(p. 825) bhōṭa2 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 election. 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 constituency. ̃গণনা n. counting of votes. ̃গ্রহণ n. polling. ̃পত্র n. a ballot-paper. ̃স্হান n. a polling booth, a polling station. ভোটার, ̃দাতা n. a voter. 17)

(p. 802) bhaba essence, existence, ease; birth, origination; attainment; the material or mundane world, the earth, the universe; God; Shiva (শিব); weal, welfare. ̃কারণ n. the Creator, the First Cause, God. ̃কারা n. the world conceived 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 burden of earthly life (as borne by mortals). ̃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 । 47)

(p. 813) bhābinī 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. 3)

(p. 810) bhāḍ়ā 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 hackneycarriage, a hackney-coach. ভাড়াটে সৈন্য n. hired soldier; mercenary. ভাড়াটে বাড়ি n. a rented house. 20)

(p. 813) bhāla the forehead; fate. 35)

(p. 818) bhuṭabhāṭa denoting: grumbling noise in the abdomen.

(p. 802) bhakti devotion; worship; devoutness, piety; profound admiration; strong attachment 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 inclination 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 devoutness or piety. ̃পথ n. devotion (without knowledge or practice) as the only means of attaining salvation, the path of devotionalism. ̃পরায়ণ a. devoted (to); worshipful; devout; strongly attached or addicted (to); having profound admiration (for); reverent; having trust or faith (in), reliant; having inclination or relish or appetite (for); earnest, earnestly pursuing. fem. ̃পরায়ণা । ̃পরায়ণতা n. devotion; worshipfulness; devoutness; strong attachment or addiction; profound admiration; earnestness, earnest pursuit, ̃পূর্বক adv. with devotion; 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 knowledge and practice); devotionalism. ̃বাদী a. devotionistic, devotionalistic. n. a devotionist, a devotionalist. ̃ভরে same as ভক্তিপূর্বক । ̃ভাজন n. a reverend or venerable or adorable person or object. a. reverend; venerable; adorable. ̃ভাব n. devout or worshipful or devoted or reverential disposition of mind. ̃ভাবে adv. devoutly; worshipfully; devotedly; devotionally; reverentially. ̃মান same as ̃পরায়ণ fem. ̃মতী । ̃মার্গ same as ̃পথ । ̃মূলক a. devotional. ̃যোগ n. worship of God or effort to attain beatitude by means of devotion only (irrespective of knowledge or practice). ̃রস n. (rhet.) the sentiment of devotion. ̃শীল same as ̃পরায়ণ । fem. ̃শীলা । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. devoid of devotion or devoutness; irreverent; having no attachment (to); having no trust or faith (in), unreliant; having no inclination or relish or appetite (for); devoid of earnestness or willingness. 5)

(p. 819) bhuru the eyebrow. 9)

(p. 813) bhāṣya an explanation; a commentary; annotation, gloss. ভাষ্য করা v. to explain; to make a commentary of; to annotate; to gloss. ̃কার n. an explainer; a commentator; an annotator; a glosser, a glossarist.

(p. 808) bhasma 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 ashtray. 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; calcination. ভস্মীকৃত, ভস্মীভূত a. reduced or burnt to ashes; calcined; (fig.) utterly destroyed. 7)

(p. 802) bharaṇa 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. 67)

(p. 819) bhubḥ (myth.) the second of the seven heavens; the ethereal region, the sky, the firmament. 6)

(p. 813) bhārārpaṇa commitment of a charge, entrustment of a charge. ভারার্পণ করা v. to commit a charge, to entrust (one) with a charge. 27)

(p. 826) bhyāñcānō to make faces (at), to grimace, to grin (at). 14)

(p. 802) bhaṅgi, bhaṅgimā 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 attitude (তার কথার ভঙ্গিটি আপত্তিকর); elegance (শ্লেষের ভঙ্গি); attitudinization (আর ভঙ্গি করিস না); a wrinkle or fold or contraction (ভ্রূভঙ্গি). ভঙ্গি করা v. to attitudinize. 26)