v. to bring under control; to same; to break (as a horse); to win over; to in fluence; to charm. বশ হওয়া, বশে আসা v. to be brought under control; to be tamed or won over or influenced or charmed. বংশবদ a. obedient; submis sive; at one's beck and call. ̃ত adv. on account of, owing to, because of. ̃তা n. subjection to another's will or com mand; subordination; subjection; state of being controlled or influenced or charmed; obedience; submissiveness, submission; great fondness and obedi ence. ̃বর্তী a. obedient; attached or ad dicted (to); influenced (by). fem. ̃বর্তিনী, ̃বর্তিতা n. obedience, attach ment or addiction; the state of being influenced (by).

বশিতা, বশিত্ব [ baśitā, baśitba ] n perfect continence (which is one of the eight divine graces of Shiva), attainable by men through as ceticism); the power to control or charm everybody.

বশী [ baśī ] a perfectly continent; free, indepen dent; (erron.) dependent.

বশীকরণ [ baśīkaraṇa ] n act of bringing under one's control, enslavement by enchantment or mesmerism or incantation; enchant ment, hypnotization; a weird process to bring somebody under one's control. বশীকরণ করা v. to bring somebody un der one's control (esp. by means of some mysterious and weird process); to enchant. বশীকরণ-মন্ত্র n. incantation believed to possess occult power of bringing others under control.

বশীকৃত [ baśīkṛta ] a brought under control; subju gated; tamed; enchanted; made obedi ent. fem. বশীকৃতা ।

বশীভূত [ baśībhūta ] a brought under control; at tached or addicted to; enchanted; fond of and obedient to. fem. বশীভূতা ।

বশ্য [ baśya ] a controllable; tamable; subduable; subjugated; dependent; obedient; sub missive; attached or addicted (to); in fluenced (by). fem. বশ্যা । ̃তা n. depen dence; obedience; submissiveness; at tachment or addiction; the state of be ing influenced (by); loyalty. বশ্যতা স্বীকার করা v. to surrender; to give in; to accept the suzerainty of; to yield (to).

বসন [ basana ] n cloth; a loincloth, a wearing cloth; dress. ̃ভূষণ n. clothings and or naments, dress and ornaments. বসনাঞ্চল, ̃প্রান্ত n. the hem or corner of a cloth.

বসন্ত [ basanta ] n the spring season, spring, the springtime; pox, small-pox, chicken pox; an Indian musical mode. ̃কাল n. the spring season, the spring time, spring. ̃কালীন a. of spring; vernal. ̃দূত n. the messenger of spring; the cuckoo. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the light fortnight of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী) is worshipped. ̃বায়ু n. vernal breeze, the south wind. ̃সখ n. the friend of spring; the cuckoo. ̃সখা n. one attended upon by Spring; Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love. বসন্তের কোকিল (fig.) a fair-weather friend. বসন্তোত্সব n. the spring festival; the festival of holi (হোলী).

বসবাস [ basabāsa ] n residing or dwelling perma nently, settling down. বসবাস করা v. to reside or dwell permanently, to settle down.

বসা¹ [ basā¹ ] n a substance found in adipose tis sue, fat; marrow; grease.

বসা² [ basā² ] v to sit, to take one's seat; to be in stalled (গদিতে বসা); to be established or founded (গ্রামে গ্রামে স্কুল বসা); to start, to commence (আমাদের স্কুল এগারোটায় বসে); to freeze, to congeal, to solidify (দই বসা); to accumulate or settle (বুকে সর্দি বসা); to fit (মাথায় টুপি বসা); to be imposed or levied (ট্যাকস বসা); to enter (পেরেক বসা); to pierce (ছুরি বসা দাঁত বসা); to stick or to get stuck (কাদায় গাড়ির চাকা বসা); to be im printed (দাগ বসা); to be soaked (in) (গায়ে জল বসা); to be applied closely, to be attracted (মন বসা); to be wizened, to look haggard (চোখমুখ বসা); to become hoarse (স্বর বসা); to wait (তুমি একটু বসো); to come to stay or re side (প্রজা বা ভাড়াটে বসা); to be en gaged in (বিচারে বসা); to do or commit something suddenly (করে বসা, বলে বসা) ☐ a. seated; frozen, congealed, solidified; wizened, haggard; hoars ened; sunken; depressed (বসা জমি); re quiring much sitting, sedentary বসা কাজ); unemployed (তার সব ছেলেই বসা). বসানো v. to cause to sit, to seat; to es tablish or found; to cause to congeal, to congeal, to freeze, to solidify; to im pose or levy; to drive into, to enter; to pierce with; to imprint; to cause to be soaked (in); to apply closely; to cause to stay or reside; to engage; to set or stud with, to inlay (আংটিতে পাথর বসানো); to place or put (উনুনে হাঁড়ি বসানো); to implant, to deal (চড় বসানো). একেবারে মায়ের মুখ বসানো to be the im age of one's mother. বসার ঘর a sitting room; a drawing room. বসে থাকা v. to be sitting; to remain sitting; to wait (for); to be unemployed; to be without work; to pass time in laziness, to laze. বসে পড়া v. to sit down; to be utterly disappointed (ফেল করে সে বসে পড়ল); to be ruined utterly (মামলায় হেরে সে বসে পড়ল). বসে বসে adv. by waiting for a long time (বসে বসে বেলা গেল); in an unemployed state, doing nothing; idly (বসে বসে খাওয়া). বসে যাওয়া v. (of land etc.) to sink, to become depressed; to be ruined; to desist or rest (আর খেলিস না-বসে যা); to stop (বাধা পড়েছে-বসে যাও).

বসু [ basu ] n one of a class of demigods; wealth, riches. ̃ধা n. the earth. ̃ধারা n. an auspicious symbol painted on the inner wall of a room by Hindus at wedding etc. বসুন্ধরা, ̃মতী n. the earth (often personified as mother-earth).

বস্তা [ bastā ] n a sack, a large bag; a bale. ̃পচা a. rotted or spoilt by being packed in a sack for a long time; (fig.) hackneyed. banal, trite. ̃বন্দি a. packed in a bale or sack.

বস্তি¹ [ basti¹ ] n quarters for the poor people (কুলি-বস্তি); a slum esp. one consisting of cutcha huts. ̃বাসী n. a slum-dweller, inhabitant of a slum.

বস্তি², বস্তী [ basti², bastī ] n the abdomen; the bladder. ̃শোধন n. a diuretic.

বস্তু [ bastu ] n a thing, a material; subject-matter (usu. বিষয়বস্তু); substance (তোমার শরীরে বস্তু নেই); truth; (phil.) matter; (phys.) mass. ̃গত a. relating to a thing or matter. ̃গত মান intrinsic value. ̃জগত্ n. the material world, the world of matter. বস্তুত adv. in fact, indeed, re ally. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physics. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a physicist. ̃তন্ত্র n. realism. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তন্ত্রীয়, ̃তান্ত্রীক a. realistic, materialis tic. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. realistic; objective. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. realism; objectiveness. ̃বাদ n. realism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. & n. realist; ma terialist.

বস্ত্র [ bastra ] n cloth; loincloth; clothing, dress. ̃গৃহ n. a tent; a pavilion. ̃হরণ n. di vestiture of clothes (esp. of the loin cloth); denudation; stealing of (another's) clothes or loincloth. ̃হীন a. having no cloth or clothing to cover the body; naked, unclad. বস্ত্রাঞ্চল n. the hem or corner of a loincloth. বস্ত্রাবাস n. a tent; a pavilion. বস্ত্রাবৃত a. clothed; wrapped or covered by a cloth; draped. বস্ত্রালংকার n. clothes and ornaments. বস্ত্রালয় n. a cloth shop.

বহ [ baha ] a (used as a sfx.) carrying, bearing, conveying (বার্তাবহ, গন্ধবহ); complying with (আজ্ঞাবহ).

বহতা [ bahatā ] a flowing (বহতা নদী).

বহন [ bahana ] n carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffer ing (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable.

বহমান [ bahamāna ] a flowing, running (বহমান নদী); carrying; bearing, conveying.

বহর [ bahara ] n a collection or multitude (পোত বহর); a fleet (মিরবহর); width, breadth (বহরে বড়); ostentatious show, glam our (রূপের বহর, কাজের বহর).

বহা [ bahā ] v to bear, to carry, to endure or suf fer; to flow, to run; to elapse, to pass (সময় বহা); to keep active, to keep up (শরীর বহে না).

বহানো [ bahānō ] v to cause to bear or carry or con vey or flow or run.

বহাল [ bahāla ] a appointed, employed (চাকরিতে বহাল); installed, continuing in (পদে বহাল); (still) in force or effective (বহাল আদেশ বা চুক্তি); hale, healthy (বহাল তবিয়ত). বহাল করা v. to appoint, to em ploy; to instal; to bring in force, to make effective. বহাল থাকা v. to con tinue in; to be in force. বহাল রাখা v. to let (one) continue in; to keep in force; to keep up, to maintain (ঠাট বহাল রাখা). বহাল তবিয়তে in good or sound or per fect health.

বহিঃ [ bahiḥ ] n outside, the exterior. ☐ a. outer, exterior, external. ̃কর্ণ n. the external ear, the auricle. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) an ex ternal or exterior angle. ̃প্রকাশ n. ex pression, external expression. ̃প্রকোষ্ঠ n. a room at the side of a house. ̃প্রকোষ্ঠাস্হি n. the outer bone of the fore arm, the radius. প্রকোষ্ঠাস্হিগত a. radial. ̃শত্রু n. external enemy; enemy from without. ̃শুল্ক n. customs duty. ̃সমুদ্র n. the high sea. ̃স্হ a. external; exte rior; outer.

বহিত্র [ bahitra ] n a ship, a boat, a vessel; a scull; an oar.

বহিরঙ্গ [ bahiraṅga ] a external; outer; superficial; un related. ☐ n. an external limb.

বহিরাগত [ bahirāgata ] a emerged, issued out; coming from outside; foreign; adventitious.

বহিরাগমন [ bahirāgamana ] n issuing out or issuing forth, emergence.

বহিরাবরণ [ bahirābaraṇa ] n an outer covering; an outside coating; a shell, a crust, a slough, a rind.

বহিরিন্দ্রিয় [ bahirindriẏa ] n any one of the five sense or gans, namely, the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the skin.

বহির্গত [ bahirgata ] a gone or come out, issued forth; emerged. বহির্গত হওয়া v. to go or come out, to issue, to issue forth; to emerge.

বহির্গমন [ bahirgamana ] n act of issuing forth, emer gence; act of going out. বহির্গমন করা v. to issue forth, to emerge; to go out.

বহির্গামী [ bahirgāmī ] a issuing forth, emerging; going out; outgoing.

বহির্গ্রহ [ bahirgraha ] n (astr.) a superior planet.

বহির্জগত্ [ bahirjagat ] n the outer or external world; the visible or phenomenal world; the material world.

বহির্জনিষ্ণু [ bahirjaniṣṇu ] a (bot.) exogenous.

বহির্দ্বার [ bahirdbāra ] n the front-door (of a building); the gate, the main gate, (as of a town, village or building).

বহির্দ্বিখন্ডক [ bahirdbikhanḍaka ] n (geom.) an external bisec tor.

বহির্বাটি [ bahirbāṭi ] n an outhouse; a parlour or draw ing-room.

বহির্বাণিজ্য [ bahirbāṇijya ] n foreign trade, external trade; export.

বহির্বাস [ bahirbāsa ] n a thin scarf or wrapper for the upper body; an outer-garment.

বহির্বৃত্ত [ bahirbṛtta ] n (geom.) an ex-circle.

বহির্ভাগ [ bahirbhāga ] n an outer or external or exterior portion; outskirts (as of a village or town).

বহির্ভূত [ bahirbhūta ] a issued forth, emerged; lying outside or beyond (দেশবহির্ভূত); beyond the range of (দৃষ্টিবহির্ভূত); contravening (বিধিবহির্ভূত).

বহির্মুখ [ bahirmukha ] a facing outwards; (physiol.) out carrying, efferent (বহির্মুখ নার্ভ); (bot.) extrose; wordly-minded; (chiefly phil.) extrovert. fem. বহির্মুখী । বহির্মুখ ব্যক্তি a worldly-minded man, an extravert, an extrovert. ̃তা n. the state of facing outside; the state of being efferent; ex troversion; worldly-mindedness.

বহির্লিখিত [ bahirlikhita ] a (geom.) escribed.

বহিশ্চর্ম [ bahiścarma ] n epidermis, cuticle.

বহিষ্করণ, বহিষ্কার [ bahiṣkaraṇa, bahiṣkāra ] n expulsion; removal; ejectment, banishment; extraction; drainage. বহিষ্করণ করা বহিষ্কার করা v. to drive out, to expel; to remove; to eject; to banish; to extract; to drain; to draw out.

বহিষ্কৃত [ bahiṣkṛta ] a driven out, expelled; removed; ejected, banished; extracted; drained.

বহিষ্ক্রান্ত [ bahiṣkrānta ] a gone or come out, issued forth.

বহিস্ত্বক [ bahistbaka ] n epidermis, cuticle.

বহু² [ bahu² ] v (poet. & obs.) blows, let blow ('মলয় পবন বহু মন্দা').

বহু³ [ bahu³ ] a many, numerous; much, mani fold, diverse; profuse, abundant; long; more than one, poly-, multi-. ̃কষ্টে adv. with great difficulty. ̃কাল n. a long time. বহুকাল ধরে for a long time. for long. বহুকাল পরে after a long time. বহু কাল পূর্বে long ago. ̃কালব্যাপী a. long continued or long-lasting; very old. ̃কেলে a. very old, antique. ̃কেশর a. (bot.) polyandrous. ̃কোষ্ঠ a. (bot.) multilocular. ̃ক্ষণ n. a long while, a long time. ̃গর্ভপত্রী a. (bot.) polycarpellary. ̃গুচ্ছ a. (bot.) polyadelphous. ̃গুণ a. multiplied many times; many times over; many more, much more. ̃জাতিক a. multina tional. ̃জ্ঞ a. polymathic, having var ied or vast experience. বহুজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি a polymath; a man of varied or vast ex perience. ̃তর a. many more; too many; too much; diverse, various; manifold; many, numerous; much, pro fuse. ̃তল a. multi-storeyed. ̃তলক n. (geom.) a polyhedron. ̃তা same as বহুত্ব । ̃ত্ব n. numerousness; muchness; profusion, abundance; excessiveness; diversity. ̃ত্র adv. at or in many or di verse places. ̃দর্শিতা n. varied or wide or vast experience. ̃দর্শী a. having seen much; having varied experience or vast experience. fem. ̃দর্শিনী । ̃দূর a. very far, far-away, far-off, distant. ☐ adv. very far, far off, far away, at a great distance. ☐ n. a great distance, a far cry. ̃দূরবর্তী a. far-off, remote. ̃ধা adv. in many and diverse modes or methods or ways or directions or parts; di versely; many times. ̃পতিত্ব n. polyan dry. ̃পত্মীক a. having many wives, ploygamous. ̃পদ a. (alg.) polynomial; (zoo.) polypod. পদ প্রাণী a ploypod, a multiped. ̃বহুপার্শ্বীয় a. (bot.) multipa rous; multilateral. ̃প্রসবিনী a. fem. bearing many children; prolific; fertile. প্রান্তীয় a. parietal. ̃ফলকপত্র n. (bot.) a compound leaf. ̃বচন see বচন । ̃বর্ষজীবী a. (bot.) perennial; (of man) long-lived. ̃বল্লভ n. one beloved of many women; Krishna. (কৃষ্ণ). fem. ̃বল্লভা a woman beloved of many men; a flirt; a prostitute. ̃বিধ a. of many and diverse sorts. ̃বিবাহ polygamy. ̃বিবাহকারী a. polygamous. ☐ n. a polygamist. ̃বিবাহকারিণী a. polyandrous. ☐ n. a polyandrist. ̃বিস্তীর্ন a. spread over a wide or large area, far-flung. ̃বীজপত্রী (bot.) a. polycotyledon. ̃ব্যয়সাধ্য a. very expensive or costly. ̃ব্যয়ে adv. at a great cost or expense. ̃ব্রীহি n. (gr.) mode of forming compound words (a compound word formed by this mode gives a meaning which neither of the constituent words implies). ̃ভর্তৃক a. having many husbands. ̃ভাগ, ̃ভাগ্য, a. very fortunate. ☐ n. a great fortune. ̃ভাষিতা n. speaking many languages; garrulity, talkativeness. ̃ভাষী a. speak ing many languages, polyglottic; gar rulous, talkative. বহুভাষী ব্যক্তি a poly glot; a garrulous or talkative person. ̃ভুজ a. (geom.) polygonal; (bio.) polypous. ☐ n. a polygon; a polyp. ̃ভুজক্ষেত্র n. (geom.) a polygon. ̃ভ্রূণবীজতা n. (bot.) polyembryony. ̃ভ্রূণবীজী a. (bot.) polyembryonic. ̃মত a. highly esteemed; greatly honoured. ̃মান n. high esteem; great honour. ̃মানাস্পদ a. highly esteemed or re vered. ̃মুখ a. multifaced; multifari ous; multiplex (বহুমুখ টেলিগ্রাফ); (of a school or co-operative society) multi purpose. fem. ̃মুখী । ̃মূত্র n. diabetes. ̃মূত্রগত a.diabetic. ̃মূত্রপীড়িত a. dia betic. ̃মূর্তি a. multiform. মূল্য a.very costly; very precious. ̃যৌগিক a. (bot.) decompound. ̃রাশিক n. (arith.) the double rule of three. ̃রূপ¹ a. diverse. multifarious. ̃রূপ², বহুরূপী a. assuming different forms; polymorphic, multi form. ☐ n. the chameleon; an itinerant showman who amuses people by as suming various forms. fem. a. ̃রূপিনী । ̃রূপতা a. polymorphism. ̃শ adv. many times, many a time and oft; in a great measure, to a great extent. ̃শাখ a. having many branches. ̃শাস্ত্রজ্ঞ a. polymathic. ̃বহুশাস্ত্রজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি a polymath. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) multicostate. ̃শ্রুত a. profoundly or vastly learned, erudite, well-versed in many disciplines. ̃স্বামিক a. having to serve many mas ters; having many owners.

বহুড়ি [ bahuḍ়i ] n (obs.) a newly married woman, a childwife.

বহুত [ bahuta ] a much or many. বহুত আচ্ছা int. very good, excellent.

বহুল [ bahula ] a much, profuse, abundant, plenti ful. ̃পরিমাণে adv. in a great or large measure, profusely. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. muchness, profusion, abundance. plenty. বহুলীকরণ n. multiplication. বহুলীকৃত a. multiplied.

বহেড়া [ bahēḍ়ā ] n the beleric myrobalan.

বহ্নি [ bahni ] n fire. ̃জ্বালা n. a flame; glow or heat of fire. ̃মান a. flaming, blazing. ̃শিখা n. a tongue of fire, a flame. ̃সংস্কার n. cremation of a dead body.

বহ্বাড়ম্বর [ bahbāḍ়mbara ] n excessive pomp or éclat; great fuss.

বহ্বারম্ভ [ bahbārambha ] n a grand or fussy preparation. বহ্বারম্ভে লঘুক্রিয়া much cry but little wool.

বা² [ bā² ] con or ☐ adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?).

বাই¹ [ bāi¹ ] n a title affixed to the names of Marathi or Rajput women.

বাই² [ bāi² ] n neurosis; a mania (শুচিবাই); a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাই).

বাই³, বাইওয়ালি [ bāi³, bāiōẏāli ] n. fem a professional dancing-girl and songstress.

বাইচ, বাইচখেলা [ bāica, bāicakhēlā ] n a boat-race, a regatta.

বাইনাচ [ bāināca ] n the dance of a professional dancing girl.

বাইবেল [ bāibēla ] n the Bible.

