ভ [ bh ] n the twenty-fourth consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

ভইসা, ভঁইসা, ভয়সা [ bhisā, bham̐isā, bhaẏasā ] a made of buffalo milk (ভয়সা ঘি); drawn by the buffalo (ভইসাগাড়ি).

ভক্ত [ bhakta ] a devoted (to); worshipping; rever ent; worshipful; devout; strongly at tached or addicted (to), fond or enamoured (of) (কবিতার ভক্ত, সুরার ভক্ত); having profound admiration for, admirer of (রবীন্দ্রভক্ত); yielding to the control or authority of, submissive or docile (শক্তের ভক্ত); obedient (to) (পিতৃভক্ত); faithfully following or pur suing (জিশুর ভক্ত, নীতির ভক্ত). ☐ n. a devotee; a votary, a worshipper; a de vout person; one having strong attach ment or addiction; a fan; an obedient person; a faithful follower or observer. ̃প্রাণ a. having a devout heart. ̃বত্সল a. graciously affectionate to votaries or devout persons or followers. ̃বিটেল n. one simulating devoutness, a sanctimo nious person. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ, ভক্তাগ্রগণ্য a. best or foremost amongst votaries or devout persons. ভক্তাধীন a. graciously obedient to votaries or devout persons (that is, always fulfilling their desires).

ভক্তি [ bhakti ] n devotion; worship; devoutness, pi ety; profound admiration; strong attach ment or addiction; obedience; trust or faith or reliance; inclination or relish or appetite (খাবারে ভক্তি); earnest pursuit, devotion (পড়াশোনায় ভক্তি). ভক্তি করা v. to be devoted to; to worship; to admire profoundly; to follow faithfully; to have trust or faith (in); to rely; to have incli nation or relish or appetite (for); to be earnest (in), to pursue earnestly. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a devotional book. ̃চিহ্ন n. a mark or sign of devotion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. the doctrine or cult of or a treatise on devotion or de voutness or piety. ̃পথ n. devotion (without knowledge or practice) as the only means of attaining salvation, the path of devotionalism. ̃পরায়ণ a. de voted (to); worshipful; devout; strongly attached or addicted (to); having pro found admiration (for); reverent; having trust or faith (in), reliant; having inclina tion or relish or appetite (for); earnest, earnestly pursuing. fem. ̃পরায়ণা । ̃পরায়ণতা n. devotion; worshipfulness; devoutness; strong attachment or addic tion; profound admiration; earnestness, earnest pursuit, ̃পূর্বক adv. with devo tion; reverentially; with trust or faith or reliance; willingly or with pleasure (ভক্তিপূর্বক খাওয়া বা নেওয়া); earnestly (ভক্তিপূর্বক প়ড়াশোনা করা). ̃প্লুতচিত্ত n. mind steeped in piety. ̃বাদ n. the doctrine holding that salvation is attainable by means of devotion only (without knowl edge and practice); devotionalism. ̃বাদী a. devotionistic, devotionalistic. ☐ n. a devotionist, a devotionalist. ̃ভরে same as ভক্তিপূর্বক । ̃ভাজন n. a reverend or ven erable or adorable person or object. ☐ a. reverend; venerable; adorable. ̃ভাব n. devout or worshipful or devoted or rev erential disposition of mind. ̃ভাবে adv. devoutly; worshipfully; devotedly; de votionally; reverentially. ̃মান same as ̃পরায়ণ fem. ̃মতী । ̃মার্গ same as ̃পথ । ̃মূলক a. devotional. ̃যোগ n. worship of God or effort to attain beati tude by means of devotion only (irre spective of knowledge or practice). ̃রস n. (rhet.) the sentiment of devotion. ̃শীল same as ̃পরায়ণ । fem. ̃শীলা । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. devoid of devotion or de voutness; irreverent; having no attach ment (to); having no trust or faith (in), unreliant; having no inclination or relish or appetite (for); devoid of earnestness or willingness.

ভক [ bhaka ] int expressing; the noise of sudden emission of smoke, smell etc., or ejec tion of phlegm.

ভক্ষক [ bhakṣaka ] a eating; feeding on (বায়ুভক্ষক); (fig.) spoiling or depraving (বুদ্ধিভক্ষক), killing (সন্তানভক্ষক). ☐ n. an eater; one who feeds on; (fig.) a spoiler, a vitia tor, a killer. যে রক্ষক সেই ভক্ষক law makers are law-breakers.

ভক্ষণ [ bhakṣaṇa ] n act of eating or consuming. ভক্ষণ করা v. to eat, to consume. ভক্ষণীয় a. ed ible, eatable; to be eaten. ☐ n. an ed ible, an eatable; that which is to be eaten.

ভক্ষিত [ bhakṣita ] a eaten; eaten up, consumed.

ভগ [ bhaga ] n the six divine graces collectively, namely, riches, vigour, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation; godhead, divinity; glory; fortune, good luck; beauty (সুভগ); the vagina; the anus (ভগন্দর).

ভগন্দর [ bhagandara ] n anal fistula.

ভগবতী [ bhagabatī ] a. fem endowed with six divine graces (see ভগ); reverend, venerable. ☐ Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).

ভগবদারাধনা [ bhagabadārādhanā ] n worship of God.

ভগবদগীতা [ bhagabadagītā ] n a part of the Mahabharata epitomizing the teaching of the Upanishad (abbr. গীতা).

ভগবদ্দত্ত [ bhagabaddatta ] a God-given.

ভগবদ্ভক্ত [ bhagabadbhakta ] a devoted to God, god-fearing; devout, pious. ভগবদ্ভক্তি n. devotion to God; devoutness, piety.

ভগবন্ [ bhagaban ] n voc. O God; O Reverend Sir, Your Reverence.

ভগবান [ bhagabāna ] a endowed with the six divine graces (see ভগ); reverend, venerable, adorable. ☐ n. God.

ভগাঙ্কুর [ bhagāṅkura ] n the clitoris.

ভগিনী [ bhaginī ] n. fem a sister; a cousin-sister. ̃পতি n. a sister's husband or a cousin sister's husband, a brother-in-law.

ভগোল [ bhagōla ] n the zodiac.

ভগ্ন [ bhagna ] a broken; fractured (ভগ্ন অস্হি); sev ered, detached (ভগ্নশাখ); pulverized (ভগ্ন শস্য); curved, stooping, hunched (ভগ্নপৃষ্ঠ); dilapidated (ভগ্নমন্দির); de molished (ভগ্নকুটির); impaired, ruined, shattered (ভগ্নস্বাস্হ্য); ungratified, unentertained (ভগ্নমনোরথ); depressed or dejected; defeated or routed (ভগ্নবাহিনী); hoarse, husky (ভগ্নস্বর); (arith.) fractional (ভগ্নসংখ্যা). ̃কন্ঠে adv. in a broken or husky voice, hoarsely. ̃গৃহ n. a dilapidated house; (fig.) a house in utter disorder or confusion. ̃চিত্ত a. same as ̃হৃদয় । ̃দশা n. broken or dilapidated or ruined state, a state of decay. ̃দূত n. a messenger or a soldier bringing the news of defeat from the battlefield; (fig.) a person bringing bad or disheartening news. ̃দেহ a. having one's health run down or impaired or shattered. ̃প্রায় a. threatening to fall, tottering. ̃মনোরথ a. disappointed; balked, baulked. ̃স্তূপ n. a heap of bro ken-down remains, ruins. ̃স্বাস্হ্য a. with or in run-down or broken health. ☐ n. broken or run-down health. ̃হৃদয় a. broken-hearted; dejected. ভগ্নাংশ n. a broken-away part, a fraction; (arith.) a fraction. ভগ্নাঙ্ক n. (arith.) a fraction. ভগ্নাবশিষ্ট a. lying or remaining in or as ruins. ভগ্নাবশেষ n. broken-down re mains, ruins; relics. ভগ্নাবস্হা n. broken down or ruined or dilapidated state, a state of ruin or decay. ভগ্নাবস্হ a. bro ken-down, in ruins, dilapidated. ভগ্নাশ a. disappointed, despondent.

ভগ্নোত্সাহ, ভগ্নোদ্যম [ bhagnōtsāha, bhagnōdyama ] a repulsed in one's ef fort, disappointed, disheatened, de pressed, balked, baulked; discouraged.

ভঙ্গ [ bhaṅga ] n breaking or splitting (ধনুর্ভঙ্গ); fracture, rupture (অস্হিভঙ্গ); breach (বিশ্বাসভঙ্গ); violation, infringement (আইনভঙ্গ); non-observance, non-com pliance (প্রতিশ্রুতিভঙ্গ); discontinuance, break (অনশনভঙ্গ); severance (সম্পর্কভঙ্গ); estrangement (বন্ধুত্ব ভঙ্গ); impairment (স্বাস্হ্যভঙ্গ); loss (আশাভঙ্গ); disbandment (দলভঙ্গ); dispersal (ছত্রভঙ্গ); (esp. of pol. parties) disinte gration; dissolution; termination, close (সভাভঙ্গ); a fold or contraction. (ত্রিভঙ্গ); crack (স্বরভঙ্গ); act or manner of rolling or dancing (তরঙ্গভঙ্গ); style or shape (ভ্রূভঙ্গ); suspension, break (যাত্রাভঙ্গ); act of fleeing away, flight, retreat (রণে ভঙ্গ); rout (শত্রুসৈন্য-ভঙ্গ); removal (সন্দেহভঙ্গ); interruption, break (তালভঙ্গ, নিদ্রাভঙ্গ); obstruction, an ob stacle, a drawback ('এত ভঙ্গ বঙ্গদেশ'); discouragement (মনোভঙ্গ); composition (কবরীভঙ্গ); a wave. ভঙ্গ দেওয়া v. to take to flight, to beat a retreat, to flee or withdraw as defeated (রণে বা বিতর্কে ভঙ্গ দেওয়া). ̃কুলীন n. a kulin (কুলীন) family or a member of it failing to observe the social (esp. matrimonial) restrictions en joined on kulins. ̃পয়ার n. (pros.) a vari ety of payar (পয়ার) in which the second line of each of the four-line stanzas is merely the repetition of the first. ̃প্রবণ a. brittle, fragile; frail. ̃প্রবণতা n. brittle ness.

ভঙ্গা [ bhaṅgā ] n leaves and shoots of hemp, bhang.

ভঙ্গি, ভঙ্গিমা [ bhaṅgi, bhaṅgimā ] n a fashion (চুল বাঁধার ভঙ্গি); a distinction of style (রচনাভঙ্গি); manner (কাজ করার ভঙ্গি); shape or form (গঠনভঙ্গি); a pose, a posture (নৃত্যের ভঙ্গি); manner or atti tude (তার কথার ভঙ্গিটি আপত্তিকর); el egance (শ্লেষের ভঙ্গি); attitudinization (আর ভঙ্গি করিস না); a wrinkle or fold or contraction (ভ্রূভঙ্গি). ভঙ্গি করা v. to attitudinize.

ভঙ্গিল [ bhaṅgila ] a brittle, fragile; frail; having folds; produced by folding processes.

ভঙ্গুর [ bhaṅgura ] a brittle, fragile; frail; transitory or mortal (ভঙ্গুর জীবন). ̃তা n. brittle ness, fragility; frailty; transitoriness, transience; mortality.

ভজকট [ bhajakaṭa ] n a hitch; a trouble; a difficulty; a predicament.

ভজন [ bhajana ] n glorification of a deity (esp. in devotional songs); worship, adoration; serving (রাজাকে ভজন); (mus.) a kind of devotional song, a devotional hymn. ̃পূজন n. prayer and worship. ̃ভাজন n. (fig.) act of persuading by flattery, coaxing and cajoling. ভজনা n. worship, adoration; serving; flattery, adulation. ভজনা করা v. to worship, to adore; to serve; to flatter, to adulate. ভজনালয় n. a house of worship; a shrine; a temple, a synagogue, a church, a mosque.

ভজা [ bhajā ] v same as ভজনা করা (see ভজন). ☐ a. worshipping, devoted to (কর্তাভজা). ̃নো v. to cause to worship or adore or serve or to accept cordially or flatter or adu late; (chiefly dero.) to coax.

ভঞ্জন [ bhañjana ] n breaking or splitting; removal, dispelling. ☐ a. (used as a sfx.) break ing or splitting or removing or dispel ling (বিপদভঞ্জন হরি). ভঞ্জন করা v. to break, to split; to remove, to dispel.

ভ়ট্ভট্ [ bh়ṭbhaṭ ] int indicating: repeated noise of forceful bursting of bubbles or emis sion of air, gas etc. ভট্ভটি n. (facet.) a motorscooter, an auto-scooter, a scooter, an auto-cycle; a boat driven by motor generator.

ভট্ট [ bhaṭṭa ] n one of a class of heralds profes sionally singing or reciting family pan egyrics; a panegyrist; a learned man, a scholar, a pundit; a teacher, a master. ̃পল্লি n. a village or locality inhabited by a large number of pundits. ভট্টাচার্য n. a title of some Brahmans. ভট্টারক n. a learned man, a scholar, a king, a prince; the sun. পরমভট্টারক n. a title of honour applied to a king, His Majesty or Your Majesty.

ভড় [ bhaḍ় ] n a kind of large freight boat with sails, a barge.

ভড়ং, ভড়ক [ bhaḍ়, mbhaḍ়ka ] n ostentatious show or airs intended to parade one's importance or to keep up appearances; ostentatious show or airs.

ভড়কানো [ bhaḍ়kānō ] v to beat a retreat or to halt on account of being scared; to be scared and confused (as of a witness); to stop by scaring, to scare away, to take fright; to scare and confuse. ভড়কানি n. scaring; scaring away.

ভড় ভড় [ bhaḍ় bhaḍ় ] int denoting: the noise of rapid emission of something loose; the noise of rapid effervescence.

ভণিত [ bhaṇita ] a said or told (by). ☐ n. saying or telling. ভণিতা n. the mention of the name of the author in the opening or concluding lines of a poem or other lit erary compositions; (sarcas.) a com mencement of a narrative with great eclat.

ভন্ড [ bhanḍa ] a feigning, pretentious; dissimulat ing, dissembling; hypocritical; deceit ful; sanctimonious. ☐ n. a pretender; a quack, a charlatan; a dessimulator, a dissembler; a hypocrite, an imposter; a deceiver; a cheat; a sanctimonious per son. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব same as ভণ্ডামি । ভণ্ডন n. deception; cheating. ভণ্ডানো v. (chiefly poet.) to deceive, to cheat, to hood wink. ভণ্ডামি n. pretension, feigning; charlatanism, quackery; dissembling; imposture, hypocrisy; deceit; sancti mony.

ভণ্ডুল [ bhaṇḍula ] a foiled, baffled; spoiled. ভণ্ডুল করা v. to foil, to baffle; to spoil.

ভদন্ত [ bhadanta ] n a term for addressing a venerable (Buddhist) ascetic.

ভদ্র [ bhadra ] a polished or elegant in taste or demeanour; (rare) civilized; courteous; polite; well-behaved, mannerly; ami able; suave; belonging to polished or high society; gentle, auspicious, propi tious, salutary; honest, chaste. ☐ n. weal; welfare; Shiva (শিব). ভদ্র আচরণ gentlemanly conduct; good manners. ̃কালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃তা n. polished or elegant taste or demeanour; courtesy, polite ness; amiability; suavity; gentility; auspiciousness, propitiousness, salu tariness; honesty, chastity; formality. ভদ্রতা করা v. to treat one courteously, to be formal with; to be suave. ভদ্রতার অনুরোধে, ভদ্রতার খাতিরে for courtesy's sake, for the sake of formalities. ভদ্রতাচরণ n. courteous or polite deport ment or conduct, courtesy. ভদ্রতাবিরুদ্ধ a. discourteous, impolite, uncivil. ভদ্রতামূলক a. pertaining to courtesy, formal. ̃মহিলা n. fem. a gentle woman; a lady. ̃লোক n. a gentleman; a courte ous or amiable man; an honest man. ভদ্রলোকের এক কথা (fig.) a gentleman or an honest man is always true to his words or promise. ̃সন্তান n. one com ing of a respectable family; a gentle man. ̃সমাজ n. society of cultured or decent people. ̃স্হ a. (coll.) in the state of a gentlemen; gentlemanlike. ভদ্রা a. fem. of ভদ্র (a.). ☐ n. (astr. & astrol.) the second, seventh or twelfth day of a lunar fortnight (these days are consid ered inauspicious. ভদ্র পড়া v. (dial.) to be obstructed or hindered; to have an impediment or a hitch or a set-back. ভদ্রাভদ্র n. good and evil; respectable and disreputable. ভদ্রেশ্বর n. a manifes tation of Shiva (শিব). ভদ্রোচিত a. gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; polite; courteous; gentle.

