(p. 721) bahana carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffering (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable. 189)

(p. 773) bisphōṭa, bisphōṭaka a boil, a furuncle; a malignant boil or follicle. 59)

(p. 773) biskuṭa biscuit. 49)

(p. 782) bēgama (Mus.) a queen; a lady (married or unmarried). 63)

(p. 779) buḍ়i2 (fem. of বুড়ো) old, aged. n. an old woman. পাকা বুড়ি (facet.) a little girl behaving like a grown-up or elderly woman. ̃পনা n. comically elderly conduct of a little girl. 26)

(p. 790) bēhāi the father-in-law or an uncle-in-law of a son or daughter. 8)

(p. 721) barañca rather, preferably. 52)

(p. 767) biśē the twentieth day of a month, the twentieth. a. (of the days of a month) twentieth. 113)

(p. 713) bu wife; a daughter-in-law; a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; a married woman esp. one who usually keeps to a gynaeceum (usu. ঘরের বউ); a housewife; a newly-married wife (বউভাত). বউ-কথা-কও n. the Indian nightingale. বউ-কাটকি n. a woman given to torturing her daughter-in-law. ̃ড়ি n. a young wife; a childwife. ̃দিদি, (coll.) ̃দি n. an elder brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃ভাত same as পাকস্পর্শ (see পাক2). ̃মা n. a son's wife, a daughter-in-law; a younger brother's wife, a sister-in-law. ̃মানুষ n. a married woman usually keeping to a gynaeceum; a newly-married woman. 8)

(p. 738) bājana the state of being played or beaten or sounded or rung (as a musical instrument, bell, coin etc.); the sound of beating or playing on a musical instrument, a bell etc. ̃দার, বাজনাদার, বাজনাওয়ালা n. an instrumentalist (esp. a professional one). বাজনা n. act or sound of playing on a musical instrument; music; a musical instrument. 17)

(p. 738) bāchura the young of the cow, the calf. বাছুর বিয়ানো v. to calve. বাছুরের মাংস n. veal. 12)

(p. 767) bimā insurance. বিমা করা v. to insure. বিমার কিস্তি an insurance premium. বিমার দালাল an insurance agent. অগ্নিবিমা n. fire-insurance. জাহাজি বিমা marine insurance. জীবনবিমা n. life insurance. ̃কারী n. the insured (বিমাকারী ব্যক্তি). or the insurer (বিমা প্রতিষ্ঠান). ̃পত্র n. an insurance policy. 25)

(p. 761) bibarā (poet.) to narrate or relate, to recount at length. 86)

(p. 747) bālā1 a female child; a girl; a young woman; a daughter. 19)

(p. 717) baḍ়i a pill, a globule; a tablet, a ball (কালির বড়ি); a small conical ball made of the paste of pigeon-pea and dried in the sun (this ball is eaten after being fried or cooked). 8)