(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 713) bam̐ici a kind of small juicy berry, (cp.) gooseberry or bramble. 22)

(p. 713) ban̐ṭi a kind of large knife fixed almost at right angle in a piece of wood on which one sits whilst cutting fish, vegetables etc. ̃ঝাঁপ n. the practice of throwing oneself from above upon aforesaid knives during the feast of charak (চড়ক). 23)

(p. 713) ban̐dhu, ban̐dhuẏā (poet.) a friend; a lover, a sweetheart; a gallant; (cp.) a winsome marrow. 24)

(p. 713) baṃśāṅkura a bamboo shoot. 14)

(p. 713) baṃśānukrama a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. hereditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from generation to generation; hereditarily. 15)

(p. 713) baṃśānucarita a genealogical history or register; a genealogy. 16)

(p. 713) baṃśābataṃsa (fig.) one who is the ornament or glory of one's family. 17)

(p. 713) baṃśābali a genealogy; a genealogical table, a family tree. 18)

(p. 713) baṃśī a flute or pipe made of bamboo, a reed; a flute, a pipe. ̃তট n. the bank of the Jamuna at Brindaban where Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃বদন n. a fluter, a flutist, a piper: Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃বট n. a banyan tree at Brindaban under which Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) played his flute. ̃রব, ̃ধ্বনি n. the note of a flute. 19)

(p. 713) baṃśīẏa born of a particular family or race; pertaining to a family or race; familial. 20)

(p. 713) baṃśōdbhaba same as বংশজ । 21)

(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 713) baṃśa2 a race; a family; lineage; pedigree; posterity; offspring, children. বংশে বাতি দেওয়া (fig.) to continue a line of descent (as by a descendant). ̃ক্ষয়, ̃নাশ n. loss, end or extinction of a family or race. ̃গত a. hereditary. ̃গতি n. heredity. গৌরব n. family prestige or pride; the glory of a family. ̃জ a. born of a particular family; of good lineage; born of a kulin (কুলীন) family which has been socially lowered by matrimonial alliance with an inferior family. ̃তালিকা n. a genealogical table, a family tree; a genealogy. ̃তিলক n. one who is the gem or the crowning glory of a family; the most remarkable member of a family. ̃ধর n. a descendant; a scion. ̃পরম্পরা same as বংশানুক্রম । ̃পরিচয় n. the family identity; the genealogy. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase or multiplication of a race or family, growth in family size; procreation; breeding. বংশবৃদ্ধি করা v. to increase or multiply one's race or family; to procreate; to breed. ̃বৈশিষ্ট্য n. a family characteristic. ̃মর্যাদা n. family prestige. ̃রক্ষা n. saving one's family or race; protection of one's family. ̃লতা same as বংশতালিকা । ̃লোপ same as বংশক্ষয় । 13)

(p. 713) biki of course (অতি ভোজনে শরীরের ক্ষতি হয় বইকি). int. denoting: denial, disbelief etc. (তা বইকি). 6)

(p. 713) biṭhā a scull. 7)

(p. 713) bi1 the root of a kind of arum. 3)

(p. 713) bi2 a book; a register. বইয়ের পোকা (lit. & fig.) a bookworm. ˜পত্র n. books and similar other things. বই বাঁধানো v. to bind books; to get books bound. ̃মেলা n. a book fair. 4)

(p. 713) bi3 without, except, other than (তোমা বই জানি না). 5)

(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. 713) buni the first (cash.) sale or earning of the day. 9)

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 713) buli an earring or eardrop (বীরবউলি) 11)

(p. 713) baka a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heronshaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hypocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in distillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope. 25)

(p. 713) bakanā a young cow that has not yet calved, a heifer. 26)