ভদ্রাসন [ bhadrāsana ] n homestead.

ভনভন [ bhanabhana ] int indicating: a humming or buzzing sound (as of bees, flies etc.). ভনভন করা v. to hum; to buzz. ভনভনানি n. hum; buzzing noise. ভনভনে a. buzz ing.

ভনা [ bhanā ] v (poet.) to narrate.

ভব [ bhaba ] n essence, existence, ease; birth, origination; attainment; the material or mundane world, the earth, the uni verse; God; Shiva (শিব); weal, wel fare. ̃কারণ n. the Creator, the First Cause, God. ̃কারা n. the world con ceived as a prison for created beings, the prison of earth. ̃ঘুরে a. (lit.) roving all over the world, leading a wandering life; vagabond. ☐ n. a vagabond. ̃ঘুরেমি n. vagabondism, vagabondage. ̃তারণ a. delivering from earthly life; giving salvation. ̃তারিণী a. fem. of ̃তারণ । ☐ n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃ধব n. the Lord of the universe, God. ̃পার n. deliverance from the earthly life. ̃পারাবার same as ভবার্ণব । ̃বন্ধন n. the bondage or bond of earthly life; earthly attachment (and also responsibilities). ̃ভয় n. the fears of mortal existence. ̃ভয়তারণ, ̃ভয়বারণ a. & n. (one) who delivers or protects from the evils of earthly life. ˜ভার n. the burden of the world (esp. as borne by God); the bur den of earthly life (as borne by mor tals). ̃লীলা n. one's activities upon the earth, activities of one's mortal life. ভাবলীলা সাঙ্গ করা v. to die. ̃লোক, ̃সংসার n. the world; earthly life. ̃সমুদ্র, ̃সাগর, ̃সিন্ধু same as ভবার্ণব । ভবের খেলা same as ভবলীলা ।

ভবদীয় [ bhabadīẏa ] a your, yours.

ভবন¹ [ bhabana¹ ] n act of becoming, act of being re duced to (ঘনীভবন = condensation; বাষ্পীভবন = evaporation).

ভবন² [ bhabana² ] n a dwelling-house, a residence; a home; a house; a mansion. ̃শিখী n. a domesticated pea-fowl.

ভবানী [ bhabānī ] n Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) the wife of Bhaba (ভব).

ভবার্ণব [ bhabārṇaba ] n the world conceived as an ocean, the ocean of the world.

ভবিতব্য [ bhabitabya ] a inevitable. ☐ n. the inevitable; (loos.) destiny. ̃তা n. inevitability; (loos.) destiny.

ভবিষ্ণু [ bhabiṣṇu ] a sure to happen or crop up or be born.

ভবিষ্য [ bhabiṣya ] a future; posterior. ̃নিধি n. Provi dent Fund. ̃পুরাণ n. one of the eigh teen puranas (পুরাণ). ̃সূচনা n. presage.

ভবিষ্যত্ [ bhabiṣyat ] a future; posterior; later. ☐ n. the future; futurity; (loos.) destiny; conse quence (এর ভবিষ্যত্ হল বিচ্ছেদ); future condition (তার ভবিষ্যত্ খারাপ); promise of future prosperity (ভবিষ্যত্ খোয়ানো). ̃কাল) (gr.) the future tense. ভবিষ্যতে adv. in future. ভবিষ্যদ্দ্রষ্টা n. a person having the faculty to see into the fu ture, a seer, a prophet.

ভবিষ্যদ্বক্তা [ bhabiṣyadbaktā ] n a predictor; a sooth-sayer; a prophet.

ভবিষ্যদ্বাক্য, ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী [ bhabiṣyadbākya, bhabiṣyadbāṇī ] n a prediction; a prophecy. ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করা to predict; to prophesy.

ভবী [ bhabī ] n (ori. fem. but now also masc.) a pertinacious person. ভবী ভোলবার নয় (fig.) a pertinacious person will not give up his or her pursuit.

ভবেশ [ bhabēśa ] n Lord Shiva; God Shiva.

ভব্য [ bhabya ] a well-behaved, mannerly; gentle, quiet; polite, courteous; polished in taste or manners; honest; benefactory; auspicious; that which is to happen. ̃তা n. good behaviour; gentleness, quietness; politeness, courtesy; pol ished taste or manners; honesty; bene faction; auspiciousness; a sure contin gency; necessity or certainty. ভব্যা fem. of ভব্য । ভব্যিযুক্ত a. (dial.) well-behaved; gentle, quiet, (sarcas.) genteel.

ভয় [ bhaẏa ] n fear, dread, awe, terror; fright, con sternation, dismay; horror; alarm, ap prehension; panic; threat. ভয় করা v. to fear; to be afraid of. ভয় খাওয়া v. to be frightened, to get or have a fright; to fear. ভয় খাওয়ানো v. to frighten, to give a fright. ভয় দেখানো v. to threaten, to frighten, to hold out threats. ভয় পাওয়া same as ভয় খাওয়া, ভয় পাওয়ানো, ভয় পাইয়ে দেওয়া same as ভয় খাওয়ানো । ভয় ভাঙা v. to be freed from fear; to free from fear, to dispel fear. ভয় হওয়া v. to be stricken with fear. ভয়ে জড়সড় হওয়া v. to crouch in fear; to be numbed or stu pefied with fright. ভয়-ভয়ে adv. tim idly, timorously, fearfully. ভয়ংকর a. awful, terrific, fearful, terrible, dread ful, frightful; horrible; severe (ভয়ংকর রোদ); monstrous (ভয়ংকর মূর্তি); fierce (ভয়ংকর যুদ্ধ); tremendous (ভয়ংকর লোভ) fem. a. ভয়ংকরী । ̃কাতর, ̃কাতুরে a. panicky; timid. ̃তরাসে a. (dial.) pan icky; timid. ̃ত্রাতা a. & n. one who de livers from fear. ˜দ, ̃প্রদ a. awe-inspir ing, frightening, terrific, dreadful, fear ful. fem. ̃দা, ̃প্রদা । ̃প্রদর্শন n. act of threatening. ভয়প্রদর্শন করা v. to threaten. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. alarmed; frightened. ̃বিহ্বল a. terror-stricken, panic-stricken, over whelmed or bewildered with fear. ̃হীন a. fearless, dauntless, intrepid.

ভয়াভিভূত [ bhaẏābhibhūta ] a overwhelmed with fear.

ভয়ার্ত [ bhaẏārta ] a stricken with fear, frightened; terror-stricken.

ভর² [ bhara² ] n weight, pressure (ভর সওয়া); de pendence or reliance (ভাগ্যের উপর ভর); impulse of some emotion (শ্রদ্ধাভরে); a support or prop (লাঠির ভর); domination or possession or in fluence (পেতনির ভর, সরস্বতীর ভর); (phys.) mass. ☐ a. whole, entire (ভররাত); full, fully stuffed, replete (ভরপেট); measuring, amounting to (পোয়াভর). ভর হওয়া v. to be possessed. শ্রদ্ধাভরে adv. respectfully. সাহসভরে adv. boldly.

ভরকেন্দ্র [ bharakēndra ] n (geom.) a centroid.

ভরণ [ bharaṇa ] n filling or stuffing; supporting or maintaining, feeding; a salary, wages. ̃পোষণ n. feeding and clothing and sheltering, maintaining or supporting. ভরণপোষণ করা v. to provide with food and clothing and shelter, to maintain or support. ̃পোষণের উপায় n. means of maintaining, subsistence.

ভরণী [ bharaṇī ] n the second of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy.

ভরত, ভরতপাখি [ bharata, bharatapākhi ] n the skylark.

ভরতি [ bharati ] a filled, stuffed, replete, full; ad mitted into (কলেজে ভরতি). ☐ n. filling, repletion; admission. ভরতি করা v. to fill, to stuff, to replete; to admit (into).

ভরদুপুর [ bharadupura ] n far into the midday.

ভরদ্বাজ [ bharadbāja ] n the skylark.

ভরন [ bharana ] n an inferior metal obtained from an alloy of coper, zinc and tin.

ভরপুর [ bharapura ] a completely filled or saturated (with) (আনন্দে বা গন্ধে ভরপুর). ☐ adv. to the full (ভরপুর খাওয়া).

ভরপেট [ bharapēṭa ] a capable of filling the belly thoroughly (ভরপেট খাবার). ☐ adv. to one's bellyful (ভরপেট খাওয়া).

ভরবেগ [ bharabēga ] n (mech.) momentum.

ভরসন্ধ্যা [ bharasandhyā ] n full evening; advanced evening; far into the evening.

ভরসা [ bharasā ] n reliance, confidence, trust; faith; a prop, support; a shelter, a refuge; hope, expectation; strength or depen dence (কোন ভরসার চাকরি ছাড়লে). ভরসা করা v. to rely on; to hope, to expect; to depend on. ভরসা থাকা v. to have reli ance on or confidence; to have a hope, to have expectation. ভরসা দেওয়া v. to promise support or help; to encourage; to assure.

ভরা [ bharā ] v to fill; to stuff; to pack in; to en close (খামে চিঠি ভরা); to load (জাহাজে মাল ভরা); to charge (with) (বন্দুকে গুলি ভরা); to be filled or stuffed (with), to be replete (with) (বৃষ্টির জলে পুকুর ভরা); to diffuse or be diffused ('ব্যথায় ভুবন ভরিছে'); (fig.) to be thoroughly pleased or satisfied (গান শুনে মন ভরল). ☐ n. a (fully) loaded boat or vessel. ☐ a. filled; stuffed; full, replete; charged; loaded; brimming (ভরা নদী, ভরা পেয়ালা); mature, full (ভরা যৌবন); ad vanced (ভরা সাঁঝ); (fig.) pensive, thoughtful (বসে আছি ভরা মনে). ̃ট n. act of filling up completely; earthwork in filling. ☐ a. thoroughly filled up. ̃ডুবি n. sinking of a (fully) loaded boat or vessel; (fig.) utter ruin. ̃নো v. to cause to fill or stuff or pack in or en close or load or charge with or diffuse or fill up completely or (fig.) satisfy thoroughly. ̃ভরতি a. full to the brim, filled to the brim.

ভরি [ bhari ] n a unit of weight equal to 18 grains or a little over 11 grams.

ভরো ভরো [ bharō bharō ] a about to be filled up; nearly filled to the brim.

ভর্জন [ bharjana ] n frying in oil, fat etc.

ভর্জিত [ bharjita ] a fried in oil, fat etc.

ভর্ত্ সক [ bhart saka ] a. & n one who rebukes or re proaches or censures.

ভর্ত্ সনা [ bhart sanā ] n scolding, rebuke; reproach; reprimand; censure. ভর্ত্ সনা করা v. to chide, to scold, to rebuke; to reproach; to reprimand; to censure. ভর্ত্ সনীয় a. blamable, censurable, condemnable; reprehensible.

ভর্ত্ সিত [ bhart sita ] a scolded, rebuked; reproached; reprimanded; censured. fem. ভর্ত্ সিতা ।

ভর্তা [ bhartā ] n a husband; a king; an overlord; a master; an employer; one responsible for maintenance, a maintainer.

ভর্তৃদারক [ bhartṛdāraka ] n a son of a king, a prince. fem. ভর্তৃদারিকা a princess.

ভর্ত্রী [ bhartrī ] n. fem a wife; a queen; a mistress; a female maintainer.

ভল্ল [ bhalla ] n a spear-like missile, a spear, a lance.

ভল্লাত, ভল্লাতক [ bhallāta, bhallātaka ] n a kind of nut-bearing plant or its nut, the gall-nut (?), the anacardium (?).

ভল্লুক [ bhalluka ] n the bear. fem. ভল্লুকী ।

ভসকা, ভস্কা [ bhasakā, bhaskā ] a not sticking together, loose; watery; tasteless.

ভসভস [ bhasabhasa ] int expressing: noise of repeated emission of air.

ভস্ত্রা [ bhastrā ] n a blacksmith's bellows; a large leathern bag for carrying water.

ভস্ম [ bhasma ] n ash, ashes; cinder; calx; remains of human body when burnt, ashes. ভস্ম করা v. to reduce or burn to ashes; to calcine. ̃সাত্ a. reduced or burnt to ashes. ̃স্তূপ n. an ash-heap. ভস্মাচ্ছন্ন, ভস্মাচ্ছাদিত same as ভস্মাবৃত । ভস্মাধার n. a vase for holding ashes of the dead, an urn; an ash-bucket, an ash-can; an ash tray. ভস্মাবশেষ n. remains of anything burnt; remains of the human body when burnt; ashes. ভস্মাবৃত a. covered or smeared with ashes; (fig.) concealed or disguised (ভস্মাবৃত রূপ). ভস্মীকরণ n. reducing or burning to ashes; calcina tion. ভস্মীকৃত, ভস্মীভূত a. reduced or burnt to ashes; calcined; (fig.) utterly destroyed.

ভা [ bhā ] n glow, radiance, shine, lustre; light; a beam, a ray.

ভাই [ bhāi ] n a brother; a cousin-brother, a cousin; (chiefly voc.) a grandson or grand-nephew, a friend; (voc.) a gentleman (সরে দাঁড়ান ভাই). ভাইঝি n. a brother's daughter, a niece. ভাইঝি-জামাই n. a niece's husband. ̃দ্বিতীয়া same as ̃ফোঁটা । ̃পো n. a brother's son, a nephew. ̃ফোঁটা n. the ceremony of ভ্রাতৃদ্বিতীয়া (see ভ্রাতৃ). ̃বন্ধু, ̃বেরাদর n. kinsfolk and friends, one's own people.

ভাউলিয়া, ভাউলে [ bhāuliẏā, bhāulē ] n a house-boat.

ভাও [ bhāō ] n geneal condition or tendency, trend; price; rate.

ভাং [ bhā ] n leaves and shoots of hemp, bhang.

ভাংচি [ bhāñci ] n secret dissuasion; act of alienat ing someone secretly; intrigue that in duces one to break away from or to be estranged from. ভাংচি দেওয়া v. to dis suade or to alienate by secret intrigue; to cause a split.

ভাংটা [ bhāṇṭā ] n (dial.) small coins, change.

ভাঁওতা [ bhām̐ōtā ] n a hoax; a bluff; deception. ভাঁওতা দেওয়া v. to hoax; to bluff; to deceive. ̃বাজ n. a hoaxer; a bluffer; a deceiver. ̃বাজি n. hoaxing; bluffing; deceiving.

ভাঁজ [ bhān̐ja ] n a fold; a crease (জামার ভাঁজ); a plait (সিঁথির ভাঁজ). ভাঁজ করা v. to fold; to crease; to plait. ভাঁজ হওয়া v. to fold. ̃-করা a. folded. ̃হীন a. foldless. without a fold.

ভাঁজা [ bhān̐jā ] v to fold, to plait; (mus.) to hum or utter esp. to practise (সুর ভাঁজা); to move or brandish or wave (মুগুর ভাঁজা); to exercise with (ডাম্বেল ভাঁজা); to shuffle (as playing cards); (usu. dero.) to excogitate, to devise, to scheme (ফন্দি ভাঁজা).