বাইল [ bāila ] n a stalked leaf of the coconut tree, palm-tree, etc,; a leaf of a door esp. of a folding door.

বাইশ [ bāiśa ] n. & a twenty-two. বাইশে n. the twenty-second day of a month, the twenty-second. ☐ a. twenty-second.

বাইস¹ [ bāisa¹ ] n a (carpenter's) chisel.

বাইস² [ bāisa² ] n a gripping tool, a vice.

বাইসিকল, বাইসিকেল, বাইসাইকেল [ bāisikala, bāisikēla, bāisāikēla ] n a bicyle, a cycle. বাইসিকলে চড়া v. to ride a bi cycle. বাইসিকলে চড়ে যাওয়া v. to cycle. বাইসিকল-আরোহী n. a cyclist.

বাউটি [ bāuṭi ] n a kind of bracelet.

বাউন্ডুলে [ bāunḍulē ] a regarding nobody or nothing as one's own; Bohemian, vagabond. ☐ n. a vagabond; a tramp.

বাউরা [ bāurā ] a mad, insane.

বাউরি [ bāuri ] n a lowly Hindu caste; a member of this caste.

বাউল [ bāula ] n one of a class of Hindu stoical devotees singing songs in a special mode illustrating their doctrine; their song or mode of singing.

বাওয়া¹ [ bāōẏā¹ ] v to row; to steer, to propel; to paddle; to pass over; to cover; to go or ply or move along (পথ বেয়ে যাওয়া); to climb up or down (সিঁড়ি বেয়ে নামা).

বাওয়া² [ bāōẏā² ] a not containing any embryo, barren, addle (বাওয়া ডিম = an addle egg, a wind-bag).

বাংলা¹ [ bāṃlā¹ ] n Bengal, the land or state of Bengal; the Bengali language. ☐ a. written in Bengali (বাংলা বই); relating or pertaining to or of Bengal or of Bengali (বাংলা সাহিত্য).

বাংলা², বাংলো [ bāṃlā², bāṃlō ] n a bungalow.

বাঃ [ bāḥ ] int denoting: an exclamation in praise, wonder, taunt, disgust etc., ah, (cp. bah).

বাঁও² [ bām̐ō² ] n a fathom.

বাঁওড় [ bām̐ōḍ় ] n the bend of a river where the current is obstructed, (cp.) an eddy, a whirlpool.

বাঁওয়া [ bām̐ōẏā ] a (dial.) left-handed.

বাঁক [ bān̐ka ] n curvature; a curve; a bend, a turn (as of a road or river); a piece of long and bent pole borne on one's shoulder for carrying loads fastened to its ends. ̃নল n. a blowpipe; a u-tube; (bot.) a bent tube. ̃মল n. a kind of twisted bangle for the ankle.

বাঁকা [ bān̐kā ] v to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to be come reluctant or unfavourable or un gracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). ☐ a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinu ous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); fur tive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cyni cal or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); re luctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or anti pathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, de sire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to.

বাঁচন [ bān̐cana ] n living, keeping alive, subsisting; resuscitation, revival; rescue or relief; state of remaining unimpaired, free dom from involvement.

বাঁচা [ bān̐cā ] v to live, to keep alive; to subsist (বাঙালি ভাতে বাঁচে); to get back life, to be resuscitated, to revive (বিশল্যকরণীর গুণে লক্ষণ বাঁচলেন); to be saved or res cued or relieved; to remain unim paired, to be kept up or maintained or protected (স্বাস্হ্য বাঁচা, মান বাঁচা); to es cape, avoid or to be spared (লোকসান বাঁচা, খরচ বাঁচা); to become surplus (ভোজের শেষে অনেক সন্দেশ বেঁচেছে). বাঁচানো v. to give back life, to resuscitate, to revive; to save or rescue or relieve; to keep up, to maintain, to protect; to es cape, to save, to cut, to curtail (খরচা বাঁচানো); to save from being consumed (খাবার বাঁচানো); to carry on, to maintain (চাকরি বাঁচানো). কারও পরে বেঁচে থাকা to outlive a person. কিছুর পরে বা কিছু এড়িয়ে বেঁচে থাকা to survive something.

বাঁচোয়া [ bān̐cōẏā ] n rescue, relief, escape; safety; (rare) protection of life;

বাঁজা, বাঁঝা [ bān̐jā, bān̐jhā ] a (of a woman) barren, sterile, unproductive.

বাঁট¹ [ bān̐ṭa¹ ] n an udder, a teat, a dug.

বাঁট² [ bān̐ṭa² ] n a haft, a handle.

বাঁটকুল [ bān̐ṭakula ] n a dumpy, a very short man, a short-statured man; a man of short height. ☐ a. short. see also বেঁটে ।

বাঁটন [ bān̐ṭana ] n dividing, apportionment, allot ment; distribution.

বাঁটা [ bān̐ṭā ] v to divide; to share out, to appor tion, to allot; to distribute. বাঁটানো v. to cause to divide or apportion or allot or distribute.

বাঁটুল [ bān̐ṭula ] n a small ball (usu. of iron and used as a missile); (iron.) a short and fat man, a dumpy.

বাঁদর [ bān̐dara ] n the monkey; the ape; (dero.) a mischievous person. fem. বাঁদরি । ̃মুখো a. having a face as ugly as that of a monkey. fem. বাঁদরমুখি । বাঁদরামি, বাঁদরামো n. mischievousness; a monkey-trick; monkeyism. বাঁদুরে a. monkeyish.

বাঁদরলাঠি [ bān̐daralāṭhi ] n the drumstick tree, Cassia fis tula.

বাঁদিপোতা [ bān̐dipōtā ] n a chequered cloth having multi-coloured stripes.

বাঁদি [ bān̐di ] n maidservant, a handmaid; a woman slave.

বাঁধ [ bān̐dha ] n a dam; a breakwater, a bulwark; (geog.) a dyke. বাঁধ দেওয়া v. to dam. (fig.) to restrain. বাঁধ নির্মান করা, বাঁধ বাঁধা v. to build a dam or breakwater or dyke.

বাঁধন [ bān̐dhana ] n binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruc tion; stopping or parking (as of a ve hicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; forma tion; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; re duction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fas tening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness.

বাঁধা¹ [ bān̐dhā¹ ] n pawning or mortgaging. ☐ a. pawned, pledged, mortgaged. বাঁধা দেওয়া v. to pawn, to pledge; to mort gage. বাঁধা রাখা v. to give or take in pledge.

বাঁধা² [ bān̐dhā² ] v to bind, to tie, to fasten; to ob struct (স্রোত বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধা); to stop or park (গা়ড়ি বাঁধা); to restrain or appease (মন বাঁধা); to compose (গান বাঁধা); to form, to do (খোঁপা বাঁধা); to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধা); to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to unite (প্রাণে প্রাণে বাঁধা); to be reduced to or rendered into, to turn into (জমাট বাঁধা, দান বাঁধা). ☐ a. bound; tied, fastened, obstructed; dammed; composed; formed, done; built, set up; attuned; routine (বাঁধা কাজ); regular (বাঁধা খদ্দের); stock (বাঁধা গত্); rigid (বাঁধা নিয়ম); fixed (বাঁধা মাইনে); brick-built or stone-built, pucka (বাঁধা ঘাট). বাঁধাই n. binding or cost of binding esp. a book; enframing or cost of enframing (as a picture). ̃কপি n. cabbage. বাঁধা গত্ a stock phrase; a rigid rule or system. ̃ছাদা n. rolling up and tying as a baggage. বাঁধাছাদা করা v. to pack. ̃ধরা a. fixed; rigid; routine; stock; monotonous, trite. ̃ঝুলি n. a catchphrase, a catchword, a slogan. বাঁধানো v. to bind (as a book); to enframe (as a picture); to fix or manu facture artificial ones (দাঁত বাঁধানো); to inlay (হিরে দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to plate (সোনা দিয়ে বাঁধানো); to pave, to macadamize (রাস্তা বাঁধানো); to build with stone or brick (ঘাট বাঁধা); to dam (খাল বাঁধানো); to cause to compose (গান বাঁধানো); to cause to build or set up (ঘর বাঁধানো); to cause to attune (বীণা বাঁধা); to reduce to or render into (জমাট বাঁধানো). ☐ a. bound; enframed; artificial (বাঁধানো দাঁত = a set of artifi cial teeth, denture); inlaid; plated; paved, macadamized; brick-built or stone-built, pukka; dammed; built or set up. ̃বাঁধি a. fixed, hard and fast, unalterable. ☐ n. a rigid rule or system; strictness.

বাঁয়া [ bām̐ẏā ] n a small semi-circular musical in strument of percussion played along with the tabla (তবলা). ঢাকের বাঁয়া (fig. & derisively) a useless accompani ment, a mere nothing; someone else's ditto.

বাঁশ [ bām̐śa ] n the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment se verely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking posses sion of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump.

বাঁশি, বাঁশরি [ bām̐śi, bām̐śari ] n a flute made of a kind of slender bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. বাঁশি বাজানো v. to play on a flute, to pipe.

বাক্ [ bāk ] n speech, language; learning; the or gan of speech. ̃চাতুরি, ̃চাতুর্য, n. clever ness of speech; gift of the gab; artful or wheedling language, a quibble. ̃চাপল্য n. flippancy in speech; flippant speech; loquacity, talkativeness. ̃ছল n. artful ness or wheedlesomeness of speech; equivocation; a quibble. ̃জাল same as বাগজাল । ̃পটু same as বাগ্বিদগ্ধ । ̃পটুতা, ̃পটুত্ব same as বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ । ̃পারুষ্য n. rudeness of speech; insulting words. ̃প্রণালী n. mode of speaking; an idiom. ̃প্রপঞ্চ n. elaborate speech; eloquence. ̃রোধ inc. but pop. var. of বাগ্রোধ । ̃শক্তি n. power or faculty of speaking. ̃শক্তিরহিত, ̃শক্তিহীন a. dumb; unable to speak; rendered speechless; dumb founded. ̃সংযম n. exercise of restraint in speech, sparingness in use of words, reticence, taciturnity. ̃সর্বস্ব a. excel ling only in words and incapable of ac tion. বাক্সর্বস্ব ব্যক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having the power to utter infallible words. fem. ̃সিদ্ধা । ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of speech.

বাকস [ bākasa ] n a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa.

বাকি [ bāki ] a remaining (বাকি জীবন); outstand ing (বাকি কাজ); unrealized or unpaid, overdue (বাকি পাওনা). ☐ n. the remain der, the balance; arrears (বাকি শোধ); credit (বাকিতে বেচা). বাকি পড়া v. to fall into arrears, to be overdue. বাকি খাজনা arrears of rent. বাকি জায় a list of unre alized rent or revenue. ̃তে adv. in ar rears; on credit (বাকিতে জিনিস কেনা). ̃বকেয়া n. dues. বাকি রাখা v. to keep ar rears; to default; to keep unpaid.

বাক্য [ bākya ] n speech, language; (gr.) a sen tence; an expression; a saying. ̃জ্বালা n. tormenting language, a talking-to. বাক্যদান করা v. to give one's word, to promise. ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent; voluble, glib, talk ative, garrulous; excelling in words but incapable of action. ̃বাণ n. (lit.) a shaft of words; piercing words. ̃বিন্যাস n. (gr.) syntax; (loos.) skilful use of words, praiseworthy oration. ̃বিশারদ same as বাক্যবাগীশ । ̃ব্যয় n. speaking, talking. বাক্যব্যয় করা v. to speak, to talk. বৃথা বাক্যব্যয় করা v. to talk in vain; to throw away words. বিনা বাক্যব্যয়ে adv. without using a word, without speak ing a word. ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃হারা, ̃হীন a. speechless; dumb; mum. বাক্যার্থ n. the meaning of a sentence. বাক্যালাপ n. conversation (বাক্যালাপে মগ্ন); speaking terms (তাদের বাক্যলাপ নেই = they are not on speaking terms). বাক্যালাপ করা v. to converse; to talk together (usu. familiarly); to speak with.

বাক্স, বাক্সো [ bāksa, bāksō ] n a box; a case. ̃জাত, ̃বন্দি a. kept into a box. বাক্সজাত করা, বাক্সবন্দি করা v. to put into a box, to box.

বাখান [ bākhāna ] n praise, eulogy; description.

বাখানা [ bākhānā ] v (poet.) to narrate or describe or delineate or praise.

বাখারি [ bākhāri ] n a piece of split bamboo, a bam boo-slip.

বাখারি চুন [ bākhāri cuna ] n unslaked lime, quick-lime.

বাগ¹ [ bāga¹ ] n a garden (গোলাপবাগ).

বাগ² [ bāga² ] n bridle (বাগডোর); control (বাগে পাওয়া); device or mode (কাজের বাগ); opportunity or advantage (বাগ পেয়ে); (dial.) a way or route (সে কোন বাগে গেল ?). বাগ মানানো, বাগে আনা v. to bring under control.

বাগ্জাল [ bāgjāla ] n a web or mesh or trap of words; wheedling language; rigmarole; circumlocution; grandiloquence. বাগ্জাল বিস্তার করা v. to weave a web or set a trap of words; to speak wheedlingly; to circumlocute.

বাগড়া [ bāgaḍ়ā ] n (coll.) an obstacle, a hindrance, a hitch. বাগড়া দেওয়া v. to create a hitch, to hinder; to make a bottleneck; to take the wind out of one's sails.

বাগডোর [ bāgaḍōra ] n rein.

বাগ্দত্তা [ bāgdattā ] a. fem betrothed; affianced. ☐ n. fem. a betrothed girl.

বাগদা, বাগদা-চিংড়ি [ bāgadā, bāgadā-ciṇḍ়i ] n the prawn.

বাগ্দান [ bāgdāna ] n betrothal; giving word; making a promise.

বাগদি [ bāgadi ] n a lowly Hindu caste; one of this caste. fem. বাগদিনি ।

বাগ্দেবী [ bāgdēbī ] n Saraswati, the goddess of speech.

বাগ্ধারা [ bāgdhārā ] n a manner or mode of using words in speech, an idiom. ̃গত a. idiomatic.

বাগ্বহুল [ bāgbahula ] a verbose, full of words, having too many words; prolix. বাগ্বাহুল্য n. verbosity; prolixity.

বাগ্বিতন্ডা [ bāgbitanḍā ] n alteration, wrangling; a hot dispute.

বাগ্বিদগ্ধ [ bāgbidagdha ] a clever or apt in speech; elo quent. বাগ্বৈদগ্ধ n. eloquence.

বাগযন্ত্র [ bāgayantra ] n the larynx.

বাগাড়ম্বর [ bāgāḍ়mbara ] n grandiloquence; tall talk; ver biage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak gran diloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely.

বাগান [ bāgāna ] n a garden; a pleasure-ground; a grove. আমবাগান n. a mango-grove. কলাবাগান n. a clump of plantain trees. নারকেল বাগান n. a cocount-grove. ফলবাগান n. an orchard. ফুলবাগান n. a flower garden, a flower-bed. সবজিবাগান n. a kitchen garden. বাগান করা v. to garden. বাগানে কাজ করা v. to garden. বাগানের কাজ gardening.

বাগানো [ bāgānō ] v to bring under control; to break (বদমেজাজি ঘোড়াকে বাগানো); to manage, to obtain (চাকরি বাগানো, টাকা বাগানো); to manage to have performed or ex ecuted or done (কাজ বাগানো); to wangle (ছুটি বাগানো); to flourish (তেড়ি বাগানো); to defalcate or misappropriate (তবিল থেকে বাগানো).

বাগি [ bāgi ] n bubo.

বাগিচা [ bāgicā ] n a small garden.

বাগিন্দ্রিয় [ bāgindriẏa ] n the organ of speech.

বাগীশ, বাগীশ্বর [ bāgīśa, bāgīśbara ] n an eloquent man; a flu ent speaker; an orator; (fem. an oratress, an oratrix). বাগীশ্বরী fem. of বাগীশ । ☐ n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech.

বাগুরা [ bāgurā ] n (obs.) a net, a snare. বাগুরাবদ্ধ a. caught in a trap or snare.

বাগ্মী [ bāgmī ] a having eloquence or oratorial power. ☐ n. a good or eloquent speaker; an orator. বাগ্মিতা n. elo quence; oratory.

বাঘ [ bāgha ] n the tiger; (loos.) the panther, the leopard. fem. বাঘিনি the tigress. বাঘে গোরুতে এক ঘাটে জল খাওয়া (fig.) a very powerful administration under which even traditional antagonists behave as friends. বাঘের ঘরে ঘোগের বাসা (lit.) a ti ger-wolf taking-up its abode in a tiger's lair; (fig.) a weakling settling in the lair of its deadly enemy. বাঘের বাচ্ছা a tiger's cub. বাঘের মাসি the cat. ̃ছড়ি, ̃ছাল n. the skin of a tiger. ̃নখ n. a tiger's nail; an ornamental pendant for the neck; an aromatic substance; (hist.) a nail-like weapon worn by Shivaji as handgloves. ̃বল্দি n. an indoor game akin to fox and geese. বাঘা n. (dero.) the tiger, a tigerling (গোবাঘা); (affec.) a traditional name of a dog. ☐ a. very large (বাঘা মাছ); very powerful (বাঘা শাসন); very efficient (বাঘা কেরানি, বাঘা খেলোয়াড়); extremely sour (বাঘা তেঁতুল); commanding submission from others, very imposing (বাঘা লোক). বাঘাম্বর n. a piece of tiger's skin worn as loincloth.

বাঙ্নিষ্ঠ [ bāṅniṣṭha ] a true to one's word, one who keeps his word or promise.

বাঙ্নিষ্পত্তি [ bāṅniṣpatti ] n utterance of words. বাঙ্নিষ্পত্তি করা v. to utter or speak.

বাঙাল [ bāṅāla ] n a native of East Bengal; (iron.) an unrefined rustic. ☐ a. of East Ben gal (বাঙাল প্রথা); born in East Bengal. fem. n. বাঙালিনি, বাঙালনি ।

বাঙালি [ bāṅāli ] n a native of Bengal, a Bengali. ☐ a. of Bengalis or of Bengal.

বাঙালে [ bāṅālē ] a (usu. dero.) like a Bengali of the East, like or about an East Bengali.

বাঙ্ময় [ bāṅmaẏa ] a full of words, wordy; composed of words, worded. বাঙ্ময়ী a. fem. of বাঙ্ময় । ☐ n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech.

বাচক¹ [ bācaka¹ ] a signifying, denoting.

বাচক² [ bācaka² ] n (coll.) prohibition or prejudice; (coll.) abstinence.

বাচন [ bācana ] n speaking; narration; utterance; a saying; reading; expounding, explana tion. বাচনিক a. verbal, oral; in word.

বাচস্পতি [ bācaspati ] n an eloquent speaker; an ora tor; a learned man.

বাচস্পত্য [ bācaspatya ] n eloquence; erudition.

বাচাল [ bācāla ] a talkative, garrulous; voluble. বাচালতা n. talkativeness, garrulity; volu bility.

বাচ্চা, বাচ্ছা [ bāccā, bācchā ] n a young child, an infant; (sl.) a kid; offspring (লোকটা মানুষের বাচ্চা নয়); the young of a beast. ☐ a. young, infant (বাচ্চা ছেলে, বাচ্চা কুকুর). বাচ্চাকাচ্চা n. pl. young or infant chil dren, little ones; kiddies.

বাচ্য [ bācya ] a to be spoken or uttered; speak able, utterable; fit to be regarded as, namable (পদবাচ্য). ☐ n. (gr.) voice. বাচ্যার্থ n. actual or simple (and not figu rative) meaning or sense of a word or sentence, the primary or original meaning (of a word etc.).

বাছন, বাছনি¹ [ bāchana, bāchani¹ ] n same as বাছাই । (n.).

