(p. 721) balā-kōẏā earnest solicitation or request (অনেক বলা-কওয়ার পর রাজি হওয়া); without any mention even (বলা-কওয়া নেই, একটা কাজ করে বসল). 139)

(p. 767) bimarṣa (rare) discontent. a. sad, morose, glum; melancholy. ̃তা n. sadness, moroseness, glumness; melancholy. ̃ণ n. displeasure; sadness. 23)

(p. 767) bila2 a bill. বিল করা v. to make out a bill. বিল পাস করা v. to pass a bill. বিল মেটানো v. to pay off a bill, to foot the bill. 72)

(p. 779) bakuni a particle; affected witty talk or remarks; tall talk; ludicrous mixture of a foreign language with one's own. বকুনি ঝাড়া v. (infor.) to indulge in witty talk or remarks affectedly; talk big; to mix a foreign language ludicrously with one's own. 15)

(p. 737) bāṅāli a native of Bengal, a Bengali. a. of Bengalis or of Bengal. 19)

(p. 717) baddha tied, bound, fastened; bound by an obligation (প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ); interwoven, dressed, put up (বদ্ধকবরী); shut, closed (বদ্ধদ্বার); confined, imprisoned, encaged (বদ্ধসিংহ); entrapped, ensnared (বদ্ধ মৃগ); caught in (পাশবদ্ধ); clasped (আলিঙ্গনে বদ্ধ); restrained, arrested (বদ্ধ স্রোত); stagnant (বদ্ধ জল); joined together (বদ্ধপাণি, একতাবদ্ধ); placed, put, arrayed, well-ordered (শ্রেণিবদ্ধ); firm (বদ্ধমূল); deep-rooted, deep-seated (বদ্ধ ধারনা); downright, thorough, confirmed, stark (বদ্ধ পাগল); (arith.) concrete (বদ্ধসংখ্যা). ̃দৃষ্টি n. a fixed or steadfast look, a gaze. ̃পরিকর n. firmly resolved; determined; resolute; girdled. বদ্ধ পরিকর হওয়া v. to be firmly resolved; to gird up one's loins, to gird oneself up. বদ্ধ পাগল crazy to the extreme. ̃মুষ্টি a. having closed or clenched one's palm; (fig.) close-fisted, niggardly, miserly. ̃মূল a. deeprooted, deep-seated. বদ্ধাঞ্জলি হওয়া v. to fold or join one's palms. বদ্ধাধান n. (phys.) a bounded charge. 36)

(p. 746) bāraphaṭakā given to dissipated frolicking away from one's dwelling-place; given to absenteeism. 9)

(p. 761) bindu a drop (জলবিন্দু); a dot, a point (দশমিক বিন্দু); a small roundish mark; ('ললাটে সিন্দূর বিন্দু'); (geom.) a point; a particle, a whit, an iota (একবিন্দু দুঃখ). ̃বিসর্গ n. (ori.) the alphabetical letters ং and ঃ; (fig.) a particle, a whit, an iota; (fig.) the faintest hint, an inkling. বিন্দুবিসর্গ জানা v. to have the faintest knowledge (of). ̃মাত্র না not even to the smallest extent or amount; not a whit, not a jot or title. 42)

(p. 748) bāhāra a beautiful show or exhibition; an ostentatious display; glamour; beauty; an Indian musical mode. বাহারে, বাহারি a. having a beautiful show; showy, ostentatious; glamorous; beautiful. 46)

(p. 785) bēṭāima improper time. a. untimely. 17)

(p. 782) bṛhattara of বৃহত্ । 26)

(p. 767) birāma cessation; pause; intermission; interval; respite, leisure, rest. ̃চিহ্ন n. (gr.) a punctuation mark. ̃হীন a. ceaseless, non-stop, incessant: unending. 60)

(p. 748) bāhikā of বাহক । 47)

(p. 761) bināmā shoe; boot; slipper. 15)

(p. 760) bidhāna a scriptural prescript or ruling; a prescript, a ruling (সভাপতির বিধান); a prescription (পথ্যবিধান); provision, arrangement (আনন্দবিধান); legislation; a law; a rule; a system (নববিধান). বিধান দেওয়া v. to prescribe; to issue a ruling, to rule. ̃কর্তা n. a director (fem. directress, directrix), a regulator, a controller; a law-giver; a legislator. fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃তন্ত্র n. a code of laws; a system of legislation. বিধান-পরিষদ n. a legislative council. ̃শাস্ত্র n. jurisprudence, law. ̃সংসদ n. the Parliament. ̃সংহিতা n. a treatise on jurisprudence, a law-book. ̃সভা n. a legislative assembly. 3)