ভাঁটা¹2 [ bhān̐ṭā¹2 ] n a discus, a quoit.

ভাঁটুই [ bhān̐ṭui ] n burdock.

ভাঁড়¹ [ bhān̐ḍ়¹ ] n a small earthen pot.

ভাঁড়² [ bhān̐ḍ়² ] n a case for containing barber's implements.

ভাঁড়³ [ bhān̐ḍ়³ ] n a court-jester, a fool; a buffoon; a clown; a droll; a witty person, a wit.

ভাঁড়⁴ [ bhān̐ḍ়⁴ ] n a store, a storeroom, a store house. ভাঁড়ে ভবানী utter emptiness in store, a completely exhausted store; (fig.) utter indigence.

ভাঁড়ানো [ bhān̐ḍ়ānō ] v to deceive, to hoodwink, to bamboozle; to assume a false name, ap pellation etc. suppressing what is true or authentic (নাম ভাঁড়ানো, পরিচয় ভাঁড়ানো).

ভাঁড়াভাঁড়ি [ bhān̐ḍ়ābhān̐ḍ়i ] n repeated or mutual decep tion.

ভাঁড়ামি, ভাঁড়ামো [ bhān̐ḍ়āmi, bhān̐ḍ়āmō ] n jesting, foolery, wag gery; buffoonery; clownery; drollery; witticism.

-ভাক [ -bhāka ] a (used as a sfx.) sharing.

ভাক্ত [ bhākta ] a minor, secondary, unimportant; simulating, hypocritical (ভাক্ত বৈষ্ণব); false (ভাক্ত কথা).

ভাগ² [ bhāga² ] n sharing out, apportionment; par tition (দেশ ভাগ); (esp. in math.) divi sion; a piece, a fragment (শতভাগে পরিণত); a share, a portion (সম্পত্তিতে আমার ভাগ); a division of time (দিবাভাগ); a region, a part (নিম্নভাগ). ভাগ করা v. to share out, to apportion; to par tition; (esp. in math.) to divide. ভাগ দেওয়া v. to give a share or portion; to al low to participate in (কাজের ভাগ দেওয়া); (in math.) to divide. ভাগ নেওয়া v. to take a share, to share; to partici pate in. ভাগ পাওয়া v. to get a share; to be allowed to participate in. ভাগের মা গঙ্গা পায় না (fig.) no work can be well executed if the workers do not work jointly; what belongs to all belongs to none. ̃চাষি n. a share-cropper. ̃ধেয় a. entitled to a share (esp. as an heir or in heritor). ☐ n. a share; revenue; fortune, fate. ̃ফল n. (math.) a quotient. ̃বাটোয়ারা n. sharing out, apportionment. ̃শেষ n. (math.) the remainder (in a sum of division). ̃হর a. taking a share, sharing. ̃হার n. sharing, act of taking a share; (math.) a method of division.

ভাগবত [ bhāgabata ] a relating to God; divine; rever encing God, God-fearing, devoted to Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) (often affixed to the names of saintly or reverend persons). ☐ n. one of the Puranas (পুরাণ).

ভাগা¹ [ bhāgā¹ ] n one of the equal parts of a thing, a lot মাছের ভাগা.

ভাগা² [ bhāgā² ] v to flee, to take to one's heels, to slip away.

ভাগাড় [ bhāgāḍ় ] n a waste land for depositing dead bodies of animals; a carrion-de pot.

ভাগানো [ bhāgānō ] v to put to flight, to drive away, to chase away.

ভাগাভাগি [ bhāgābhāgi ] n mutuality; reciprocity; swap ping; sharing out; apportionment or partition or allotment amongst partners.

ভাগিনেয় [ bhāginēẏa ] n (of a man) a sister's son; (of a woman) a son of one's husband's sister, a nephew. fem. ভাগিনেয়ী a niece.

ভাগী¹ [ bhāgī¹ ] a (poet.) fortunate. ☐ n. (poet.) fortune.

ভাগী² [ bhāgī² ] a receiving (upon oneself), a sharer, partaking of, participating in.

ভাগী³ [ bhāgī³ ] a sharing, entitled to or enjoying a share (of) (সম্পত্তির ভাগী). ☐ n. a sharer, a shareholder.

ভাগীদার [ bhāgīdāra ] n a sharer, a shareholder.

ভাগীরথী [ bhāgīrathī ] n a name of the Ganges; a tribu tary of the Ganges.

ভাগ্য [ bhāgya ] n fate, fortune, luck, destiny; chance; good fortune, good luck. ̃ক্রমে adv. fortunately, luckily; by chance. ̃গণনা n. fortune-telling. ভাগ্যগণনা করা v. to foretell or tell one's fortune. ̃গণনাকারী n. a fortune-teller, an astrolo ger. ̃গুণে adv. by dint of one's good fortune; (often ironically) as one's fate would have it; because of one's ill fate. ̃চক্র n. the wheel of fortune; ever changeful fortune. ̃দেবতা n. the god or goddess of fortune or destiny, Destiny, (cp.) the Fates. fem. ̃দেবী । ̃দোষে adv. through bad luck, unfortunately, as ill luck would have it. ̃নিয়ন্তা same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃পরীক্ষা n. a trial of luck. ভাগ্য পরীক্ষা করা v. to try one's luck. ̃পুরুষ same as ̃বিধাতা । ̃ফল n. one's destiny; astrological reading of one's fortune. ̃বতী fem. of ̃বান । ̃বন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃বল n. strength of one's good fortune; fortune's favour. ̃বাদী n. a fatalist. ̃বান a. fortunate, lucky. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. bad or ill luck; misfortune; reverses of fate. ̃বিধাতা n. the divine ordainer of fortune or destiny, Destiny. fem. ̃বিধাত্রী । ̃বিপর্যয় n. reverses of fortune; reversal of fortune; misfortune. ̃মন্ত same as ̃বান । ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি n. one's foreor dained fortune (esp. as supposed to have been written on one's forehead by the god of destiny). ̃হীন a. unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, unlucky. fem. ̃হীনা । ভাগ্যি n. dial. corrup. of ভাগ্য । ☐ int. ex pressing: it is fortunate that, luckily (ভাগ্যি তুমি এলে). ভাগ্যিস int. same as ভাগ্যি (int.). ভাগ্যোদয় n. dawning of one's good fortune.

ভাঙচুর [ bhāṅacura ] n breakage; rampage.

ভাঙড় [ bhāṅaḍ় ] n a bhang-addict, Shiva শিব.

ভাঙন¹ [ bhāṅana¹ ] n a species of flat fish, (cp.) the salmon.

ভাঙন² [ bhāṅana² ] n breaking, act of breaking up; act of coming off (নদীর পাড়ের ভাঙন); act of bringing down banks (নদীতে ভাঙন); disunion, breach, rift (সংসারে ভাঙন); disintegration (দলে ভাঙন); de terioration (বন্ধুত্বে ভাঙন); beginning of downfall (জমিদারিতে ভাঙন). ভাঙন ধরা v. to begin to come off or crumble down; to begin to bring down banks; to start disintegrating or cracking or disuniting.

ভাঙা [ bhāṅā ] v to break or be broken, to split or be split; to fracture or be fractured; to grind (পাথর ভাঙা, গম ভাঙা); to pull down or come off, to demolish or to crumble down, to erode (বাড়ি ভাঙা, কুল ভাঙা); to open (প্যাকেট ভাঙা); to impair, to dete riorate (স্বাস্হ্য ভাঙা); to debase or be de based (কুল ভাঙা); to spoil or be spoiled; to weaken or be weakened, to discourage or be discouraged (মন ভাঙা); to remove or be removed, to dis pel or be dispelled (মান ভাঙা, ভয় ভাঙা); to dissolve or be dissolved, to disband (সৈন্যবাহিনী ভাঙা); to disintegrate or be disintegrated (দল ভাঙা); to break off negotiations etc. (সম্বন্ধ ভাঙা); to sever or be severed; to estrange or be es tranged (বন্ধুত্ব ভাঙা); to sow dissension or disunion (ঘর ভাঙা); to disclose or divulge (সে কথাটা ভাঙেনি); to elaborate (ভেঙে বলা); to make or become hoarse (গলা ভাঙা); to walk, to traverse (পথ ভাঙা); to wade through (জল ভাঙা, জলা ভাঙা). ☐ a. broken, split; (fractured; ground; pulled down, demolished or impaired; deteriorated; debased; weak ened, discouraged; dissolved; disinte grated; broken up; severed, estranged; rent with disunion; breached, hoarsened. ভাঙা কপাল ill fate, bad luck. ভাঙা কপাল জোড়া লাগা (fig.) to thrive again after a downfall; to retrieve one's fortunes. ভেঙে বলা v. to say in detail. ̃চোরা a. broken and unserviceable (ভাঙাচোরা বাসন); dilapidated (ভাঙাচোরা বাড়ি). ̃নি n. small coins, change; act of prejudic ing (one) secretly against (কানভাঙানি). ☐ a. fem. given to intrigues, sowing dis sension (ঘরভাঙানি বউ); prejudicing (one) secretly against (মনভাঙানি কথা). a. masc. ভাঙানে । ̃নো v. to cause to break or split or grind or pull down or open or debase or spoil or weaken or discourage or remove or dispel or disintegrate or break up or sever or estrange or produce breach, dissension etc. or walk or traverse or wade through; to change (as a coin or currency note); to cash (as a cheque). ভাঙা-ভাঙা a. almost broken; scattered or rent here and there (ভাঙা ভাঙা মেঘ); broken (ভাঙা-ভাঙা হিন্দি); half-articulate, babbling (ভাঙা-ভাঙা বোল). ভাঙাভাঙি n. disruption, dissension; disin tegration; prejudicing against; discour agement; repeated breaking or split.

ভাচিত্র [ bhācitra ] n a photograph. ̃কর n. a photog rapher, a photoman.

ভাজ [ bhāja ] n a brother's wife, a sister-in-law.

ভাজক [ bhājaka ] a dividing. ☐ n. a divisor.

ভাজন¹ [ bhājana¹ ] n a receptacle (স্নেহভাজন).

ভাজন² [ bhājana² ] n dividing, division; frying.

ভাজনা [ bhājanā ] a used in frying. ̃খোলা n. a fry ing vessel (usu. a concave one); a fry ing pan).

ভাজা [ bhājā ] v to fry; to roast; to parch; to scorch. ☐ a. fried; roasted; parched; scorched. ☐ n. a dish of anything fried. ̃নো v. to cause to fry or roast or parch or scorch. ভাজা-ভাজা a. almost fried, (fig.) extremely irritated or chafed. ̃ভুজি n. pl. fried snacks.

ভাজিত [ bhājita ] a (esp. in math.) divided; appor tioned; partitioned.

ভাজ্য [ bhājya ] a dividable, divisible. ☐ n. (math.) a dividend.

ভাট [ bhāṭa ] n one of a class of heralds versed in genealogies; a professional singer of eulogies.

ভাটক [ bhāṭaka ] n rent; hire; charges, fare, freight, wages; cost.

ভাটা, ভাটি¹ [ bhāṭā, bhāṭi¹ ] n ebb, ebb-tide; the ebbward direction of a stream; downstream di rection; downward direction; (fig.) de cline. ভাটা পড়া বা লাগা v. to begin to ebb; to ebb; (fig.) to begin to decline, to decline.

ভাটি² [ bhāṭi² ] n a kiln (for burning bricks etc.); a washerman's trough for boiling dirty clothes; a still; a vat; a distillery. ̃খানা n. a distillery; a liquor-shop.

ভাটিয়ালি [ bhāṭiẏāli ] n an Indian musical mode ori. sung by boatmen. ভাটিয়ালী গান a song sung in the aforesaid mode, (cp.) a boat-song.

ভাড়া [ bhāḍ়ā ] n rent; hire (গাড়িভাড়া); charges, fare; freight (রেলভাড়া); wages (কুলিভাড়া). ☐ a. rented; hired; hackney (ভাড়া গাড়ি). ভাড়া করা v. to rent (বাড়ি ভাড়া করা); to hire (গাড়ি ভাড়া করা); to book (থিয়েটারের সিট ভাড়া করা). ভাড়া খাটা v. to be let out for hire. ভাড়া দেওয়া v. to let out for a rent, to rent; to put out to hire, to hire; to pay rent, hire, charges, fare, freight or wages. ভাড়া পাওয়া v. to obtain the use or service of by paying rent, hire, charges, fare, freight or wages. ভাড়া নেওয়া same as ভাড়া করা । ভাড়াটিয়া, (coll.) ভাড়াটে a. rented or tenanted; let out for hire; hackney; hired; mercenary (ভাড়াটে গুন্ডা). ☐ n. a tenant of a rented house; a hireling. ভাড়াটে গাড়ি a hackney carriage, a hackney-coach. ভাড়াটে সৈন্য n. hired soldier; mercenary. ভাড়াটে বাড়ি n. a rented house.

ভাণ্ড [ bhāṇḍa ] n a vessel, a receptacle; a pot; a small earthen pot; a pitcher; a jar; a chest, a box, a case; capital money, capital; stock.

ভাণ্ডার [ bhāṇḍāra ] n a store, a storehouse, a store room; a treasury; a fund; a granary; a garner; a coffer. ̃-করণিক n. a store clerk. ভাণ্ডারে রাখা, ভাণ্ডার়জাত করা v. to store; to garner. ভাণ্ডার পূর্ণ করা v. to fill one's coffer. ̃সহায়ক n. a depot assis tant. ভাণ্ডারী n. a storekeeper; a treasurer.

ভাত [ bhāta ] n boiled rice; the Hindu sacrament of letting a child eat rice for the first time (also মুখে ভাত). ̃-কাপড় n. food and clothing; (loos.) maintenance. ভাত ছড়ালে কাকের অভাব হয় না (fig.) be lib eral with your purse and they will be liberal with support and flattery. ভাত বাড়া v. to serve rice.

ভাতা [ bhātā ] n (ori.) ration-money; money paid in addition to salary, an allowance.

ভাতার [ bhātāra ] n (sl.) a husband. ̃পুত n. (sl.) husband and son.

ভাতি [ bhāti ] n lustre, radiance; glow.

ভাতুড়ি [ bhātuḍ়i ] n slough.

ভাতুড়িয়া, ভাতুড়ে [ bhātuḍ়iẏā, bhātuḍ়ē ] a dependant on others for maintenance.

ভাতুয়া [ bhātuẏā ] a subsisting chiefly on rice, rice eating; (fig.) feeble, cowardly.

ভাতে [ bhātē ] a boiled along with rice (আলু ভাতে); cooked by keeping in the heat of boiled rice (মাছ ভাতে). ☐ n. any ar ticle of food thus boiled (ভাতেভাত = such articles of food and boiled rice).

ভাদুরে, ভাদ্দুরে [ bhādurē, bhāddurē ] a of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র).

ভাদ্র, ভাদ্রপদ [ bhādra, bhādrapada ] n the fifth month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of August to the middle of September).

ভাদ্রবধূ [ bhādrabadhū ] n a brother's (usu. a younger brother's) wife, a sister-in-law.

ভান¹ [ bhāna¹ ] n glow, radiance; lustre; beauty; notion; knowledge.

ভান² [ bhāna² ] n a pretence, a pretext; feigning, dissimulation.

ভানা [ bhānā ] v to husk (as rice); to grind, to mill (as corn, wheat etc.) ̃নো v. to cause to husk or grind or mill. ধান-ভানা কল a husking machine; a rice-mill.

ভানু [ bhānu ] n the sun; a ray, a beam; grace, beauty. ̃মতী a. fem. graceful, beautiful. ☐ n. fem. (myth.) a celebrated female juggler. ভানুমতীর খেলা বা খেল amazing jugglery or magic; jugglery, magic.