বাছবিচার [ bāchabicāra ] n discrimination or choice (usu. meticulous or over-cautious one); prejudicial abstinence or avoidance. বাছবিচার করা v. to choose meticulously or over-cautiously; to abstain from, to avoid; to be prejudiced against. বাছাবিচার না করে, বিনা বাছবিচারে without discrimination, indiscriminately.

বাছা¹ [ bāchā¹ ] n (in affectionate address) a son or a daughter or a person deserving to be treated as such (cp. My child.)

বাছা² [ bāchā² ] v to choose, to select; to pick and choose; to sort out or separate (ভালো মন্দ বাছা, খুদ বাছা); to eliminate un wanted elements from (চাল বাছা); to pick and eliminate or kill (উকুন বাছা). ☐ a. chosen, selected; sorted; freed from unwanted elements; choice, select (বাছা বাছা লোক = chosen or selected persons).

বাছাই [ bāchāi ] n choosing, choice, selection; picking and choosing; sorting or sepa rating; elimination of unwanted ele ments. ☐ a. same as বাছা² (a). বাছাই করা same as বাছা² ।

বাছাধন [ bāchādhana ] n. masc same as বাছা¹ ।

বাছুর [ bāchura ] n the young of the cow, the calf. বাছুর বিয়ানো v. to calve. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal.

বাজ¹ [ bāja¹ ] n thunderbolt, thunder; (loos.) lightning.

বাজ² [ bāja² ] n the hawk; the falcon.

-বাজ³ [ -bāja³ ] sfx denoting: skilled, given to, full of etc. (ফন্দিবাজ, স্ফূর্তিবাজ).

বাজখাঁই [ bājakhām̐i ] a (of voice) very harsh and loud, strident (বাজখাঁই গলা).

বাজন [ bājana ] n the state of being played or beaten or sounded or rung (as a musi cal instrument, bell, coin etc.); the sound of beating or playing on a musi cal instrument, a bell etc. ̃দার, বাজনাদার, বাজনাওয়ালা n. an instrumental ist (esp. a professional one). বাজনা n. act or sound of playing on a musical instrument; music; a musical instru ment.

বাজবৈরি, বাজবহরি [ bājabairi, bājabahari ] n a species or variety of large falcons; the eagle (?).

বাজরা¹ [ bājarā¹ ] n bulrush-millet, millet.

বাজরা² [ bājarā² ] n a wicker-hamper.

বাজা [ bājā ] v to sound or be sounded (মোটরের হর্ন বাজা); to ring or be rung, to toll (ঘন্টা বাজা); to be played on (বীণা বাজা); to be beaten (ঢাক বাজা); to strike (ঘড়ি বাজা, তিনটে বাজা); to be an nounced by a sound (প্রহর বাজা); to be felt (হাতে বাজ); to jar on (কানে বাজা); to smart or pain (মনে বাজা). ঘড়ি বাজে the clock chimes or strikes. ঘড়িতে একটা বাজে the clock strikes one, it is one o'clock. স্কুলের ঘন্টা বাজ the school-bell goes.

বাজানো [ bājānō ] v to sound; to ring, to toll; to play on (as a musical instrument), to beat (as an instrument of percussion); to clink (as coins); to try to discover the inclinations, thoughts etc. of, to sound (লোকটাকে বাজিয়ে দেখা). বাজিয়ে দেখা v. to try or sound (somebody).

বাজার [ bājāra ] n a market; a fair (রথের বাজার); goods or stores esp. for cooking pur chased from the market (বাজারটা রাখলে কোথায় ?). বাজার করা v. to visit the mar ket for buying things (esp. daily neces saries or stores), to shop. বাজার বসেছে the market has opened for the day; a new market has opened. গরম বাজার (comm.) boom. চড়া বাজার dear market. নরম বাজার (comm.) slump. বাজার চড়া market is up. ̃দর n. market price, the current price. বাজার নরম market is down; demand is slack. বাজারে a. sell ing or dealing at a market; (of a woman) taken to harlotry. বাজারে মেয়েমানুষ a prostitute. বাজারে লোক a market-man, a marketer.

-বাজি¹ [ -bāji¹ ] sfx denoting: practice, propen sity, repleteness etc. (ফন্দিবাজি).

বাজি² [ bāji² ] n magic, jugglery, legerdemain (ভোজবাজি); a feat (দড়াবাজি, মুখবাজি); a game, a turn, a spell, a bout (এক বাজি তাস বা দাবা); fireworks; a wager; a stake; (fig.) one's existence and activi ties in this world ('এবার বাজি ভোর'). বাজি জেতা v. to win a stake. বাজি ধরা v. to lay a wager; to stake. বাজি পোড়ানো v. to make a display of fire-works. বাজি রাখা v. to bet. বাজি হারা v. to lose a stake.

বাজিকর [ bājikara ] n a juggler, a magician; (rare) an acrobat.

বাজিমাত [ bājimāta ] n (in chess) checkmate; com plete victory or triumph in a game or anything.

বাজিয়ে [ bājiẏē ] a skilled in playing on a musical instrument. ☐ n. an instrumentalist.

বাজী [ bājī ] n the horse; an arrow.

বাজীকরণ [ bājīkaraṇa ] n an aphrodisiac process or drug, an aphrodisiac.

বাজু [ bāju ] n an ornament for the arm, an arm let (also বাজুবন্ধ) the arm; a side; a side post of a door or a cot.

বাজে [ bājē ] a inferior or trashy (বাজে মাল); in significant, contemptible, worthless, good-for-nothing (বাজে লোক); false, unsubstantial, idle (বাজে কথা); useless, unnecessary (বাজে খাটুনি); undesirable, unwanted (বাজে ঝামেলা); extra or inci dental (বাজে খরচ, বাজে আদায়). ̃মার্কা a. of inferior make or brand; inferior; in significant.

বাজেয়াপ্ত [ bājēẏāpta ] a confiscated, forfeited; fore closed. বাজেয়াপ্ত করা v. to confiscate, to forfeit; to foreclose. ̃করণ n. confisca tion, forfeiture; foreclosure.

বাঞ্ছনীয় [ bāñchanīẏa ] a desirable; agreeable.

বাঞ্ছা [ bāñchā ] n a desire, a longing; a wish. বাঞ্ছা করা v. to desire or long or wish (for). ̃কল্পতরু n. (myth.) a wishing-tree of heaven; one who grants all desires of supplicants.

বাঞ্ছিত [ bāñchita ] a desired, longed-for, wished-for. fem. বাঞ্ছিতা ।

বাট¹ [ bāṭa¹ ] n (usu. poet.) a path, a road.

বাট² [ bāṭa² ] n ingot, bullion.

বাটখারা [ bāṭakhārā ] n a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used in weighing or in calculating weight, a weight.

বাটন [ bāṭana ] n turning into paste by rolling something on a flat mortar with a pestle. বাটনা n. spices turned thus into paste; a quantity of spices to be rolled thus.

বাটপাড় [ bāṭapāḍ় ] n a highwayman; a robber; a swindler. বাটপাড়ি n. highway robbery; robbery; swindling. চোরের উপর বাটপাড়ি (fig.) a swindler robs a thief.

বাটা² [ bāṭā² ] n a variety of small silvery-white fresh-water fish.

বাটা³ [ bāṭā³ ] n a kind of metal tray (esp. one for holding betel-leaves).

বাটা⁴ [ bāṭā⁴ ] n a Hindu rite of offering dishes of food to a son-in-law.

বাটা⁵ [ bāṭā⁵ ] v to turn into paste by rolling (spices etc.) on a flat mortar with a pestle. ☐ a. (spices etc.) thus reduced to or turned into paste (বাটা মশলা).

বাটালি [ bāṭāli ] n a chisel.

বাটি [ bāṭi ] n a hemispheroidal cup without handles. বাটি চালা v. to set a cup chas ing a culprit by means of occult incan tations. এক বাটি a cup (of); a cupful (of).

বাটিকা [ bāṭikā ] n a small house; (loos.) a house (উদ্যানবাটিকা).

বাটোয়ারা [ bāṭōẏārā ] n apportionment; division; par tition.

বাট্টা [ bāṭṭā ] n (comm.) a discount. আসল বাট্টা true discount.

বাড় [ bāḍ় ] n growth, development (গাছের বাড়); increase (বেতনের বাড়); aggrava tion (রোগের বাড়); audacity. বাড় বাড়া to grow audacious, to become intolerably haughty, to be high and mighty.

বাড়ই [ bāḍ়i ] n a carpenter, a joiner.

বাড়তি [ bāḍ়ti ] n growth or development or in crease or aggravation or flourish (বাড়তি মুখে). ☐ a. surplus (বাড়তি মাল); extra (বাড়তি রোজগার); excessive, in excess (বাড়তি লাভ = excess profit).

বাড়ন² [ bāḍ়na² ] n a besom, a broom.

বাড়ন্ত [ bāḍ়nta ] a inclined to grow or develop, growing (বাড়ন্ত গড়ন); flourishing (বাড়ন্ত অবস্হা); (iron.) exhausted, deficit (ঘরে চাল বাড়ন্ত).

বাড়বাড়ন্ত [ bāḍ়bāḍ়nta ] n great or growing prosperity; (iron.) bluster; lofty show.

বাড়ব [ bāḍ়ba ] a (myth.) relating to a sea-horse vomiting fire constantly. ☐ n. fire vomited by the aforesaid sea-horse (usu. বাড়বানল).

বাড়া¹ [ bāḍ়ā¹ ] v to proceed, to go. আগে বাড়া v. to go forward or ahead, to advance.

বাড়া² [ bāḍ়ā² ] v to grow up, to develop (গাছ বাড়া); to increase (লোক বাড়া); to aug ment (বিপদ বাড়া); to be expanded (রাজ্য বাড়া); to aggravate (রোগ বাড়া); to flourish, to thrive (ধনসম্পদ বাড়া); to mend or sharpen (পেনসিল বাড়া); to grow audacious (বদমাশটা বড় বেড়েছে); to serve on a dinner-plate (ভাত বাড়া). ☐ a. mended; served on a dinner-plate; more or greater than ('সে মাটি মায়ের বাড়া'). বাড়ানো v. to develop; to increase; to multiply (বংশ বাড়ানো); to augment; to expand; to aggravate; to cause to mend or sharpen; to stretch; to extend, to crane (হাত বাড়ানো, গলা বাড়ানো); to cause to serve on a dinner-plate; to ex alt or extol unduly or give undue im portance to (অযোগ্য লোককে বাড়ানো); to exaggerate (বাড়িয়ে লেখা); to over-indulge (ছেলেটাকে সে বাড়িয়েছে); to en hance falsely (বয়স বাড়ানো). ̃বাড়ি n. excess; immoderation; intemperance; overmuchness; aggravation (রোগের বাড়াবাড়ি). বা়ড়াবাড়ি করা v. to go beyond the limit. বাড়াবাড়ি হওয়া v. to be aggra vated; to be in excess. বাড়া ভাতে ছাই দেওয়া v. (fig.) to frustrate or foil somebody's hopes or plans almost at the point of success.

বাড়ি¹ [ bāḍ়i¹ ] n a stroke, a hit (লাঠির বাড়ি); a staff, a stick, a cudgel (পাচন বাড়ি) বাড়ি দেওয়া, বাড়ি মারা v. to deal (one) a blow, to strike, to hit.

বাড়ি² [ bāḍ়i² ] n a house; a building; a dwelling-house, an abode; a residence; a home. ̃ওয়ালা n. the owner of a house (esp. of tenanted one), (cp.) a landlord (fem. a landlady). fem. বাড়িওয়ালি, (coll.) বাড়িউলি । ̃ঘর n. homestead; houses and buildings; habitations. ̃ভাড়া n. house-rent; rent of a dwelling house. ̃মুখো a. & adv. homeward; home bound. যমের বাড়ি (fig.) death's door.

বাণ [ bāṇa ] n an arrow, a shaft, a dart. বাণ ছোড়া v. to shoot an arrow. ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced with an arrow. ̃লিঙ্গ n. a phallic sym bol of Shiva.

বাণিজ্য [ bāṇijya ] a trade, commerce, traffic. বাণিজ্য করা v. to trade, to traffic. বাণিজ্য কর n. a commercial tax. ̃কেন্দ্র n. a trade cen tre. ̃তরি n. a merchant ship, a mer chantman. ̃পোত same as বাণিজ্যতরি । ̃মন্ত্রক n. the Ministry of Commerce. ̃মন্ত্রী n. a Minister of Commerce. বাণিজ্য সামগ্রী n. merchandise; ware, commodity; stock-in trade, requisites for a trade. বাণিজ্যিক a. commercial.

বাণী [ bāṇī ] n word; speech; a message; a maxim, an apophthegm; Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of speech.

বাত¹ [ bāta¹ ] n word, speech (লম্বা বাত); news, information ('পুছে বাত').

বাত² [ bāta² ] n wind; air; rheumatism; rheum. ̃কর্ম n. farting; a fart. ̃গহ্বর n. an air pocket. ̃গ্রস্ত a. rheumatic. ̃চক্র n. windmill. ̃ঘ্ন a. curing rheumatism or lymphatic disorders. ̃জ, ̃জনিত a. rheumatic. ̃জ্বর n. rheumatic fever. ̃পৈত্তিক a. rheumatic and biliary. ̃বেদনা n. rheumatic pain. ̃ব্যাধি n. rheumatism. ̃ব্যধিগ্রস্ত a. rheumatic. ̃রক্ত n. a kind of blood-poisoning. ̃রোগ n. rheumatism. ̃রোগাগ্রস্ত a. rheu matic. ̃শূল n. neuralgia. ̃শোষক n. (bot.) an aspirator.

বাতলানো [ bātalānō ] v to suggest; to point out; to de vise. ☐ a. suggested; devised.

বাত্সরিক [ bātsarika ] a annual, yearly; taking place or happening annually. □ n an annual rite or religious performance.

বাত্সল্য [ bātsalya ] n affection; love; parental love, philoprogenitveness; the sentiment of parental love.

বাতা [ bātā ] n a slip of bamboo or wood esp. one used in roofing, a lath, a slat.

বাতানুকূল [ bātānukūla ] a air-conditioned. বাতানুকূলতা n. air-conditioning.

বাতান্দোলিত [ bātāndōlita ] a agitated or moved or tossed by wind.

বাতান্বিত [ bātānbita ] a aerated. বাতান্বিত পানীয় aerated water, (loos.) mineral water.

বাতাবকাশ [ bātābakāśa ] n an air space.

বাতাবরণ [ bātābaraṇa ] n environment, surroundings, atmosphere.

বাতাবর্ত [ bātābarta ] n a whirlwind; a cyclone.

বাতাবি [ bātābi ] n the shaddock, the pompelmoose, the pomelo (also বাতাবি লেবু).

বাতায়ন [ bātāẏana ] n a window; a ventilator.

বাতাস [ bātāsa ] n air; wind; a gust of wind; fan ning; (usu. dero.) influence or touch (নাস্তিকের বাতাস). বাতাস করা v. to fan. বাতাস খাওয়া v. to enjoy fanning; to cool oneself with fanning; to take the air. বাতাস দেওয়া v. to fan; (fig.) to kindle or encourage (ঝগড়ায় বাতাস দেওয়া). বাতাস পাওয়া v. to get air; (of boats etc.) to get favourable wind; (usu. dero.) to be in fluenced by. বাতাস লাগা v. to get air or (of boats etc.) wind; (usu. dero.) to be influenced by; to be possessed by an evil spirit. বাতাসে ওড়া v. to fly in air; (fig.) to move light-heartedly or airily. বাতাসে ভর করে চলা v. (fig.) to move as swiftly as the wind; (fig.) to move very lightly; (fig.) to move light-heartedly.

বাতাসা [ bātāsā ] n a kind of light convex sweet drop of sugar or molasses.

বাতাহত [ bātāhata ] a wind-beaten, wind-stricken; (rare) wind-bound.

বাতি [ bāti ] n a lamp, a light; a candle; a stick or rod (গালার বাতি).

বাতিক [ bātika ] n neurosis; a mania; a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাতিক). ̃গ্রস্ত a. neurotic; maniac; crotchety. ̃গ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি a neurotic; a crotchety man.

বাতিদান [ bātidāna ] n a lampstand; a candle-stick.

বাতিল [ bātila ] a forsaken or disowned; rejected; (law) void, set aside; annulled, re scinded; cancelled. বাতিল করা v. to for sake or disown; to reject; (law) to void, to set aside; to annul, to rescind; to can cel.

বাতিস্তম্ভ [ bātistambha ] n a lightpost, a lamppost.

বাতুল [ bātula ] a neurotic; mad, insane; crazy. বাতুলতা n. neurosis; madness, insanity; craziness.

বাত্যা [ bātyā ] n a strong wind, a gale, a storm. ̃পীড়িত a. storm-stricken, storm-beaten. ̃বিক্ষুদ্ধ a. storm-tossed; tempestuous (as the sea), agitated by stormy wind.

বাথান [ bāthāna ] n a cowhouse, a cattle-shed; a grazing ground, a pasture.

বাথুয়া, বেথো [ bāthuẏā, bēthō ] n a variety of spinach.

বাদ¹ [ bāda¹ ] n an obstacle, a hindrance; opposi tion. বাদ সাধা v. to obstruct, to hinder; to get in the way of; to oppose; to foil.

বাদ² [ bāda² ] n an utterance (সাধুবাদ); an argu ment (বাদপ্রতিবাদ); a complaint or charge (বাদী); a dispute or brawl (বাদবিসংবাদ); (log.) correct judgment; a doctrine, an ism, a theory (সাম্যবাদ). ̃প্রতিবাদ n. argument, dispute, verbal dispute; altercation. ̃বিতন্ডা n. wran gling, altercation; dispute; quarrel.

বাদ³ [ bāda³ ] n exception; omission; exclusion; exemption; deduction; subtraction; (comm.) a discount. ☐ prep. same as বাদে (prep.). বাদ দেওয়া v. to except; to omit; to exclude; to exempt; to deduct; to subtract; to discount. বাদ পড়া, বাদ যাওয়া, বাদ হওয়া v. to be excepted or omitted or excluded or exempted or subtracted or discounted.

বাদক [ bādaka ] n an instrumentalist. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a musical band.

বাদন [ bādana ] n act of playing on a musical in strument.

বাদবাকি [ bādabāki ] a remaining.

বাদলা² [ bādalā² ] a of rain; of the rainy season; rain-soaked; (loos.) moist; born or found in the rainy season (বাদলা পোকা); rainy (বাদলা দিন).

বাদলা³ [ bādalā³ ] n gold-thread or silver-thread (বাদলার কাজ).

বাদশা [ bādaśā ] n same as বাদশাহ । কুঁড়ের বাদশা a prince of idlers, an extremely lazy fel low.

বাদশাহ [ bādaśāha ] n (Mus.) a great king or an em peror, badshah a padshah; the king of playing-cards. ̃জাদা n. a son of a badshah. fem. ̃জাদি a daughter of a badshah. বাদশাহি n. the office or reign or dominion of a badshah; a life as full of milk and honey or as pompous as that of a badshah. ☐ a. of or like a badshah; princely; imperial; majestic.

বাদসাদ [ bādasāda ] n partial discount or deduction or allowance.

বাদা [ bādā ] n an extensive marsh or fen; a wooded region.

বাদাড় [ bādāḍ় ] n a jungle; a wild tract of land full of thickets.

বাদাম¹ [ bādāma¹ ] n a sail ('রাধার নামে বাদাম').

বাদাম² [ bādāma² ] n nut, almond. বাদামের খোলা a nutshell.

বাদামি [ bādāmi ] a almond-coloured, brown; al mond-shaped; almond-like.

বাদিত [ bādita ] a (chiefly of musical instruments) sounded, played on.

বাদিতা [ bāditā ] sfx denoting: habit of speaking (সত্যবাদিতা); obedience to or practice of an ism (বাস্তববাদিতা).