ভাপ, ভাপরা [ bhāpa, bhāparā ] n steam; vapour; heat; fo mentation; vapour-bath. ভাপ বা ভাপরা দেওয়া v. to foment; to treat with or ap ply a vapour-bath.

ভাপসা [ bhāpasā ] a sultry (ভাপসা আবহাওয়া); musty (ভাপসা গন্ধ). ̃নো v. to become sultry; to swelter; to give out a musty odour.

ভাপা, ভাপানো [ bhāpā, bhāpānō ] a manufactured or cooked by application of vapour (ভাপানো দই, ভাপানো মাংস).

ভাব [ bhāba ] n birth, origination; existence, pres ence, essence, esse; shape (নবভাবে প্রকাশ); intention; state, condition (মিশ্রভাব, তীব্রভাব); mental state, mood (ভাবান্তর); nature (তার ভাবখানা ওই); love, attachment, friendship, amity (দুজনের বেজায় ভাব); acquaintance )তার সঙ্গে অনেক লোকের ভাব); manner, mode (এভাবে চলবে); inner significance, im plication, an idea (কবিতার ভাব); an ab stract idea or thought, imagination (ভাবলোক); meditation, cogitation (ভাবমগ্ন); reverie, ecstasy (ঠাকুর ভাবে বিভোর); emotion, an outburst of emo tion (ভাবোদ্দীপন); (amongst children) amity, peace (আড়ি-ভাব). ভাব করা v. to establish friendship with; to make friends with; to make acquaintance with; (amongst children) to be on ami cable terms with, to make peace with. ভাব জাগা, ভাব লাগা v. to be affected with an emotion or idea; to be under the spell of a reverie or ecstasy. ভাব হওয়া v. to become friendly with; to be acquainted with; (amongst children) to be at peace with. ̃গত a. relating to inner signifi cance or to the underlying idea; ideo logical; abstract. ̃গতিক n. intention and activities; attitude and bearing; manner, mode. ̃গম্ভীর a. full of weighty or solemn ideas; inspiring sol emn ideas; grave and thoughtful. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with (deep) thoughts, thoughtful; having a deep meaning or significance; pregnant with ideas, imaginative. ̃গ্রাহী a. capable of grasp ing the inner significance or the under lying idea; appreciative; capable of reading the inmost thoughts; omni scient. ̃জগত্ n. the world of imagina tion. ̃তরঙ্গ n. a thought-wave. ̃ধারা n. a trend of thought, a line of thinking. ̃পূর্ণ same as ̃গর্ভ । ̃প্রবণ a. emotional; sentimental; maudlin. ̃প্রবণতা n. emo tionalism; sentimentalism, sentimental ity; maudlinism. ̃বাচক a. (chiefly in gr.) abstract (ভাববাচক বিশেষ্য = an ab stract noun). ̃বাচ্য n. (gr.) the imper sonal voice. ̃বাদ n. idealism. ̃বাদী a. idealistic; idealist. ☐ n. an idealist. ̃বিলাসী a. given to abstract speculation, visionary, idealistic. ̃বিহ্বল a. over whelmed with emotion or ecstasy. ̃ব্যঞ্জক a. signifying a thought. ̃ভঙ্গি same as ̃গতিক । ̃মূর্তি n. an image; (loos.) the image of something; an ide ated or ideal or imaginary shape or form or concept; a symbol of personifi cation of an idea. ̃লেশহীন a. utterly blank or expressionless. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purity of idea or thought. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. blank, expressionless. ̃সূচক same as ̃ব্যঞ্জক ।

ভাবন [ bhābana ] n thinking, cogitation; meditation; invention; production; creation; a cre ator.

ভাবনা [ bhābanā ] n thought; cogitation; reflection, contemplation; worry, anxiety; re peated pulverization and purification or rectification of medicines etc.; satu ration; infusion. ভাবনা করা, ভাবনায় পড়া v. to worry, to be worried.

ভাবা [ bhābā ] v to think, to cogitate; to contem plate, to reflect; to conceive, to imagine; to consider, to judge; to re gard, to take (one) for; to intend or re solve (কী ভেবে পড়া ছাড়লে); to con trive, to devise (উপায় ভাবা); to sup pose or guess (বৃষ্টি হবে ভাবছ ?); to worry (for) (রোগা ছেলের জন্য ভাবা). ভেবেচিন্তে upon careful consideration.

ভাবাত্মক [ bhābātmaka ] a impregnated with ideas or thoughts; imaginative, abstract; full of significance.

ভাবানুগ [ bhābānuga ] a natural, following the dictates of one's nature or thought.

ভাবানুষঙ্গ [ bhābānuṣaṅga ] n association of ideas.

ভাবানো [ bhābānō ] v to cause to think or worry; to worry (ওকে আর ভাবিয়ো না); to cause anxiety (এই ব্যাপারটাই তাকে ভাবাচ্ছে).

ভাবান্তর [ bhābāntara ] n another state of mind or mood; change of mental state or mood.

ভাবান্বিত [ bhābānbita ] a worried, anxious.

ভাবাবিষ্ট [ bhābābiṣṭa ] a lost in ecstasy or reverie or thought; overwhelmed with emotion.

ভাবাবেশ [ bhābābēśa ] n absorption in ecstasy or rev erie or thought; the state of being over whelmed with emotion; excitation of an idea or emotion.

ভাবার্থ [ bhābārtha ] n inner significance; purport, gist, substance.

ভাবিত [ bhābita ] a conceived, thought of, contem plated; worried; purified, rectified, saturated; infused.

ভাবিনী [ bhābinī ] n a charming woman who is the embodiment of an idea or concept ('ভাবের ভাবিনী রাধা'); (dero. or facet.) an emotional or wanton woman; a woman.

ভাবী [ bhābī ] a future (ভাবী কাল, ভাবী ঘটনা); would-be (ভাবী রাজা). ̃কাল n. the future.

ভাবুক [ bhābuka ] a capable of or given to thinking or imagining, thoughtful or imagina tive; capable of appreciation, apprecia tive; capable of forming original con cepts, conceptive. ̃তা n. thoughtful ness; contemplativeness; imaginative ness; appreciativeness.

ভাবো়চ্ছ্বাস [ bhābō়cchbāsa ] n an outburst of emotion or thought or ecstasy.

ভাবোদয় [ bhābōdaẏa ] a dawning of a thought or idea (in one's mind), birth of an idea; inspi ration; setting in of an emotion.

ভাবোদ্দীপক [ bhābōddīpaka ] a thought-inspiring, thought provoking; awakening ideas or emo tions.

ভাবোদ্দীপন [ bhābōddīpana ] n awakening of a thought or an idea or an emotion.

ভাবোদ্রেক [ bhābōdrēka ] n awakening of an emotion or an idea or a thought.

ভাবোন্মত্ত [ bhābōnmatta ] a beside oneself with emotion or ecstasy or reverie or with an idea.

ভাবোন্মাদ [ bhābōnmāda ] n the state of being beside one self with emotion or ecstasy or reverie or with an idea.

ভাব্য [ bhābya ] a thinkable, ponderable; consider able; that which will happen; inevi table.

ভাম [ bhāma ] n the civet-cat.

ভামিনী [ bhāminī ] n a peevish woman, a shrew; a woman.

ভায় [ bhāẏa ] v (poet.) to shine; (poet.) to exist or be present gracefully; to appear to be pleasing or likable.

ভায়রা, ভায়রাভাই [ bhāẏarā, bhāẏarābhāi ] n the husband of one's wife's sister, a brother-in-law.

ভায়া [ bhāẏā ] n (in familiar addressing) a brother, a friend, a comrade.

ভার [ bhāra ] n gravity, heaviness, weight; load, burden, pressure (ঋণভার); responsibil ity, encumbrance (সংসারভার) charge, trust (কর্মভার); collection, a heap, clump (কেশভার); a bamboo pole borne on one'e shoulders for carrying loads hanging from its either extremi ties (ভারে-ভারে দই); a weight put on a scalepan to bring it into equipoise with the other scalepan. ☐ a. heavy, weighty, burdensome, unbearable, in tolerable, burdensome, unbearable, in tolerably miserable (জীবন ভার হওয়া); difficult (দেখা পাওয়া ভার); indisposed, feeling sick (দেহ ভার ঠেকা); affected with huff, sulky (মন ভার). ভার করা v. to darken with huff or to sulk (মুখ ভার করা); to become indisposed or sick. ভার চাপানো, ভার দেওয়া v. to load: to burden; to put a weight (as on a scalepan); to encumber; to entrust (one) with the charge of. ভার নেওয়া v. to carry burden or weight; to be loaded; to undertake a charge. ভার বওয়া v. to carry burden or weight; to shoul der a charge. ̃কেন্দ্র n. (mech.) the cen tre of gravity. ̃গ্রস্ত a. burdened, en cumbered. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক, ̃বাহী a. carry ing load or weight. ভারবাহী ঘোড়া a pack-horse, a draught horse, a sumpter, ভারবাহী পশু a pack-animal, a beast of burden, a draught animal. ̃মধ্যে, ̃মধ্যবিন্দু same as ̃কেন্দ্র । ̃শঙ্কু n. a le ver. ̃সহ a. capable of bearing or with standing load or pressure. ̃সাম্য n. (chiefly pol.) balance of power; equi librium. ̃হীন a. not heavy, light; not loaded; unburdened; unencumbered; having no charge; weightless (on ac count of absence of gravity)

ভারই [ bhāri ] n the skylark; the quail.

ভারত [ bhārata ] n India (formerly including Paki stan), the Republic of India, the Indian Union; a son or descendant of King Bharata (ভরত); the Mahabharata. ̃নাট্যম n. Bharat Natyam, an Indian classical dance form. ̃বর্ষ same as ভারত excepting the last two meanings. ̃বর্ষীয় a. of or dwelling in India, In dian. ̃বাসী a. living in India, Indian. ☐ n. an Indian. ̃মহাসাগর n. the Indian Ocean. ̃মাতা n. India personified as the common mother of all Indians; Mother India. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of India; the title of highest honour conferred upon emi nent citizens by the President of India. ̃রাষ্ট্র n. the Republic of India, the Indian Union. ̃সন্তান n. a child of the Indian soil, an Indian. ̃সভা n. Indian Association. ̃সরকার n. the Govern ment of India, the Indian Government. ভারতের সংবিধান the Constitution of India.

ভারতী [ bhāratī ] n Saraswati (সরস্বতী) the Goddess of speech; speech.

ভারতীয় [ bhāratīẏa ] a Indian. ভারতীয় করা v. to Indianize. পশ্চিম-ভারতীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জ the West Indies. পূর্ব-ভারতীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জ the East Indies. ̃করণ n. Indianization. ̃য়তা n. the state of being Indian; Indianness.

ভারপ্রাপ্ত [ bhāraprāpta ] a entrusted with charge or re sponsibility of, in charge. ভারপ্রাপ্ত আধিকারিক an officer-in-charge.

ভারা [ bhārā ] n a scaffold. ভারা বাঁধা v. to build or erect a scaffold.

ভারাক্রান্ত [ bhārākrānta ] a embarrassed with heavy load or burden; encumbered; afflicted (with worries, misery etc.).

ভারার্পণ [ bhārārpaṇa ] n commitment of a charge, en trustment of a charge. ভারার্পণ করা v. to commit a charge, to entrust (one) with a charge.

ভারার্পিত [ bhārārpita ] a entrusted with a charge.

ভারিক্কি, ভারিক্কে [ bhārikki, bhārikkē ] a grave, serious, not light; having a condescending or patronizing or bossy air. ভারিক্কি ধরণের বা প্রকৃতির লোক a man making a strong impression because of size, character, appearance etc., a man of imposing personality.

ভারিভুরি [ bhāribhuri ] n ostentatious show, pomp; bragging, vanity, pretence.

ভারী¹ [ bhārī¹ ] a heavy, weighty; large and heavy (ভারী দেহ); difficult, hard, serious (ভারী কাজ); important (ভারী লোক); having an important or grave air (ভারী চালচলন); great (ভারী আনন্দ বা দুঃখ); (sarcas.) nice (ভারী কথা); (sarcas.) too much (ভারী পড়া পড়ছে); afflicted, sad dened, glum, sullen, morose (ভারী মন); gloomy (ভারী আবহাওয়া); (fig.) full of or abounding in money (ভারী পকেট). ☐ n. one who carries a load; a water-car rier, a bhisti.

ভারী² [ bhārī² ] adv very, extremely; too much or excessively (ভারী সুন্দর, ভারী মন্দ). ☐ a. great, excessive (ভারী মজা).

ভারুই [ bhārui ] n the skylark; the quail.

ভার্যা [ bhāryā ] n wife.

ভাল [ bhāla ] n the forehead; fate.

ভালাই [ bhālāi ] n welfare, weal; good, wellbeing.

ভালো [ bhālō ] a good; fair; excellent; auspicious (ভালো দিন); suitable (ভালো সময়); ben eficial, wholesome (ভালো উপদেশ); helpful, useful, serviceable (ভালো ওষুধ, ভালো যন্ত্র); healthy, whole, sound (ভালো শরীর); recovered from illness; cured; rectified, corrected, redeemed, re claimed, improved; flourished; honest (ভালো লোক); genuine (ভালো টাকা); in nocent, harmless (ভালো মানুষ); proper; quiet, gentle; becoming, fitting; profi cient (অঙ্কে ভালো); efficient (ভালো কর্মী); a large number of (সভায় ভালো লোক হবে); plentiful, sufficient (এ বছর ভালো বৃষ্টি হবে); true, official, not used in familiarity (তোমার ভালো নাম কী); great (ভালো যশ). ☐ adv. well; to or in a large number or amount or degree (সভায় লোক ভালো আসবে, সে ভালো খেতে পারে). ☐ n. good, weal, welfare, pros perity (পরের ভালো); right (ভালোমন্দ বিচার). ☐ int. all right (ভালো, তাই হোক); well (ভালো কী বলছ ?). ভালো করা v. to do well (না গিয়ে ভালো করেছ); to do good (to); to do one a good turn; to cure, to heal; to rectify or reclaim; to improve; to console or stimulate (মন ভালো করা). ভালো করে adv. well; care fully; minutely; meticulously; properly; at ease (ভালো করে শোয়া); soundly (ভালো করে মারা). ভালো খাওয়া v. to be accus tomed to eat (and drink) choice things; to eat well; to be capable of eating much; to eat much. ভালো চলা v. (of ve hicles, business-organizations, domes tic or other establishments) to run well, to run smoothly; to have sufficient means for subsistence or for other pur poses. ভালো থাকা v. to be in good health, to be well; to be happy; to be cosy and comfortable (মায়ের কোলে শিশুরা ভালো থাকে); to live in prosperity (ধনীর মেয়ে বিয়ে করে সে আছে ভালো); to live hon estly (চোরটা এবার থেকে ভালো থাকবে); to be in good condition (রোদে দিলে গরম জামাকাপড় ভালো থাকে); to be quiet or gentle (কোঁতকা খেলে দুর্বৃত্তেরা ভালো থাকে). ভালো দেখানো v. to look well; to look beautiful; to look healthy; to look hon est; to appear as becoming or befitting. ভালো বলা v. to speak well; to speak well of, to approve; to praise, to laud; to give good counsel, to advise well. ভালো লাগা v. to be to one's liking; to appear good to one; to taste or sound or seem well. ভালো হওয়া v. to recover from illness, to come round; to be cured; to be benefi cial or profitable; to do good to (এতে তোমার ভালো হবে); to be corrected or re claimed; to be good (ছেলেটি ভালো হবে); to improve or flourish (অবস্হা ভালো হওয়া); to prosper, to be prosperous তোমার ভালো হোক); to assemble or come in a large number. ভালো আপদ an expression denoting: disgust, trouble etc.; what a pest! ভালো কথা¹ good coun sel; profitable or moral advice. ভালো কথা² by the way (ভালো কথা, তুমি কি কাল যাবে ?). ভাল ঘর a respectable or mar riageable family. ভালো জ্বালা same as ভালো আপদ । ভালো থাকা v. to be well, to get on well; to have good time. ভালো থেকো v. have a good time. ভালো মনে adv. sincerly; open-heartedly. ভালোমন্দ n. good and bad; right and wrong; acci dent, mishap, death etc. (ভালোমন্দ ঘটা); choice articles of food. ভালো মানুষ n. a good man, a good soul; (derog.) a weak-minded person, a simpleton. ভালো মানুষ সাজা v. to pretend to be a good man; to pretend to be innocent. ভালো মানুষি n. honest and blameless conduct; (derog.) pretence of honesty and inno cence. ভালোয় ভালোয় adv. safely, in safety; without let or hindrance.

ভালোবাসা [ bhālōbāsā ] v to love, to be amorous to wards; to have attachment or affection or fondness for; to like. ☐ n. love; at tachment; amity, friendliness; friend ship; affection; reverence; devotion; fondness; liking.

ভাশুর [ bhāśura ] n an elder brother or counsin brother of one's husband, a brother-in-law. ̃ঝি n. a daughter of such a brother-in-law. ̃পো n. a son of an aforesaid brother-in-law.

ভাষ, ভাষণ [ bhāṣa, bhāṣaṇa ] n speech; utterance; a talk; a lecture; a statement. ভাষক n. a speaker; a lecturer. ভাষণ দেওয়া v. to speak; to give a talk; to deliver a lecture; to give a statement.

ভাষা [ bhāṣā ] n speech; language; a dialect; mother-tongue, vernacular; an expres sion, a significant hint (বোবা ভাষা, আকাশের ভাষা); mode of speaking (রূঢ় ভাষা); (now obs.) any Indian language other than Sanskrit ('প্রেমদাস রচিল ভাষায়). স্পষ্ট ভাষায় in plain or clear lan guage, plainly, frankly; categorically. ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge in or of a language; knowledge as to how to use a language properly. ̃তত্ত্ব n. philology; linguistics. ̃তত্ত্বজ্ঞ, ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a philologist; a lin guist. ☐ a. versed in philology or lin guistics. ভাষাতীত a. not describable in language, beyond speech or language; inexplicable. ̃ন্তর n. another language; rendering into another language, trans lation. ভাষান্তরিক n. a translator, an inter preter. ভাষান্তরিত a. translated. ভাষান্তরিত করা v. to translate. ̃বিজ্ঞান same as ভাষাতত্ত্ব । ̃বিজ্ঞানী same as ভাষাতত্ত্বজ্ঞ ।

ভাষিক [ bhāṣika ] a relating to language; linguistic.

ভাষিণী [ bhāṣiṇī ] fem of ভাষী ।

ভাষিত [ bhāṣita ] a spoken, said; uttered; narrated; stated.

ভাষী [ bhāṣī ] a (used as a sfx.) speaking (হিন্দিভাষী, মন্দভাষী).

ভাষ্য [ bhāṣya ] n an explanation; a commentary; an notation, gloss. ভাষ্য করা v. to explain; to make a commentary of; to annotate; to gloss. ̃কার n. an explainer; a commenta tor; an annotator; a glosser, a glossarist.

ভাস¹ [ bhāsa¹ ] n the vulture; the cock.

ভাস² [ bhāsa² ] n glow, radiance, tinge.

ভাস³ [ bhāsa³ ] n a Sanskrit playwright of ancient India.

ভাসমান² [ bhāsamāna² ] a glowing, radiant; having a graceful appearance, showing-off.

ভাসা [ bhāsā ] v to float, to drift; to swim; to be buoyant; to be flooded (with) (বন্যায় দেশ ভাসা); to rise or strike or appear in, to occur to (মনে ভাসা); (fig.) to be overflowing. ভাসান n. immersion (as of an image of a deity); a kind of folk song celebrating activities of some dei ties (মনসার ভাসান). ভাসা-ভাসা a. shal low, superficial. ভাসা-ভাসা জ্ঞান index learning, skin-deep or superficial knowledge. ভাসানো v. to cause to float; to float; to levitate, to set adrift; to flood or overflow.

ভাস্কর [ bhāskara ] n the sun; a sculptor.

ভাস্কর্য [ bhāskarya ] n sculpture.

ভাস্বতী [ bhāsbatī ] fem of ভাস্বান ।

ভাস্বর, ভাস্বান [ bhāsbara, bhāsbāna ] a luminous; radiant; bright; (phys.) incandescent. ভাস্বর দীপ an in candescent lamp.

ভিক্ষা [ bhikṣā ] n begging; earnest request or prayer, solicitation; importuning; alms; a dole; a charitable or gracious gift. ভিক্ষা করা v. to beg; to live by begging; to re quest or pray earnestly (for), to solicit (for); to importune. ভিক্ষা দেওয়া v. to give alms; to dole; to give or grant (some thing) charitably or condescendingly. ̃চর্যা n. same as ̃বৃত্তি । ̃জীবী a. living by begging, living on alms, mendicant. fem. ̃জীবিণী । ̃ন্ন n. food obtained by begging. ̃পাত্র n. an alms-dish, a beggar's bowl, (cp.) a clack-dish. ̃বৃত্তি n. begging, mendicancy. ̃ভাণ্ড same as ̃পাত্র । ̃র্থী a. & n. one who asks or prays for alms. fem. ভিক্ষার্থিনী । ˜লব্ধ a. obtained by begging. ভিক্ষার চাল কাঁড়া আর আঁকড়া beggars can't be choosers.

ভিক্ষিত [ bhikṣita ] a begged; obtained by begging.

ভিক্ষু [ bhikṣu ] n a Buddhist mendicant friar; a mendicant friar; a beggar-man.

ভিক্ষুক [ bhikṣuka ] n a beggar, a mendicant, a beggar man, an alms-man; a humble petitioner. ̃রমনী n. an alms-woman, a beggar woman. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the beggardom.

ভিক্ষুণী [ bhikṣuṇī ] n. fem a Buddhist mendicant nun; a mendicant nun; a beggar-woman.

ভিখ [ bhikha ] n (coll.) alms. ভিখ মাগা same as ভিক্ষা করা (see ভিক্ষা). গেঁয়ো যোগী ভিখ পায় না (fig.) a prophet is never honoured in his own country; (cp.) familiarity breeds contempt.

ভিজা, ভেজা [ bhijā, bhējā ] v to get wet; to soak with water or any other liquid; to soften by being steeped in water or any other liq uid; (fig.) to soften emotionally (মন ভেজা). ☐ a. wet; soaked with or steeped in water etc.; containing water or vapour, damp, hydrous, vapoury (ভেজা বাতাস). ̃নো v. to make wet; to soak with or steep in water etc.; to soften by steeping in water etc.

ভিজিট [ bhijiṭa ] n a physician's fee for a profes sional call or visit.

ভিজে [ bhijē ] a coll corrup. of ভিজা (a.).ভিজে বেড়াল (fig.) a terrible rogue appearing to be perfectly innocent and harmless, a wolf in sheep's skin.

ভিটামিন [ bhiṭāmina ] n vitamin.

ভিড় [ bhiḍ় ] n a crowd; throng; concourse; a mob; the rabble; multitude; rush (কাজের ভিড়). ভিড় করা v. to crowd; to throng; to rush (in) (মাথায় চিন্তা ভিড় করা). ভিড় ঠেলা v. to force one's way through a crowd.

ভিত [ bhita ] n foundation, base; plinth; a wall; direction, side, a point of the compass (চারিভিতে).

ভিতর [ bhitara ] n the interior, the inside; the midst, the middle; the inmost part (মনের ভিতরটা খাঁ-খাঁ করছে). ☐ prep. & adv. in, within, into, inside; in the midst of, amidst. ☐ a. inner. ভিতরের কথা, ভিতরের খবর a secret, inside infor mation. ভিতরের ব্যাপার a secret; an in ternal affair. ̃দিক n. the inside; the in ward direction or portion. ̃বাড়ি n. the inner apartments of a residential build ing; the gynaeceum, the seraglio. ̃ বাহির n. the inside and outside; ins and outs. ভিতর-ভিতর adv. inwardly; at heart; secretly, surreptitiously; under the counter. ̃মহল same as ভিতরবাড়ি । ভিতরে prep. & adv. same as ভিতর (prep. & adv.). ভিতরে-ভিতরে same as ভিতর-ভিতর ।

ভিতু [ bhitu ] a timid; cowardly; faint-hearted, chicken-hearted. ভীতুর ডিম (joc.) an ut ter coward; a person who is easily frightened or scared; a scare-cat.

ভিত্তি [ bhitti ] n foundation, base; plinth; a wall; basis, ground, cause. ̃প্রস্তর n. the foundation-stone. ̃মূল n. the bottom of a foundation; base; plinth. ভিত্তি স্হাপন করা v. to lay the foundation of. ̃হীন a. groundless, baseless, causeless.

ভিদ্যমান [ bhidyamāna ] a in the state of being pierced or penetrated.

ভিন্দিপাল [ bhindipāla ] n an ancient missile.

ভিন্ন [ bhinna ] a other, different, separate; sepa rated; isolated; segregated; estranged; parted; partitioned; split, torn, rent, severed, broken, fractured. ☐ prep. ex cept, without, other than. ̃জাতীয় a. of a different race or nation; of a different kind or sort; heterogeneous. ̃তা n. otherness, difference. ভিন্ন ধাতুর লোক a man cast in a different mould. ̃প্রকার a. of a different kind or sort; heteroge neous. ̃মত n. a different opinion. ☐ a. disagreeing in opinion, dissenting. ̃মতাবলম্বী a. dissentient; holding a different opinion. ☐ n. a dissenter. fem. ̃মতাবলম্বিনী । ̃রুচি a. differing or dis agreeing in taste or choice. ☐ n. differ ence of taste; different taste. ভিন্নার্থ n. a different meaning. ☐ a. conveying a different meaning or purport. ভিন্নার্থক a. same as ভিন্নার্থ (a.).

ভিমরুল [ bhimarula ] n the hornet. ভিমরুলের চাক hornet's nest. ভিমরুলের চাকে খোঁচা দেওয়া (lit. & fig.) to bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, to stir up a hornet's nest.

ভিরকুটি [ bhirakuṭi ] n a frown; a grimace. ভিরকুটি করা v. to frown; to grimace.

ভিরমি [ bhirami ] n sudden dizziness or daze; fainting; a swoon. ভিরমি খাওয়া, ভিরমি লাগা v. to be affected with sudden dizziness or vertigo, to be dazed suddenly; to faint, to swoon.

ভিল [ bhila ] n one of an aboriginal non-Aryan tribe of India.

ভিষক [ bhiṣaka ] n a physician.

ভিসা [ bhisā ] n a visa.

ভিস্তি [ bhisti ] n a leather bag for carrying water, a water-bag; a water-carrier, a bhisty. ̃ওয়ালা n. a bhisty.

ভীত [ bhīta ] a frightened, alarmed; afraid. fem. ভীতা । ভীত করা v. to frighten, to alarm. ̃চিত্ত a. timid, timorous; faint-hearted. ভীতি n. fear, fright, dread, terror, alarm. ভীতিকর, ভীতিজনক, ভীতিপ্রদ a. fearful, frightful, dreadful; terrible, horrible; alarming; threatening, menac ing. ভীতিপ্রদর্শক a. threatening. ☐ n. one who threatens or frightens, a threat ener. ভীতিপ্রদর্শন n. threatening or men acing; a threat, menace. ভীতিপ্রদর্শন করা v. to threaten, to menace. ভীতিবিহ্বল a. beside oneself with fright; seized with utter fright; terror-stricken. ভীতু & ভীতুর ডিম see ভীতু ।

ভীম [ bhīma ] a terrible, terrific, horrible; awful; tremendous. ☐ n. the second son of King Pandu (পাণ্ডু).

ভীমকর্মা [ bhīmakarmā ] a doing terrible things.

ভীমদর্শন [ bhīmadarśana ] a having a horrible or awe-inspiring appearance; awesome.

ভীমনাদ [ bhīmanāda ] n a terrific or an awe-inspiring sound or noise.

ভীমপরাক্রম [ bhīmaparākrama ] a awfully mighty or vigorous.

ভীমবেগে [ bhīmabēgē ] n a terrible or tremendous speed.

ভীমা [ bhīmā ] fem of ভীম ।

ভীরু [ bhīru ] a timid; cowardly, dastardly. ভীরু ব্যক্তি a timid person, a faint-heart; a coward, a dastard, a poltroon. ̃চিত্ত a. faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, timid; cowardly. ̃তা n. timidness, faint-heartedness; cowardice, poltroonery. ̃স্বভাব a. timid or timorous or cowardly by nature.

ভীষণ [ bhīṣaṇa ] a terrible, horrible, terrific, awful; tremendous, severe (ভীষণ গরম); for midable (ভীষণ শত্রু); monstrous (ভীষণ মূর্তি). fem. ভীষণা । ̃তা n. terribleness, awfulness; tremendousness, severity; formidability; monstrosity. ̃দর্শন a. having a horrible appearance. ভীষণাকার a. having a monstrous form. ভীষিত a. frightened; scared.

ভীষ্ম [ bhīṣma ] a terrible. ☐ n. a character of the Mahabharata. ভীষ্মের প্রতিজ্ঞা an unalter able or resolute vow or pledge; a firm resolve.

ভুঁই [ bhum̐i ] n ground; a place; agricultural land, a field; land (জল থেকে ভুঁইয়ে ওঠা); a country (বিভুঁই) ̃চাঁপা n. a kind of fra grant flower. ভুঁইঞা alt. spell. of ভুঁইয়া । ̃ফোঁড় a. upstart. ☐ n. an upstart; a par venu; mushroom. ̃মালী n. one of the Hindu sweeper community. ̃য়া n. (hist.) any one of the twelve (feudal) princes governing Bengal during the Mughal regime; a landowner.

ভুঁড়ি [ bhun̐ḍ়i ] n (usu. facet.) a pot-belly; (facet.) the belly. ভুঁড়ি হওয়া v. to grow pot-bel lied.

ভুঁড়ো [ bhun̐ḍ়ō ] a pot-bellied, abdominous.

ভুক [ bhuka ] sfx eating, subsisting on (পিপীলিকাভুক).

ভুক্ত [ bhukta ] a eaten; enjoyed; suffered or expe rienced; enjoyed as one's property; in cluded or incorporated (গ্রন্হভুক্ত, রাজ্যভুক্ত). ̃ভোগী a. having had similar suffering or experience in the past. ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট, ভুক্তাবশেষ a. (of food and drink) left from a meal. ☐ n. leavings of a meal, orts. ভুক্তি n. eating; enjoy ment; possession as one's own; inclu sion, incorporation, comprisal; an an cient administrative division of land, a district.

ভুখ [ bhukha ] n hunger. ̃মিছিল, ভুখামিছিল n. a hun ger march. ভুখা a. hungry. ভুখা ভগবান the hungry mass; the proletariat, the have-nots.

ভুজ [ bhuja ] n the arm; the hand; (geom.) an arm (of an angle), a side (of a triangle, rect angle, polygon etc.); (math.) an ab scissa.

ভুজংভাজাং [ bhujambhājā ] var of ভুজুংভাজুং ।

ভুজগ, ভুজঙ্গ, ভুজঙ্গম [ bhujaga, bhujaṅga, bhujaṅgama ] n the snake. fem. ভুজগী, ভুজঙ্গী, ভুজঙ্গমী (pop.) ভুজঙ্গিনী । ভু়জঙ্গপ্রয়াত n. a metre of Sanskrit po etry.

ভুজপাশ, ভুজবন্ধন [ bhujapāśa, bhujabandhana ] n the snare or clasp of one's arms; an embrace; (in wrestling etc.) a hug. ভুজপাশে বা ভুজবন্ধনে বাঁধা n. to clasp with the arms; to embrace; to hug.