বাদিত্র [ bāditra ] n a musical instrument.

বাদিনী [ bādinī ] fem of বাদী² ।

বাদী¹ [ bādī¹ ] n the principal note of a musical mode.

বাদী² [ bādī² ] sfx denoting: speaking or accus tomed to speak (সত্যবাদী); obedient to or practising an ism, -ist, -istic (সাম্যবাদী). ☐ n. a plaintiff or a complainant. ̃-প্রতিবাদী n. complainant and defendant.

বাদুড় [ bāduḍ় ] n a flying mammal, the bat; the flying-fox.

বাদুলে [ bādulē ] a same as বাদলা² ।

বাদে [ bādē ] prep except, without (সে বাদে সবাই); after (দুদিন বাদে). ☐ adv. after wards, later on (বাদে এসো = come later).

বাদ্য [ bādya ] n instrumental music; a musical in strument. ̃কর n. an instrumentalist. ̃করদল n. a musical band; a concert party. ̃ধ্বনি n. sound of instrumental music. ̃ভাণ়্ড n. musical instruments collectively; a set of musical instru ments. ̃যন্ত্র n. a musical instrument.

বাধক [ bādhaka ] a obstructive; hindering. ☐ sec ondary amenorrhœa.

বাধা [ bādhā ] v to stick (কাঁটায় কাপ়ড় বাধা); to be obstructed or opposed (ধর্মে বাধে); to come to happen, to ensue or begin (লড়াই বাধা); to find it difficult or im possible (বুঝতে বাধে). ☐ n. an obstacle, a hindrance, an impediment; a hitch; a prohibition; prevention; obstruction; resistance; a trouble. বাধা দেওয়া v. to obstruct, to hinder, to impede; to resist; to prevent; to oppose. বাধা পাওয়া v. to be obstructed or hindered or impeded or resisted or prevented. জনক, দায়ক a. obstructive, resistive; resistant; pro hibitive, preventive. দান n. obstruct ing, impeding; resisting; preventing; obstruction; resistance; prevention. নিষেধ n. prohibition; hindrance; im pediment; prevention. নো v. to cause to stick; to bring about; to initiate, to start, to involve, to set (লড়াই বাধানো). প্রাপ্ত a. obstructed; impeded; hin dered; frustrated; resisted; prevented. বন্ধ n. hindrance, impediment; ob struction; obstacle. বন্ধহারা, বন্ধহীন a. having no obstacles or hindrances, without any impediment; unimpeded; unobstructed. বিঘ্ন n. impediments, obstacles, obstructions, snags. হীন same as বাধাবন্ধহীন ।

বাধিত [ bādhita ] a obstructed; prevented; resisted; subdued; obliged, thankful, beholden (বাধিত থাকা বা হওয়া). বাধিত করা v. to oblige.

বাধোবাধো [ bādhōbādhō ] a on the point of commencing or ensuing or breaking out (ল়ড়াই বাধোবাধো); uneasy or hesitating (বাধোবোধো গলায়). বাধোবাধো ঠেকা to be in two minds, to be embarrassed, to hesi tate to do or act, to be in a state of in decision.

বাধ্য [ bādhya ] a preventible, resistible; obedient, obsequious, docile (বাধ্য ছেলে); ame nable (সুযুক্তির বাধ্য); obliged (কর্তব্য পালনে বাধ্য); compelled or sure (to) (হার মানতে বাধ্য). বাধ্য করা v. to compel. বাধ্য হয়ে being compelled, under obli gation or compulsion. ̃তা n. obedi ence, obsequiousness, docility; amena bility; obligation; compulsion. বাধ্যতাজনক, বাধ্যতামূলক a. compulsory; obligatory; imperative. ̃বাধকতা n. mu tual obligations; strictness; rigidity.

বান¹ [ bāna¹ ] n the eel, (cp.) the lamprey.

বাধ² [ bādha² ] n a flood, a deluge; a kind of tidal wave, a bore, an eagre (গঙ্গার বান); (fig.) a great flourish (আনন্দের বান). বান ডাকা v. to rise in flood, to be in flood or deluge; to rise in bore or eagre; (fig.) to flourish greatly. বানে ভেসে যাওয়া v. to be swept off or carried off in a flood; to be overflooded.

বানচাল [ bānacāla ] a having the bottom ripped open (নৌকো বানচাল হওয়া); foiled, capsized, bungled (ফন্দি বানচাল হওয়া). বানচাল হওয়া v. to have the bottom ripped open; to fail, to be bungled, to mis carry, to end in a fiasco.

বানডিল [ bānaḍila ] n a bundle.

বানতেল [ bānatēla ] n essential oil, etherial oil.

বানপ্রস্হ [ bānaprasha ] n the third stage of life according to the Vedas when a man advanced in years should leave his home and hearth and go to the forest to pass the remain ing days of his life in spiritual medita tion.

বানান [ bānāna ] n spelling (of a word), orthogra phy. বানান করা v. to spell. ̃সমস্যা n. the problem of orthography.

বানানো [ bānānō ] v to make; to create; to construct or build; to compose (কবিতা বানানো); to manufacture (ঘড়ি বানানো); to pro duce or beget (ছেলে বানানো); to coin or mint (টাকা বানানো); to draw up (দলিল বানানো); to found, to set up (স্কুল বাননো); to form (শব্দ বানানো); to or ganize (দল বানানো); to cause to appear as (মানুষকে ভেড়া বানানো); to turn or render into (বোকা বানানো); to dress (as meat, fish etc.); to cook (কোরমা বানানো); to concoct or fabricate (মামলা বানানো); to get one up, to prepare (সাক্ষী বানানো); to invent, to devise (অজুহাত বানানো). ☐ a. artificial (বানানো পাহাড়); faked, counterfeit, forged (বানানো দলিল); got-up (বানানো মামলা, বানানো সাক্ষী).

বানি [ bāni ] n making charge (esp. for orna ments and dress).

বানিয়া [ bāniẏā ] n a trader; a tradesman; a shop keeper; (dero.) a very commercial minded man, a commercialist; one guided only by profit and loss motive.

বানুরে [ bānurē ] a monkeyish; apish; very mischie vous.

বান্দা [ bāndā ] n a slave; a servant; an obedient or devoted person; (iron.) a man (সহজ বান্দা নয়). fem. বান্দি, বাঁদি a slave woman; a maid-servant; an obedient or devoted woman.

বান্ধব [ bāndhaba ] n a kinsman; a relation; a friend; an ally. fem. বান্ধবী a kinswoman; a woman relation; a lady friend; a girl friend.

বাপ¹ [ bāpa¹ ] n sowing; weaving.

বাপ² [ bāpa² ] n a father; (in affectionate ad dress) a son or a person deserving to be treated as a son. বাপকা বেটা, বাপের বেটা a chip of the old block. বাপকা বেটা সেপাইকা ঘোড়া, কুছ নেহী তো থোড়া থোড়া (fig.) a son must inherit some quali ties at least of his father. বাপ তোলা v. to abuse one by calling names of one's father. বাপের জন্মে বা বয়সে (fig.) at any time, ever. কারও বাপের সাধ্য নেই (fig.) not within anybody's capacity, nobody is able to do, no one, not even one's sire has the grit or ability (to do).

বাপ³, বাপরে, বাপস [ bāpa³, bāparē, bāpasa ] int denoting: fright, amazement etc; O my God! O my!

বাপক [ bāpaka ] n one who causes to sow or weave; a sower; a weaver.

বাপ-ঠাকুরদাদা, বাপদাদা [ bāpa-ṭhākuradādā, bāpadādā ] n. pl ancestors, forefathers.

বাপধন [ bāpadhana ] n (usu. facet.) a dear son.

বাপন [ bāpana ] n act of causing to sow or weave or shave or tonsure; sowing; weaving; shaving or tonsuring.

বাপান্ত [ bāpānta ] n abusing one by calling names of one's father. বাপান্ত করা same as বাপ তোলা (see বাপ² ।)

বাপী² [ bāpī² ] n (in endearment) father; son.

বাপিত [ bāpita ] a sown; woven; shaved or ton sured.

বাপী [ bāpī ] n a large pond or tank or pool or artificial lake.

বাপু [ bāpu ] int. & n a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expres sion emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু).

বাপের জন্মে [ bāpēra janmē ] adv never in my life (বাপের জন্মে শুনিনি).

বাফতা [ bāphatā ] n taffeta, taffety.

বাবদ [ bābada ] prep on account of. ☐ n. an ac count. এই বাবদ on this account, on ac count of this. কীসের বাবদ on what ac count. কোন বাবদ in which account; on what account.

বাবরি [ bābari ] n a mass of long and curling hair flowing down to a person's neck, a mane. বাবরি-কাটা a. maned, having a mane.

বাবলা [ bābalā ] n the accacia, the bablah, the babul, Acacia arabica. বাবলার আঠা n. gum of accacia.

বাবা2 [ bābā2 ] n a father, (coll.) dad. ☐ int. same as বাপু । বাবাজি n. a reverend father; a title applied to ascetics esp. to the Vaishnav ascetics; a term for address ing a son or a junior person. ̃জীবন n. a term for addressing a son-in-law or a son or a junior person.

বাবাঃ [ bābāḥ ] int denoting: fright, amazement etc.

বাবু [ bābu ] n a title affixed to the name of a gentleman, Mr (হরিবাবু); a clerk (হেড অফিসের বড়বাবু); a Baboo, a babu; a male member of a family (ঘোষেদের মেজোবাবু); a proprietor; a master, an employer; an officer; a landlord; (in endearment) a husband, a father, a son, a junior person; a gentleman; a fop, a dandy. ☐ a. given to luxury; dainty, fastidious; foppish; lazy. বাবু চাকর a dandy of a servant; a dainty servant; a lazy servant. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. indul gence in luxury; daintiness, fastidious ness, foppishness, foppery, dandyism. ̃জি, ̃মশাই n. a respectful term for ad dressing a man.

বাবুই [ bābui ] n the weaver bird, the widow bird. বাবুই তুলসী n. a kind of wild basil.

বাবুর্চি [ bāburci ] n (Mus.) a cook or chef. ̃খানা n. a cookhouse, a kitchen.

বাম² [ bāma² ] n the left; Shiva (শিব). ☐ a. left (বামপার্শ্ব); antipathetic (বিধি বাম); beautiful (বামলোচনা).

বামন¹ [ bāmana¹ ] n the fifth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) in the shape of a dwarf; a dwarf, a durgan.

বামন² [ bāmana² ] n a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this.

বামপন্হী [ bāmapanhī ] n. & a (in pol.) a leftist; leftist.

বামা [ bāmā ] n a beautiful woman; a woman.

বামাক্ষী [ bāmākṣī ] n a fair-eyed woman.

বামাচার [ bāmācāra ] n a religious practice, prescribed in Tantrism, to be performed by a man in collaboration with a woman. বামাচারী n. a follower of this practice.

বামাবর্ত, বামাবর্তী [ bāmābarta, bāmābartī ] a sinistrose; counter clockwise; sinistral.

বামেতর [ bāmētara ] a right.

বামোরু [ bāmōru ] n a woman with elegant thighs.

বায়না¹ [ bāẏanā¹ ] n an insistent and unreasonable or capricious demand; pretext, an ex cuse.

বায়না² [ bāẏanā² ] n earnest money. বায়না করা v. to deposit or advance earnest money.

বায়নাক্কা [ bāẏanākkā ] n a detailed description, details; fastidiousness or capriciousness or un reasonable insistence about details; a pretext, an excuse.

বায়নানামা, বায়নাপত্র [ bāẏanānāmā, bāẏanāpatra ] n a conditional agree ment of bargain drawn up on payment of earnest money.

বায়ব, বায়বীয়, বায়ব্য [ bāẏaba, bāẏabīẏa, bāẏabya ] a aerial, atmo spheric; ethereal; etherial; aerobic; airy; pneumatic; gaseous; aerological; relating to the wind. বায়ব অবরোহ, বায়ব মূল (bot.) an aerial root. বায়ব প্রতিসরণ (astr.) atmospheric refraction. বায়বীয়াকার a. aeriform.

বায়স [ bāẏasa ] n the crow. fem. বায়সী ।

বায়ু [ bāẏu ] n air; wind; breeze; the atmosphere, sky; (Hindu phil.) any of the five vital airs; (Hindu med.) a vital humour; flatulence; neurosis. অধিগ্রাহ্য বায়ু complement air. অধিত্যাজ বায়ু supple mental air. অশুদ্ধ বায়ু impure air. আদ্যবায়ু n. supplemental air. আয়নবায়ু n. trade wind. দূষিত বায়ু vitiated air. নিয়তবায়ু n. constant wind. প্রত্যায়ন-বায়ু n. anti-trade wind. প্রবাহী বায়ু tidal air. প্রেষগ্রাহ্য বায়ু complemental air. বিশুদ্ধ বায়ু fresh air. মুক্তবায়ু n. open air. শিষ্টবায়ু residual air. ̃কোণ n. the north-west. ̃কোষ n. an airbladder; an air-cell. ̃গতিবিদ্যা n. aerodynamics. ̃গর্ভ n. an air-core. ̃গহ্বর n. an air-pocket. ̃গ্রস্ত a. neu rotic; a bit touched; (rare) flatulent. ̃চলাচল, ̃চলন n. ventilation. ̃চাপ n. (phys.) atmospheric pressure. ̃চোষক n. (phys.) an aspirator. ̃চ্ছেদ n. air gap. ̃জীবী a. (esp. bot.) aerobic. ̃তত্ত্ব n. pneumatics. ̃তরঙ্গ n. a wind wave; a current of air. ̃তাড়িত a. wind-driven. ̃দেবতা n. the wind-god. ̃ধারকত্ব n. (chem.) vital capacity. ̃নিয়ন্ত্রিত a. airconditioned. ̃নিষ্কাশনযন্ত্র n. an airpump. ̃পথ n. the airway. ̃পরাগিত a. (bot.) wind-pollinated. ̃পরিবর্তন n. a change of air. বায়ুপরিবর্তন করা v. to go to a new region to have a change of air. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream of air, an air current; a gust of wind. ̃প্রেষ n. (phys.) atmo spheric pressure. ̃প্রেষক n. an air-com pressor. ̃প্রেষদৃক n. a baroscope. ̃প্রেষলিক n. a barograph. ̃বেগ n. ve locity or speed of wind. ̃বেগমাপক n. (phys.) an anemometer. ̃বেগে adv. as speedily or swiftly as the wind. ̃ভক্ষণ n. (lit.) act of eating nothing but air; act of going without food, fasting. ̃মণ্ডল n. the atmosphere. ̃মণ্ডলীয় a. atmospheric. ̃মান n. an aerometer; a barometer. ̃মানবিদ্যা n. aerometry. ̃যান n. an aircraft. ̃যুদ্ধ, আকাশযুদ্ধ n. aerial battle. ̃রন্ধ্র n. an air-pore; an air-space. ̃রোগ n. neurosis; flatulence. ̃রোগী n. a neurotic; a patient of flatulency. ̃রোধী a. airtight. ̃সঞ্চালন n. ventila tion. ̃সেনা n. Air Force. বায়ুসেবন করা v. to take the air, to have an airing. ̃সেবনার্থ a. & adv. for an airing; for purpose of taking fresh air. ̃স্তর n. any one of the different layers of air. ̃স্হলী n. an air-bladder.

বায়েন [ bāẏēna ] n a player on a musical instrument of percussion.

বায়োস্কোপ [ bāẏōskōpa ] n cinema, bioscope.

বার² [ bāra² ] n a royal court, a durbar; (of princes etc.) a sitting or presence in a court ('বার দিয়া বসিয়াছে বীরসিংহ রায়'); an appearance before applicants or visitors or in public esp. in state (জমিদার বা গুরু আজ বার দেবেন).

বার³ [ bāra³ ] n a day (রবিবার); a fixed or allotted day (হাটবার); a day of the week (আজ কী বার); an occasion, a time (দুবার); a turn (দেখি তোমার বারে কেমন খেলো).

বারই¹ [ bāri¹ ] n dial. corrup. of বারুজীবী ।

বারইয়ারি, বারোয়ারি [ bāriẏāri, bārōẏāri ] a performed by the public for the public, public; joint, combined. ☐ n. a public function orga nized by the public.

বারংবার [ bārambāra ] adv again and again, time and again, repeatedly.

বারক [ bāraka ] a prohibitive; prohibitory; preven tive; resistive.

বারকোশ [ bārakōśa ] n a large wooden tray.

বারণ¹ [ bāraṇa¹ ] n the elephant.

বারণ² [ bāraṇa² ] n prohibition; prevention; resis tance. বারণ করা v. to prohibit; to pre vent; to resist. বারণীয় a. capable of be ing prohibited; preventible; resistible. বারণোপায় n. a preventive measure.

বারদরিয়া [ bāradariẏā ] n the open ocean, high seas.

বারফটকা [ bāraphaṭakā ] a given to dissipated frolicking away from one's dwelling-place; given to absenteeism.

বারফট্টাই [ bāraphaṭṭāi ] n bragging; ridiculous ostenta tiousness, pomposity. বারফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to indulge in pompous display.

বারবরদার [ bārabaradāra ] n a porter; a traveller's lug gage-carrying attendant. বারবরদারি n. porterage; service of a traveller's lug gage-carrying attendant.

বারবেলা [ bārabēlā ] n (astrol.) a part of the day re garded as inauspicious for undertaking any important work (religious or other).

বারব্রত [ bārabrata ] n holy rites.

বারমুখ্যা [ bāramukhyā ] n a leading prostitute; (loos.) a courtezan.

বারয়িতা [ bāraẏitā ] n a prohibiter, a prohibitor; a preventer. fem. বারয়িত্রী ।

বারশিঙ্গা, বারশিঙা [ bāraśiṅgā, bāraśiṅā ] n a kind of deer having six branches in either of its two horns.

বারা [ bārā ] v (poet.) to prohibit; to prevent; to ward off; to resist.

বারাঙ্গনা [ bārāṅganā ] n a public woman, a harlot, a prostitute, a whore.

বারান্তর [ bārāntara ] n another time, a different occa sion. বারান্তরে adv. at another time; on a different occasion.

বারান্দা [ bārāndā ] n a (roofed or open) portico or corridor, a veranda, a verandah; a bal cony.

বারি [ bāri ] n water. ̃দ n. cloud. ̃ধারা n. a shower or stream or torrent of rain. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the sea; the ocean. ̃পাত n. rainfall; a shower of rain. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream or current of water. ̃বাহ n. cloud. ̃মণ্ডল n. the hydrosphere. ̃রাশি n. a mass of water (esp. of a sea or a river).

বারিত [ bārita ] a prohibited; prevented; warded off; resisted; (chiefly law) barred (তামাদিদোষে বারিত = barred by limita tion).

বারীন্দ্র, বারীশ [ bārīndra, bārīśa ] n the occean.

বারুজীবী [ bārujībī ] n a Hindu caste occupied in growing and selling betel-leaves; one of this caste.

বারুণী [ bāruṇī ] n a variety of wine; wine; the west; a bathing festival held on the eve of the fourteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight of Chaitra (চৈত্র); the wife of the sea god (cp. Tethys).

বারুদ [ bāruda ] n gunpowder, powder. ̃খানা n. a room for storing gunpowder, a maga zine.

বারেক [ bārēka ] adv (chiefly poet.) once, only once, but for once.

বারেন্দ্র [ bārēndra ] n a native of ancient Gauda গৌড় or North Bengal; one of a class of Bengali Brahmans.

বারে বারে [ bārē bārē ] adv off and on; frequently; time and again.

বারো [ bārō ] n. & a twelve. বারো হাত কাঁকুড়ের তেরো হাত বীচি an instance of unseemly overmuchness. ̃ই n. the twelfth day of a month. বারো মাস ত্রিশ দিন adv. ev ery day; throughout the year. বারো মাসে তেরো পার্বণ overnumerousness of reli gious festivities.

বারোমাসী, বারোমাস্যা [ bārōmāsī, bārōmāsyā ] n the versified ac count of the weal and woe (usu.) told by a woman; the tale of weal and woe.

বারোমেসে [ bārōmēsē ] a grown or occurring through out the year; perpetual.

বারোয়াঁ, বারোঁয়া [ bārōẏā, m̐bārōm̐ẏā ] n an Indian musical mode.

বার্ণিক [ bārṇika ] n a copyist; a writer; a printer.

বার্তা [ bārtā ] n news, information; a message; a report; a dispatch. ̃জীবী n. a journalist.

বার্তাকু, বার্তাকী [ bārtāku, bārtākī ] n the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine.

বার্তাবহ [ bārtābaha ] n a messenger; a courier.

বার্ধক [ bārdhaka ] n superannuation.

বার্ধক্য [ bārdhakya ] n old age, the vale of years; de crepitude. ̃গ্রস্ত a. old, decrepit.

বার্ধক্যতত্ত্ব, বার্ধক্যবিদ্যা [ bārdhakyatattba, bārdhakyabidyā ] n the study of the problems of old age; gerontology.

বার্নিশ [ bārniśa ] n varnish. বার্নিশ করা v. to varnish.

বার্লি [ bārli ] n barley.

বার্ষিক [ bārṣika ] a yearly, annual. ☐ n. an annual grant or pension; an annuity; (loos.) an annual publication or issue (esp. of a periodical). বার্ষিক গতি annual motion, revolution (as opp. to rotation). বার্ষিক লম্বন annual parallax. বার্ষিক বৃত্তি annu ity. বার্ষিকী n. a religious rite to be per formed annually; an anniversary (মৃত্যু বার্ষিকী); an annual publication or issue (esp. of a periodical).

বাল [ bāla ] n a male child, a boy; (in comp.) a child. ̃ক্রীড়া n. boyish sport; a child's play. ̃খিল্য n. (myth.) any one of the sixty thousand ascetics who were not more than a thumb in height; a Lilliputian, a midget, a pygmy. ̃চর্যা n. bringing up children. ̃চাপল্য n. child ish flippancy or frolicsomeness. ̃বাচ্চা n. young or infant children, (sl.) kiddies, ̃বিধবা n. a child-widow. ̃বৈধব্য n. widowhood at a very early age. ̃ভাষিত n. the utterance of a child like talk or prattle; (fig.) an utterance of no importance, babble. ̃রোগ n. a children's disease; an infantile disease, (med.) pediatric diseases. ̃শশী n. the moon of the second lunar night of a light fortnight. ̃সুলভ a. childlike, childish. ̃সূর্য n. the newly-risen sun; the rising sun.

বালক [ bālaka ] n a boy, a male child; a tyro (রাজনীতিতে সে বালক); a greenhorn. ̃কাল n. childhood days, boyhood. ̃তা ̃ত্ব n. boyhood. ̃বয়স same as বালককাল । ̃ভৃত্য n. a boy-servant; a page. ̃সুলভ, বালকোচিত a. boyish; childish.

বালতি [ bālati ] n a pail; a pailful (এক বালতি জল).

বাল্ব [ bālba ] n an electric bulb.

বালসানো [ bālasānō ] v (of a child) to catch cold or become ill.

বালা¹ [ bālā¹ ] n. fem a female child; a girl; a young woman; a daughter.

বালা² [ bālā² ] n a bangle for the wrist.

বালাই [ bālāi ] n an evil, a harm; a pest. ☐ int. an utterance to revoke a former utterance or to counteract a possible harm. (cp.) God forbid (বালাই, তুমি কেন মরবে?). বালাই নিয়ে মরা to die taking away with oneself all harm that may occur to an other. বালাই ষাট same as বালাই (int.).

বালাখানা [ bālākhānā ] n a building with two or more stories; a room in an upper story.

বালাম [ bālāma ] n a superior variety of rice; a boat for carrying this rice.

বালামচি [ bālāmaci ] n horse-hair.

বালার্ক [ bālārka ] n the newly-risen sun.

বালি [ bāli ] n sand; gravel; grit. বালি ধরানো v. (in building construction) to plaster. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. sandy; full of sand. বালির বাঁধ (fig.) an ineffectual action or mea sure (বালির বাঁধ দিয়ে দুঃখ ঠেকানো); (fig.) a transitory object, a deceptive founda tion ('বড়র পীরিতি বালির বাঁধ').বালির প্রাসাদ (fig.) a house of cards; a very transitory or deceptive foundation.

বালিকা [ bālikā ] n. fem a female child, a girl; a young woman. ̃বধূ n. a child-wife. ̃বয়স n. girlhood. ̃সুলভ a. girlish; childish.

বালিঘড়ি [ bālighaḍ়i ] n a sand-glass.

বালিয়াড়ি [ bāliẏāḍ়i ] n a dune, a sand-hill.

বালিশ [ bāliśa ] n a pillow or a bolster.

বালু, বালুকা [ bālu, bālukā ] n sand; gravel; grit. বালুকাতট n. a sand-band. বালুকাময় a. sandy, full of sand. বালুচর n. a sand-bed. বালুঝড় n. a sand-storm; a simoom, a simoon. বালুশিলা n. sandstone.

বালেন্দু [ bālēndu ] n the moon of second lunar night of the light fortnight; (geog.) the cres cent. ̃শৃঙ্গ n. (geog.) horns of the cres cent.

বাল্য [ bālya ] n age up to one's sixteenth birth day; boyhood or girlhood, childhood, infancy. ̃কাল n. childhood, infancy. ̃প্রণয়, ̃প্রেম n. calf-love; childhood friendship. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of one's childhood days. ̃বিধবা same as বালবিধবা । see বাল ।̃বিবাহ n. early mar riage, child-marriage. ̃শিক্ষা n. child education; primary education. ̃সখা same as বাল্যবন্ধু । ̃সস্গী, ̃সহচর n. a companion of one's childhood days. বাল্যাবস্হা n. childhood.

বাশুলি [ bāśuli ] n a female deity of Bengal identi fied with Chandi (চণ্ডী).

বাষট্টি [ bāṣaṭṭi ] n. & a sixty-two.

বাষ্প [ bāṣpa ] n vapour; steam; smoke; tears (বাষ্পপূর্ণ নয়ন); (fig.) faintest knowl edge or appearance, ghost (সম্ভাবনার বাষ্পও নেই = there is not the ghost of a chance). বাষ্প হওয়া v. to be vaporized; to evaporate. ̃চালিত a. steam-driven. ̃টান n. (phys.) vapour-tension. ̃দাহ n. scald. ̃পোত n. a steam-vessel, a steamship, a steamer. ̃মান n. a hy grometer; a gasometer. ̃মোচন n. weeping; (bot.) transpiration. ̃যান, ̃শকট n. a stream-driven vehicle; a railway train. ̃স্নান n. a vapour bath. বাষ্পাকার a. in the form of vapour, va porous. বাষ্পাকুল a. filled with or steam ing with tears. বাষ্পাকুল নয়ন tearful eyes, steaming eyes; (sl.) piping eyes. বাষ্পীকরণ, বাষ্পীভবন n. vaporization; evaporation. বাষ্পীকৃত, বাষ্পীভূত, a. vapor ized; evaporated: বাষ্পীয় a. relating to steam or vapour; vapoury; vaporous; steam-driven. বাষ্পীয়যান, বাষ্পীয়শকট same as বাষ্পযান ।

বাস¹ [ bāsa¹ ] n an omnibus, a bus.

বাস² [ bāsa² ] n smell (good or bad).

বাস³ [ bāsa³ ] n a dwelling-place, an abode; home; a habitation (মানুষের বাস দেখা যায় না); a habitat; staying, stay, residence (বিদেশবাস); cloth (পট্টবাস); clothing, garment, habiliments. বাস করা v. to live; to dwell; to abide, to reside; to stay.

বাসক² [ bāsaka² ] n a bedchamber, a bedroom. ̃শয়ন n. a bed in the bedchamber. ̃সজ্জা, বাসসজ্জা n. a woman who tidies up her bedchamber and dresses herself to receive her expected lover.

বাসকক্ষ [ bāsakakṣa ] n a bedroom, a bedchamber; (cp.) a living-room.

বাসগৃহ [ bāsagṛha ] n a dwelling-house.

বাসন¹ [ bāsana¹ ] n perfuming; incensing.

বাসন² [ bāsana² ] n a vessel or container; a utensil. ̃কোসন n. pl. utensils collectively.

বাসনা¹ [ bāsanā¹ ] n a dried bark or spathe of the ba nana and other plants.

বাসনা² [ bāsanā² ] n desire, longing; wish; inten tion. বাসনা করা বা হওয়া v. to desire, to long (for); to wish; to intend. ̃কুল a. seized or overwhelmed with passion or desire.

বাসন্ত, বাসন্তিক [ bāsanta, bāsantika ] a of spring or springtime, vernal. বাসন্তী a. fem. vernal; light or ange-coloured (বাসন্তীবাস পরা). ☐ n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). বাসন্তীপূজা n. a spring-festival when Goddess Durga is worshipped.

বাসব [ bāsaba ] n Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods.

বাসভবন [ bāsabhabana ] n a dwelling-house; a residence.

বাসভূমি [ bāsabhūmi ] n place or country of residence; home country; motherland.

বাসযোগ্য [ bāsayōgya ] a habitable.

বাসর¹ [ bāsara¹ ] n a day (জন্মবাসর); a day of the week or a gathering on a particular day (রবিবাসর).

বাসর², বাসরঘর [ bāsara², bāsaraghara ] n a bride-chamber. বাসরশয্যা n. bridal bed.

বাসরীয় [ bāsarīẏa ] a pertaining to a (particular) day (রবিবাসরীয়).

বাসস্হান [ bāsashāna ] n a dwelling-place, an abode; a residence; a habitat.

বাসা¹ [ bāsā¹ ] v to deem or feel (বেসেছি ভালো).

বাসা² [ bāsā² ] n a medicinal plant, Justicia gandrussa. বাসারিষ্ট n. extract of Justicia gandrussa.

বাসা³ [ bāsā³ ] n a dwelling-house; a dwelling place; a lodging-house; a rented or temporary residence; a habitat or a nest; (dero.) a haunt, a den (চোরের বাসা, দুর্নীতির বাসা). ̃ড়িয়া, ̃ড়ে n. a lodger. ̃বাড়ি n. a rented lodging-house.

বাসি [ bāsi ] a washed; placed for washing; not washed or cleansed since morning (বাসি মুখ, বাসি ঘর); stale, not fresh (বাসি দুধ, বাসি খবর); used or made or collected etc. overnight (বাসি কাপড় বা ভাত বা মাল বা জল). বাসি করা v. to wash (কাপড় বাসি করা). বাসি বিয়ে solemnities to be per formed on the morning following the wedding night. বাসি মড়া the body of a person dead overnight.

বাসিত [ bāsita ] a perfumed; scented.

-বাসিনী [ -bāsinī ] fem of -বাসী² ।

বাসিন্দা [ bāsindā ] n an inhabitant, a native; a resi dent, an inmate; a dweller.

বাসুকি [ bāsuki ] n (myth.) the snake-king.

বাসুদেব [ bāsudēba ] n Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) the son of Vasudeva (বসুদেব).

বাস্তব [ bāstaba ] a true, genuine; real; factual; ac tual; objective; material; materialistic. ☐ n. truth; reality; (phys.) an objective. বাস্তব তথ্য facts. ̃তা n. trueness, genu ineness; reality; factuality; actuality; objectivity; materiality. ̃বাদ n. real ism; objectivism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. realistic; objectivistic; materialistic. ☐ n. a realist; an objectivist; a materialist.

বাস্তবিক [ bāstabika ] a true, real, actual; sure. ☐ adv. indeed, really. ̃পক্ষে adv. as a matter of fact.

বাস্তব্য [ bāstabya ] a habitable. ̃বিদ্যা n. (bio.) ecol ogy.

বাস্তু [ bāstu ] n a dwelling-place; a dwelling; a dwelling-house; a piece of land on which a dwelling-house stands, a homestead; (also বাস্তুভিটা); a perma nent and usually ancestral homestead (also বাস্তুগৃহ); buildings. ̃কর্ম n. build ing-construction; public works. ̃কার n. a civil engineer. ̃কৃত্যক n. the engi neering service. ̃ঘুঘু n. (fig.) a vile person who resides irremovably in a family and brings it to ruin. ̃দেবতা ̃পুরুষ n. the guardian or tutelar deity of a homestead or family. ̃ভিটা n. homestead. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for dwelling. ̃সাপ n. a snake living in a house for a long time and without harming anybody. ̃হারা a. displaced from a homestead. ☐ n. a displaced person.

-বাহ [ -bāha ] sfx denoting: carrying, bearing, conveying (ভারবাহ).

বাহক [ bāhaka ] a carrying, bearing, conveying. ☐ n. a carrier, a bearer (বাহক মারফত); a porter; (rare) a conveyance.

বাহন [ bāhana ] n a riding animal, a mount; a ve hicle; a medium (শিক্ষার বাহন); (iron.) a faithful follower; (dial.) rowing. ☐ sfx. denoting: mounting on (মহিষবাহন).

বাহা² [ bāhā² ] v the High Bengali form of বাওয়া² ।

বাহাত্তর [ bāhāttara ] n. & a seventy-two. বাহাত্তুরে a. (lit. & rare) aged seventy-two years; (pop. & facet.) senile. বাহাত্তুরে ধরা, বাহাত্তুরে পাওয়া v. to be stricken with se nility.

বাহাদুর [ bāhādura ] a performing a great feat; work ing wonders; skilful; valorous, brave; creditable, praiseworthy. ☐ n. a title of honour (রায়বাহাদুর). বাহাদুরি n. perfor mance of a great feat; an achievement; skilfulness; a display of skill; valour, bravery; praiseworthiness; credit; (dero.) bravado. বাহাদুরি করা v. to brag; to make a display of skill or bravery. বাহাদুরি দেওয়া v. to give credit. বাহাদুরি দেখানো v. to make a show of skill or courage. বাহাদুরি কাঠ n. the trunk of the sal (শাল) and similar large trees; the timber of the aforesaid trunk.

বাহান্ন [ bāhānna ] n. & a fifty-two. যাহা বাহান্ন তাহা তিপান্ন (fig.) when scores have been lost, what does it matter to lose a little more; the difference is too small to merit serious attention.

বাহার [ bāhāra ] n a beautiful show or exhibition; an ostentatious display; glamour; beauty; an Indian musical mode. বাহারে, বাহারি a. having a beautiful show; showy, osten tatious; glamorous; beautiful.

বাহিকা [ bāhikā ] fem of বাহক ।

বাহিত [ bāhita ] a rowed, steered; propelled; paddled; driven; carried, borne; con veyed; transported; caused to flow. fem. বাহিতা ।

বাহিনী¹ [ bāhinī¹ ] fem of বাহী ।

বাহিনী² [ bāhinī² ] n (ori.) a division of army com prising 81 elephant-riders, 81 chari oteers, 243 horsemen and 45 footsoldiers; an army, a battalion; a river, a stream.

বাহু [ bāhu ] n the arm; (pop.) the hand; (geom.) a side, an arm.

বাহুত্র, বাহুত্রাণ [ bāhutra, bāhutrāṇa ] n an armour for the arm, an arm-plate.

বাহুবন্ধন [ bāhubandhana ] n a hug; an embrace.

বাহুবল [ bāhubala ] n physical strength. ̃দৃপ্ত a. proud of physical stregnth or vigour.

বাহুমূল [ bāhumūla ] n the armpit.

বাহুযুদ্ধ [ bāhuyuddha ] n wrestling; a scuffle.

বাহুল্য [ bāhulya ] n numerousness or muchness; ex cess; superfluity. বলাই বাহুল্য (যে) (it) is needless to say (that); it goes without saying (that). ̃বর্জিত a. shorn of ex cesses or superfluities. ̃বোধে consider ing it superfluous or unnecessary.

বাহ্বাস্ফোট [ bāhbāsphōṭa ] n slapping of one's arms as a mark of parading one's strength or abilities (as done by a wrestler).

বাহ্য² [ bāhya² ] a portable, bearable.

বাহ্য³ [ bāhya³ ] a external; exterior; outer; meterial; visible but unreal or superfi cial (এক বাহ্য). ̃জগত্ n. the material world. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge or con sciousness about external or surround ing objects; sense-perception: con sciousness. ̃জ্ঞানরহিত, ̃জ্ঞানশূন্য a. (so dazed as to be) deprived of conscious ness about external or surrounding ob jects; deprived of sense-perception or consciousness; stupefied; rapt; frantic; beside oneself. ̃ত adv. externally: outwardly; superficially. ̃দৃশ্য n. extern nal or outward view or form. ̃বস্তু n. a visible or material object.

বাহ্যিক [ bāhyika ] a external; outward; material; visible but unreal or superficial.

বাহ্যে [ bāhyē ] n faeces, excrement, stool; evacua tion of the bowels. বাহ্যে করা v. to evacuate one's bowels, to ease or re lieve nature. বাহ্যে করানো v. to purge another's bowels. বাহ্যে পাওয়া v. to have a disposition to evacuate. বাহ্যে যাওয়া v. to go for the purpose of evacuation.

বাহ্যেন্দ্রিয় [ bāhyēndriẏa ] n the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the skin; any one of these five external sense-organs.

বি- [ bi- ] pfx denoting: opposition or antipa thy, and (বিপক্ষ); lack, non-, un (বিকল); badness or wrongness, mis in(বিপথ); speciality or uncommon ness (বিখ্যাত) etc.

বিউলি [ biuli ] n a variety of husked pigeon-pea.

বিংশ [ biṃśa ] a twenty; twentieth. ̃তি n. & a. twenty. বিংশতিতম a. twentieth. fem. বিংশতিতমী ।

বিঁধ [ bin̐dha ] n a bore, a perforation, a hole. বিঁধা, বেঁধা v. to be pierced or pricked; to pierce or prick; to perforate, to bore (কান বেঁধা). বিঁধানো v. to pierce; to prick; to perforate, to bore; to cause to be pierced or pricked or bored.

বিকচ¹ [ bikaca¹ ] a hairless; bald.

বিকচ² [ bikaca² ] a blooming; gleaming ('করুণাকিরণে বিকচ নয়ান').

বিকট [ bikaṭa ] a huge and hideous, monstrous. ̃দর্শন a. monstrous-looking, of a frightful appearance. ̃মূর্তি, বিকটাকার a. monstrously shaped.

বিকম্পিত [ bikampita ] a trembling, rudely shaken.

বিকর্তন [ bikartana ] n the sun.

বিকর্ষণ [ bikarṣaṇa ] n a pull in the opposite direction; (sc.) repulsion.

বিকর্ষী [ bikarṣī ] a pulling in the opposite direc tion; (sc.) repulsive.

বিকল [ bikala ] a lacking in or crippled of a part or limb (বিকলাঙ্গ); worn-out or ex hausted or disabled (বিকল শরীর); im paired or ruined (বিকল স্বাস্হ্য); out of order; out of service (বিকল যন্ত্র); con fused or overwhelmed with worries etc.. harried (বিকল প্রাণ). বিকল করা v. (rare) to cripple; to exhaust or fatigue; to disable; to impair or ruin; to put out of order; to confuse or overwhelm, to harry, to harrow. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. crippledom; exhaustion; disability; im pairment, ruin; unserviceable or disor dered or breakdown state; over whelmed or confused or harried state.

বিকলা [ bikalā ] n a measure of time (= 1/6 কলা), a second.

বিকলাঙ্গ [ bikalāṅga ] a crippled, physically handi capped; having defective limbs; dis abled; (loos.) deformed.বিকলাঙ্গ লোক a cripple.