ভুজবল [ bhujabala ] n the strength of one's arms; physical strength; might, prowess.

ভুজা [ bhujā ] n parched corn eaten as snacks.

ভুজাংশ [ bhujāṃśa ] n a celestial longitude.

ভুজুংভাজুং [ bhujumbhāju ] n false or flimsy arguments or allurements or consolation; cajolery.

ভুটভাট [ bhuṭabhāṭa ] int denoting: grumbling noise in the abdomen.

ভীমদর্শন [ bhīmadarśana ] a having a horrible or awe-inspiring appearance; awesome.

ভীমনাদ [ bhīmanāda ] n a terrific or an awe-inspiring sound or noise.

ভীমপরাক্রম [ bhīmaparākrama ] a awfully mighty or vigorous.

ভীমবেগে [ bhīmabēgē ] n a terrible or tremendous speed.

ভীমা [ bhīmā ] fem of ভীম ।

ভীরু [ bhīru ] a timid; cowardly, dastardly. ভীরু ব্যক্তি a timid person, a faint-heart; a coward, a dastard, a poltroon. ̃চিত্ত a. faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, timid; cowardly. ̃তা n. timidness, faint-heartedness; cowardice, poltroonery. ̃স্বভাব a. timid or timorous or cowardly by nature.

ভীষণ [ bhīṣaṇa ] a terrible, horrible, terrific, awful; tremendous, severe (ভীষণ গরম); for midable (ভীষণ শত্রু); monstrous (ভীষণ মূর্তি). fem. ভীষণা । ̃তা n. terribleness, awfulness; tremendousness, severity; formidability; monstrosity. ̃দর্শন a. having a horrible appearance. ভীষণাকার a. having a monstrous form. ভীষিত a. frightened; scared.

ভীষ্ম [ bhīṣma ] a terrible. ☐ n. a character of the Mahabharata. ভীষ্মের প্রতিজ্ঞা an unalter able or resolute vow or pledge; a firm resolve.

ভুঁই [ bhum̐i ] n ground; a place; agricultural land, a field; land (জল থেকে ভুঁইয়ে ওঠা); a country (বিভুঁই) ̃চাঁপা n. a kind of fra grant flower. ভুঁইঞা alt. spell. of ভুঁইয়া । ̃ফোঁড় a. upstart. ☐ n. an upstart; a par venu; mushroom. ̃মালী n. one of the Hindu sweeper community. ̃য়া n. (hist.) any one of the twelve (feudal) princes governing Bengal during the Mughal regime; a landowner.

ভুঁড়ি [ bhun̐ḍ়i ] n (usu. facet.) a pot-belly; (facet.) the belly. ভুঁড়ি হওয়া v. to grow pot-bel lied.

ভুঁড়ো [ bhun̐ḍ়ō ] a pot-bellied, abdominous.

ভুক [ bhuka ] sfx eating, subsisting on (পিপীলিকাভুক).

ভুক্ত [ bhukta ] a eaten; enjoyed; suffered or expe rienced; enjoyed as one's property; in cluded or incorporated (গ্রন্হভুক্ত, রাজ্যভুক্ত). ̃ভোগী a. having had similar suffering or experience in the past. ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট, ভুক্তাবশেষ a. (of food and drink) left from a meal. ☐ n. leavings of a meal, orts. ভুক্তি n. eating; enjoy ment; possession as one's own; inclu sion, incorporation, comprisal; an an cient administrative division of land, a district.

ভুখ [ bhukha ] n hunger. ̃মিছিল, ভুখামিছিল n. a hun ger march. ভুখা a. hungry. ভুখা ভগবান the hungry mass; the proletariat, the have-nots.

ভুজ [ bhuja ] n the arm; the hand; (geom.) an arm (of an angle), a side (of a triangle, rect angle, polygon etc.); (math.) an ab scissa.

ভুজংভাজাং [ bhujambhājā ] var of ভুজুংভাজুং ।

ভুজগ, ভুজঙ্গ, ভুজঙ্গম [ bhujaga, bhujaṅga, bhujaṅgama ] n the snake. fem. ভুজগী, ভুজঙ্গী, ভুজঙ্গমী (pop.) ভুজঙ্গিনী । ভু়জঙ্গপ্রয়াত n. a metre of Sanskrit po etry.

ভুজপাশ, ভুজবন্ধন [ bhujapāśa, bhujabandhana ] n the snare or clasp of one's arms; an embrace; (in wrestling etc.) a hug. ভুজপাশে বা ভুজবন্ধনে বাঁধা n. to clasp with the arms; to embrace; to hug.

ভুজবল [ bhujabala ] n the strength of one's arms; physical strength; might, prowess.

ভুজা [ bhujā ] n parched corn eaten as snacks.

ভুজাংশ [ bhujāṃśa ] n a celestial longitude.

ভুজুংভাজুং [ bhujumbhāju ] n false or flimsy arguments or allurements or consolation; cajolery.

ভুটভাট [ bhuṭabhāṭa ] int denoting: grumbling noise in the abdomen.

ভুটানি [ bhuṭāni ] a of or relating to Bhutan; Bhutanese. ☐ n. a Bhutanese, one who speaks the Bhutanese language.

ভুট্টা [ bhuṭṭā ] n maize, mealies.

ভুড়ভুড় [ bhuḍ়bhuḍ় ] int denoting: noise of efferves cence. ভুড়ভুড় করা v. to effervesce. ভুড়ভুড়ানি, ভুড়ভুড়ি n. effervescence.

ভুনিখিচুড়ি [ bhunikhicuḍ়i ] n a kind of hotchpotch cooked by frying rice and pigeon-pea very slightly in ghee.

ভুবঃ [ bhubḥ ] n (myth.) the second of the seven heavens; the ethereal region, the sky, the firmament.

ভুবন [ bhubana ] n (myth.) the seven heavens and seven underworlds; the universe; the world, the earth. ̃বিখ্যাত a. worldfamous. ̃বিজয়ী a. world-con quering. ̃বিদিত a. known all over the world. ̃ব্যাপী a. worldwide; universal. ̃-ভুলানো a. enchanting the whole world, holding the world under a spell. ̃ময় a. all over the world, all around the world; ubiquitous. ̃মনোমোহিনী a. fem. captivating the minds of all people of the world. ̃মোহন a. fascinat ing the whole world. fem. ̃মোহিনী । ভুবনেশ্বর n. the lord of the universe; Shiva (শিব) esp. whose image is in stalled at Bhubaneswar; God. fem. ভুবনেশ্বরী one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা).

ভুরভুর [ bhurabhura ] int denoting: diffusion with fra grance or perfume.

ভুরু [ bhuru ] n the eyebrow.

ভুরো [ bhurō ] n a kind of unrefined and coarse sugar.

ভুল [ bhula ] n an error, a mistake, a blunder; an omission; oblivion; delirium (ভুল বকা). ☐ a. erroneous, incorrect, wrong. ভুল করা v. to err; to blunder; to commit or make a mistake; to mistake (লোক বা পথ ভুল করা); to be guilty of omission; to forget. ভুল ভাঙা v. to be disillusioned. ভুল হওয়া v. to be wrong or incorrect; to be mistaken or omitted or forgotten. ̃চুক, ̃ভ্রান্তি n. pl. errors and omissions. ঠিকে ভুল an error in addition; (loos.) an error in fundamentals. ভুলা, ভোলা, ভুল করা v. to mistake, to err. to blunder; to forget; to omit; to be relieved of (দুঃখ ভোলা); to be indifferent or callous to (কর্তব্য ভোলা); to be charmed or be witched (সুন্দর মুখ দেখে ভোলা); to be enticed or deceived or tempted (প্রলোভনে ভোলা); to be cajoled (স্তোকবাক্যে ভোলা); to be wheedled (খেলা দিলে ছেলেটা ভোলে); to be con soled (গান শুনলে তাপিত হৃদয় ভুলবে). ভুলানো v. to cause to err or mistake or forget or omit; to relieve of; to charm, to bewitch; to entice; to deceive, to tempt; to cajole; to wheedle; to con sole. ☐ a. causing to err or mistake or forget or omit; relieving of; charming, bewitching; enticing, deceiving, tempt ing; cajoling; wheedling; consoling, ভুলানি, ভুলুনি a. & fem. one who charms or bewitches or entices or tempts or ca joles or wheedles. masc. ভুলানে । ভুলুনে, ভুলো a. apt to err, forgetful, oblivious. ভুলের মাশুল দেওয়া to pay for one's mis take or thoughtless act or folly.

ভুশ [ bhuśa ] int denoting: noise of springing up from under water, mire etc.

ভুশুড়ি [ bhuśuḍ়i ] n the inedible pulp within a jack fruit or any other fruit. ভুশুড়ি ভাঙা v. to surfeit oneself, to gormandize. গল্পের ভুশুড়ি ভাঙা v. to go on telling stories one after another.

ভুষ্টিনাশ [ bhuṣṭināśa ] n total or gross waste (টাকার ভুষ্টিনাশ); utter bungling (কাজের ভুষ্টিনাশ); complete ruin or destruction (শত্রুর ভুষ্টিনাশ).

ভুসা [ bhusā ] n soot; collyrium. ̃কালি n. ink made of soot; lampblack.

ভুসি [ bhusi ] n chaff, husk, bran. ̃মাল n. cereals; refuse, waste matter. ভুসিমালের খরিদ্দার a buyer or customer of cereals; (fig. & dero.) a contemptible customer. ভুসিমালের ব্যাপারি a corn-dealer, a corn-merchant.

ভূ [ bhū ] n the earth, the world; land; ground. ̃কম্প, ̃কম্পন n. earthquake. ̃কম্পবিদ্যা n. seismography, seismology. ̃কম্পলিক n. a seismograph. ̃কর্ণ n. a radius of the equator. ̃কেন্দ্র n. the centre of the earth. ̃কেন্দ্রীয় a. (astr.) geocentric. ̃খণ্ড n. a division or part of the earth, a region; a part of the landed portion of the earth; a country. ̃গর্ভ n. the bowels or inside of the earth; a subterranean region. ̃গর্ভস্হ, ̃গর্ভস্হিত a. lying in the bowels of the earth; underground; sub terranean. ̃ভূগর্ভস্হ রেলপথ an under ground railway, a tube-railway. ̃গহ্বর n. an underground cavity or hole; (geog.) a cavern; an underground chamber, a subterranean, a subterrene. ̃গহ্বরবাসী a. dwelling underground. ☐ n. a dweller in an underground cell, (cp.) a basement dweller, a subterra nean. ̃গোলক n. a sphere representing the earth, a globe; the earth, the globe. ̃চর a. living or moving on land, ter restrial. ̃চিত্র n. a map. ̃চিত্রাবলি n. at las. ̃চুম্বকত্ব n. (phys.) terrestrial mag netism. ̃চ্ছায়া n. the shadow of the earth; darkness. ̃তত্ত্ব, ̃তত্ত্ববিদ্যা n. geol ogy. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ, ̃তাত্ত্বিক n. a geologist. ̃তত্ত্বীয় a. geological. ̃তল n. the surface of the earth; the face or floor of the earth; the nether world, Hades; ground. ̃তলশায়ী same as ̃শায়ী । fem. ̃তলশায়িনী । ̃তলস্হ a. terrestrial; earthly. ̃তাত্ত্বিক n. a geologist. ̃ত্বক n. (geog. & geol.) the crust of the earth. ˜দান n. gift of land (usu. by the rich for the benefit of the poor); the name of a movement by Vinoba Bhave to inspire big landholders to part with some par cels of land as a gesture of good will. ̃নিম্ন n. the region underground. ☐ a. underground. ভূনিম্ন তার an under ground cable. ̃পতিত a. fallen on or to the ground; dropped or thrown or flung into the ground. ̃পতিত হওয়া v. to fall on or to the ground; to prostrate one self on the ground. ̃পরিধি n. circum ference of the earth. ̃পাত n. (geog.) a landship, landslide. ভূপাতিত করা v. to pull down or fell to the ground; to knock to the ground; to floor. ̃পৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of the earth. ̃প্রদক্ষিণ n. travel round the world; circumnaviga tion. ̃প্রদক্ষিণ করা v. to ambulate or travel round the earth; to rotate round the earth; (geog.) to circumnavigate. ̃প্রকৃতি n. (geog.) configuration of land. ̃বলয় n. the equator. ̃বিষুব n. the equator. ̃বিষুবরেখা n. the equatorial line, the equator. ̃বিদ্যা n. geology. ̃বিদ্যাগত a. geological. ̃বিদ্যাবিদ n. a geologist. ̃বৃত্ত n. the equatorial circle, the equator. ̃ভাগ same as ̃খণ্ড । ̃ভার n. the burden of sins committed by mankind; the burden of the earth; the burdensome charge of administering and protecting the earth. ̃ভৃত্ n. a mountain; a hill; a king. ̃লুণ্ঠিত a. roll ing or wallowing on the ground; fallen to the ground; prostrated on the ground. fem. ̃লুণ্ঠিতা । ভূলুণ্ঠিত হওয়া v. to roll or wallow on the ground; to fall to the ground; to prostrate oneself on the ground. ̃লোক n. the earth. ̃শয্যা n. use of bare ground as one's bed. ̃শায়িত, ̃শায়ী a. laid or lying upon the bare ground; fallen to or prostrated on the ground; knocked to the ground, floored. fem. ̃শায়িতা, ̃শায়িনী । ̃সংস্হান n. topography. ̃সম্পত্তি n. landed prop erty, real estate, demesne. ̃স্তর n. (geog. & geol.) a stratum of the earth. ˜স্পন্দ n. (geog.) an earth-tremor. ̃স্বর্গ n. an earthly paradise, a paradise on earth; Kashmir.

ভূঃ [ bhūḥ ] n (myth.) the first of the seven re gions.

ভূগোল, ভূগোলবিদ্যা [ bhūgōla, bhūgōlabidyā ] n geography.

ভূত [ bhūta ] n one of a class of supernatural be ings who attend on Shiva (শিব), (cp.) genii; a ghost; an evil spirit; a bogey; a goblin; a spectre, an apparition; a crea ture (সর্বভূত); any one of the five con stituent elements (namely, earth, water, heat, air and space). ☐ a. past, gone by; (as sfx.) reduced to (প্রস্তরীভূত). ☐ n. the past (ভূত-ভবিষ্যত্). ভূত ছাড়ানো, ভূত ছাড়া, ভূত তাড়ানো v. to exorcise. ভূত দেখা v. to see an apparition; (fig.) to be fright ened suddenly. ভূত নামানো same as ভূত ছাড়ানো, and (as by spiritualists) to call up ghosts in order to obtain messages from them. ভূতে ধরা, ভূতে পাওয়া v. to be possessed by an evil spirit, to be pos sessed. ভূতের ওঝা an exorciser. ভূতের নাচ devil's dance; (fig.) devil of a mess, the devil and all. ভূতের বাপের শ্রাদ্ধ (fig.) great and gross waste or extrava gance. ভূতের বেগার, ভূতের বোঝা (fig.) profitless toil or venture. ভূতের রোজা an exorciser. ঘাড়ে ভূত চাপা (fig.) to be seized with an evil influence or com pany or practice or intention; to be possessed; to be obsessed. সরষের মধ্যে ভূত (fig.) virus in the antidote. ̃কাল n. days gone by, the past; (gr.) the past tense. ̃গ্রস্ত a. possessed by an evil spirit, possessed; (fig.) working or moving mechanically as if possessed; dazed. fem. ̃গ্রস্তা । ̃তত্ত্ব n. demonol ogy. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. proficient or versed in demonology. ̃নাথ n. Shiva (শিব). ̃পক্ষ n. the dark lunar fortnight. ̃পূর্ব a. former, erstwhile, previous, late, (arch.) whilom. ̃প্রেত n. evil spirits collectively, ghosts and spirits collec tively. ̃বলি same as ভূতযজ্ঞ । ̃ভবিষ্যত্ n. the past and the future. ̃ভাবন n. the creator and protector of all living be ings; Shiva (শিব). ̃ভোজন. n. (often joc.) same as ̃যজ্ঞ । ̃যজ্ঞ n. the cer emonial feeding of all living beings by a householder. ̃যোনি n. existence in the shape of a ghost after one's death. ভূতযোনি প্রাপ্ত হওয়া to become a ghost after one's death. ̃শুদ্ধি n. purification of the elemental or mortal body. ̃সঞ্চার n. inhabitation of a ghost. ভূতসঞ্চার হওয়া v. to be inhabited or possessed by a ghost or devil or evil spirit. ভূতাত্মা n. the elemental body; the human body; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা) or Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ভূতাবিষ্ট same as ভূতগ্রস্হ । ভূতাবেশ n. possession by a ghost or evil spirit.

ভূতি [ bhūti ] n eight supernal or divine powers (such as অণিমা, মহিমা, লঘিমা, প্রাপ্তি প্রাকাম্য, ঈশিতা, বশিতা, কামাবশায়িতা); birth, origination.

ভূতুড়ে, ভূতুড়িয়া [ bhūtuḍ়ē, bhūtuḍ়iẏā ] a relating to ghosts (ভূতুড়ে কাহিনি = a ghost-story); done by ghosts, ghostly (ভূতুড়ে কাণ্ড = a ghostly affair); haunted by ghosts (ভূতু়ড়ে বাড়ি = a haunted house); ghost-like, haggard ভূতুড়ে চেহারা, eerie, eery, weird, un canny ভূতুড়ে আবহাওয়া.

ভূধর [ bhūdhara ] n a mountain, a hill.

ভূপ, ভূপতি, ভূপাল [ bhūpa, bhūpati, bhūpāla ] n a king.

ভূপালি [ bhūpāli ] n an Indian musical mode.

ভূভারত [ bhūbhārata ] n India and the rest of the world; the whole world.

ভূমণ্ডল [ bhūmaṇḍala ] n the earth as a spherical body, the earth, the globe.

ভূমধ্য [ bhūmadhya ] n the centre of the earth; the bow els or inside of the earth. ভূমধ্যসাগর n. the Mediterranean Sea. ভূমধ্যসাগরীয় a. Mediterranean.

ভূমা [ bhūmā ] n the Omnipresent; the Supreme Being; God; sublimity; plurality; di versity. ☐ a. most abundant or numer ous. ভূমানন্দ n. most abundant delight; the greatest or sublime joy; ecstasy; joy in a sense of vastness.

ভূমি [ bhūmi ] n the earth; the surface of the earth; soil; ground; floor; agricultural land, land, a field, a place, a site (রণভূমি): a country (জন্মভূমি); a repertory or recep tacle (বিশ্বাসভূমি); (geom.) a base. ̃কম্প, ̃খন্ড, ̃গর্ভ same as ভূকম্প, ভূখণ্ড and ভূগর্ভ respectively (see ̃ভূ). ̃গ্রহ n. land acquisition. ভূমিগ্রহ-আধিকারিক n. land acquisition officer. ভূমিগ্রহ-সমাহর্তা n. a Land Acquisition Collector. ̃জ a. grown out of the earth; earth-born; holding tenancy of land in lieu of me nial services. ভূমিজ প্রজা (hist.) a villein. ̃তল n. the surface of the earth; ground; floor. ̃দান n. a grant of land. ̃রাজস্ব n. land revenue. ̃রেখা n. base line. ̃লেখা n. land records. ̃শয্যা, ̃শায়িত, ̃শায়ী same as ভূশয্যা, ভূশায়িত and ভূশায়ী respectively (see ভূ). ভূমিষ্ঠ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to pros trate oneself on the ground (ভূমিষ্ঠ হয়ে প্রণাম); to be born. ̃সাত্ a. fallen to the ground; razed to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ করা v. to pull down to the ground; to raze to the ground. ভূমিসাত্ হওয়া v. to fall to the ground; to be razed to the ground. ̃সুত n. the Mars. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. lying or situated on the ground.

ভূমিকা [ bhūmikā ] n a preface, a preamble, an intro ductory talk preceding a speech or ac tion; a prologue; a presage; assumption of a dress or disguise; transfiguration; a role, a part. ভূমিকা গ্রহণ করা v. to take up a role; to take up the role of, to act as.

ভূরি [ bhūri ] a large in amount or number; abun dant, profuse, copious, much; exces sive, numerous, many. ̃ভোজন n. a hearty meal; surfeit.

ভূর্জ [ bhūrja ] n the birch. ̃পত্র n. the birch; the bark of the birch (formerly used in lieu of paper).

ভূশণ্ডি, ভূশণ্ডী [ bhūśaṇḍi, bhūśaṇḍī ] n (myth.) a crow living through ages; (ridi.) a very old person with out-of-date notions and often act ing as a wet blanket on the joviality of youngsters; (cp.) a killjoy.

ভূষণ [ bhūṣaṇa ] n an ornament; a dress; ornamenta tion; dressing; personal embellishment; decoration; one who or that which adds to the beauty or glory (বিদ্বান দেশের ভূষণ = a learned man is the ornament of his country). ̃প্রিয়া a. fem. fond of ornaments.

ভূষিত [ bhūṣita ] a ornamented; dressed; decorated, adorned. fem. ভূষিতা । ভূষিত করা v. to adorn with ornaments, to ornament; to dress; to decorate, to adorn.

ভূস্বামী [ bhūsbāmī ] n a landowner; a landlord, a zeminder; a king. fem. ভূস্বামিনী a female landowner; a landowner's wife; a queen.

ভৃগু [ bhṛgu ] n a table-land, a plateau; a stiff cliff, a precipice.

ভৃঙ্গ [ bhṛṅga ] n the bumble-bee; the bee; the drongo. ̃রোল n. the hornet.

ভৃঙ্গার [ bhṛṅgāra ] n a pitcher or jug with a spout, a ewer, (cp.) a flagon.

ভৃঙ্গারিকা, ভৃঙ্গারী [ bhṛṅgārikā, bhṛṅgārī ] n a kind of insect, the cricket.

ভৃঙ্গি, ভৃঙ্গী [ bhṛṅgi, bhṛṅgī ] n one of the two chief atten dants of Shiva (শিব).

ভৃত [ bhṛta ] a salaried or wage-earning; replete, full. ভৃতক a. salaried or wage-earning. ☐ n. a salary; wages. ভৃতি n. salary; wages; maintenance; feeding; filling. ভৃতিভূক a. salaried or wage-earning. ভৃতিভুক সম্প্রদায় the salariat, the salaried class.

ভৃত্য [ bhṛtya ] n a servant; a salaried employee; a domestic servant.

ভেউভেউ [ bhēubhēu ] int denoting: noise of loud blub bering; a dog's yelling bark, bowvow.

ভেংচি [ bhēñci ] n a grimace, a grin. ভেংচি কাটা same as ভ্যাংচানো ।

ভেঁপু [ bhēm̐pu ] n a kind of wind-instrument; a bugle, a trumpet; a honk, a horn, a hoot (মোটরের ভেঁপু). ভেঁপু বাজানো v. to blow the aforesaid wind-instrument, to bugle, to trumpet; to honk, to hoot, to horn.

ভেক² [ bhēka² ] n the frog.

ভেখ [ bhēkha ] n asceticism, ascesis; Vaishnava asceticism; the garb of an ascetic esp. of a Vaishnava ascetic; disguise; simu lation. ভেখ ধরা v. to take to asceticism esp. Vaishnava asceticism; to put on the garb of an ascetic esp. of a Vaishnava ascetic (also ভেখ নেওয়া); to assume a disguise; to simulate. ̃ধারী n. an ascetic; a Vaishnava ascetic; a dis guised person; a hypocrite.

ভেজানো² [ bhējānō² ] v to close lightly (a door, win dow. etc.) without bolting, to close.

ভেজাল [ bhējāla ] n an adulterant; adulteration; (coll.) a trouble, a pest (উটকো ভেজাল). ☐ a. adulterated; spurious. ভেজাল দেওয়া বা মেশানো v. to adulterate. ভেজাল বাধানো v. to cause or create trouble; to tangle. ভেজাল মেটানো v. to put an end to doubts, difficulties etc. by supplying a solution.

ভেট [ bhēṭa ] n a tribute (paid to a prince) or a complimentary gift or present (paid to a superior person) esp. during an inter view (ভেট দেওয়া); a short visit, a call; a meeting; an interview. ভেট করা v. to call on, to visit; to meet; to interview.

ভেটকি [ bhēṭaki ] n a species of large flatfish found in rivers.

ভেটেরাখানা [ bhēṭērākhānā ] n an inn; a place full of con fused uproar (cp. bedlam).

ভেড়া¹ [ bhēḍ়ā¹ ] v to come to or arrive (তরী কূলে ভিড়েছে); to come to the coast or bank (নৌকা ভেড়া); to ally or associate with (দলে ভেড়া) ।

ভেড়া2 [ bhēḍ়ā2 ] n the ram (masc.), the sheep (neut.); a fool. পোষা ভেড়া a cosset. ভেড়ার গোয়াল a sheep-fold. ভেড়ার গোয়ালে আগুন লেগেছে (facet.) a bad singer has started his musical baaing. ভেড়ার ঠ্যাং a sheep shank. ভেড়ার ডাক bleat, baa. ভেড়ার পাল a flock of sheep. ভেড়ার মাংস sheep's flesh; (when taken as food) mutton. ভেড়ার লোম sheep's wool. ভেড়া চরানোর মাঠ a sheep-run.

ভেড়াকান্ত [ bhēḍ়ākānta ] n (fig.) an utter fool.

ভেড়ি¹ [ bhēḍ়i¹ ] n an embankment, a dam; an embanked low land used as a fishery, a fishery dam. ভেড়ি বাঁধা v. to embank, to dam. ̃ওয়ালা n. an owner of a fishery dam.

ভেড়ি² [ bhēḍ়i² ] n. fem the ewe.

ভেদ [ bhēda ] n piercing; cleavage, split; differ ence; dissimilarity; disagreement, dis sension; hostility; disunity; estrange ment; antagonism, quarrel; separation; differentiation, discrimination; pen etration (ব্যূহভেদ); disintegration; ex position, expounding, deciphering (অর্থভেদ); change, alteration (বুদ্ধিভেদ); a kind, a sort (রূপভেদ); looseness of bowels, diarrhoea. ভেদ করা v. to pierce, to cleave, to split; to differentiate, to discriminate; to penetrate; to expose, to expound, to decipher. ভেদ জন্মানো v. to sow dissension or discord; to disin tegrate; to estrange. ̃ক a. one who or that which pierces or cleaves or splits or disintegrates or differentiates or dis criminates or penetrates. ̃জ্ঞান n. per ception of difference; discrimination; partiality. ̃ন piercing; cleaving; split ting; penetration. ̃নীয় a. capable of being pierced or cleft or split or pen etrated, pregnable, vulnerable. ̃নীতি n. the policy of discrimination. ̃বমি n. diarrhoea attended with vomitting; cholera. ̃বুদ্ধি same as ̃জ্ঞান । ভেদাভেদ n. discriminatory treatment; discrimi nation; sense of meum and tuum (mine and thine). ভেদিত a. pierced; cleaved, split. ভেদী same as ভেদক । ভেদ্য same as ভেদনীয় ।

ভেণ্ডার [ bhēṇḍāra ] n a vendor.

ভেবড়ানো [ bhēbaḍ়ānō ] v to be confounded or stupefied with fear, amazement etc.

ভেরি, ভেরী [ bhēri, bhērī ] n a drum; a kettledrum.

ভেরেণ্ডা [ bhērēṇḍā ] n the castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis. ভেরেণ্ডা ভাজা (fig.) idling, to while away time; to remain idle or un employed.

ভেল² [ bhēla² ] a spurious, counterfeit.

ভেলকি, ভেলকিবাজি [ bhēlaki, bhēlakibāji ] n magic, jugglery; hocus-pocus, conjuring; illusion. ভেলকি দেখানো v. to exhibit a magical show, to juggle, to conjure. ভেলকি লাগা v. to be dazed with a conjuring trick, to be spellbound or conjured; to be filled with illusions. ভেলকি লাগানো v. to put a spell on, to conjure; to delude. ভেলকিওয়ালা n. a magician, a juggler, a conjuror.

ভেলা [ bhēlā ] n a raft, a float, a coracle.

ভেষজ [ bhēṣaja ] n a medicine; a drug; medical sci ence; medicine. ̃কর্ম n. pharmacy; preparation and dispensing of drugs. ̃বিদ্যা n. medical science; medicine. ভেষজালয় n. a dispensary; a medical store, a drug-store, a pharmacy. ভেষজী n. pharmacist.

ভেস্তা [ bhēstā ] a upset or spoilt or foiled. ভেস্তে যাওয়া v. to fail, to come to naught. ভেস্তানো v. to upset or spoil or foil; to be upset or spoilt or foiled.

ভৈরব [ bhairaba ] n a manifestation of Shiva (শিব); an Indian musical mode. ☐ a. terrible or tremendous. ভৈরবী n. fem. one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a famale ascetic worshipping Shiva (শিব); an Indian musical mode; a turbulent woman, (cp.) a termagant, (cp.) an Amazon. ভৈরবীচক্র n. a Tantrist drinking party.

ভোঁ¹ [ bhō¹ ] int ho, hoa, hullo.

ভোঁ³ [ bhō³ ] int expressing: noise of the move ment of wind, of running apace, of whistle etc. ☐ n. a whistle, a siren etc. কারখানার ভোঁ. ভোঁ দেওয়া v. to whistle.

ভোঁতা [ bhōn̐tā ] a blunt (ভোঁতা ছুরি); dull (ভোঁতা বুদ্ধি). ভোঁতা করা v. to blunt, to dull, to take away the edge of.

ভোঁদড় [ bhōn̐daḍ় ] n the otter, the civet-cat.

ভোঁদা [ bhōn̐dā ] a corpulent; dull-witted, dunderheaded, imbecile.

ভোঁ-দৌড় [ bhō-n̐dauḍ় ] n a very swift or quick run, a break-neck run.

ভোঁ-ভোঁ [ bhō-m̐bhō ] int denoting: dizziness মাথা ভোঁ ভোঁ; emptiness (পকেট ভোঁ-ভোঁ); great swiftness, whiz (ভোঁ-ভোঁ দৌড়); buzzing noise (কানামাছি ভোঁ-ভোঁ); repetition of ভোঁ sound. ভোঁ-ভোঁ করা to be filled with a ringing or humming sound (আমার কান ভোঁ-ভোঁ করছে = my ears are ringing).

ভোঁসভোঁস [ bhōm̐sabhōm̐sa ] int denoting: noise of deep and loud breathing (ভোঁসভোস করে ঘুমানো); heavy ফোঁস sound.

ভোক্তব্য [ bhōktabya ] a edible, eatable; enjoyable; (facet.) sufferable.

ভোক্তা [ bhōktā ] a eating; enjoying. ☐ n. an eater; an enjoyer; fem. ভোক্ত্রী ।

ভোগ [ bhōga ] n enjoying, enjoyment; suffering or sustaining; sufferance; act of pos sessing and using as one's own, appro priation; sensual or earthly pleasures; an object of enjoyment or an article of food; food-offering made to a deity; an affliction, a trouble (দুঃখ ভোগ). ভোগ করা v. to enjoy; to suffer or sustain; to suffer from; to possess and use as one's own; to enjoy sensual or earthly plea sures. ভোগ দেওয়া v. to make food and entertainments to a deity, to offer food offering. ̃তৃষ্ণা n. thirst for sensual or earthly pleasures. ̃দেহ n. the subtle body to which a mortal being is re duced after death to enjoy or suffer the consequences of its earthly activities. ̃বাসনা same as ̃লালসা । ̃বিলাস n. sen sual or earthly pleasures and luxury, (cp.) milk and honey. ̃বিলাসী a. enjoy ing sensual or earthly pleasures and luxury. ̃লালসা n. craving for sensual or earthly pleasures. ̃স্বত্ব n. occupancy right. ̃সুখ same as ̃বিলাস ।

ভোগবতী [ bhōgabatī ] n (myth.) the name of the Ganges as flowing in the nether world.