বিকলেন্দ্রিয় [ bikalēndriẏa ] a having a crippled sense or gan; deformed; crippled.

বিকল্প [ bikalpa ] n an alternative concept; an alter native; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a vari ant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. al ternatively; as a substitute.

বিকশিত [ bikaśita ] a manifested (বিকশিত মহিমা); displayed, exhibited (বিকশিত দন্ত); arisen, cropped up (বিকশিত ভাব); de veloped (বিকশিত বুদ্ধি); opened or wid ened (বিকশিত নেত্র); blown, blooming (বিকশিত পুষ্প). বিকশিত করা v. to mani fest; to display, to exhibit, to show; to cause to rise or crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to cause to bloom. বিকশিত হওয়া v. to be revealed or exhib ited; to arise, to crop up; to develop; to open or widen; to bloom.

বিকানো [ bikānō ] v to be sold, to sell (সস্তায় বিকানো); (fig.) to give away (দেশের কাজে জীবন বিকানো); to be accepted, re ceived warmly or with honour (নামে বিকানো). ☐ a. sold; (fig.) given away.

বিকার [ bikāra ] n deviation from the natural or normal state; perversion, perversity (রুচি বিকার); corruption (চরিত্রবিকার); decomposition (শবদেহের বিকার); aber ration, derangement (মনের বিকার); (loos.) aversion or apathy (নেতৃত্বের প্রতি বিকার); morbidity (যৌনবিকার); de lirium (জ্বরবিকার); a converted or al tered form (স্বর্ণের বিকার হল অলংকার). জ্বরবিকার see জ্বর । বিকারক n. (sc.) a re agent. বিকারক রশ্মি n. (phys.) actinic rays. ̃গ্রস্ত a. perverted; corrupted; (loos.) averse or apathetic; morbid; de lirious. ̃তত্ত্ব n. pathology. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. pathological. ☐ n. a pathologist. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. changed; converted; decomposed.

বিকার্য [ bikārya ] a changeable; prone to change (usu. for the worse).

বিকাল, বিকালবেলা [ bikāla, bikālabēlā ] n the afternoon.

বিকাশ, বিকাশন [ bikāśa, bikāśana ] n a manifestation; dis play, exhibition; act of cropping up or arising; development; opening or wid ening; blooming. বিকাশ পাওয়া same as বিকশিত হওয়া (see বিকশিত). বিকাশোন্মুখ a. on the point of being manifested or ex hibited; on the point of cropping up or arising; about to arise or develop; on the point of development; on the point of opening or widening or blooming.

বিকি [ biki ] n sale. ̃কিনি n. buying and selling; traffic, trafficking.

বিকিরণ [ bikiraṇa ] n diffusion, dispersal, dispersion (as of light or rays); radiation (as of the sun). বিকিরণ করা v. to diffuse, to dis perse.

বিকীর্ণ [ bikīrṇa ] a diffused, dispersed. বিকীর্ণ করা same as বিকিরণ করা । বিকীর্ণ তাপ radi ated or diffused heat.

বিকীর্যমাণ [ bikīryamāṇa ] a in a state of diffusion or ra diation.

বিকৃত [ bikṛta ] a perverted; corrupted, vitiated; decomposed (বিকৃত শব); morbid (বিকৃত মন); deranged; deformed (বিকৃত অঙ্গ); disfigured (বিকৃত চেহারা); mon strous or revolting (বিকৃত মূর্তি). বিকৃত করা v. to pervert; to corrupt, to vitiate; to deprave; to decompose; to affect with morbidity; to derange; to disfig ure; to make unnatural (as voice). ̃কন্ঠ n. unnatural or affected voice; hoarse voice; gruff voice. ☐ a. speaking in an unnatural or affected voice (esp. to conceal one's natural voice); speaking in a hoarse or in a gruff voice. ̃চরিত্র a. corrupted or vitiated in character, depraved. ̃বুদ্ধি a. perverted in thoughts, evil-minded, wrong-headed. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. mentally deranged, insane; crazy. ̃রুচি a. perverted in taste. ☐ n. a perverted taste. ̃স্বভাব a. perverted in nature, peevish. ̃স্বর same as বিকৃতকন্ঠ । বিকৃতি n. perversion; corrup tion, vitiation; decomposition, morbid ity; derangement; deformity; disfigure ment, disfiguration.

বিকেন্দ্রণ [ bikēndraṇa ] n decentralization.

বিকেন্দ্রিত [ bikēndrita ] a decentralized. বিকেন্দ্রিত করা v. to decentralize. বিকেন্দ্রীকরণ same as বিকেন্দ্রণ । বিকেন্দ্রীকৃত same as বিকেন্দ্রিত ।

বিক্রম [ bikrama ] n strength, power, might; valour; prowess. ̃শালী, বিক্রমী a. strong, pow erful, mighty; valorous.

বিক্রয় [ bikraẏa ] n selling, sale. বিক্রয় করা v. to sell. বিক্রয়ার্থ adv. on sale, for sale. ̃কর্তা n. a seller. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃মূল্য n. selling price, sale price. ̃যোগ্য a. salable, saleable; marketable. বিক্রয়িক, বিক্রয়ী same as বিক্রেতা । ̃লব্ধ a. obtained from sale, sale proceeds. ̃সাধ্য a. saleable; marketable.

বিক্রিয়া [ bikriẏā ] n morbid reaction (চিত্তবিক্রিয়া); (sc.) reaction.

বিক্রীড়িত [ bikrīḍ়ita ] n various sports and frolics, gambol.

বিক্রীত [ bikrīta ] a sold.

বিক্রেতা [ bikrētā ] n a seller; a vender, a vendor, a salesman. fem. বিক্রেত্রী ।

বিক্রেয় [ bikrēẏa ] a salable, saleable; marketable; meant for selling. বিক্রেয় দ্রব্য goods on sale, goods for sale.

বিক্ষত [ bikṣata ] a (usu. correl. of ক্ষত) severely wounded or ulcerated.

বিক্ষিপ্ত [ bikṣipta ] a scattered, dispersed, strewn; distracted (বিক্ষিপ্ত চিত্ত বা মন). ̃চিত্ত a. mentally disturbed.

বিক্ষুব্ধ [ bikṣubdha ] a offended, mortified, aggrieved; agitated.

বিক্ষেপ [ bikṣēpa ] n act of throwing about or scat tering; dispersion; flinging or casting or shooting (শরবিক্ষেপ); distraction (মানসিক বিক্ষেপ). বিক্ষেপণ n. (sc.) scatter ing.

বিক্ষোভ [ bikṣōbha ] n offended state, mortification, grief; agitation; (pol.) movement pro voked by discontent, unrest (গণবিক্ষোভ = popular unrest). ̃কারী a. & n. an agitator, one who agitates; a demon strator, one who demonstrates. ̃প্রদর্শন n. demonstration, agitation. বিক্ষোভ প্রদর্শন করা v. (pol.) to demonstrate; to agitate; to organize demonstration.

বিখন্ডিত [ bikhanḍita ] a cut or split, divided; refuted.

বিখাউজ [ bikhāuja ] n eczema.

বিখ্যাত [ bikhyāta ] a famous, renowned, celebrated. বিখ্যাতি n. fame, renown, celebrity.

বিগড়ানো [ bigaḍ়ānō ] v to corrupt or spoil or to be corrupted or spoilt, to send or go to the bad (ছেলে বিগড়ানো); to deprave or be depraved (চরিত্র বিগড়ানো); to confuse or be confused (বুদ্ধি বিগড়ানো); to put or go out of order (কলবিগড়ানো); to make or become disloyal or hostile or unfriendly or refractory (প্রজা বা সাক্ষী বা বন্ধু বা ঘোড়া বিগড়ানো); to upset or be upset (মন বিগড়ানো). মত বিগড়ানো v. to change one's mind.

বিগত [ bigata ] a departed; passed by, gone by; past; dead. বিগত হওয়া v. to depart; to pass by, to pass away. ̃প্রাণ a. dead. ̃যৌবন a. past one's prime or youth. fem. ̃যৌবনা past one's prime. ̃শ্রী a. passed or fallen from one's glory or splendour; one who has lost one's beauty. ̃স্পৃহা a. one who has lost in clination or interest or appetite, ren dered apathetic; one who has con trolled or given up one's desires or cravings or longings.

বিগর্হিত [ bigarhita ] a abominable, detestable; forbid den (শাস্ত্রবিগর্হিত); disgraceful.

বিগলন [ bigalana ] n melting; (chem.) smelting.

বিগলিত [ bigalita ] a thoroughly melted; smelted; exuded; (of dress, bun of hair etc.) di shevelled; thoroughly decomposed or putrefied (বিগলিত শব); (fig.) softened or moved (with compassion, grief etc.). fem. বিগলিতা । বিগলিত করা v. to melt thoroughly; to smelt; to cause to exude; to decompose or putrefy thor oughly; (fig.) to soften or move (with compassion, grief etc.).

বিগুণ [ biguṇa ] a divested of good qualities; cor rupted; hostile.

বিগ্রহ [ bigraha ] n an image of a deity, an idol; body; a war, a battle; a quarrel, a strife; (gr.) the words by which a compound word is expounded (usu. বিগ্রহবাক্য).

বিঘটন [ bighaṭana ] n separation into different compo nent parts, analysis; dissolution; de struction; (loos.) a mishap.

বিঘটিত [ bighaṭita ] a separated into different compo nent parts, analysed; dissolved; de stroyed.

বিঘত [ bighata ] n the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when fingers are extended, a span. ̃প্রমাণ a. equal to a span, about nine inches in length.

বিঘা [ bighā ] n a measure of flat area (= 64 sq. cubits = ⅓ or .33 acre approx). বিঘাকালি n. (arith.) square-measure in terms of bighas (বিঘা).

বিঘুর্ণন [ bighurṇana ] n (High Beng.) thorough revolu tion; wild or dreadful rolling (অক্ষিবিঘূর্ণন); reeling (মস্তকবিঘূর্ণন).

বিঘুর্ণিত [ bighurṇita ] a thoroughly revolved; wildly or dreadfully rolling (বিঘূর্ণিত নেত্র); reel ing (বিঘূর্ণিত মস্তক). বিঘূর্ণিত করা v. to re volve thoroughly; to roll dreadfully; to reel. মস্তক বিঘুর্ণিত করা v. to make one giddy; to bewilder; (fig.) to infatuate with success, to turn one's head.

বিঘোষিত [ bighōṣita ] a extensively announced or proclaimed. বিঘোষিত করা v. to an nounce or proclaim extensively.

বিঘ্ন [ bighna ] n an obstacle or impediment; a hin drance; a hitch; harm, woe. বিঘ্ন উত্পাদন বা সৃষ্টি করা v. to create a hitch or im pediment. ̃কর a. obstructive, hinder ing, impeding; creating a hitch. ̃কারী a. & n. one who impedes or creates a hitch or trouble. ˜নাশক, ̃নাশন, ̃বিনাশন, ̃হর, ̃হারী a. removing ob stacles or impediments or harms or woes. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. full of obstacles or impediments; with so many obstacles or hitches. বিঘ্নিত a. hindered, impeded, obstructed.

বিচক্ষণ [ bicakṣaṇa ] a judicious, discreet; wise; expe rienced; farsighted; expert, adroit. ̃তা n. judiciousness, discreetness; discre tion; prudence; wisdom; experience; experiencedness; farsightedness; ex pertness, adroitness.

বিচঞ্চল [ bicañcala ] a greatly agitated.

বিচরণ [ bicaraṇa ] n roaming, wandering, loitering; a ramble. বিচরণ করা v. to ramble, to wander, to loiter. ̃কারী a. wandering, roaming; one who wanders or roams or rambles. ̃শীল a. same as বিচরণকারী ।

বিচর্চিকা [ bicarcikā ] n herpes, scabies, itch, eczema etc.; any skin disease.

বিচলন [ bicalana ] n agitation, perturbation; swerv ing, straying.

বিচলিত, বিচল [ bicalita, bicala ] a agitated, perturbed; swerving, deviation, straying, strayed (ধর্মপথ থেকে বিচলিত); wavering. বিচলিত করা v. to agitate, to perturb; to cause to swerve or stray or waver. বিচলিত হওয়া v. to be agitated or moved; to deviate or swerve. fem. বিচলিতা, বিচলা ।

বিচার [ bicāra ] n consideration, deliberation; ar gument; discussion; decision; infer ence; a (judicial) trial; judgment, find ing. কাজির বিচার (derog.) mockery or travesty of justice. বিচার করা v. to con sider, to deliberate; to argue; to dis cuss; to decide; to infer; to try (judi cially); to judge. ̃ক, ̃কর্তা n. a judge; a justice. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । বিচারকমন্ডলী n. the judges; The Bench. বিচার করণিক n. a judicial clerk. ̃কার্য n. trial; judgment. ̃ক্ষম a. able or authorized to judge. ̃ক্ষমতা n. ability to judge; competence or authority to judge. ̃ণীয় same as বিচার্য ।̃দেয়ক n. courtfee, ̃পতি n. a judge; a justice. ̃পদ্ধতি, ̃ব্যবস্হা n. the judicial system; the legal procedure. ̃বিবেচনা n. deliberation, consideration; proper or due consideration. ̃বিভাগ n. the judiciary; the judges of a state col lectively. ̃ফল n. finding, judgment, verdict. ̃বিভ্রাট n. miscarriage of jus tice, a travesty of justice. ̃বিহীন, ̃শূন্য a. lacking in judgment, unjust; incon siderate; indiscriminate. বিচারা poet. form of বিচার করা । বিচারাধীন a. under investigation; on trial; sub judice, un der judicial consideration. বিচারালয় n. a court of justice, a law-court, a court. বিচারাসন n. a judgment-seat, the bench. বিচারিত a. considered, deliberated; ar gued; discussed; decided, adjudged; in ferred; (judicially) tried; judged, adju dicated. বিচারী a. one who considers or judges (সুবিচারী).

বিচার্য [ bicārya ] a that which is to be or can be judged or tried or considered; under consideration or trial.

বিচালি [ bicāli ] n paddy-straw, paddy-hay.

বিচি [ bici ] n a stone or seed of a fruit. বিচিগজগজে a. full of seeds.

বিচিকিচ্ছি [ bicikicchi ] a extremely ugly; odd-looking; very unpleasant (বিচিকিচ্ছি ব্যাপার); very troublesome (বিচিকিচ্ছি কাজ বা অঙ্ক). বিচিকিচ্ছি অবস্হায় ফেলা v. to put (one) in a false position or embarrass ing situation.

বিচিত্র [ bicitra ] a multi-coloured, many-coloured; variegated, motley; variedly painted (বিচিত্র চিত্র); full of variety or diversity or vicissitudes (বিচিত্র জগত্ বা জীবন); multifarious (বিচিত্র ক্রিয়াকলাপ); amaz ing, wonderful (বিচিত্র লীলা, বিচিত্র প্রতিভা); queer, strange (বিচিত্র প্রাণী); beautiful (বিচিত্র শোভা). fem. বিচিত্রা । ̃তা n. variety; strangeness, queerness. এটা বিচিত্র নয় (যে) it is no wonder (that). ̃বর্ণ a. multi-coloured, variegated. বিচিত্রানুষ্ঠান n. a musical entertainment; variety en tertainment; a soiree. বিচিত্রিত a. varie gated; variously painted. fem. বিচিত্রিতা ।

বিচূর্ণ [ bicūrṇa ] a thoroughly pounded; pulverized, triturated; completely broken or frac tured, broken or fractured at several places (বিচূর্ণ অস্হি). ☐ n. a fine powder. বিচূর্ণ করা v. to pound thoroughly; to pul verize, to triturate; to break completely or at several places. ̃ন n. thorough pounding; pulverization, trituration; act of breaking completely or at several places. বিচূর্ণিত a. same as বিচূর্ণ (a.) বিচূর্ণীভবন n. (geog.) weathering.

বিচেতন [ bicētana ] a unconscious, senseless.

বিচেষ্ট, বিচেষ্টিত [ bicēṣṭa, bicēṣṭita ] a making no effort, unendeavouring; desisting from. বিচেষ্ট বা বিচেষ্টিত হওয়া v. to give up efforts; to desist from.

বিচ্ছিন্ন [ bicchinna ] a separated; torn or broken away; detached; isolated; estranged; stray or sporadic. fem. বিচ্ছিন্না । বিচ্ছিন্ন করা v. to separate; to tear or break away; to de tach; to isolate; to estrange; to alienate. বিচ্ছিন্নতা n. separation; detachment; iso lation; secession; estrangement; alien ation; lack of compactness, strayness. বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদ n. separatism; disintegra tion. বিচ্ছিন্নতাবাদী n. & a. separatist; a separatist.

বিচ্ছু [ bicchu ] n the scorpion; (fig.) a very clever but naughty and mischievous person; (ছেলেটা একটা বিচ্ছু). ☐ a. (fig.) very clever but mischievous (বিচ্ছু ছেলে).

বিচ্ছুরণ [ bicchuraṇa ] n (ori. & obs.) smearing or paint ing; (pop.) dispersion (as of rays); ra diation (as of light); emanation.

বিচ্ছুরিত [ bicchurita ] a (ori. & obs.) smeared or painted: (pop.) dispersed (as rays); ra diated (as light), scattered. বিচ্ছুরিত করা v. to disperse; to radiate; to cause to emanate or scatter.

বিচ্ছেদ [ bicchēda ] n separation; estrangement; dis cord, disintegration, dissension; differ ence; an interval; intermission (জ্বরবিচ্ছেদ). বিচ্ছেদ-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the law of distribution. ̃বেদনা n. the pang of separation, the woes of estrangement. ̃মূলক a. separatist; alienating; dissent ing; disintegrating.

বিচ্যুত [ bicyuta ] a detached; fallen off, shed; sepa rated; estranged; deviating or strayed from. fem. বিচ্যুতা । বিচ্যুত হওয়া v. to be detached or shed or separated or es tranged; to turn away, to deviate or stray; to fail to observe or execute. বিচ্যুতি n. detachment; shedding; separa tion; estrangement; deviation, straying, dereliction.

বিছা [ bichā ] n the scorpion; a kind of broad necklace (usu. বিছাহার).

বিছানা [ bichānā ] n a bed. বিছানা করা, বিছানা পাতা v. to make a bed. বিছানা নেওয়া v. to keep one's bed; take to one's bed, take to bed; to be ill.

বিছানো [ bichānō ] v to spread (মাদুর বিছানো); to scatter or strew or lay (কাঁকর বিছানো).

বিছুটি [ bichuṭi ] n a variety of nettle.

বিজকুড়ি [ bijakuḍ়i ] n pimple-like eruption or rash.

বিজড়িত [ bijaḍ়ita ] a intertwined; entangled; in volved in; begone (দুঃখবিজড়িত = woe begone); beset with (মেঘবিজড়িত); em barrassed or encumbered or involved (দেনায় বিজড়িত). বিজড়িত করা n. to inter twine; to entangle; to involve (in); to beset (with); to embarrass or encumber (with.).

বিজন [ bijana ] a lonely, solitary, desolate.

বিজন্মা [ bijanmā ] a bastard, illegitimate.

বিজবিজ [ bijabija ] int denoting; repugnant crowd ing as of worms (পোকা বিজবিজ করছে).

বিজয় [ bijaẏa ] n victory, triumph; conquest (ভারতবিজয়); subdual or vanquishment (দানববিজয়); success (কর্মে বিজয়লাভ); (obs.) act of going. ̃অভিযান n. a march for victory, a march for con quests; a victory march. ̃কেতন n. the banner of victory. ̃গর্ব n. pride of vic tory. ̃দৃপ্ত a. proud of victory, flushed with victory; triumphant. ̃লক্ষী n. the goddess of victory (cp. Minerva). বিজয়লাভ করা v. to be victorious or suc cessful. ̃স্তম্ভ n. monument com memorating a victory, a victory pillar or column. বিজয়া n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a female companion of Durga; the day on which the image of Durga is immersed (usu. বিজয়াদশমী). বিজয়া সংগীত n. any one of the songs about Durga's going to her husband's house leaving her paternal home. বিজয়ী a. victorious, triumphant; conquering; vanquishing. ☐ n. a victor; a con queror; a vanquisher. fem. বিজয়িনী । বিজয়োত্সব n. celebration of victory; ex ultation for victory or success, tri umph. বিজয়োত্সব করা v. to celebrate a victory. বিজয়োন্মত্ত a. beside oneself with joy for victory or success, madly rejoicing on account of victory or suc cess. বিজয়োল্লসিত a. triumphant, exult ant. বিজয়োল্লাস n. exultation for victory or success, triumph.

বিজলি, বিজলী [ bijali, bijalī ] n lightning; electricity. ̃তার n. electric wire. ̃পাখা n. an elec tric fan. ̃বাতি n. an electric light or lamp.

বিজাতি [ bijāti ] n a different race or caste; a hos tile race.

বিজাতীয় [ bijātīẏa ] a pertaining to a different nation or race (বিজাতীয় বেশভূষা); heteroge neous (বিজাতীয় ভেদ); very strong, ter rible, deadly (বিজাতীয় আক্রোশ).

বিজারণ [ bijāraṇa ] n reduction.

বিজিগীষা [ bijigīṣā ] n desire for attaining victory or success.

বিজিগীষু [ bijigīṣu ] a desirous of victory or success.

বিজিত [ bijita ] a defeated, vanquished; con quered; subdued. fem. বিজিতা ।

বিজিতেন্দ্রীয় [ bijitēndrīẏa ] a (of one) who has mastered passions, having control over desires and passions, self-controlled.

বিজৃম্ভণ [ bijṛmbhaṇa ] n yawning; a yawn.

বিজেয় [ bijēẏa ] a capable of being defeated, van quishable; conquerable.

বিজোড় [ bijōḍ় ] a odd, uneven; separated from the partner, unpaired, uncoupled; disjoined. বিজোড় সংখ্যা an odd number.

বিজ্ঞ [ bijña ] a learned, erudite; wise; experi enced; expert; judicious, prudent. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. erudition, learning; wisdom; ex perience; expertness; judiciousness, prudence.

বিজ্ঞপ্তি [ bijñapti ] n a notice, a circular; a bill; a placard; an advertisement or a notifica tion.

বিজ্ঞা [ bijñā ] fem of বিজ্ঞ ।

বিজ্ঞাত [ bijñāta ] a well-informed, au fait; well known; distinguished, famous.

বিজ্ঞান [ bijñāna ] n science. ̃চর্চা, বিজ্ঞানানুশীলন n. cul tivation of science. ̃বিদ, ̃বেত্তা, বিজ্ঞানী a. versed in science. ☐ n. a scientist.

বিজ্ঞাপন [ bijñāpana ] n notification, announcement; a notice, a circular, a bill, a placard, an official bulletin, an advertisement; pe titioning, supplication; a petition. বিজ্ঞাপন দেওয়া n. to advertise; to notify, to announce; to bill. ̃দাতা n. an adver tiser. fem. ̃দাত্রী । বিজ্ঞাপনীয় a. fit to be notified or announced or advertised; fit to be petitioned for.

বিজ্ঞাপিত [ bijñāpita ] a notified, announced; circu lated, proclaimed; billed, advertised; petitioned, supplicated.

বিজ্ঞেয় [ bijñēẏa ] a that which is to be learned thor oughly or particularly.

বিট¹ [ biṭa¹ ] n a round or course (as of postman or watchman); a beat.

বিট² [ biṭa² ] n a bulbous plant, beet.

বিটকেল [ biṭakēla ] a hideous or monstrous (বিটকেল মূর্তি); abominable or repulsive (বিটকেল গন্ধ); very ludicrous or queer (বিটকেল ব্যাপার); given to playing antics or cracking practical jokes; of a queer sort (বিটকেল লোক). বিটকেলমি n. practice of playing antics or cracking practical jokes.

বিটঙ্ক [ biṭaṅka ] n a pigeon-house, a dovecote; a trap for catching brids, a fowling-net.

বিটনুন, বিটলবণ [ biṭanuna, biṭalabaṇa ] n a black variety of salt.

বিটপ [ biṭapa ] n a branch (of a tree); a twig; a school. বিটপী n. a tree.

বিটপালং [ biṭapāla ] n a variety of spinach of the goosefoot family.

বিটলে [ biṭalē ] a knavish, roughish. বিটলেমি n. knavery, roguery.

বিটা [ biṭā ] n beta. বিটা-কণা n. beta-particles. বিটা-রশ্মি n. beta-rays.

বিড়ঙ্গ [ biḍ়ṅga ] n a medicinal plant or its fruit; wise, experienced.

বিড়বিড় [ biḍ়biḍ় ] int denoting: muttering, mum bling. বিড়বিড় করা to mutter or mumble. বিড়বিড়ানি n. muttering, mumbling.

বিড়ম্বনা [ biḍ়mbanā ] n deception, (loos.) mockery or irony (ভাগ্যবিড়ম্বনা); unnecessary trouble or harassment (চাকরির জন্য চেষ্টা বিড়ম্বনা মাত্র).

বিড়ম্বিত [ biḍ়mbita ] a deceived, (loos.) mocked; un necessarily troubled or harassed.

বিড়া [ biḍ়ā ] n a coil of straw or cloth used as a pedestal for placing cooking-urns, pitchers etc. and also for wearing as a headgear; (of beetle-leaves etc.) a small roll, a bundle.

বিড়াল [ biḍ়āla ] n the cat. fem. বিড়ালী the she-cat. বিড়ালের ভাগ্যে শিকে ছেঁড়া (fig.) an unde serving person comes in for a windfall; unexpected success. ̃ছানা n. a kitten, a catling. ̃জাতীয় a. feline. ̃তপস্বী n. (fig.) a rogue feigning piety, a sancti monious rogue, a hypocrite. ̃তুল্য a cat-like, feline. বিড়ালাক্ষী a. cat-eyed.

বিড়ি [ biḍ়i ] n a kind of slender cigarette rolled in a tree-leaf.

বিতং [ bita ] n (obs.) details.

বিতংস [ bitaṃsa ] n a noose or rope for fastening birds, beasts etc.

বিতন্ডা [ bitanḍā ] n unnecessary argument; sophisti cal debate; (phil.) sophistry.

বিতত [ bitata ] a extended, expanded, spread out, outstretched; tense; pervaded. বিততি n. extent, expanse, stretch; tension; per vasion.

বিতথ, বিতথ্য [ bitatha, bitathya ] a untrue, false; futile, vain.

বিতরণ [ bitaraṇa ] n act of giving away; distribu tion. বিতরণ করা v. to give away, to distribute. ̃কেন্দ্র n. a distributing cen tre.

বিতরিত [ bitarita ] a given away; distributed.

বিতর্ক [ bitarka ] n deliberation; a debate; argu ment, reasoning; wrangling, a dispute; doubt. ̃ণীয় a. debatable; arguable; disputable. বিতর্কিকা n. a debate; a de bating forum. বিতর্কিত a. deliberated upon; debated; argued, reasoned; dis puted; doubted.

বিতল [ bitala ] n (myth.) the second of seven un derworlds.

বিতস্তা [ bitastā ] n the river Jhelum.

বিতস্তি [ bitasti ] n the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when fingers are extended, a span.

বিতাড়িত [ bitāḍ়ita ] a turned out; expelled. বিতাড়িত করা v. to turn out; to expel.

বিতান [ bitāna ] n a structure in a garden for sit ting in, a summer-house (লতাবিতান); a canopy, an awning; a tent; a pavilion; tension, stretch.

বিতৃষ্ণ [ bitṛṣṇa ] a (ori.) not thirsty; disinterested; callous; averse to, apathetic; disgusted (with). বিতৃষ্ণা n. disinterestedness; cal lousness; aversion, apathy; disgust.

বিত্ত [ bitta ] n wealth, riches; property. ̃বান, ̃শালী a. wealthy, rich. fem. ̃শলিনী । বিত্ত সঞ্চয় করা v. to amass wealth or riches. ̃হীন a. poor, indigent. ☐ n. (pol.) a have-not.

বিথর [ bithara ] n a tier, a layer (থরে-বিথরে).

বিথারা [ bithārā ] v (poet.) to stretch out.

-বিদ [ -bida ] sfx var. of বিত্ ।

বিদগ্ধ [ bidagdha ] a witty; having the qualification of a connoisseur; learned; cultured; intelli gent; skilful; clever. বিদগ্ধা a. fem. of বিদগ্ধ । ☐ n. (rhet.) a witty lady-love. বিদগ্ধ-সমাজ n. the intelligentsia; a learned society; a body of connoisseurs.

বিদঘুটে [ bidaghuṭē ] a queer and ugly; troublesome; complicated (বিদঘুটে অঙ্ক).

বিদরা [ bidarā ] v (poet.) to rend or split.

বিদল [ bidala ] a having no petal, apetalous; not belonging to one's party. ☐ n. pigeon pea, dal.

বিদলন [ bidalana ] n a thorough trampling or thrash ing; thorough vanquishment, rout; ex treme oppression.

বিদলিত [ bidalita ] a thoroughly trampled or thrashed; routed; extremely oppressed. বিদলিত করা v. to trample or thrash thor oughly; to rout; to oppress extremely.

বিদায়¹ [ bidāẏa¹ ] n a gift or present, anything given in charity (ব্রাহ্মণবিদায়, কাঙালবিদায়).

বিদায়² [ bidāẏa² ] n removal, expulsion (আপদ বিদায়); permission for departure, leave (বিদায় চাওয়া); formal parting, farewell (তার বিদায়ের পর); separation, parting (চিরবিদায়); retirement from service. ☐ int. farewell, adieu, good-bye. ̃কালীন a. relating to the time of parting; relat ing to farewell, valedictory (বিদায়কালীন ভাষণ). বিদায় করা v. to remove, to expel, to dismiss. বিদায় চাওয়া v. to ask leave for departure. বিদায় দেওয়া v. to give one leave to depart; to see one off; to cause to retire from service, to retire. বিদায় নেওয়া v. to depart, to take leave; to part; to bid farewell; to retire from service. বিদায় হওয়া v. to depart, to be off.

বিদায়ী [ bidāẏī ] a departing, leaving; taking leave; retiring from service; outgoing (বিদায়ী সভাপতি); valedictory.

বিদারক [ bidāraka ] a splitting, rending; cleaving; piercing; causing to burst. হৃদয়-বিদারক a. heart-rending.

বিদারণ [ bidāraṇa ] a splitting or rending or cleaving or piercing; act of causing to burst.

বিদারা [ bidārā ] v (poet.) same as বিদীর্ণ করা ।

বিদিক [ bidika ] n (rare) a point intermediate be tween two cardinal ones of the com pass; (pop.) an opposite or wrong di rection (দিগ্বিদিক).

বিদিত [ bidita ] a known (বিদিত বিষয়); cel ebrated, famed (জগতে বিদিত); ac quainted, informed, cognizant, au fait (বিদিত থাকা). ভূবনবিদিত a. of worldwide fame, renowned.

বিদীর্ণ [ bidīrṇa ] a split, rent; cleft; pierced; burst. বিদির্ণ করা v. to split, to rend; to cleave; to pierce; to cause to burst.

বিদুর [ bidura ] n a character of the Mahabharata. বিদুরের খুদ an extremely small offering given in deep devotion, (cp.) a widow's mite.

বিদুষী [ biduṣī ] a. fem learned, erudite. ☐ n. fem. a learned woman.

বিদূর [ bidūra ] a remote (বিদূর সম্পর্ক). ☐ n. a re mote place (দূরে-বিদূরে).

বিদূরিত [ bidūrita ] a driven away; removed; ex pelled.

বিদূষক [ bidūṣaka ] n (in dramas) a clown, a jester, a buffoon.

বিদে [ bidē ] n a harrow, a rake. বিদে দেওয়া v. to harrow, to rake.

বিদেশ [ bidēśa ] n a foreign land or country. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. grown or produced in a for eign land, exotic, foreign. ̃ভ্রমণ n. travels abroad. ̃বাস n. staying or liv ing in a foreign country, living abroad. ̃যাত্রা n. starting on a journey abroad. ̃স্হ a. of a foreign land, foreign. বিদেশাগত a. coming from or imported from a foreign land. বিদেশি a. foreign, exotic, (arch.) outlandish, alien. ☐ n. a foreigner; an alien. fem. বিদেশিনি । বিদেশি পুঁজি foreign capital. বিদেশি মুদ্রা foreign currency. বিদেশীয় a. same as বিদেশি (a). বিদেশে adv. in or to a foreign land, abroad.

বিদেহ¹ [ bidēha¹ ] n modern Mithila (মিথিলা).

বিদেহ² [ bidēha² ] a bodiless, incorporeal. fem. বিদেহা, (inc.) বিদেহী ।

বিদ্ধ [ biddha ] a pierced; pricked; perforated; bored. বিদ্ধ করা v. to pierce; to prick; to perforate; to bore. ̃পত্র n. (bot.) a perfoliated leaf.

বিদ্বত্কল্প [ bidbatkalpa ] a appearing to be learned (though not really so); near learned, just short of being learned.

বিদ্বান [ bidbāna ] a learned; erudite. ☐ n. a learned or erudite man, a savant, a scholar.

বিদ্বষ্ট [ bidbaṣṭa ] a held in malice, maligned; en vied; grudged.

বিদ্বেষ [ bidbēṣa ] n malice, malignity; envy; grudge; animosity, animus. বিদ্বেষ করা v. to bear malice (against), to malign; to envy; to grudge; to treat with animosity. ̃পরায়ণ same as বিদ্বেষী । ̃প্রসূত a. caused or generated by malice or ma levolence. ̃বুদ্ধি n. malicious or envi ous or spiteful disposition. ̃বুদ্ধি প্রণোদিত, ̃বুদ্ধিপ্রসূত a. actuated by mali cious or envious or spiteful inclination or disposition. ̃ভাজন n. an object of malice or envy or animosity. ̃মূলক a. malicious; malevolent; actuated by malice or malignity; spiteful. বিদ্বেষানল n. extreme malice, great malice. বিদ্বেষী, বিদ্বেষ্টা a. malicious, malignant; envi ous; grudging; full of animosity.

বিদ্যমান [ bidyamāna ] a existent; present; in esse; alive, living. ̃তা n. existence; presence; state of being alive.

বিদ্যা [ bidyā ] n learning; erudition; scholarship; skill; a subject of study (সর্ববিদ্যা বিশারদ); a science (পদার্থবিদ্যা); an art (জাদুবিদ্যা, চুরিবিদ্যা); philosophy. বিদ্যার জাহাজ a prodigy of learning; (cp.) a walking encyclopaedia. বিদ্যার বহর (facet.) range of knowledge, extent of learning. ̃গম n. acquirement of learn ing. ̃চর্চা n. culture or cultivation of learning; practice of learning; acquisi tion of knowledge. ̃দাতা n. a teacher; a preceptor (fem. a preceptress), a guru. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান n. imparting of knowledge or learning. বিদ্যাদান করা v. to teach; to impart learning gratu itously. ̃দেবী n. Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the goddess of learning. ̃ধন n. knowl edge conceived as wealth. ̃ধর n. one of an order of demi-gods famous for their personal beauty and skill in mu sic. fem. ̃ধরী । ̃নিধি n. an ocean of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যানুরাগ n. love of learning, attach ment to learning. বিদ্যানুরাগী a. fond of or attached to learning. fem. বিদ্যানুরাগিণী । বিদ্যানুশীলন same as ̃চর্চা । বিদ্যানুশীলন করা v. to cultivate learning or a science; to study. ̃পীঠ n. a centre of learning; an academy; a school. ̃বতী fem. of বিদ্যাবান ।̃বত্তা n. posses sion of learning, scholarship. ̃বল n. power or force of learning. ̃বান a. learned. ̃বিনোদ n. delight of Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী): a title conferred on a scholar. ̃বিশারদ a. vastly learned. ☐ n. a title conferred on a scholar. ̃ব্যবসায়ী a. & n. one who teaches pro fessionally. ˜ভূষণ n. an ornament of learning: a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যাভ্যাস same as বিদ্যাচর্চা । বিদ্যাভ্যাস করা v. to learn an art or science; to study; to learn one's lessons. ̃মন্দির, বিদ্যায়তন n. a temple of learning; a school. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of learning; a title conferred on a scholar. বিদ্যারম্ভ n. initiation into one's studies (esp. with religious so lemnities). বিদ্যারম্ভ করা v. to commence one's studies (esp. with religious so lemnities). বিদ্যার্জন same as বিদ্যালাভ । বিদ্যার্থী a. desirous of acquiring learn ing; (loos.) engaged in studies. ☐ n. one who is desirous of acquiring learn ing; (loos.) a student, a scholar, a pu pil, fem. বিদ্যার্থিনী । ̃লব্ধ a. gained or earned by learning. ̃লয় n. a school; an academy; (rare) a college; an insti tution; an institute; a seminary. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির দিন a school holiday. বিদ্যালয়ের ছুটির সময় closing time of a school; school vacation. বিদ্যালয়ের সময় school time; school hours. ̃লাভ n. ac quisition of learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যালাভ করা v. to acquire learning; to receive education, to have one's education. ̃শিক্ষা n. learning; act of receiving education. বিদ্যাশিক্ষা করা v. to learn; to receive education. ̃শূন্য a. unlearned, uneducated; ignorant. ̃সাগর same as বিদ্যানিধি ।̃হীন same as বিদ্যাশূন্য । fem. বিদ্যাহীনা ।

বিদ্যুত্ [ bidyut ] n lightning; electricity. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with electricity; charged with electricity. ̃প্রবাহ n. an electric current. ̃প্রভ a. as dazzlingly bright as a flash of lightning. fem. ̃প্রভা । ̃স্পন্দন, ̃স্ফুরণ n. electric vibration. ̃স্পৃষ্ট a. struck by lightning. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. an electric spark. বিদ্যুদ্দাম n. a flash of lightning; a garland-like series of lightning flashes. বিদ্যুদ্বর্ষী a. discharg ing electricity. বিদ্যুদ্বেগ n. lightning speed. বিদ্যুদ্বেগে adv. as speedily as lightning. বিদ্যুন্মালা same as বিদ্যুদ্দাম । বিদ্যুল্লতা n. a streak of lightning.

বিদ্যোত্সাহী [ bidyōtsāhī ] a encouraging or patronizing promotion of learning or spread of education. fem. বিদ্যোত্সাহিনী । বিদ্যোত্সাহিনী সভা a society for promo tion or spread of learning or education.

বিদ্রব [ bidraba ] n fleeing, flight; melting or being melted; dissolving; thaw.

বিদ্রাবণ [ bidrābaṇa ] n turning into liquid, liquefac tion. বিদ্রাবিত a. liquefied.

বিদ্রুম [ bidruma ] n ruby; coral; a young shoot.

বিদ্রোহ [ bidrōha ] n revolt, rebellion, insurrection, insurgence, insurgency; (loos.) treason; a coup, a coup d'etat; mutiny. বিদ্রোহ করা v. to rise in rebellion, to revolt, to rebel, to mutiny. বিদ্রোহচারণ করা v. to revolt; to become hostile or disloyal. বিদ্রোহাত্মক, ̃মূলক a. rebellious; muti nous; insurgent; recalcitrant. বিদ্রোহী a. rebellious, insurgent; mutinous; hos tile; disloyal. ☐ n. a rebel; an insur gent; a disloyal person. (loos.) a traitor. fem. বিদ্রোহিণী ।

-বিধ [ -bidha ] sfx sort, kind, type etc. (বহুবিধ = of many kinds.)