ভোগা¹ [ bhōgā¹ ] n cheating or swindling; deceiv ing or hoaxing. ভোগা দেওয়া v. to cheat, to swindle; to deceive, to hoax.

ভোগা², ভোগ [ bhōgā², bhōga ] v to suffer, to undergo, to sustain (যন্ত্রণা ভোগ); to suffer from (জ্বরে ভুগছে); to be afflicted or troubled or harassed or punished (দুর্বুদ্ধির জন্য ভোগা). ভোগানো v. to cause to suffer or undergo; to cause to suffer from; to af flict or trouble or harass or punish; to give persistent or protracted trouble (এ জ্বর ভোগাবে). ভোগানি n. suffering; afflic tion; trouble, harassment.

ভোগানো [ bhōgānō ] a causing suffering or harassment or trouble, irksome ভোগানো মামলা.

ভোগাভিলাষ [ bhōgābhilāṣa ] n craving for sensual plea sures.

ভোগাসক্ত [ bhōgāsakta ] a attached to sensual or earthly pleasures.

ভোগী [ bhōgī ] a. & n one who enjoys; one who suffers or sustains; one who possesses and uses something as one's own; one who enjoys sensual or earthly plea sures; one nourished with milk and honey.

ভোগ্য [ bhōgya ] a enjoyable. fem. ভোগ্যা enjoyable; fit for sexual intercourse.

ভোজ [ bhōja ] n a feast; a banquet; a meal; a re past. ভোজ দেওয়া v. to give or hold a feast; to entertain at a feast or dinner. নৈশভোজ, সান্ধ্যভোজ n. supper; dinner. মধ্যাহ্নভোজ n. lunch, luncheon. ভোজের পোশাক n. a dinner-suit.

ভোজন [ bhōjana ] n eating; feeding (কাঙালি ভোজন); a feast (বনভোজন); an article of food, food (কুভোজন). ভোজন করা v. to eat. ভোজন করানো v. to feed. ভোজনং যত্রতত্র শয়নং হট্টমন্দিরে practice of living a wild life in which one has no settled place for eating or sleeping, (cp.) Bohemianism, vagabondage. ̃দক্ষিণা n. a honorarium paid by a host to a Brah man for the latter's condescending to eat the food offered by the former. ̃পটু a. capable of eating voraciously, vora cious. ̃পাত্র n. a dinner-plate. ̃বিলাস n. gourmandise, indulgence in good eat ing; gluttony, voraciousness. ̃বিলাসী a. gourmand, voracious. ভোজনবিলাসী ব্যক্তি a gourmand; a glutton. ̃শালা, ভোজনাগার n. a dining-room, a dining-hall; an eat ing-house; a hotel, a restaurant. ভোজনাবশিষ্ট, ভোজনাবশেষ same as ভুক্তাবশিষ্ট । ভোজনালয় n. an eating-house, a restaurant, a hotel.

ভোজপুরি [ bhōjapuri ] a born or grown in Bhojpur; of Bhojpur.

ভোজবাজি, ভোজবিদ্যা [ bhōjabāji, bhōjabidyā ] n magic; jugglery, hocus-pocus, conjuring; illusion (সংসার এক ভোজবাজি). ভোজবাজিকর n. a juggler, a magician, a cojurer.

ভোজয়িতা [ bhōjaẏitā ] a. & n one who feeds. fem. ভোজয়িত্রী ।

ভোজালি [ bhōjāli ] n a dagger.

ভোজী [ bhōjī ] a (used as a sfx.) eating, feeding on (তৃণভোজী). fem. ভোজিনী ।

ভোজোত্সব [ bhōjōtsaba ] n a feast; a banquet. ভোজোত্সব-সম্বন্ধীয় a. festal, festive.

ভোজ্য [ bhōjya ] a eatable, edible. ☐ n. an article of food, an eatable; food; food offering to the manes of ancestors. ̃তেল n. edible oil.

ভোট¹ [ bhōṭa¹ ] n Bhutan. ☐ a. Bhutanese.

ভোট² [ bhōṭa² ] n vote; franchise; election. ভোট দেওয়া v. to cast votes; to vote. ভোট নেওয়া v. to take votes; to put to vote. ভোটে দাঁড় করানো v. to nominate for elec tion. ভোটে দাঁড়ানো v. to stand for or face election; to be elected. ভোটে দেওয়া v. to put to vote. ভোটে দেওয়ার জন্য বলা v. to call for a division. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a constitu ency. ̃গণনা n. counting of votes. ̃গ্রহণ n. polling. ̃পত্র n. a ballot-pa per. ̃স্হান n. a polling booth, a polling station. ভোটার, ̃দাতা n. a voter.

ভোম [ bhōma ] a stupefied, besotted, fuddled (নেশার ভোম).

ভোমর¹ [ bhōmara¹ ] n a drill, an auger.

ভোমা [ bhōmā ] n a fool, a stupid person.

ভোর¹ [ bhōra¹ ] sfx denoting: continuing all through (দিনভোর); amounting (to) or measuring (তোলাভোর) etc.

ভোর² [ bhōra² ] a engrossed (চিন্তায় ভোর); stupe fied, fuddled (নেশায় ভোর).

ভোর³ [ bhōra³ ] n morning, dawn, daybreak; ter mination, end (নিশিভোর); (fig.) awak ening, dawning (নবজীবনের ভোরে). ভোর করা v. to pass the night (esp. without sleep); to spend or pass (রাত্রি ভোর করা). ̃রাত n. the early hours of dawn; the last hour or hours of the night. ভোর হওয়া v. to dawn. ভোরে adv. at dawn, at daybreak.

ভোরাই [ bhōrāi ] n a morning song or hymn, a matin, (cp.) Matins.

ভোল² [ bhōla² ] n a dress, a guise; a disguise; ap pearance. ভোল ফেরানো বা বদলানো v. to change one's dress; to improve one's appearance; (fig.) to improve one's so cial or financial condition.

ভোলা² [ bhōlā² ] a forgetful, oblivious; forgotten. ☐ n. a forgetful person; Shiva (শিব).

ভোলানাথ [ bhōlānātha ] n (fig.) an utterly forgetful per son; Shiva (শিব).

ভোল্টীয় [ bhōlṭīẏa ] a (sc.) voltaic (ভোল্টীয় বিদ্যুত্).

ভৌগলিক [ bhaugalika ] a geographical.

ভৌত [ bhauta ] a elemental; material; physical. ̃ধর্ম n. a physical property. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. physical science.

ভৌতিক [ bhautika ] a pertaining to or caused by ap paritions, ghostly; elemental, material, physical, natural; astral. ভৌতিক কান্ড a ghostly affair. ভৌতিক গল্প a ghost-story. ভৌতিক দেহ the elemental body, the mortal frame; an astral body; a ghost. ভৌতিক নিয়ম the physical law, the law of nature. ভৌতিক পদার্থ a material thing. ভৌতিক বিদ্যা demonology. ভৌতিক ব্যপার same as ভৌতিক কান্ড । ভৌতিক স্তর (theos.) the astral plane.

ভৌম [ bhauma ] n the Mars. ☐ a. earthly, terrestrial; born out of earth. ভৌম দূরবীক্ষণ field glass. ভৌম পুষ্পদন্ড scape.

ভৌমিক [ bhaumika ] n a landowner, a landlord; a fedual prince.

ভৌমী [ bhaumī ] a. fem ভৌম (a.).

ভ্যা [ bhyā ] int denoting: bleating; baa; loud weeping (ভ্যা করে কাঁদা).

ভ্যাংচানো [ bhyāñcānō ] v to make faces (at), to gri mace, to grin (at).

ভ্যাজরভ্যাজর [ bhyājarabhyājara ] n continuous and useless babbling; prattle.

ভ্যনতারা [ bhyanatārā ] n useless and disgusting mur muring or talk or prattle; useless or ir relevant talk; prolixity.

ভ্যানভ্যান [ bhyānabhyāna ] int denoting: buzzing noise (of flies, mosquitoes etc.); noise of con tinuous complaint.

ভ্যাবা [ bhyābā ] a confounded, bewildered; grossly foolish. ̃চ্যাকা n. bewilderment; confu sion. ভ্যাবাচ্যাকা খাওয়া v. to be bewil dered or confounded or perplexed or puzzled or to be at ones wit's end. ̃গঙ্গারাম n. a dumbfounded or totally confused and bewildered person; a dullard; a fat-head.

ভ্যালা [ bhyālā ] int (ridi.) fine, nice. ☐ (joc) a. fomidable (ভ্যালা বিপদ).

ভ্রংশ, ভ্রংশন [ bhraṃśa, bhraṃśana ] n detachment; fall; downfall; deviation; a casting off (জাতিভ্রংশ); deprivation, loss (বুদ্ধিভ্রংশ); (phys.) dis placement. ভ্রংশ-হার n. (phys.) the rate of displacement. ভ্রংশিত a. detached; fallen; downfallen; deviated; cast off; deprived of; (phys.) displaced.

ভ্রম [ bhrama ] n an error; a mistake; a blunder; an omission; oblivion; illusion; a whirl; a whirlpool; whirlwind. ভ্রম হওয়া v. to be mistaken; to be guilty of omission. ভ্রমে পড়া v. to fall into an error; to be mis taken; to be confounded. ভ্রমনিরসন করা v. to remove a wrong notion (of); disil lusion; to correct or rectify an error, to amend; to emend. ̃ক্রমে adv. same as ভ্রমবশত । ̃প্রবণ a. fallible. ̃প্রবণতা n. fallibility. ̃প্রমাদ n. pl. errors and omis sions. ̃বশত adv. through a mistake or wrong notion. ̃সংশোধন করা same as ভ্রমনিরসন করা । ̃সংকুল a. full of errors, erroneous; full of wrong notions.

ভ্রমণ [ bhramaṇa ] n travel, journey (দেশভ্রমণ); ambulation, walking (প্রাতর্ভ্রমণ); revo lution, rotation, whirl. ভ্রমণ করা v. to travel; to itinerate; to ambulate, to walk; to revolve, to rotate, to whirl. ̃কারী n. a traveller; an ambulator, a walker, a peregrinator. fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃বৃত্তান্ত n. an account of journey, trav els, (cp.) travelogue. ̃শীল a. itinerant. ভ্রমন্ত a. travelling. ভ্রমমাণ a. travelling, journeying; itinerant.

ভ্রমর [ bhramara ] n the hornet; the bumble-bee; the bee. fem. ভ্রমরী । ̃কৃষ্ণ a. as (beauti fully) black as the bumble-bee; glossy and deep black. ̃গুঞ্জন n. the humming or buzzing of bumble-bees or bees.

ভ্রমত্মক [ bhramatmaka ] a erroneous; illusive, illusory.

ভ্রমান্ধ [ bhramāndha ] a blinded with errors or illusions.

ভ্রমি, ভ্রমী [ bhrami, bhramī ] n a whirlpool, an edy.

ভ্রমিযন্ত্র [ bhramiyantra ] n a drill, an auger.

ভ্রষ্ট [ bhraṣṭa ] a detached; fallen; downfallen; cast off; deprived of; deviated, strayed; strayed from the rightful path; cor rupted; vitiated in character, depraved. fem. ভ্রষ্টা । ̃চরিত্র a. characterless; de praved. fem. ̃চরিত্রা । ̃তা n. detached or fallen or downfallen or cast off state; deprivation; deviation; corrup tion; depravity. ভ্রষ্টাচারণ, ভ্রষ্টাচার n. a wicked or depraved practice; corrup tion; wrong-doing; depravity. ভ্রষ্টাচারী a. given to wrong-doing or depravity.

ভ্রাতা [ bhrātā ] n a brother; a cousin-brother, a cousin.

ভ্রাতুষ্পুত্র [ bhrātuṣputra ] n a brother's son, a nephew. fem. ভ্রাতুষ্পুত্রী n. a brother's daughter, a niece.

ভ্রাতৃ [ bhrātṛ ] n (used as a pfx.) a brother. ̃ঘাতক n. a fratricide. ̃ঘাতী a. fratricidal. ̃জায়া n. a brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ত্ব n. the state of being a brother; fraternity, brotherhood. ̃দ্বিতীয়া n. the second lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Kartik (কার্তিক) when is held the Hindu ceremony of marking brother's foreheads by their sisters with sandalwood-paste. ̃প্রেম n. fraternal or brotherly love. ̃বত্ a. & adv. like a brother. ˜বত্সল a. affectionate towards one's brothers, full of fraternal love. fem. ̃বত্সলা । ̃বধ n. fratricide. ̃বধূ same as ̃জায়া । ̃ভাব n. brotherly feel ing, brotherliness. ̃স্নেহ n. brotherly love. ̃হত্যা n. fratricide. ̃হত্যাকারী a. fratricidal. ☐ n. a fratricide.

ভ্রাত্রীয় [ bhrātrīẏa ] a brotherly, fraternal.

ভ্রান্ত [ bhrānta ] a erroneous; erring, mistaken; hav ing a false notion; under an illusion; deluded; illusive; illusory. ̃বিশ্বাস n. a wrong or false or mistaken belief or notion; an illusion. ভ্রান্ত ব্যাখ্যা n. a false or incorrect explanation. ভ্রান্তি n. an er ror; a mistake; a false notion; illusion; delusion. ভ্রান্তিকর, ভ্রান্তিজনক a. causing error; illusive; delusive. ভ্রান্তিবশত, ভ্রান্তিবশে adv. by mistake. ভ্রান্তিমান a. er roneous; mistaken. ☐ n. (rhet.) a figure of speech marked by illusion. ভ্রান্তিমূলক a. erroneous; illusory; delusive.

ভ্রামর [ bhrāmara ] a of or like the bee or bumble-bee. fem. ভ্রামরী ।

ভ্রাম্যমাণ [ bhrāmyamāṇa ] a that which is being made to travel or rotate; that which is being cir culated; (pop.) itinerant, travelling (ভ্রাম্যমাণ বিক্রেতা); (pop.) circulating (ভ্রাম্যমাণ পাঠাগার); mobile (ভ্রাম্যমাণ ডাকঘর, হাসপাতাল ইত্যাদি). ☐ n. (inc.) a traveller (ভ্রাম্যমাণের দিনপঞ্জিকা).

ভ্রু [ bhru ] n the eyebrow. ̃কুঞ্চন, ̃কুটি, ̃কুটী n. a frown. ভ্রুকুটি করা v. to frown. ভ্রূকুটিকুটিল a. (of looks or eyes) frowning. ভ্রূক্ষেপ n. act of casting one's eyes neglectfully or cursorily; (fig.) slightest heed. ভ্রূক্ষেপ না করা v. to refuse to look at even curso rily; (fig.) to take no heed of, to ignore completely. ̃ধনু n. the arch of the eyebrows. ̃বিলাস n. a pleasant knitting of one's brows, a charming frown; a lust ful frown. ̃ভঙ্গ, ̃ভঙ্গি same as ̃কুঞ্চন । ̃মধ্য n. space between the two eyebrows. ̃লতা n. the eyebrows as beautiful as creepers. ̃লেখা n. the ha chures. ̃সংকেত n. a beckoning (esp. a stealthy one) by moving the eyebrows.

ভ্রূণ [ bhrūṇa ] n a foetus, an embryo. ̃সম্বন্ধীয় a. foetal. ̃হত্যা n. foeticide. ভ্রূণহত্যা করা v. to destroy a foetus; to cause an unlaw ful abortion.