বিধবা [ bidhabā ] n. fem a widow. বিধবা করা v. to be reave of a husband, to widow. ̃বিবাহ n. widow marriage.

বিধর্মা, বিধর্মী [ bidharmā, bidharmī ] a professing a different reli gion or creed; heretic. ☐ n. one pro fessing a different religion; a heretic; an infidel.

বিধা [ bidhā ] n sort, kind, variety, type; manner, mode; arrangement (সুবিধা).

বিধাতা [ bidhātā ] n a director, a controller, a regu lator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

বিধাতৃদত্ত [ bidhātṛdatta ] a God-gifted, God-given; be stowed by Providence.

বিধান [ bidhāna ] n a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, ar rangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurispru dence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative as sembly.

বিধানিক [ bidhānika ] a legislative. বিধানিক ক্ষমতা legis lative power. বিধানিক প্রণালী legislative procedure.

বিধায় [ bidhāẏa ] prep (leg.) on account of, because of, owing to, for (অসুস্হতা বিধায়).

বিধায়ক, বিধায়ী [ bidhāẏaka, bidhāẏī ] a legislating; enacting; di recting, controlling, regulating; issuing a rule; prescribing; making provision or arrangements for; causing to hap pen, bringing about. ☐ n. a member of a legislative assembly, an MLA. fem. বিধায়িকা, বিধায়িনী ।

বিধি [ bidhi ] n a prescript, an edict; a prescrip tion; a rule; a regulation; a law, an act; a means; a procedure; a method; a sys tem; destiny, fate; God, Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). বিধি-অধিকারিক n. law officer. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with laws or rules; versed in scriptures. ̃নির্দেশক n. legal remembrancer. ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. regu lated or prescribed or determined by rules or regulations. ̃নিষেধ n. restric tions or inhibitions. ̃প্রয়োগ n. applica tion of a rule or law. ̃বদ্ধ a. regulated; enacted, codified; in keeping with form or established mode, formal. বিধিবদ্ধ করা v. to enact, to codify. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. deception by fate; irony of fate. ̃বিড়ম্বিত a. beguiled by fate; suf fered or suffering from irony of fate. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. unlawful; irregular; informal. ̃বিহিত a. lawful; law-abiding; regular; formal. ̃ভঙ্গ n. breaking the rules or regulations; infringement or violation of a rule or law. ̃মতো a. in keeping with scriptural prescripts or edicts or rules; in keeping with rules or laws; just, rightful (বিধিমতো শাস্তি); (loos.) adequate; formal; (loos.) utmost (বিধিমতো চেষ্টা). ̃লিপি n. the prescript of Providence; destiny, fate. ̃সংগত, ̃সম্মত a. in keeping with scriptural prescripts or edicts or rules; lawful, rightful; formal.

বিধিত্সা [ bidhitsā ] n desire to make provision or ar rangements for, desire to provide for.

বিধিত্সু [ bidhitsu ] a desirous of making provision or arrangements for.

বিধু [ bidhu ] n the moon.

বিধুত [ bidhuta ] a set trembling; shaken; vibrated. বিধুত করা v. to set trembling; to shake; to vibrate.

বিধুনন [ bidhunana ] n act of causing to tremble; shak ing; vibration.

বিধুবদন, বিধুমুখ [ bidhubadana, bidhumukha ] a moon-faced. fem. বিধুবদনা, বিধুমুখী ।

বিধুর [ bidhura ] a afflicted (বিরহবিধুর); frightened; bewildered; overwhelmed, redolent of, surcharged with (গন্ধবিধুর); beside oneself with (আনন্দবিধুর). fem. বিধুরা । ̃তা n. affliction; fright; bewilderment; overwhelmed state, state of being be side oneself.

বিধৃত [ bidhṛta ] a firmly caught or seized or ar rested; grasped, realized, preserved; embalmed.

বিধেয় [ bidhēẏa ] a lawful, rightful; proper; that should be done or undertaken; predi cable. ☐ n. (gr. & log.) a predicate; (phil.) a predicable.

বিধেয়ক [ bidhēẏaka ] n a draft of a proposed law, a bill.

বিধৌত [ bidhauta ] a washed well, profusely washed.

বিধ্বংস [ bidhbaṃsa ] n complete ruin or destruction; devastation; demolition; বিধ্বংসী a. thoroughly ruining or destroying; dev astating; demolishing.

বিধ্বস্ত [ bidhbasta ] a utterly ruined or destroyed; devastated; demolished; (of an army etc.) routed. বিধ্বস্ত করা v. to ruin or de stroy completely; to devastate; to de molish; to rout.

বিন [ bina ] n a leguminous plant or its seed, bean.

বিনত [ binata ] a stooping; bowed (in salutation); modest, demure; meek; submissive; polite; disciplined.

বিনতা¹ [ binatā¹ ] fem of বিনত ।

বিনতা² [ binatā² ] n. fem (myth.) a wife of Kashyap the sage. ̃নন্দন n. a son of Binata (বিনতা); Aruna (অরুণ) the chariot driver of the Sun-god; Garuda (গরুড়) the prince of birds.

বিনতি [ binati ] n stooping; bowing (in saluta tion); modesty, demureness, submis siveness; politeness; discipline.

বিনম্র [ binamra ] a very modest or demure or meek or submissive or polite or disciplined; bowing down in submission or polite ness. fem. বিনম্রা । ̃তা n. great modesty or demureness or meekness or polite ness or discipline; a bow or stooping in submission or politeness; great disci pline.

বিনয় [ binaẏa ] n modesty; demureness: meek ness, submissiveness; submission; so licitation; education or training; disci pline. বিনয়ন n. educating or training; disciplining; removal. ̃পূর্বক adv. with humble submission. ̃সহকারে same as বিনয়পূর্বক । বিনয়াবনত a. bowing down in submission or politeness. fem. বিনয়াবনতা । বিনয়ী a. modest, demure; meek, submissive; disciplined.

বিনশ্বর [ binaśbara ] a perishable, destructible.

বিনষ্ট [ binaṣṭa ] a destroyed; perished; killed; ru ined (বিনষ্ট রাজ্য); wrecked (বিনষ্ট পোত); lost or wasted (বিনষ্ট সম্পদ); corrupted, depraved (বিনষ্ট চরিত্র); spoiled (বিনষ্ট সুযোগ, বিনষ্ট খাদ্য).

বিনষ্টি [ binaṣṭi ] n destruction; ruin; extinction; (pop. & coll.) misuse, waste.

বিনা [ binā ] prep except, without, save, but; ex cluding.

বিনানো [ binānō ] v to plait (hair) in a pigtail, to queue, to tress; to intertwine into the shape (as of a pigtail); to narrate or fabricate at length, to spin out (বিনিয়ে বলা বা কাঁদা).

বিনামা [ bināmā ] n shoe; boot; slipper.

বিনায়ক [ bināẏaka ] n a leader of the people; Ganesha (গণেশ) the god of the people; a teacher; a disciplinarian.

বিনাশ [ bināśa ] n destruction; ruin; wreck; loss or waste; death; extinction; extermination; ravishment (সতীত্ববিনাশ); corruption, depravation (চরিত্রবিনাশ). বিনাশ করা v. to destroy; to ruin, to wreck; to waste; to kill; to exterminate; to ravish; to corrupt, to deprave. বিনাশক a. destructive; ruin ous; wrecking; wasting; killing; extermi natory; ravishing; corruptive, depraving. ☐ n. a destroyer; a ruiner; a wrecker; a waster; a killer; an exterminator; a rav isher; a corrupter. বিনাশন n. destruction; ruination; wrecking; wasting; killing; extermination. ☐ a. (used chiefly as a sfx.) same as বিনাশক (a.). ̃ধর্মী a. de structive; exterminative. ̃শীল a. of a destructive or exterminative nature, de structive. ̃সাধক a. same as বিনাশক (a.). ̃সাধন n. same as বিনাশন (n.). ̃প্রাপ্ত, বিনাশিত same as বিনষ্ট । বিনাশী a. perish able; mortal; destructible; destructive; ruinous; killing; ravishing; depraving. fem. বিনাশিনী (not in the first three senses). বিনাশোন্মুখ a. about to perish; about to die, on deathbed, moribund; about to be destroyed or ruined.

বিনিঃসরণ [ biniḥsaraṇa ] n emergence, act of coming or issuing out.

বিনিঃসৃত [ biniḥsṛta ] a emerged, issued out. বিনিঃসৃত হওয়া v. to emerge, to come out, to is sue out.

বিনিদ্র [ binidra ] a sleepless, wakeful (বিনিদ্র রজনী); vigilant.

বিনিন্দিত [ binindita ] a (used chiefly as a sfx.) re proached, put to shame (মৃণালবিনিন্দিত = reproaching or abashing even a lotus stalk).

বিনিবৃত্ত [ binibṛtta ] a restrained; prevented; checked: desisted.

বিনিময় [ binimaẏa ] n exchange; barter; return; requital, recompense; substitution. বিনিময় করা v. to exchange; to barter. বিনিময়ে দেওয়া v. to give in exchange (for) or in lieu (of); to give in return (for), to requite, to recompense. বিনিময়-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the commutative law. বিনিময়-হার n. the rate of exchange.

বিনিমেয় [ binimēẏa ] a exchangeable; (esp. of coins) convertible.

বিনিয়ন্ত্রণ [ biniẏantraṇa ] n decontrol. বিনিয়ন্ত্রণ করা v. to decontrol.

বিনিয়ন্ত্রিত [ biniẏantrita ] a decontrolled.

বিনিযুক্ত [ biniyukta ] a appointed; commissioned; sent; entrusted with; (of money) in vested. বিনিযুক্তক n. the Minister in charge of appointments.

বিনিয়ে [ biniẏē ] adv elaborately, verbosely, in so many words; ingratiatingly (rইনিয়ে বিনিয়ে).

বিনিয়োগ [ biniẏōga ] n appointment, commission; sending; entrusting; investment (of money in business). বিনিয়োগ করা v. to appoint, to commission; to send; to en trust (with); to invest, to lay out.

বিনির্গত [ binirgata ] a what has emerged, come out, issued forth. বিনির্গত হওয়া v. to emerge, to come out, to issue forth.

বিনির্গম, বিনির্গমন [ binirgama, binirgamana ] n coming out or issuing forth, emergence.

বিনির্ণয় [ binirṇaẏa ] n ascertainment; award (of arbi tration etc.)

বিনির্ণীত [ binirṇīta ] a ascertained; awarded (by arbi tration, tribunals etc.).

বিনির্দেশ [ binirdēśa ] n ruling.

বিনিশ্চয় [ biniścaẏa ] n convincing or conclusive deci sion ('চর্যাচর্য-বিনিশ্চয়'). বিনিশ্চিত a. firmly or deliberately decided or concluded.

বিনীত [ binīta ] a modest, demure; meek, submis sive; docile; polite; desciplined. fem. বিনীতা । ̃ভাবে adv. humbly, politely.

বিনুনি [ binuni ] n a queue, a tress, a pigtail; act or manner of interwining into a queue or into a similar shape.

বিনেতা [ binētā ] n a controller, a director; a teacher; a discipliner. fem. বিনেত্রী ।

বিনেয় [ binēẏa ] a tractable, docile.

বিনোদ [ binōda ] n act of making pleasant; plea sure; pleasant sport or diversion. ☐ a. pleasant; beautiful; good-looking. বিনোদন n. making pleasant; act of giv ing pleasure, entertainment or gratifi cation (চিত্তবিনোদন); removal, relax ation (শ্রমবিনেদন). বিনোদনমূলক a. enter taining, relating to entertainment. বিনোদিত a. made pleasant; entertained or gratified. বিনোদিয়া a. (obs. & poet.) pleasant, charming, beautiful. বিনোদী a. making pleasant; pleasurable, pleasant; entertaining or gratifying. বিনোদিনী a. fem. of বিনোদী beautiful, pleasant; ☐ n. Shriradhika.

বিন্তি [ binti ] n a kind of card-game; (in some card-game) a tierce.

বিন্দু [ bindu ] n a drop (জলবিন্দু); a dot, a point (দশমিক বিন্দু); a small roundish mark; ('ললাটে সিন্দূর বিন্দু'); (geom.) a point; a particle, a whit, an iota (একবিন্দু দুঃখ). ̃বিসর্গ n. (ori.) the alphabetical letters ং and ঃ; (fig.) a particle, a whit, an iota; (fig.) the faintest hint, an inkling. বিন্দুবিসর্গ জানা v. to have the faintest knowledge (of). ̃মাত্র না not even to the smallest extent or amount; not a whit, not a jot or title.

বিন্ধ্য [ bindhya ] n the Vindhyas. ̃বাসিনী a. fem. dwelling on the Vindhyas. ☐ n. God dess Durga (দুর্গা). masc. a. বিন্ধ্যবাসী ।

বিন্ধ্যাচল [ bindhyācala ] n the Vindhya mountains.

বিন্যস্ত [ binyasta ] a placed in an orderly manner; ar rayed (বিন্যস্ত সৈন্যবাহিনী); placed (ঘনবিন্যস্ত); artistically or neatly dressed or composed (বিন্যস্ত কবরী); applied in an orderly or artistic manner (বিন্যস্ত শব্দসমূহ). বিন্যস্ত করা v. to lay or place in an orderly manner; to array; to place; to dress or arrange artistically or neatly; to apply in an orderly or artistic manner.

বিন্যাস [ binyāsa ] n placing in an orderly manner; arraying or an array; artistic or neat dressing or arrangement (কেশবিন্যাস, বেশবিন্যাস); orderly or artistic applica tion (শব্দবিন্যাস); (loos.) narration or fabrication at length, elaboration (বিন্যাসসহকারে বলা); (math.) permuta tion.

বিপক্ষ [ bipakṣa ] n a rival or opponent or opposite party; enemy forces; an opponent, a ri val; an antagonist; an adversary, an en emy. বিপক্ষতা n. rivalry; opposition; an tagonism; hostility, enmity. ̃দল n. a rival party; enemy forces. বিপক্ষীয় a. of a rival party or the enemy forces. বিপক্ষে prep. against; on the opposite side.

বিপজ্জনক [ bipajjanaka ] a dangerous, hazardous, peril ous, risky.

বিপণন [ bipaṇana ] n act of putting (goods) on the market for sale, marketing.

বিপণি, বিপণী [ bipaṇi, bipaṇī ] n a shop; a sales emporium; a market.

বিপত্তারিণী [ bipattāriṇī ] n a (Hindu) goddess; the god dess who keeps or saves from trouble or danger.

বিপত্তি [ bipatti ] n a danger, a hazard; a trouble; a disaster; a mishap; adversity; a sharp turn in one's affairs. ̃কর a. causing danger or trouble or disaster or adver sity. ̃নাশন a. remedying or counter acting dangers or troubles or disaster or adversity.

বিপত্নীক [ bipatnīka ] a one whose wife is dead. বিপত্নীক ব্যক্তি a widower.

বিপথ [ bipatha ] n a wrong or bad way; (fig.) an evil course of conduct. বিপথে যাওয়া v. to go astray; (chiefly astr.) to aberrate; (fig.) to go to the bad. ̃গামী a. gone astray; (chiefly astr.) aberrated; (fig.) gone to the bad; abandoned. fem. বিপথগামিনী ।

বিপদ [ bipada ] n a danger; a mishap, a disaster; a difficulty, a trouble; adversity. বিপদে পড়া v. to run or fall into a danger, to be involved in a danger. বিপদে ফেলা v. to involve in a danger, to endanger, to imperil. বিপদাপদ n. pl. dangers and dif ficulties. বিপদাপন্ন a. endangered, im perilled. বিপদুদ্ধার করা v. to rescue or deliver from danger. ̃কাল n. time of danger, a critical time. ̃গ্রস্হ same as বিপন্ন । ̃চিহ্ন n. danger signal. ̃বহুল a. fraught with dangers and difficulties. ̃বার্তা n. a warning. ̃ভঞ্জন a. removing or counteracting dangers and difficul ties. ̃সংকুল same as ̃বহুল

বিপদ্দশা [ bipaddaśā ] n a crisis, a danger; difficulties; adversity.

বিপন্ন [ bipanna ] a involved in danger or difficulty, endangered, imperilled; embarrassed. fem. বিপন্না ।

বিপন্মুক্ত [ bipanmukta ] a relieved of or rescued or freed from danger or difficulty, out of the wood. বিপন্মুক্ত করা v. to release or rascue from danger or difficulty, to bring out of the wood. বিপন্মুক্তি n. res cue or release from danger or diffi culty.

বিপরীত [ biparīta ] a opposite; contrary; contradic tory; opposing, contending; counter acting; unfavourable, adverse (বিপরীত ভাগ্য); (loos.) hideous, monstrous (বিপরীত মূর্তি); unusual, odd, strange (বিপরীত কর্ম); (phys.) inverted; (phys. & math.) reciprocal; (geom.) converse. বিপরীত করণী (alg.) conjugate surd. বিপরীত ক্রিয়া (alg.) an invertendo. বিপরীত প্রতিজ্ঞা (geom.) a converse proposition. বিপরীত প্রতিবিম্ব (phys.) an inverted image. বিপরীত শব্দ opposite word, antonym. বিপরীত শ্রেণি (alg.) a harmonic series. ̃কারী a. hostile, in imical; counteracting; disobeying. ̃ভাবে adv. in reverse order; in the op posite manner.

বিপরীতার্থক [ biparītārthaka ] a opposite in meaning. বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ n. a word opposite in meaning, an opposite word, an ant onym.

বিপর্যস্ত [ biparyasta ] a topsy-turvy, topsy-turvied; dis orderly; thrown into confusion; upset; destroyed; routed; inverted; utterly embarrassed. বিপর্যস্ত করা v. to topsy turvy; to put into disorder, to disorder; to throw into confusion; to upset; to disrupt; to convulse; to destroy; to rout; to invert; to embarrass utterly.

বিপর্যাস [ biparyāsa ] n (gr.) an inversion, reversal of the order.

বিপল [ bipala ] n a measure of time (=1/6 পল = 2/5 second).

বিপাক [ bipāka ] n a bad or ugly consequence (কর্মবিপাক); a trouble, a danger (দৈববিপাক); digestion; (bio.) metabo lism. বিপাকীয় a. metabolic. বিপাকে পড়া v. to fall or run into a trouble or dan ger, to be in a predicament. বিপাকে ফেলা v. to throw or put somebody into trouble or danger, to cause trouble or danger; to put someone into a scrape.

বিপিতা [ bipitā ] n a step-father.

বিপিন [ bipina ] n a forest; a grove. ̃বিহারী a. fre quenting groves for pleasure. ☐ n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ).

বিপুল [ bipula ] a huge (বিপুলাকায়); extensive, vast (বিপুল সমুদ্র); great in number or amount or degree (বিপুল সংখ্যা বা রাশি বা সম্পত্তি); very deep or great; ex tremely severe; magnanimous (বিপুল হৃদয়). fem. বিপুলা । বিপুলতা n. hugeness; extensiveness; vastness; greatness in number or amount or degree; great depth; extreme severity; magnanimity.

বিপ্র [ bipra ] n a Brahman.

বিপ্রকর্ষ [ biprakarṣa ] n (gr.) anaptyxis, vowel inser tion.

বিপ্রকর্ষণ [ biprakarṣaṇa ] n driving away to a remote place; repelling, repulsion.

বিপ্রতীপ [ bipratīpa ] a vertically opposite. বিপ্রতীপ কোণ (geom.) a vertically opposite angle.

বিপ্রযুক্ত [ biprayukta ] a separated, severed, detached, disunited, disjointed.

বিপ্রলব্ধ [ bipralabdha ] a disappointed; deceived. বিপ্রলব্ধা a. fem. of বিপ্রলব্ধ । ☐ n. (rhet.) a lady love who goes to a secret tryst but is dis appointed by the absence of her lover.